Sandra Wirth
@slwirth.bsky.social
Interested in politics, policy, international relations, science and human systems at large.
#CommonGood #Science #Policy #Evaluation #Consulting #Fun @Harvard.edu, @unisg.ch, ex @icrc.org
#CommonGood #Science #Policy #Evaluation #Consulting #Fun @Harvard.edu, @unisg.ch, ex @icrc.org
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Russian propaganda distorts global perception of Switzerland
Russian propaganda channels have particularly focused on spreading false information about Swiss neutrality, suggesting that the country has allegedly abandoned the principles
odessa-journal.com/russian-prop...
Russian propaganda channels have particularly focused on spreading false information about Swiss neutrality, suggesting that the country has allegedly abandoned the principles
odessa-journal.com/russian-prop...
Russian Disinformation Targets Switzerland’s Neutrality and Image - Oj
Russian propaganda spreads false claims about Swiss neutrality and safety, while Switzerland counters with transparency and media literacy efforts.
odessa-journal.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Russian propaganda distorts global perception of Switzerland
Russian propaganda channels have particularly focused on spreading false information about Swiss neutrality, suggesting that the country has allegedly abandoned the principles
odessa-journal.com/russian-prop...
Russian propaganda channels have particularly focused on spreading false information about Swiss neutrality, suggesting that the country has allegedly abandoned the principles
odessa-journal.com/russian-prop...
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Ich habe Vertrauen in das technische Setting der #eID. Der Staat wird uns damit nicht überwachen können, es ist durchdacht. Ich habe aber wenig Vertrauen in d. Verhalten von Unternehmen & in das System "Eigenverantwortung".
Der Text ist daher ehrlich & aufrichtig.
www.republik.ch/2025/08/29/e...
Der Text ist daher ehrlich & aufrichtig.
www.republik.ch/2025/08/29/e...
Ein klares Jein zur E-ID
Was soll man von der elektronischen ID halten, über die bald abgestimmt wird?
www.republik.ch
August 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ich habe Vertrauen in das technische Setting der #eID. Der Staat wird uns damit nicht überwachen können, es ist durchdacht. Ich habe aber wenig Vertrauen in d. Verhalten von Unternehmen & in das System "Eigenverantwortung".
Der Text ist daher ehrlich & aufrichtig.
www.republik.ch/2025/08/29/e...
Der Text ist daher ehrlich & aufrichtig.
www.republik.ch/2025/08/29/e...
Höchst einsichtiges Interview bei der @faznet.bsky.social von @claudmajor.bsky.social zum kommenden Putin-Treffen. Vielen Dank (bin voll einverstanden) podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/f...
Militärexpertin Major vor Trump-Putin-Gipfel:
Podcast Episode · F.A.Z. Podcast für Deutschland · 13/08/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Höchst einsichtiges Interview bei der @faznet.bsky.social von @claudmajor.bsky.social zum kommenden Putin-Treffen. Vielen Dank (bin voll einverstanden) podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/f...
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"There really is one crucial, unbridgeable difference between Washingtonians and other Americans: You have more power than we do—a lot more power"
Statehood for DC!
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Statehood for DC!
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Real Place Deserves Real Rights
Statehood for Washington, D.C., is a matter of justice.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"There really is one crucial, unbridgeable difference between Washingtonians and other Americans: You have more power than we do—a lot more power"
Statehood for DC!
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Statehood for DC!
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence"
from the former American ambassador to Budapest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
from the former American ambassador to Budapest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence"
from the former American ambassador to Budapest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
from the former American ambassador to Budapest www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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People in France, Germany and Spain agree that the EU should not back down on enforcing its rules on Big Tech even if that upsets Donald Trump, according to a poll out today.
Europeans agree EU should enforce rules on Big Tech, says poll
Only about 1 in 10 respondents to YouGov survey say Brussels should loosen its grip on U.S. tech giants.
ow.ly
July 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
People in France, Germany and Spain agree that the EU should not back down on enforcing its rules on Big Tech even if that upsets Donald Trump, according to a poll out today.
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Immer wieder zeigt sich:
#ProtectTheKids hat keine Mehrheit in der schweizerischen Politik.
www.watson.ch/schweiz/nati...
#ProtectTheKids hat keine Mehrheit in der schweizerischen Politik.
www.watson.ch/schweiz/nati...
Räte wollen Tabakwerbeverbotsinitiative nicht wortgetreu umsetzen
Das Parlament will die Tabakwerbeverbotsinitiative nicht wortgetreu umsetzen.
www.watson.ch
June 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Immer wieder zeigt sich:
#ProtectTheKids hat keine Mehrheit in der schweizerischen Politik.
www.watson.ch/schweiz/nati...
#ProtectTheKids hat keine Mehrheit in der schweizerischen Politik.
www.watson.ch/schweiz/nati...
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ukrainian social media today:
June 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
ukrainian social media today:
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Latest Blatten aerial survey 4:30 pm! 🚁
Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night
🎥 SRF
Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night
🎥 SRF
May 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Latest Blatten aerial survey 4:30 pm! 🚁
Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night
🎥 SRF
Authorities expect the lake to overflow the dam this night or at last early tomorrow morning! 🌊
They have partially emptied a dam lake 6 km down the valley and are ready to evacuate Gampel/Steg in the Rhone valley during the night
🎥 SRF
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I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I am shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of my colleague Joseph Nye, who recruited me to Harvard a quarter-century ago. He was a highly accomplished scholar, an innovative Dean, and a devoted public servant. Also a very decent and humane man, who will be missed at Harvard and beyond.
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Im Dezember 2024 hat der Ständerat die Kita-Programmvereinbarungen gestrichen. Jetzt korrigiert die WBK-N diesen Entscheid und sagt 200 Millionen Franken für die nächsten vier Jahre zu. Ein wichtiger Schritt für Chancengerechtigkeit, Qualität und Inklusion in der Kinderbetreuung.
Gestärkte Kita-Finanzierung: Ein wichtiger Schritt für mehr Gleichstellung - SP Schweiz
Im Dezember 2024 hat der Ständerat bei der Kita-Vorlage einen Schritt zurück gemacht: Er hat die Programmvereinbarungen gestrichen und einer finanziellen Be ...
www.sp-ps.ch
March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Im Dezember 2024 hat der Ständerat die Kita-Programmvereinbarungen gestrichen. Jetzt korrigiert die WBK-N diesen Entscheid und sagt 200 Millionen Franken für die nächsten vier Jahre zu. Ein wichtiger Schritt für Chancengerechtigkeit, Qualität und Inklusion in der Kinderbetreuung.
Magnifique reportage dans @blick.ch de @nielsack.bsky.social et Alessia Barbezat avec des visuels exceptionnels et un texte qui vous amènent directement chez les groenlandais. Bravo.
storytelling.blick.ch/fr/2025/groe...
storytelling.blick.ch/fr/2025/groe...
Cette île que Trump veut prendre par la force
Depuis que le président américain a annoncé son intention de s’emparer du Groenland, le monde a les yeux rivés sur cette île arctique. Donald Trump, une menace ou une opportunité pour ce peuple en quê...
storytelling.blick.ch
March 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Magnifique reportage dans @blick.ch de @nielsack.bsky.social et Alessia Barbezat avec des visuels exceptionnels et un texte qui vous amènent directement chez les groenlandais. Bravo.
storytelling.blick.ch/fr/2025/groe...
storytelling.blick.ch/fr/2025/groe...
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Die Ära Amherd geht zu Ende, doch die Bedrohung steigt weiter. Muss zuerst eine Rakete einschlagen, bis die #Schweiz den Ernst der Lage versteht? Mein Leitartikel zur Vertrauenskrise mitten in einer Sicherheitskrise.
www.nzz.ch/meinung/muss...
www.nzz.ch/meinung/muss...
Vertrauenskrise in der Schweiz: Der Fokus muss auf der Sicherheit liegen
Die Ära Amherd geht zu Ende, doch die Bedrohung steigt weiter. Die Schweiz braucht eine Strategie: sowohl für die internationale Kooperation als auch für den Fall, dass Europa auseinanderbricht.
www.nzz.ch
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Die Ära Amherd geht zu Ende, doch die Bedrohung steigt weiter. Muss zuerst eine Rakete einschlagen, bis die #Schweiz den Ernst der Lage versteht? Mein Leitartikel zur Vertrauenskrise mitten in einer Sicherheitskrise.
www.nzz.ch/meinung/muss...
www.nzz.ch/meinung/muss...
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Russia is secretly trying to purchase Swiss machine tools for high-precision weapons, Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports.
The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has observed that Russia is trying to acquire sanctioned goods through covert structures and private companies in third countries.
The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has observed that Russia is trying to acquire sanctioned goods through covert structures and private companies in third countries.
February 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Russia is secretly trying to purchase Swiss machine tools for high-precision weapons, Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports.
The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has observed that Russia is trying to acquire sanctioned goods through covert structures and private companies in third countries.
The Swiss Federal Intelligence Service has observed that Russia is trying to acquire sanctioned goods through covert structures and private companies in third countries.
According to WIRED, DOGE is being staffed by a crew of fresh-out-of-college hires, many with zero prior government experience. In fact, at least one of them is still in college.
The investigation also found a common thread linking some of them: billionaire Peter Thiel.
mashable.com/article/elon...
The investigation also found a common thread linking some of them: billionaire Peter Thiel.
mashable.com/article/elon...
Elon Musk's DOGE takeover is reportedly being spearheaded by young college grads
One of them is apparently still in college.
mashable.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
According to WIRED, DOGE is being staffed by a crew of fresh-out-of-college hires, many with zero prior government experience. In fact, at least one of them is still in college.
The investigation also found a common thread linking some of them: billionaire Peter Thiel.
mashable.com/article/elon...
The investigation also found a common thread linking some of them: billionaire Peter Thiel.
mashable.com/article/elon...
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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In #Basel kann sich Novartis künftig sogar Manager-Löhne vom Kanton bezahlen lassen: Wie SP-Regierungsrät:innen für die Pharma einen Schattenstaat auf die Beine stellen.
Von @wozbeck.bsky.social
www.woz.ch/2505/oecd...
Von @wozbeck.bsky.social
www.woz.ch/2505/oecd...
OECD-Mindeststeuer: Wenn die Pharmabranche pfeift
Die Tiefsteuerkantone haben bei der OECD-Mindeststeuer alle ausgetrickst: In Basel kann sich Novartis künftig sogar die Löhne von Manager:innen vom Kanton bezahlen lassen.
www.woz.ch
January 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In #Basel kann sich Novartis künftig sogar Manager-Löhne vom Kanton bezahlen lassen: Wie SP-Regierungsrät:innen für die Pharma einen Schattenstaat auf die Beine stellen.
Von @wozbeck.bsky.social
www.woz.ch/2505/oecd...
Von @wozbeck.bsky.social
www.woz.ch/2505/oecd...
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'DeepSeek is based in Hangzhou and makes clear in its privacy policy that the personal information it collects from users is held “on secure servers located in the People’s Republic of China”.' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI DeepSeek
Oxford professor advises against putting private data on platform in case it could be shared with Chinese state
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
'DeepSeek is based in Hangzhou and makes clear in its privacy policy that the personal information it collects from users is held “on secure servers located in the People’s Republic of China”.' www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Excellent article de Anne Applebaum sur la progression de ce qu'elle nomme "nouvel obscurantisme": solutions magiques, aura de spiritualité, superstition et culture de la peur par des charlatans et des influenceurs aux ambitions politiques et des politiciens pro-Russie et anti-vaccins de tous bords.
"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Excellent article de Anne Applebaum sur la progression de ce qu'elle nomme "nouvel obscurantisme": solutions magiques, aura de spiritualité, superstition et culture de la peur par des charlatans et des influenceurs aux ambitions politiques et des politiciens pro-Russie et anti-vaccins de tous bords.
Et zut!
La désinformation prorusse entre en scène sur le réseau social Bluesky www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
La désinformation prorusse entre en scène sur le réseau social Bluesky www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
La désinformation prorusse entre en scène sur le réseau social Bluesky
Vu comme un refuge par les déçus de X, le réseau social Bluesky n'est pas à l'abri de la désinformation: de premiers symptômes y apparaissent, rappelant la campagne prorusse "Matriochka" qui a inondé ...
www.rts.ch
January 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Et zut!
La désinformation prorusse entre en scène sur le réseau social Bluesky www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
La désinformation prorusse entre en scène sur le réseau social Bluesky www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
Joyeuses Fêtes !
Frohe Festtage!
Happy holiday season !
Frohe Festtage!
Happy holiday season !
December 25, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Joyeuses Fêtes !
Frohe Festtage!
Happy holiday season !
Frohe Festtage!
Happy holiday season !
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A 2500 années-lumière de nous, des étoiles naissent, formant la nébuleuse du sapin de Noël, longue de 30 années-lumière !
December 24, 2024 at 7:28 AM
A 2500 années-lumière de nous, des étoiles naissent, formant la nébuleuse du sapin de Noël, longue de 30 années-lumière !
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Ich moechte das hervoragende Interview in der @republik.ch der Professorin Elham Manea @UZH zur Lage in Syrien wärmstens empfehlen: differenziert und fundiert, von einer Expertin aus der Region www.republik.ch/2024/12/21/h...
«Heute in Syrien den schnellen Übergang zur Demokratie zu erwarten, wäre sehr optimistisch»
Ein Gespräch mit der Politologin Elham Manea.
www.republik.ch
December 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Ich moechte das hervoragende Interview in der @republik.ch der Professorin Elham Manea @UZH zur Lage in Syrien wärmstens empfehlen: differenziert und fundiert, von einer Expertin aus der Region www.republik.ch/2024/12/21/h...