simonschmid.pro - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

"You don't have the cards," Trump tells Zelensky, while sending Putin another planeload of aces

submitted 1 hour ago • 4 comments

Die Schlusspointe dieses Textes dürfte alles sein, was es über Döpfner et al zu wissen gilt.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

«The truth is that not all gangsters are created equal — some are patient and wise, while some are reckless and overaggressive.» www.noahpinion.blog/p/america-is...

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Ich habe es ja gesagt: Als Nächstes werden die nationalen Statistiken in den USA dran glauben müssen. Denn: Autokratien fürchten die Wahrheit, nichts so sehr wie die Wahrheit. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This was the end goal of crypto aligning behind Trump - the crypto economy has very few actual dollars in it and relies on finding new people to hold the bag to get their dollars. The US government is the ultimate bag holder and they’re going to use your tax dollars to bail out crypto owners.

submitted 1 day ago • 79 comments

Ihr kennt das Argument von Rechts, dass Faktenckern einen Linksdrall unterstellt, weil ja nur Rechte gecheckt werden. Liegt einfach daran dass Rechte viel mehr Lügen, hat eine Studie festgestellt. #NoAfD #NieMehrCDUCSU #NazisRaus

submitted 2 days ago • 26 comments

Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats. One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1306 comments

1/n Mich wundert diese Lobhudelei der Republikaner für Trump nicht. Ich kenne das Verhalten, die absurden Formulierungen und die gequälten Blicke aus der DDR; einer kleinen, aber knackigen Diktatur, in der ich aufgewachsen bin.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

submitted 2 days ago • 732 comments

Er ist mit allen Mitarbeitern per Du und stellt Teamarbeit in dem Vordergrund: Der neue #SNB Präsident im grossen Gespräch www.tagesanzeiger.ch/snb-chef-mar...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT

submitted 3 days ago • 95 comments

The Oval Office meeting today between Trump and Zelensky “reeked of a planned attack,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. “The Ukrainian leader did his best to stand up to the bullying, but Trump and Vance were playing to the cameras and the MAGA gallery at home.” theatln.tc/5tozgdyn

submitted 3 days ago • 206 comments

“Trump and Vance’s joint dressing down of Zelenskiy will go down in history — indeed, will live in infamy — as a shameful moment of American betrayal.” Read @andreaskluth.bsky.social on today’s Oval Office clash ⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 62 comments

What a coincidence

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Authoritarianism is also about the things you don't see: «The young lawyers who decide not to run for office; the aspiring young writers who decide not to become journalists; the potential whistleblowers who decide not to speak out.» www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Good luck with that

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Quite the U-turn www.ft.com/content/a4c0...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 216 comments

Wenn selbst die Deutsche Bundesbank findet, man solle die Schuldenbremse reformieren, dann ist wohl Handlungsbedarf. Worauf wartet Friedrich Merz? www.tagesanzeiger.ch/deutschland-...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Certain black humour in Bezos’s instructions. “From now on, you are only allowed to write about freedom.”

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

Freedom is just another word for writing whatever your billionaire boss tells you

submitted 5 days ago • 143 comments

Wenn selbst die Deutsche Bundesbank findet, man solle die Schuldenbremse reformieren, dann ist wohl Handlungsbedarf. Worauf wartet Friedrich Merz? www.tagesanzeiger.ch/deutschland-...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I'm often asked, "but don't tariffs create jobs?"

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

How long can Elon Musk keep running Tesla? At some point, banks and shareholders will put pressure on him to step back.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Tesla starts 2025 with sharp drop in sales in Europe https://www.ft.com/content/cdd0b5c8-2703-4fd4-9ebf-26087cac8523

submitted 6 days ago • 83 comments

Worst. Episode. EVER.

submitted 9 days ago • 896 comments

Good to see someone in the financial industry speak up. Amundi CIO says Donald Trump’s move to rein in regulators is a ‘big mistake’ - on.ft.com/3D5SHn0 via @FT

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

From @reuters.com: President Donald Trump's sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country's drug cartels, according to eight people familiar with the situation. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

submitted 7 days ago • 88 comments

JUST IN: The UN has adopted Ukraine’s resolution condemning Russian aggression and demanding the immediate withdrawal of Putin’s forces, marking the war’s third anniversary. The U.S. joined Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary in opposing the resolution.

submitted 7 days ago • 295 comments

Hi there. What are the best books to read about the rise of authorianism in Hungary?

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Friedrich Merz weighs using outgoing parliament to loosen debt brake https://www.ft.com/content/33b4fcfd-803f-4b39-9778-6126196736c8

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

🥳

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Best case: - BSW schaffts, FDP nicht - Erzwungene Kenia-Koalition unter Merz - Schuldenbremse fällt mithilfe von Links - Wirtschaftsfreundliche Politik (Deregulierung, Bürokratieabbau) mit massivem, grünem Investitionsprogramm - Härtere Haltung ggü Russland - Flüchtlingsfrage wird sinnvoll gelöst

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

What a coincidence

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Nice work @yvesgwegelin.bsky.social www.republik.ch/2025/02/21/m...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Fantastic podcast episode here, on one of the most important topics of the 21st century: the collaps in fertility rates. with @draliceevans.bsky.social and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/5b2c...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The surveys, they are broken

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Make hockey political again

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Republicans in Congress are not just afraid of being primaried. They are afraid of physical violence. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

submitted 11 days ago • 16 comments

X's new business model: "Book or service or we will sue you"

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Danke Simon für das Gespräch. Hoffen wir, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft und die Politik bald wieder mehr Dynamik entwickelt. Es wäre wichtig für Deutschland und Europa! @simonschmid.pro

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Wo bleibt der Big Bang? Deutschland steckt in der tiefsten Krise seit langem. Doch für ein fundamentales Umdenken ist die Politik nicht bereit. mit Stimmen von @suedekum.bsky.social, @sandertordoir.bsky.social @schularick.bsky.social, @gbaldi.bsky.social www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wahlen-deuts...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Die SRF-Direktion will das beliebte «Wissenschaftsmagazin» abschalten. Es formiert sich Widerstand: Zwei Radio-Hörer:innen haben einen offenen Brief lanciert. Sie wünschen sich weiterhin Relevanz und Vertiefung, nicht nur Kurzfutter. Unterzeichne jetzt den offenen Brief! wecollect.ch/projekte/off...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.

submitted 16 days ago • 16 comments

Diese Anbiederung an das Autoritäre ist sehr unschweizerisch.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

«Sam Altman sagte, die Wissenschaft würde schon einen Weg finden, um grösseren Schaden durch KI zu verhindern. Zudem könnte in Zukunft KI selber dabei helfen, die Probleme mit KI zu lösen, so Altman.» welp. www.srf.ch/wissen/kuens...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment