Tobias Frei
@shuntingyard.bsky.social
Spent my professional life as an engineer, writing software and composing systems thereof. Most of my uni time was about philosophy and linguistics. Interested in math, formal logic, computer science. And I still write code in Rust 🦀
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Get on your legs, Europe!
Ukraine is THE essential part of us.
When we let her down, we'll follow her path 👿
Ukraine is THE essential part of us.
When we let her down, we'll follow her path 👿
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Get on your legs, Europe!
Ukraine is THE essential part of us.
When we let her down, we'll follow her path 👿
Ukraine is THE essential part of us.
When we let her down, we'll follow her path 👿
Reposted by Tobias Frei
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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Hi All, Ukraine yesterday launched 2 naval attacks using maritime drones that could signal a serious escalation in the world-wide naval war. Russian shipping anywhere in the world is now at risk, but Ukraine also needs to be careful about environmental damage, etc. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Ukraine Opens Up A New War At Sea
Possibilities, Targeting and Risk
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hi All, Ukraine yesterday launched 2 naval attacks using maritime drones that could signal a serious escalation in the world-wide naval war. Russian shipping anywhere in the world is now at risk, but Ukraine also needs to be careful about environmental damage, etc. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
While the US is full-scale on nepotism and corruption, BBC still writes:
«The corruption scandal has rocked Ukraine for weeks, weakening Zelensky's own position and jeopardising the country's negotiating position with the US at a delicate time»
www.bbc.com/news/article...
«The corruption scandal has rocked Ukraine for weeks, weakening Zelensky's own position and jeopardising the country's negotiating position with the US at a delicate time»
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption raid
Andriy Yermak, 54, has been the Ukrainian president's chief of staff throughout Russia's full-scale war.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
While the US is full-scale on nepotism and corruption, BBC still writes:
«The corruption scandal has rocked Ukraine for weeks, weakening Zelensky's own position and jeopardising the country's negotiating position with the US at a delicate time»
www.bbc.com/news/article...
«The corruption scandal has rocked Ukraine for weeks, weakening Zelensky's own position and jeopardising the country's negotiating position with the US at a delicate time»
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Tobias Frei
That would be the US's direct renouncement of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum & its indirect subversion of the 1968 NPT.
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
The US is READY to recognize Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied territories as part of a potential agreement — The Telegraph
According to the publication, this is the reason Trump sent Witkoff to Russia — with instructions to deliver a “direct proposal” to Putin.
According to the publication, this is the reason Trump sent Witkoff to Russia — with instructions to deliver a “direct proposal” to Putin.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That would be the US's direct renouncement of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum & its indirect subversion of the 1968 NPT.
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
Reposted by Tobias Frei
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
OMG, I had one laptop of french production in 93, and gloriously running SCO UNIX 🙄
IBM ThinkPad 550 BJ (1993) - Included an integrated Bubble Jet printer!
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
OMG, I had one laptop of french production in 93, and gloriously running SCO UNIX 🙄
Und liebe @claudmajor.bsky.social
Die Frage treibt mich immer wieder um: was wären die Konsequenzen für nukleare Stabilität (auch in Hinblick auf Europa), falls die strategisch weitgehend autonome Force de dissuasion 2027 etwa in Jordan Bardellas Hände geriete?
Die Frage treibt mich immer wieder um: was wären die Konsequenzen für nukleare Stabilität (auch in Hinblick auf Europa), falls die strategisch weitgehend autonome Force de dissuasion 2027 etwa in Jordan Bardellas Hände geriete?
En 2027, de nouvelles élections présidentielles auront lieu en France.
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Und liebe @claudmajor.bsky.social
Die Frage treibt mich immer wieder um: was wären die Konsequenzen für nukleare Stabilität (auch in Hinblick auf Europa), falls die strategisch weitgehend autonome Force de dissuasion 2027 etwa in Jordan Bardellas Hände geriete?
Die Frage treibt mich immer wieder um: was wären die Konsequenzen für nukleare Stabilität (auch in Hinblick auf Europa), falls die strategisch weitgehend autonome Force de dissuasion 2027 etwa in Jordan Bardellas Hände geriete?
Deutsch sein darüber hinaus:
- andere waren nicht Frontstaat im Kalten Krieg,
- andere verwechseln nicht die UdSSR mit Russland,
- andere liefern SCALP-EG und diskutieren nicht über Taurus.
🤷♂️
- andere waren nicht Frontstaat im Kalten Krieg,
- andere verwechseln nicht die UdSSR mit Russland,
- andere liefern SCALP-EG und diskutieren nicht über Taurus.
🤷♂️
Deutsch sein geht so: Ein Problem erkennen, von allen Seiten bewundern, die Hände in die Hüften stemmen und kundtun, dass man jetzt eigentlich sehr grundlegende Veränderungen bräuchte, um diesem Problem Herr zu werden. Dann umdrehen und weitermachen wie bisher.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Deutsch sein darüber hinaus:
- andere waren nicht Frontstaat im Kalten Krieg,
- andere verwechseln nicht die UdSSR mit Russland,
- andere liefern SCALP-EG und diskutieren nicht über Taurus.
🤷♂️
- andere waren nicht Frontstaat im Kalten Krieg,
- andere verwechseln nicht die UdSSR mit Russland,
- andere liefern SCALP-EG und diskutieren nicht über Taurus.
🤷♂️
En 2027, de nouvelles élections présidentielles auront lieu en France.
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
En 2027, de nouvelles élections présidentielles auront lieu en France.
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
Quelles conséquences cela aura-t-il pour la sécurité nucléaire de l'Europe au cas ou... 🙄
The world currently disposes of 348 DNS root servers.
What would happen in situations of augmented tension?
Which ones are trustworthy for what parts of the world?
Could we run into conflicts regarding sync, and what would this mean for the Internet's trustworthiness?
dnswatch.com/dns-docs/roo...
What would happen in situations of augmented tension?
Which ones are trustworthy for what parts of the world?
Could we run into conflicts regarding sync, and what would this mean for the Internet's trustworthiness?
dnswatch.com/dns-docs/roo...
Root Server Technical Details: Locations
See also: AS112 DNSwatch ∘ Verisign ∘ USC-ISI ∘ Cogent ∘ UMD ∘ NASA-ARC ∘ ISC ∘ DOD-NIC ∘ ARL ∘ Autonomica ∘ RIPE ∘ ICANN ∘ WIDE
dnswatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The world currently disposes of 348 DNS root servers.
What would happen in situations of augmented tension?
Which ones are trustworthy for what parts of the world?
Could we run into conflicts regarding sync, and what would this mean for the Internet's trustworthiness?
dnswatch.com/dns-docs/roo...
What would happen in situations of augmented tension?
Which ones are trustworthy for what parts of the world?
Could we run into conflicts regarding sync, and what would this mean for the Internet's trustworthiness?
dnswatch.com/dns-docs/roo...
Thanks, dear @carlomasala1.bsky.social, for vigorously defending European democracy and freedom 🇪🇺
youtu.be/ZwhAThwlwoY?...
youtu.be/ZwhAThwlwoY?...
Carlo Masala: Warum die Europawahl 2024 von entscheidender Bedeutung ist | EuroJam 2024
YouTube video by Tu was für Europa
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thanks, dear @carlomasala1.bsky.social, for vigorously defending European democracy and freedom 🇪🇺
youtu.be/ZwhAThwlwoY?...
youtu.be/ZwhAThwlwoY?...
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Reinhard Merkel hat da eine Idee: die von Russland annektierten Gebiete einfach in die "Unabhängigkeit" entlassen - selbstverständlich unter Moskaus wohlwollender Kontrolle. Und zack: schon ist Ruhe im lästigen ukrainischen Karton!
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October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reinhard Merkel hat da eine Idee: die von Russland annektierten Gebiete einfach in die "Unabhängigkeit" entlassen - selbstverständlich unter Moskaus wohlwollender Kontrolle. Und zack: schon ist Ruhe im lästigen ukrainischen Karton!
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Sei nicht wie Heydr... aehm sorry, Reinhard M, der sich (formell zu Staaten gemachte) ukrainische Gebiete unter russischer Kontrolle vorstellt und von "unbesiegbaren" Atommächten (Vietnam, Afghanistan) schwafelt 🤦
www.zdf.de/play/talk/ma...
www.zdf.de/play/talk/ma...
„Trump und Europa gegen Putin – hat die Ukraine wieder eine Chance?" | maybrit illner streamen
Zu Gast: Norbert Röttgen, Hannah Neumann, Andrij Melnyk, Reinhard Merkel, Frederik Pleitgen
www.zdf.de
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Sei nicht wie Heydr... aehm sorry, Reinhard M, der sich (formell zu Staaten gemachte) ukrainische Gebiete unter russischer Kontrolle vorstellt und von "unbesiegbaren" Atommächten (Vietnam, Afghanistan) schwafelt 🤦
www.zdf.de/play/talk/ma...
www.zdf.de/play/talk/ma...
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Die Arbeit des Seuchenministerium von Magastan nimmt Fahrt auf. Impfgegner, Verschwörungsgläubige, Wissenschaftsfeinde, Autokratiefreunde haben noch nie in der Geschichte etwas positives für irgendwen geschaffen. Dafür aber ganz viel Leid. Solche Menschen lieben die ihren nicht. Sie geben es nur vor
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Die Arbeit des Seuchenministerium von Magastan nimmt Fahrt auf. Impfgegner, Verschwörungsgläubige, Wissenschaftsfeinde, Autokratiefreunde haben noch nie in der Geschichte etwas positives für irgendwen geschaffen. Dafür aber ganz viel Leid. Solche Menschen lieben die ihren nicht. Sie geben es nur vor
In dieser Folge (vor knapp 2 Wochen) "The Butcher's Trail..." und detaillierte Einsichten zu Bosnien und Herzegowina.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In dieser Folge (vor knapp 2 Wochen) "The Butcher's Trail..." und detaillierte Einsichten zu Bosnien und Herzegowina.
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Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Bloomberg Story Demonstrated Just How Much Some People Will Make Excuses For Trump
Hi All,
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hi All, Just sent out this free piece. The controversial Bloomberg piece is the perfect example of why we must stop making excuses for Trump. Trump has reconfirmed that Witkoff was doing what he wanted and that Witkoff is soon off to Moscow to represent the USA. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Nach Abu Dhabi verspricht das Windelkind im Weissen Haus vermutlich wieder die Lieferung von Tomahawks 🤷♂️🍊🤡
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nach Abu Dhabi verspricht das Windelkind im Weissen Haus vermutlich wieder die Lieferung von Tomahawks 🤷♂️🍊🤡
Toleranz-Paradoxon
H/T Sir Karl Raimund Popper
H/T Sir Karl Raimund Popper
Kamala Harris won the presidency
Donald Trump stole the election
HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED!
Donald Trump stole the election
HE NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED!
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Toleranz-Paradoxon
H/T Sir Karl Raimund Popper
H/T Sir Karl Raimund Popper
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Reposted by Tobias Frei
Die neue Folge ist da!
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
Folge #101 Krieg im Sudan | Diktatfrieden in der Ukraine? - Sicherheitspod
“Sicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 101 sprechen Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala zuerst mit Ge...
sicherheitspod.de
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Die neue Folge ist da!
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
In Teil 1 sprechen wir mit @gerritkurtz.bsky.social über den Krieg im Sudan. Im zweiten Teil geht es um den 28-Punkte-Ukraine-Plan und wie das diplomatische Chaos weitergehen könnte.
Plus Sicherheitshinweise.
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
Hört dazu auch die hunderterst Folge von @sicherheitspod.de ab Minute 43!
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Hört dazu auch die hunderterst Folge von @sicherheitspod.de ab Minute 43!
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
sicherheitspod.de/2025/11/25/f...
Gutes Beispiel dafür, dass Kleinkinder im Weissen Haus Diplomatie stetig auf Kindergarten-Niveau bestreiten 🤦
After all Dmitriev's English is less polished than should be expected after having spent years in the US 😜😈
More evidence that the Trump/Witkoff “peace plan” for Ukraine came straight from the Russians - it uses Russian syntax.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Gutes Beispiel dafür, dass Kleinkinder im Weissen Haus Diplomatie stetig auf Kindergarten-Niveau bestreiten 🤦
Nothing more errant, more nomadic than Donny Trump, and yet his law is perceived 'greatness' through stupidity 🤪
"Nothing more errant, more nomadic in appearance than animals, and yet their law is that of the territory."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Nothing more errant, more nomadic than Donny Trump, and yet his law is perceived 'greatness' through stupidity 🤪
At age 20 I found myself on a 747 from CPT to EZE. The only other passenger aboard was a diplomat, and we had great fun walking the airplane and going to the bar!
So, what is this shit? 👇
viewfromthewing.com/emirates-pas...
So, what is this shit? 👇
viewfromthewing.com/emirates-pas...
Emirates Passenger Finds Herself Alone on a 14-Hour Flight — And Flight Attendants Wouldn’t Upgrade Her - View from the Wing
A woman flying Emirates from Brisbane to Dubai found herself essentially alone in economy on a 14-hour flight, with empty rows in every direction. She even asked about upgrading, but flight attendants...
viewfromthewing.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
At age 20 I found myself on a 747 from CPT to EZE. The only other passenger aboard was a diplomat, and we had great fun walking the airplane and going to the bar!
So, what is this shit? 👇
viewfromthewing.com/emirates-pas...
So, what is this shit? 👇
viewfromthewing.com/emirates-pas...