Sylke Gruhnwald
@sylkegruhnwald.bsky.social
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Goings On
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: War or peace? Yes. Israel's war on Gaza and the wider region continues, though foreign journalists remain barred from entering—the violence obscured by design. …
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: War or peace? Yes. Israel's war on Gaza and the wider region continues, though foreign journalists remain barred from entering—the violence obscured by design. …
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Goings On
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: War or peace? Yes. Israel's war on Gaza and the wider region continues, though foreign journalists remain barred from entering—the violence obscured by design. …
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: War or peace? Yes. Israel's war on Gaza and the wider region continues, though foreign journalists remain barred from entering—the violence obscured by design. …
Michelle Obama once said that after sitting at the most powerful tables, she realised something surprising: «They're not that smart.» A sentiment many women recognise in male-dominated rooms.
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Michelle Obama once said that after sitting at the most powerful tables, she realised something surprising: «They're not that smart.» A sentiment many women recognise in male-dominated rooms.
Goings On
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: The newsletter «readwrite». Fellow investigative journalists Hakan Tanriverdi and Jan Strozyk started a newsletter on journalism and coding.
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: The newsletter «readwrite». Fellow investigative journalists Hakan Tanriverdi and Jan Strozyk started a newsletter on journalism and coding.
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Goings On
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: The newsletter «readwrite». Fellow investigative journalists Hakan Tanriverdi and Jan Strozyk started a newsletter on journalism and coding.
What to read, listen to, eat, worth investigating, and not to look away from.
Read: The newsletter «readwrite». Fellow investigative journalists Hakan Tanriverdi and Jan Strozyk started a newsletter on journalism and coding.
Tim Berners-Lee erfand das Web – und kämpft heute darum, es zurückzuerobern. Meine Buchkritik zu «This Is for Everyone» in der NZZ am Sonntag: www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/e...
Und dazu das Portrait über Tim Berners-Lee im New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Und dazu das Portrait über Tim Berners-Lee im New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Tim Berners-Lee erfand das Web – und kämpft heute darum, es zurückzuerobern. Meine Buchkritik zu «This Is for Everyone» in der NZZ am Sonntag: www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/e...
Und dazu das Portrait über Tim Berners-Lee im New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Und dazu das Portrait über Tim Berners-Lee im New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
All Things Tech Journalism.
A Phone Free From Spyware.
Chinatown.
Drones Everywhere. (And Thinking I Finally Need That Pilot Training.)
Now Back at My Desk in Switzerland.
A Phone Free From Spyware.
Chinatown.
Drones Everywhere. (And Thinking I Finally Need That Pilot Training.)
Now Back at My Desk in Switzerland.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
All Things Tech Journalism.
A Phone Free From Spyware.
Chinatown.
Drones Everywhere. (And Thinking I Finally Need That Pilot Training.)
Now Back at My Desk in Switzerland.
A Phone Free From Spyware.
Chinatown.
Drones Everywhere. (And Thinking I Finally Need That Pilot Training.)
Now Back at My Desk in Switzerland.
A Photo Dump from Kuala Lumpur.
Journalism Is Not a Crime.
Strong Women.
Rooms with a View.
More Lush Greens. And Rain.
More Christmas.
More Coffee, More Bikes.
Journalism Is Not a Crime.
Strong Women.
Rooms with a View.
More Lush Greens. And Rain.
More Christmas.
More Coffee, More Bikes.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A Photo Dump from Kuala Lumpur.
Journalism Is Not a Crime.
Strong Women.
Rooms with a View.
More Lush Greens. And Rain.
More Christmas.
More Coffee, More Bikes.
Journalism Is Not a Crime.
Strong Women.
Rooms with a View.
More Lush Greens. And Rain.
More Christmas.
More Coffee, More Bikes.
Peter Thiel spricht über den Antichristen. In Audioaufnahmen, die unter anderem mit dem Guardian geteilt wurden, diskutiert er diese Figur als historische Notwendigkeit, als einen Systemabsturz vor dem Neustart. Nicht als Metapher. Als Konzept.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Peter Thiel spricht über den Antichristen. In Audioaufnahmen, die unter anderem mit dem Guardian geteilt wurden, diskutiert er diese Figur als historische Notwendigkeit, als einen Systemabsturz vor dem Neustart. Nicht als Metapher. Als Konzept.
Out Reporting on an App Used in China’s Influence Operations.
Shell Companies Behind It, Woven into China’s Soft-Power and Surveillance Playbook.
And How It All Intersects with Cybercrime and a Civil War in Myanmar.
Now Off to GIJC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
Now Off to GIJC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Out Reporting on an App Used in China’s Influence Operations.
Shell Companies Behind It, Woven into China’s Soft-Power and Surveillance Playbook.
And How It All Intersects with Cybercrime and a Civil War in Myanmar.
Now Off to GIJC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
Now Off to GIJC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur.
A Photo Dump from Singapore.
Lush Greens. Rooms with a View. Christmas.
Münchner Freiheit.
Singaporean Coffee. Spaces of Consumption, Dressed Up as Creative.
Lush Greens. Rooms with a View. Christmas.
Münchner Freiheit.
Singaporean Coffee. Spaces of Consumption, Dressed Up as Creative.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
A Photo Dump from Singapore.
Lush Greens. Rooms with a View. Christmas.
Münchner Freiheit.
Singaporean Coffee. Spaces of Consumption, Dressed Up as Creative.
Lush Greens. Rooms with a View. Christmas.
Münchner Freiheit.
Singaporean Coffee. Spaces of Consumption, Dressed Up as Creative.
Letzte Arbeit in diesem Jahr!
Für das Theaterstück «freiheit.exe – Utopien als Malware» habe ich gut ein Jahr recherchiert. Tech-Utopien untersucht und ihre Vordenker. Texte gelesen, die mich faszinierten und solche, die mich irritierten.
— 1 von 3
Für das Theaterstück «freiheit.exe – Utopien als Malware» habe ich gut ein Jahr recherchiert. Tech-Utopien untersucht und ihre Vordenker. Texte gelesen, die mich faszinierten und solche, die mich irritierten.
— 1 von 3
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Letzte Arbeit in diesem Jahr!
Für das Theaterstück «freiheit.exe – Utopien als Malware» habe ich gut ein Jahr recherchiert. Tech-Utopien untersucht und ihre Vordenker. Texte gelesen, die mich faszinierten und solche, die mich irritierten.
— 1 von 3
Für das Theaterstück «freiheit.exe – Utopien als Malware» habe ich gut ein Jahr recherchiert. Tech-Utopien untersucht und ihre Vordenker. Texte gelesen, die mich faszinierten und solche, die mich irritierten.
— 1 von 3
Hey, Kuala Lumpur! 🇲🇾
At GIJC 2025 I’ll talk tech in war and crises, survival as a freelance reporter, and how investigations move from page to podcast to theatre stage.
Shoot me a message for a cup of tea.
gijc2025.org
At GIJC 2025 I’ll talk tech in war and crises, survival as a freelance reporter, and how investigations move from page to podcast to theatre stage.
Shoot me a message for a cup of tea.
gijc2025.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hey, Kuala Lumpur! 🇲🇾
At GIJC 2025 I’ll talk tech in war and crises, survival as a freelance reporter, and how investigations move from page to podcast to theatre stage.
Shoot me a message for a cup of tea.
gijc2025.org
At GIJC 2025 I’ll talk tech in war and crises, survival as a freelance reporter, and how investigations move from page to podcast to theatre stage.
Shoot me a message for a cup of tea.
gijc2025.org
Car office
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March 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Car office
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Spring semester has started.
March 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spring semester has started.
Currently reading:
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Currently reading:
Slashing the U.S. quarterly GDP forecast by 5.1%—from +2.3% to -2.8%—in a single week. … The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model looks grim: www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc... — of course, even this can still be twisted, manipulated, reinterpreted. To fit the chosen lie.
📊 Data source: Atlanta Fed. 🔗 GDPNow
📊 Data source: Atlanta Fed. 🔗 GDPNow
March 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Slashing the U.S. quarterly GDP forecast by 5.1%—from +2.3% to -2.8%—in a single week. … The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model looks grim: www.atlantafed.org/cqer/researc... — of course, even this can still be twisted, manipulated, reinterpreted. To fit the chosen lie.
📊 Data source: Atlanta Fed. 🔗 GDPNow
📊 Data source: Atlanta Fed. 🔗 GDPNow
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Postcard from Manila by Pacita Abad.
March 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Postcard from Manila by Pacita Abad.
How to keep up whilst working in different time zones:
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
How to keep up whilst working in different time zones:
Guten Morgen aus Manila 🇵🇭, wo mein Wahlabend erst beginnt:
February 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Guten Morgen aus Manila 🇵🇭, wo mein Wahlabend erst beginnt:
Off for the holidays.
December 23, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Off for the holidays.
Plan B: «Hacker‘s»-Bratwurstbude in Bamberg.
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Plan B: «Hacker‘s»-Bratwurstbude in Bamberg.
First snow, calming mind.
November 17, 2024 at 12:33 PM
First snow, calming mind.