#SilentSunday

#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #monochrome #streetphotography #Poland #Krakow

#SilentSunday

#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #monochrome #streetphotography #Poland #Krakow

A comment about yesterday’s president 🇺🇦 #Zelensky visit in 🇵🇱 #Poland - the context was very sensitive but fortunately everything worked well. Why was it sensitive?

1. 🇵🇱 Nawrocki is in an awkward position where he must remain loyal to his right-wing electorate, but at the same time fulfill the duties president of Poland. It’s not a criticism, just a statement of fact that is usually true for any elected politician with one particular voter base.
2. Polish right-wing is a broad spectrum between people with moderate religious and conservative but generally pro-EU and pro-Ukrainian views (PiS), down to complete Putinist freaks. Most importantly, even anti-EU parties like “Konfederacja” are divided. Thanks to numerous splits, the 🇷🇺 freaks are now mostly concentrated in “Konfederacja Korony Polskiej”.
3. Polish “liberals” (KO) chose to appeal to the centrist and left-wing electorate primarily by vilifying the whole right-wing. Daily political activity in Poland is infantile bashing between KO ministers and Nawrocki on a level so miserably stupid that is only comparable to MAGA.
4. Mutual accusations of being “pro-Russian” because someone visited Moscow as a diplomat in 2009 are a daily occurrence. In reality, it was PiS government that took all the refugees and send the first heavy weapons (MiG-29, tanks) to Ukraine in the first days of 2022 when other countries reluctantly offered helmets. PiS had done many bad things, but this thing they’ve done right.
5. Because the narratives have to be 100% black-and-white and “liberals” took the Ukraine topic, Nawrocki clearly felt compelled to play the opposite side. That is, the right end of his spectrum, which I was concerned would mean appealing to freaks obsessively talking about Volhynia and nothing else.

If that would happen, if Nawrocki eventually took the tribal side and decided to “play hard” with Zelensky, that would be a total disaster. Once again it would demonstrate that Poland is unable to operate as a single country and is doomed to remain a chaotic and unpredictable tribal entity forever.

Fortunately, that did not happen. I’ve listened to the whole 🇵🇱 Nawrocki speech in the presence of Zelensky. Nawrocki said all the necessary things about joint strategic goals and unity, and didn’t say anything unnecessary. He did mention “difficult topics” like Volhynia exhumations but even that he mentioned in a non-confrontational context of ongoing cooperation, which is a fact. He talked about military cooperation too. And when he talked about Volhynia and “gratitude” because that’s important for his electorate.

🇺🇦 Zelensky’s talk was in the same tone, so I won’t go into details. Yes, we have common goals; yes, unity is critical; yes, there are difficult topics and we are jointly working on them; yes, we also cooperate on military topics and we will do more. ✅

They were talking business. No hugs, no kisses, but honest business talk, and that’s precisely what they needed. ✅

I was a bit concerned about the outcome of yesterday’s visit, but it all worked well. And it gave Polish PM Tusk later full right to say that the worst news from yesterday’s Presidents’ meeting came out to be for Russia. Tusk met with Zelensky too late at night after he came back from Brussels, bringing the news of 90b EUR “loan” for Ukraine.

Overall ✅✅✅ for both countries and Europe.

A comment about yesterday’s president 🇺🇦 #Zelensky visit in 🇵🇱 #Poland - the context was very sensitive but fortunately everything worked well. Why was it sensitive?

1. 🇵🇱 Nawrocki is in an awkward position where he must remain loyal to his right-wing electorate, but at the same time fulfill the duties president of Poland. It’s not a criticism, just a statement of fact that is usually true for any elected politician with one particular voter base.
2. Polish right-wing is a broad spectrum between people with moderate religious and conservative but generally pro-EU and pro-Ukrainian views (PiS), down to complete Putinist freaks. Most importantly, even anti-EU parties like “Konfederacja” are divided. Thanks to numerous splits, the 🇷🇺 freaks are now mostly concentrated in “Konfederacja Korony Polskiej”.
3. Polish “liberals” (KO) chose to appeal to the centrist and left-wing electorate primarily by vilifying the whole right-wing. Daily political activity in Poland is infantile bashing between KO ministers and Nawrocki on a level so miserably stupid that is only comparable to MAGA.
4. Mutual accusations of being “pro-Russian” because someone visited Moscow as a diplomat in 2009 are a daily occurrence. In reality, it was PiS government that took all the refugees and send the first heavy weapons (MiG-29, tanks) to Ukraine in the first days of 2022 when other countries reluctantly offered helmets. PiS had done many bad things, but this thing they’ve done right.
5. Because the narratives have to be 100% black-and-white and “liberals” took the Ukraine topic, Nawrocki clearly felt compelled to play the opposite side. That is, the right end of his spectrum, which I was concerned would mean appealing to freaks obsessively talking about Volhynia and nothing else.

If that would happen, if Nawrocki eventually took the tribal side and decided to “play hard” with Zelensky, that would be a total disaster. Once again it would demonstrate that Poland is unable to operate as a single country and is doomed to remain a chaotic and unpredictable tribal entity forever.

Fortunately, that did not happen. I’ve listened to the whole 🇵🇱 Nawrocki speech in the presence of Zelensky. Nawrocki said all the necessary things about joint strategic goals and unity, and didn’t say anything unnecessary. He did mention “difficult topics” like Volhynia exhumations but even that he mentioned in a non-confrontational context of ongoing cooperation, which is a fact. He talked about military cooperation too. And when he talked about Volhynia and “gratitude” because that’s important for his electorate.

🇺🇦 Zelensky’s talk was in the same tone, so I won’t go into details. Yes, we have common goals; yes, unity is critical; yes, there are difficult topics and we are jointly working on them; yes, we also cooperate on military topics and we will do more. ✅

They were talking business. No hugs, no kisses, but honest business talk, and that’s precisely what they needed. ✅

I was a bit concerned about the outcome of yesterday’s visit, but it all worked well. And it gave Polish PM Tusk later full right to say that the worst news from yesterday’s Presidents’ meeting came out to be for Russia. Tusk met with Zelensky too late at night after he came back from Brussels, bringing the news of 90b EUR “loan” for Ukraine.

Overall ✅✅✅ for both countries and Europe.

🎵🔥😈

"już nie ma nieprzekraczalnych granic absurdu
kolana przestrzelone — kolej na głowę..."

SCHIZMA — wraz z kawą, poranny punch 👊 w zaspane fedisiowe facjaty..

🌐 https://piranhamusicpl.bandcamp.com/album/upadek

#DIY #muSICK #hardcore #Bydgoszcz #Poland @punk @muzykametalowa

🎵🔥😈

"już nie ma nieprzekraczalnych granic absurdu
kolana przestrzelone — kolej na głowę..."

SCHIZMA — wraz z kawą, poranny punch 👊 w zaspane fedisiowe facjaty..

🌐 https://piranhamusicpl.bandcamp.com/album/upadek

#DIY #muSICK #hardcore #Bydgoszcz #Poland @punk @muzykametalowa

W sumie nie wiedziałem że w Polsce są artyści, którzy mają takie aranżacje.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lNB9s_egI&si=3SlNZVSVwRSc-AyV

#music #polska #poland

#Poland ABW (Internal Security Agency) now runs an official bot on #Telegram where people can report recruitment attempts to conduct sabotage in Poland. Number of such incidents has increased significantly in Poland over the last year and vast majority of those detained are young citizens of #Ukraine and #Belarus who were recruited as “disposable agents” for quick money schemes and then blackmailed into much serious crimes. FSB can do the last part really professionally, it’s their job.

If you know people living in Poland who are disadvantaged situation and could fall for such make money quick schemes, share this bot with them https://t.me/ABW_STOPdywersji_bot

If they might feel more comfortable talking to Ukraine’s own SBU, they also run such bot https://t.me/spaly_fsb_bot

W sumie nie wiedziałem że w Polsce są artyści, którzy mają takie aranżacje.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lNB9s_egI&si=3SlNZVSVwRSc-AyV

#music #polska #poland

#Poland ABW (Internal Security Agency) now runs an official bot on #Telegram where people can report recruitment attempts to conduct sabotage in Poland. Number of such incidents has increased significantly in Poland over the last year and vast majority of those detained are young citizens of #Ukraine and #Belarus who were recruited as “disposable agents” for quick money schemes and then blackmailed into much serious crimes. FSB can do the last part really professionally, it’s their job.

If you know people living in Poland who are disadvantaged situation and could fall for such make money quick schemes, share this bot with them https://t.me/ABW_STOPdywersji_bot

If they might feel more comfortable talking to Ukraine’s own SBU, they also run such bot https://t.me/spaly_fsb_bot

Czy ktoś wie co miłomściwie nam panujący nazywają "laboratorium ai" w https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja/komunikat-ministerstwa-edukacji-narodowej-dot-przyjetych-ram-dystrybucji-okreslajacych-procedury-dystrybucji-urzadzen-teleinformatycznych-oraz-udostepniania-infrastruktury-szkolom-oraz-innym-placowkom-oswiatowym-po-odbyciu-konsultacji-spolecznych ?

Mogliby choć nazywać to "si"...

#poland #polska

Czy ktoś wie co miłomściwie nam panujący nazywają "laboratorium ai" w https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja/komunikat-ministerstwa-edukacji-narodowej-dot-przyjetych-ram-dystrybucji-okreslajacych-procedury-dystrybucji-urzadzen-teleinformatycznych-oraz-udostepniania-infrastruktury-szkolom-oraz-innym-placowkom-oswiatowym-po-odbyciu-konsultacji-spolecznych ?

Mogliby choć nazywać to "si"...

#poland #polska

RE: https://mastodon.social/@apostolos_kl/115734795559356499

PL na końcu stawki 😐 Przydałby się ten podatek antyspekulacyjny.

#poland #polska #mieszkanie #dom #polityka #ue

RE: https://mastodon.social/@apostolos_kl/115734795559356499

PL na końcu stawki 😐 Przydałby się ten podatek antyspekulacyjny.

#poland #polska #mieszkanie #dom #polityka #ue

#Poland #Sikorski reminded an old Polish communist time joke about #Lenin referring to the recent Zakharova ramblings about how he “guaranteed Poland’s independence”:

I remind Russian propagandists that Lenin was not only the creator of modern Poland but also a friend to Polish children. Because one day he was shaving in Poronin when a school group passed by outside the window. And he could have slit the children’s throats with his razor, but he didn’t!

Likewise, President Putin is a benefactor of Ukraine. After all, he could drop an atomic bomb on Kyiv, and he hasn’t done so yet. The competition for the Nobel Peace Prize will be fierce.

Sikorski joke is based on a true story - Lenin indeed lived in Poronin, near Zakopane, a popular tourist town in south of Grand Duchy of Kraków, in what was then Austro-Hungarian Empire, between 1912-1914. The story about razor is probably a legend, but it’s very good illustration of the popular fallacy about “he could do much worse, but he didn’t, so he’s good”.

#Poland #Sikorski reminded an old Polish communist time joke about #Lenin referring to the recent Zakharova ramblings about how he “guaranteed Poland’s independence”:

I remind Russian propagandists that Lenin was not only the creator of modern Poland but also a friend to Polish children. Because one day he was shaving in Poronin when a school group passed by outside the window. And he could have slit the children’s throats with his razor, but he didn’t!

Likewise, President Putin is a benefactor of Ukraine. After all, he could drop an atomic bomb on Kyiv, and he hasn’t done so yet. The competition for the Nobel Peace Prize will be fierce.

Sikorski joke is based on a true story - Lenin indeed lived in Poronin, near Zakopane, a popular tourist town in south of Grand Duchy of Kraków, in what was then Austro-Hungarian Empire, between 1912-1914. The story about razor is probably a legend, but it’s very good illustration of the popular fallacy about “he could do much worse, but he didn’t, so he’s good”.

Today’s #Poland minister of foreign affairs Radosław (Radek) Sikorski in 1987-1989 when he was a war correspondent in #Soviet occupied #Afghanistan.

The last one is a photograph of a family killed and mummified in their home as a result of a Soviet Air Force bombing raid for which he received World Press Photo Awards in 1988.

Continuing the #nationalId debate, here’s the key part of the #digitalId experience in #Poland core mobile application called mObywatel.

When I want to log in to any government website, they display a QR code which I scan with the app. What then happens you see on the screenshot below (in Polish, sorry) and it’s the critical part.

The app tells me what personal details the website is requesting from me, and I am explicitly approving this share.

In this case, I was logging in to Polish social insurance insurance. The only details they need from me is name, surname and unique id number (think NINo) which binds to my insurance account. That’s it.

Why this is important? Because this explicit share approval provides you with full transparency on what data you’re sharing and with whom.

Of course, the social insurance already has all of my details since I’ve started university, but then mObywatel also integrates with commercial institutions, like banks.

Then it becomes useful, because you can literally open a bank account online using mObywatel, in which case you will have to authorise much more details - which you’d normally be required to fill in a paper form in the bank branch. But it will be always you to see and approve what you share with whom.

Today’s #Poland minister of foreign affairs Radosław (Radek) Sikorski in 1987-1989 when he was a war correspondent in #Soviet occupied #Afghanistan.

The last one is a photograph of a family killed and mummified in their home as a result of a Soviet Air Force bombing raid for which he received World Press Photo Awards in 1988.

#Russia MFA Maria Zakharova just went on another psychedelic trip declaring that it was #Lenin who gave #Poland independence in 20th century.[^1] The statement reads like a classic Armenian Radio joke:

• not Lenin, but Red Army
• not “independence”, but military invasion
• not “gave”, but tried to take it

As a reminder, immediately after Bolshevik came to power in 1917 they crushed all internal opposition[^2] and started what we would today describe as a classic imperial expansion to the West.[^3] They conquered #Estonia #Lithuania #Latvia #Belarus to meet serious resistance in #Ukraine supported by #Poland.

So they invaded Poland in 1919 but in 1920 lost at outskirts of Warsaw[^4] and finally signed a Treaty of Riga[^5] which was a compromise between exhausted Bolshevik and equally exhausted Poland, which, unfortunately dumped Petlura’s Ukraine in the process.

There’s one more interesting piece here: Russians occasionally use the story of “thousands of Russian prisoners murdered in Poland” in 1920’s as a “moral justification” for their Katyń Massacre in 1940.

The first detail they’re skipping is how exactly these prisoners appeared in Poland in the first place - they surrendered when Bolshevik failed their invasion.

The second detail they skip is that they chose to start invasion at the time of the largest European pandemic of influenza, when 25-50 million people died on the continent, including in Poland, including Soviet prisoners.

The third detail they skip is that 40% of the prisoners chose not to return to the world’s workers’ paradise and instead chose to stay in Poland or move to Europe, while Soviet historiography in #USSR of course counted them all as “dead” (for the cause).

https://www.mk.ru/politics/2025/12/16/zakharova-rasskazala-o-roli-lenina-v-stanovlenii-polshi.html (in Russian)

[^2]: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/goldman/works/1922/bolsheviks-shooting-anarchists.html

[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_westward_offensive_of_1918%E2%80%931919

[^4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War

[^5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Riga