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BEING PREPARED IS A NATIONAL SPORT VICTORIA CRAW Ottawa Citizen Dec 01, 2025 Switzerland is spending millions revamping its vast network of bunkers Amid the charming cobbled streets and medieval buildings in Zurich's old town, there is one site that never ceases to amaze guests of tour guide Samantha Aeschbach. Urania, a cavernous underground space spanning seven stories, is a parking garage. But it's also a modern military fortress hiding in plain sight, the owner of the Zurich Insider tour company tells her guests. The garage doubles as one of the largest public shelters in Switzerland, and could accommodate 11,000 people in case of an emergency, with drinking water, emergency power generators, gas filters and a command system. “To come across it spontaneously, you really have to be looking,” Aeschbach said in an interview, adding that it often leads to a flurry of questions from her guests — who mainly come from the Americas and other European nations — about Switzerland's military history and who would be able to use the bunker in an emergency. Being prepared is something of a national sport in Switzerland, where service in the military or civil defence force is mandatory and the country is pitted with a network of about 370,000 personal shelters ensuring a secretly assigned place for each of its nearly nine million residents. Separate spaces are designated for civil protection forces and the military. Now, the famously neutral country is spending hundreds of millions overhauling its vast network of personal shelters and civil protection sites in light of the “changing global security situation.” In 2026, a new civil protection ordinance will come into effect that will see 200 larger bunkers modernized at a total cost of $276 million over 15 years. The fee property developers must pay to local authorities to fund public shelters will also rise, from about $1,000 to more than $1,700 per person. Separately, work is underway across Switzerland's regional authorities, known as cantons, to revamp aging ventilation and filtration systems on existing bunkers reaching the end of their 40year life cycle. A $1.2 billion fund is available for this over the next 15 years, and the time frame can be expedited if necessary, a Swiss government spokesperson said. The army is also calling for ideas on how existing military fortifications could be modernized into “hard-to-attack defence nodes.” The historic revamp comes against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine, which has kick-started a new era of uneasy militarization in Europe. Daniel Jordi, head of the Civil Protection and Training Division at Switzerland's Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, said while most personal shelters in the country are close to people's homes, his team is now thinking about how to protect people outside the home. “The economy still has to work during war. That's what you see in all conflicts nowadays,” he said in a phone interview. “Some people do have to go to work. And if you're doing your work in a big city and there's an air raid, as you see it in Kyiv at the moment, you have to have a certain protection for those people.” Keeping schools running and avoiding “more traumas than necessary for the young generation” is also under consideration, Of the 370,000 bunkers in Switzerland, many are in apartment blocks, with another 1,700 facilities earmarked for command posts and field hospitals, according to the Swiss government. The allocation of places remains a closely guarded secret. Maj. Frank Armour, staff officer of the Civil Protection force in Vaud canton, said during an emergency the government would order “pre-assignment” of places, and local authorities would have to make shelters operational within five days. Details will only be communicated to the public under government orders. Few can match the Swiss commitment to emergency preparation, but elsewhere in the world many try, with prepping for Doomsday becoming increasingly mainstream. Berger Ziauddin said Swiss companies have been at the forefront of a “commercialized security-scape” since the 1960s when Swiss products and expertise were exported, burnishing the country's reputation for quality and technical-know how. Bunker Swiss CEO Xavier Brun, who sells custom bunkers, kit sets and old military installations to clients in Switzerland and around the world, said the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have led to a spike in demand for those who want the privacy and security of a custom bunker. “A lot of people have questions, a lot of people are afraid,” Brun said. Meanwhile, in the United States there is demand for bunkers which range from around $20,000 to a basic version to high-end designs that can cost up to $1 million, according to Ron Hubbard, the Texas-based CEO of Atlas Survival Shelters. He said while U.S. bunkers feature “off the hook” details like secret passages, theatres and wine-tasting rooms compared to the more pragmatic Swiss versions, he would like to see the U.S. adopt more of a Swiss approach when it comes to civil defence. “One of my goals is hopefully that I could get this new (Trump) administration to maybe bring back civil defence to America,” he said. For Erich Breitenmoser, owner of one of Switzerland's largest private bunkers, the nation's modernization effort is “common sense.” Breitenmoser, who paid a “seven-figure sum” for Furggels Fortress in 2019, said the bunker built in 1939 to defend against Hitler's army has given him the satisfaction of owning a piece of Swiss history and also peace of mind. Shared via PressReader connecting people through news

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Details of Twitter algorithm from: @catsscareme2021 —————- X now uses a “tiering system” based on advertiser preferences If your content is labeled “controversial,” “risky,” or “not brand-safe,” you’re put into Tier 1 - the lowest category. • Tier 1 = almost no visibility Your posts get shown to a tiny random test group- NOT your followers. If they don’t engage within seconds, the algo buries the post permanently. • You get 60–90 seconds to “prove your post deserves to live” If you don’t get: – likes – comments – shares – bookmarks immediately, the system tags the post as low-quality. • Negative comments hurt you Arguing = low-quality. Disagreement = low-quality. Reports = heavy penalty. So the people who dislike you can literally tank your reach. • Meanwhile high-profile accounts are permanently boosted The algo won’t de-rank them no matter what they post - they’re “protected.” • Symptoms creators are reporting: – New posts losing views in real time – Old posts getting notifications – Zero comments – Posts capped at 45–100 likes – Followers saying “I never see your posts anymore” – Posts dying instantly The insider literally said: “You’re not being singled out. A LOT of accounts are experiencing this. Advertisers wanted these changes.” What helps right now: • Ask followers to SHARE important posts • Use Lists where people can see every post • DM a small group for early engagement • Repost if the algo smothers your first attempt • Remind people to turn your notifications on You’re not imagining it, this is happening. If you want to support creators, sharing this helps more than anything. They can bury posts… but they can’t stop truth that spreads. 💯

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