<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 18:18:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zuerich/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Iran & and the collapse of the political left]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, After some weeks of learning and a big exam yesterday, now I'm back and hope to have more time to write in the coming weeks. The start of Operation Epic Fury by the USA and Israel did not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/iran-and-and-the-collapse-of-the-political-left</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/iran-and-and-the-collapse-of-the-political-left</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:15:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiG9Ys6ErvYpnRQgBjZ166otYJL5ZxVWNaZeCi483C9z3PfTqjDC9QDo2hBtvdfUc7m9SzkzFwX6HEiM92JrPhDyq5dcrkjpE9k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epstein, AI and movies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, as I am quite busy preparing for an exam, today just a short opinion piece on the Epstein scandal and on my hopes for AI concerning the "movie industry". Epstein I don't have any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/epstein-ai-and-movies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/epstein-ai-and-movies</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:03:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGBSwSxADf5yE7hw7Vw353rpCCGf7xQDDkNsgTbgs55FsRFtbseWCBjc2C9nVhgGEFHGFCH5rgDRqWJf4btMTzQaQEWC44hrE1?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy tale of peak oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, I hope you're very well. Today a short post on the fairy tale of peak oil. source Since the 1970s a group of people (Paul Ehrlich (wiki), the Club of Rome, "green" movements) with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-fairy-tale-of-peak-oil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-fairy-tale-of-peak-oil</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiG9ZB1xe8wwcJdf3ZcMxbWnoScmwiuZW2B1pcUK1Bkk44f3U6FLHZj4v4hoEGn6CuTCZ4hrGXxc6BX2A8u1BXRsrTPKFHDJhSu?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[wrong post  - please do not upvote]]></title><description><![CDATA[do not upvote]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-fairy-tale-of-peak-oil-or-peak-resources</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-fairy-tale-of-peak-oil-or-peak-resources</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:45:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day without a communist dictator being kidnapped is a lost day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, It has been almost two weeks since Maduro was kidnapped, and the Iranian regime is still massacring its people. How long until the US puts an end to this barbarism? And here 2 different]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/a-day-without-a-communist-dictator-being-kidnapped-is-a-lost-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/a-day-without-a-communist-dictator-being-kidnapped-is-a-lost-day</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:11:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennDoeDwbiKYK1VUhC9EsjXo2HurUMwpkyntQhWS2cHeuroTBdW2Jnfe9VZjzwQi11ZwfwsKo7UzhXRMvccNBaH9rZYsFpNsUjUjFw6pD65Wq1U14DL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[¡Long live Venezuela! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, On January 2nd I made the forecast for 2026 "Venezuela's Maduro will fall.". One day later this came true. Here my assessment of this major geopolitical event. General evaluation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/long-live-venezuela</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/long-live-venezuela</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiHK3uRaDLfjq9LAHPRP1AkNzRqxDg5LgoosXG8SjdEyvjAgAzUaCbV7NYTvokezjHSfPHXe4ivJz3nFU7GBktXYzfWb465VgLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old and new forecasts + happy new year 2026!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans I hope you had some good last weeks of 2025. Here is my evaluation of my forecasts for 2025 and my new forecasts for 2026. ForecastEvaluation Bitcoin will surpass 150`000 USD this year, probably]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/old-and-new-forecasts--happy-new-year-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/old-and-new-forecasts--happy-new-year-2026</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:09:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvrWqiEHSb9gSygXE7NgCVoswbikZKFqcbhBtbrU1huVVpsinq5KVfpggvdBD9nEgdqr2PLz8hQrsaxp5BY9YCWqdNrMQezN39jAwZ6ZAEAFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The badly managed decline of Germany (and Europe)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, I hope you are very well. Today a short opinion piece about the decline of Germany and Europe. First, Germany (sounds better than "Germany first"): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-badly-managed-decline-of-germany-and-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-badly-managed-decline-of-germany-and-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGAnkwjNCES3GTWj3AZyistjRK9ai2yPa3owZY7d1PC7Xc1J8vs6Aw4urz2GmdywrCT4ZBZKmasGPur96uUuNgz4MGbLr1ENvA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change will be laughed about ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, 130 years ago people feared that London would be buried by horse shit due to too many horses transporting people and goods (wiki, more). People fearing that hundreds of millions of people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/climate-change-will-be-laughed-about</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/climate-change-will-be-laughed-about</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGkkZPcctHxv8PhKVC4BTNKu8zatWTfzUfa9gzahgwzi4KANug6hdMgRU8TPvt1X2gh2VmkxxNZcFKRUr5Xy6EgpsM5GT8qJTp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimal number of deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, after some busy weeks today a short post. As @blanchy recently called me a controversialist, I'll strive to live up to this reputation. Nearly 6 years ago when Covid hit, a friend of mine]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths-t6p7qg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths-t6p7qg</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvrWqiEHSb9gSymcHekSwgiegSh4SVjvboyh7vPeMWB2htUWcC3pUxJLQmE2JtSxqMyEqYhJ2QHcS9QSnKBb2DK9pq998zU2cYiGNdrYNatzz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimal number of deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[please do not vote on this post...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-optimal-number-of-deaths</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:38:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York's election - if you think it can't get worse...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans this week America's biggest city, New York, elected a new mayor, and they chose very badly. Their new mayor Zohran Mamdani is both a communist and a jihadist. He explicitly defended the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/new-yorks-election-if-you-think-it-cant-get-worse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/new-yorks-election-if-you-think-it-cant-get-worse</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:44:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGAFqtk5rsSAmoacwVvCVCbAbGDhnf3aukcqYB6Pjp2bsvG47L6fuLWhWvdxDBCEKKeGbbfJ45pYoweR7ZWnrtuBnTKpWzXsnE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How incest connects Socialism, Islamism, Putin and Wokeism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, Today I‘d like to elaborate on the fascinating topic of epistemology (which is the philosophical study of the nature, sources, limits, and justification of knowledge). Last week I wrote If]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/how-incest-connects-socialism-islamism-putin-and-wokeism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/how-incest-connects-socialism-islamism-putin-and-wokeism</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:46:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiHAcuTYxeKG5U2ExqPDmQ4u412DgdjdK5zdrBf4UCpjryLYGN9JWvZ2gUkxja4WCxjPfbt6JgirY3KV4pTjTePFCGpRfxU4NsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incest - pros and cons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, Today a post about an ugly topic that has very severe consequences: incest / inbreeding Downsides of inbreeding are increased risk of genetic disorders higher infant and child mortality reduced]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/incest-pros-and-cons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/incest-pros-and-cons</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGjqCo3Nyjy72SmGhbNXukS7oARJN4QrbYoUFVs6WUmgZqY4PQ9Thqnzwgo2WXJ38JYsYA6seXVStaWYckXxKadRqWHVnMLJar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discrimination - pros and cons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, Let's talk about discrimination. Discrimination is the ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment; and the treatment or consideration based on category, such as race,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/discrimination-pros-and-cons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/discrimination-pros-and-cons</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:59:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennDoeDwbiKYK1VUhAcydqrkfdssHXLWA2pZtovgQFpZkcGJfR8rhs5qxsPxHKEZXZ1tmYHTxu8eLJqq3PdQ3Zz6t15hmm9eYkyQSDo9tZUUZRftc8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foreplay is over / Das Vorspiel ist vorbei]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans In previous posts I mentioned the book The Fourth Turning (summary here). A Fourth Turning is a recurring 20-25 year period of gradually escalating crisis and transformation in a roughly 80-100]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-foreplay-is-over-das-vorspiel-ist-vorbei</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/the-foreplay-is-over-das-vorspiel-ist-vorbei</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:37:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvrWqiEHSb9gSyjBzVxQwJLScQPATSJTa7BGC865WdTyHSvEfLJs2XZv9joKnnk58jqhWeMwsdFtdtUYhQXXW9kPhU4QZBpFhP87fzqYDqNZL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do woodchucks chuck wood? or: (anti)-fascism and antifa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, the world around us is changing quickly. Last week I wrote that Charlie Kirk was killed by "unlimited tolerance of the leftist lunatic fringe, and it is not only tolerance but partially]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/do-woodchucks-chuck-wood-or-anti-fascism-and-antifa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/do-woodchucks-chuck-wood-or-anti-fascism-and-antifa</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 13:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGj7z67phGANev4tEijCyGzMTXrK379Ae3vvpkD16mbrLH8oUL8ru647G6f2wUVdN8koYUcixkxZQqpiVT51mMsGoNRH3P3Avr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe increasingly disgusts me / Europa widert mich an]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, we live in dark times. Three days ago Charlie Kirk was assassinated. We now know who killed him. But more important is the question what killed him. It is unlimited tolerance of the leftist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/europe-increasingly-disgusts-me-europa-widert-mich-an</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/europe-increasingly-disgusts-me-europa-widert-mich-an</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:39:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGMTdgoHC94H7dEqXrpCeiF95QfvjsN2nsx3mzWrVNKXgsdeJw9o4SdprhRrBFKKCtM2tuq7giyMnZXJpS4WJdtajBDpEnoS14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaza and Monaco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, today just a short comment on the least complex and easiest conflict in history, with a comparison of Gaza and Monaco. Yesterday we got the great development that Israel took out some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/gaza-and-monaco</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/gaza-and-monaco</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiuC1dCopSUaKT6DapJ7aKzfWi8w7cfScMaTGN5ZNpCZ7x6ZVTNPGwgKgx8FfjX61NA4Rki7i5PQvnJ8JENeJouqfZLaXgKGQ2S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[End the UN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Hiveans, today a short opinion post about why we should end the United Nations (and probably replace it with something new). The UN is a supranational organisation and was founded in 1945, after World]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/end-the-un</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@zuerich/end-the-un</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zuerich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:30:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpraDxwxtxQQZjhiGvHWJYC7G4FijumbPC8MmP44fYkCYZM4dM118WGvS22yFJXmKS9aVXqzxTLMiSbMLYB5VAbFhCYGGc1d8N4ZuNaNYtDZTAjJW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>