Vielen Dank! 🙏🏻

No More Safe Haven for Privacy? Switzerland Drifts Toward a Surveillance State Due to New Controversial Laws Proposed privacy law changes, if passed in parliament, threaten Switzerland's reputation as a privacy haven.

I‘m heavily relying on Proton services and Threema. Could all this be gone soon?

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I activated Apple “Intelligence” today just to try it out. Still laughing my ass off. I won’t miss anything! #AppleIntelligence

That‘s what you voted for you dumb f*cks! #fcktrmp

A small yellow flowering plant grows next to an old brick wall and a green wooden door. The ground is covered with cobblestones, and the scene has a warm, rustic atmosphere.

#nature #spring

The picture is showing a manual soap dispenser and a sign saying: “Soap dispenser with sensor. Please slowly move your hand underneath the dispenser from the front.”

„Soap dispenser with sensor.
Please slowly move your hand underneath the dispenser from the front.“

I’ve tried this a hundred times now. 😕

View through pine trees onto water with a reed-covered shore in the foreground. In the distance, a flat shoreline and several sailing boats are visible under a partly cloudy blue sky.

#landscape #landscapephotography

He is erratic, impulsive, and self-absorbed. Anyone who works with criminals offenders knows that extra caution is necessary in such cases. However, they usually pursue a clear goal. I don’t see that here. #Trump

The photo shows the decorated bow of a sailing ship with golden ornaments in the foreground. In the background, across calm harbor waters, industrial buildings, cranes, and warehouses can be seen along the quay. The scene is taken in a northern European port city.

#ship #harbor #makeitlooklikefilm

It’s the stupid, economy.

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events Drawing the top stories around the globe.

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One more time, for the record: the USA is no longer Europe’s friend or ally.

I'm not the type to throw in the towel that easily. Even though I still have to use Tuta Mail through the browser, my experience with #Ubuntu so far has actually been super smooth. #linux

Why Jeffrey Goldberg Was Taking a Big Risk in Breaking the “Signalgate” Story The Trump administration has been at war with journalists—and a Biden-era DOJ prosecution has opened up a path for them to go after Jeffrey Goldberg.

“even though we can all agree that the Atlantic’s Goldberg did nothing unlawful, this does not provide even a modicum of assurance that the government won’t prosecute him. And that’s, perhaps, the whole point.” slate.com/news-and-pol...

Lmao 🤣 savages

Journalist at centre of Trump's Signal chat scandal speaks to BBC Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor in chief, was mistakenly added to a chat of senior Trump officials. Now he's a political target.

"Really, you're going to put Elon Musk onto the question of how somebody's phone number ends up in someone's phone? I mean you know, most 8-year-olds could figure it out…“

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Trump’s narrative regarding #Greenland feels eerily familiar to me.

„Preaching “digital sovereignty” in Sunday speeches, but then — during the week — once again relying on a U.S. tech giant for matters of national security. It really couldn’t be a clearer sign that when it comes to digitalization and autonomy, Germany still can’t count to three.“

„National security expert Marcy Wheeler called Hegseth "the biggest dumb--- imaginable."“

Hats off to all those brave people in #Turkey who are taking to the streets in such large numbers despite the ban.

‘Discordant’: How Trump’s attacks on the Houthis split his Republican base Some see the US president’s recent bombing campaign in Yemen as contradicting his promises of seeking world peace.

That are some interesting developments. Even nut job Bannons withdrew his support by saying “America has ZERO obligation to keep open the Red Sea and the Suez Canal”

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Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest Thousands gather near Istanbul’s town hall in support of the city’s recently arrested mayor.

Even autocrats can overstep lines. These valiant people on the streets of Istanbul are making that very clear.

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🤬🙏 At least 15 explosions in Odesa

❗️Russia is again attacking civilian infrastructure, — Yermak.

French academic denied entry to US for ‘personal opinion’ on Trump The Trump administration had recently accused Europe of curtailing free speech.

And because the First Amendment cannot simply be bypassed (yes, I know, we’re not talking about a U.S. citizen here), freedom of speech is rebranded as terrorism.
But they are lecturing Europe about supposed restrictions on free speech…

www.politico.eu/article/fran...

Majority of Europeans see Trump as an enemy, survey shows 4 in 10 Europeans also say the US president “acts like a dictator.”

And just yesterday, I heard Trump lying again about how esteemed and respected he is in the world. 🤡

www.politico.eu/article/half...

The reality here is very simple: Trump thinks there is no limit on his power, that he can spend money how he likes, jail who he likes, rule by fiat, criminalize criticism of himself. He is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. And we can either acknowledge that or keep pretending he isn’t.

Given recent political developments in the U.S., my trust issues with American tech companies are increasing. So I‘ve once again installed Linux. After two hours of intense troubleshooting I still couldn’t get the Tuta desktop client up and running. For now, I’ve declared the project a failure. 😕

Well, most of the time, it doesn’t feel all that different here.