mzweili
@mzweili.bsky.social
Retired mechanical engineer, ex cross Atlantic Sailor, camping and cycling in summer, curling during winter. Languages: German, French and English. Born in Switzerland, living in Quebec.
pour contrer Stelantis, GM & Co , le Canada devrait lever des taxes de 50% sur toutes les voitures assemblées au États-Unis. Go Carney!!
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
pour contrer Stelantis, GM & Co , le Canada devrait lever des taxes de 50% sur toutes les voitures assemblées au États-Unis. Go Carney!!
so does Canada
The US government currently spends over $20 billion a year on cloud contracts, the bulk of which goes to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. Some may be cutting prices, but that’s still a ton of public money going to support those companies.
Google to agree cloud discount as US government squeezes Big Tech
Amazon and Microsoft are also under pressure to cut prices after Oracle struck a deal to reduce costs
www.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
so does Canada
ça ouvre l'appétit ............
July 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
ça ouvre l'appétit ............
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Why is Trump asking for grand jury testimony?
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
July 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Why is Trump asking for grand jury testimony?
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge
2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients
3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
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Excellent piece:
"Handing the digital sphere to US companies . . . was always a mistake . . . As we seek to reclaim our sovereignty, we must ensure the cloud infrastructure . . . we use . . . are built to serve Canadians first . . . not shareholders with a very different set of motivations."🍁👍
"Handing the digital sphere to US companies . . . was always a mistake . . . As we seek to reclaim our sovereignty, we must ensure the cloud infrastructure . . . we use . . . are built to serve Canadians first . . . not shareholders with a very different set of motivations."🍁👍
Canada can see the costs of dependence on the US first hand. Trump is bullying us and Silicon Valley used his leverage to kill the digital services tax.
As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.
As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.
Why Canada needs to build a public cloud
Dependence on US tech giants must end if the country is serious about digital sovereignty
www.disconnect.blog
July 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Excellent piece:
"Handing the digital sphere to US companies . . . was always a mistake . . . As we seek to reclaim our sovereignty, we must ensure the cloud infrastructure . . . we use . . . are built to serve Canadians first . . . not shareholders with a very different set of motivations."🍁👍
"Handing the digital sphere to US companies . . . was always a mistake . . . As we seek to reclaim our sovereignty, we must ensure the cloud infrastructure . . . we use . . . are built to serve Canadians first . . . not shareholders with a very different set of motivations."🍁👍
pas loin de J. Goebbels
It sounds better in the original German, when screamed into a microphone while pounding on a podium.
Stephen Miller: "California and Los Angeles are waging insurrection against the federal government ... cartels are waging war against America and their allies are the Democrat Party."
July 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
pas loin de J. Goebbels
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Absolutely horrifying.
A politically motivated assassination of Democratic lawmakers. The regime calling protesters in LA “animals,” sending troops to “liberate” the city from Democratic governance. A military parade in the nation’s capital.
All these events are intimately connected.
A politically motivated assassination of Democratic lawmakers. The regime calling protesters in LA “animals,” sending troops to “liberate” the city from Democratic governance. A military parade in the nation’s capital.
All these events are intimately connected.
Suspect in ‘politically-motivated assassination’ of Minnesota state lawmaker identified, officials say | CNN
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim W...
edition.cnn.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Absolutely horrifying.
A politically motivated assassination of Democratic lawmakers. The regime calling protesters in LA “animals,” sending troops to “liberate” the city from Democratic governance. A military parade in the nation’s capital.
All these events are intimately connected.
A politically motivated assassination of Democratic lawmakers. The regime calling protesters in LA “animals,” sending troops to “liberate” the city from Democratic governance. A military parade in the nation’s capital.
All these events are intimately connected.
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“Governments welcoming ‘OpenAI for countries’ will lose expertise and capabilities at home, while becoming structurally dependent on US technology and, by extension, captive to presidential policy priorities.”
The US government has most to gain from ‘OpenAI for countries’
Imagine how much leverage it will have if it can turn off artificial intelligence capabilities around the world
www.ft.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Governments welcoming ‘OpenAI for countries’ will lose expertise and capabilities at home, while becoming structurally dependent on US technology and, by extension, captive to presidential policy priorities.”
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"Whoever is elected the 48th president won’t be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying," @jerusalem.bsky.social writes:
There’s No Coming Back From Trump’s Tariff Disaster
America was the world’s economic anchor. Thanks to the president, it may never have that role again.
bit.ly
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Whoever is elected the 48th president won’t be able to easily rebuild what Donald Trump is busy destroying," @jerusalem.bsky.social writes:
would be nice
can we move the bluesky team to canada or switzerland or something so it’s not a US service anymore? 😅
April 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
would be nice
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for an independent investigation into whether Trump engaged in market manipulation.
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Elizabeth Warren Calls For Probe Into Trump’s Potential Market Manipulation
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April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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the best remark by far !
but what about the penguins???
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
the best remark by far !
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Social Security warning issued by Bernie Sanders over Trump budget bill
Social Security warning issued by Bernie Sanders over Trump budget bill
www.newsweek.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Social Security warning issued by Bernie Sanders over Trump budget bill
sad reality
🇭🇺 Hungary is part of Putin's team, Estonia's foreign minister says
Hungary is part of Putin’s team, Estonia’s foreign minister says
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna believes that the European Union is nearing the point of depriving Hungary of its voting rights in the EU Council due to its obstruction of decisions related t...
www.pravda.com.ua
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
sad reality
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for those commenting on the Don’t tell anyone bit -the guy was clearly joking around in old school NY idiom & replying to me but well aware of an audience of 5-10 listeners. His first reply to my “where are the police?” was “I told em all to hide behind that hotdog cart across the street there”
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
for those commenting on the Don’t tell anyone bit -the guy was clearly joking around in old school NY idiom & replying to me but well aware of an audience of 5-10 listeners. His first reply to my “where are the police?” was “I told em all to hide behind that hotdog cart across the street there”
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⚡️Zelensky: Russia must be held accountable for everything it has done.
"We need to put pressure on them there — really put pressure, don't waste time on empty talk — to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelensky added.
"We need to put pressure on them there — really put pressure, don't waste time on empty talk — to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelensky added.
Zelensky: Russia must be held accountable for everything it has done
“We need to put pressure on them there — really put pressure, don't waste time on empty talk — to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelensky added.
kyivindependent.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
⚡️Zelensky: Russia must be held accountable for everything it has done.
"We need to put pressure on them there — really put pressure, don't waste time on empty talk — to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelensky added.
"We need to put pressure on them there — really put pressure, don't waste time on empty talk — to end this war," President Volodymyr Zelensky added.
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"If the president of the United States says we're lying, and I have the truth, I'm going to publish the truth”: Jeffrey Goldberg on The Atlantic's decision to publish the Signal chats following the Trump administration’s initial response to the leak. theatln.tc/WOm72fnu
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"If the president of the United States says we're lying, and I have the truth, I'm going to publish the truth”: Jeffrey Goldberg on The Atlantic's decision to publish the Signal chats following the Trump administration’s initial response to the leak. theatln.tc/WOm72fnu
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LATEST | Wisconsin result marks massive blow to president just hours before ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement
Trump live: Wisconsin judge result deals blow to president before tariff announcement
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election as global markets brace for a Trump tariff-induced trade war
www.independent.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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L"We expect a response – a serious one. We are working toward a response. A strong response is urgently needed – above all from the U.S., from Europe, from everyone in the world who has placed their bets on diplomacy. Russia must be forced into peace," Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 29.
Ukraine expects 'strong response' from allies in response to continued Russian strikes, Zelensky says
"We expect a response – a serious one. We are working toward a response. A strong response is urgently needed – above all from the U.S., from Europe, from everyone in the world who has placed their be...
kyivindependent.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
L"We expect a response – a serious one. We are working toward a response. A strong response is urgently needed – above all from the U.S., from Europe, from everyone in the world who has placed their bets on diplomacy. Russia must be forced into peace," Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 29.
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🙅 Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine's accession to EU
Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine’s accession to EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will not sign an agreement on mineral resources with the United States if it poses a threat to the country’s accession to the EU.
www.pravda.com.ua
March 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The fight against President Musk (and Kennedy Center chairman Trump) is just starting. We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement. Together, we have the power to stop MAGA’s takeover. app.sosha.ai/s/9ta5HsjO
Join me on April 5th
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March 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The fight against President Musk (and Kennedy Center chairman Trump) is just starting. We’re mobilizing to show the strength of our movement. Together, we have the power to stop MAGA’s takeover. app.sosha.ai/s/9ta5HsjO