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Zbigniew Bogucki cited a statement by the President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who said that Donald Tusk's government is indebting Poles by 900 million zł each day. According to Nawrocki, this amount corresponds to the cost of building 2,000 apartments daily, and the lack of efficiency and governance skills means that such apartments are not being built. The president stated that this cannot continue. #Polska #dług #mieszkania (translated)

The author of the post criticized Marcin Przydacz for presenting his own account of the behind-the-scenes negotiations as an established fact. He wrote that Przydacz should prove that Radosław Sikorski agreed to withdraw Bogdan Klich, that another candidate was agreed upon for the position in Washington, and that Donald Tusk personally blocked the agreement. He added that the source of this version so far has mainly been Przydacz and the Chancellery of the President, and he assessed the credibility of Przydacz's information as variable. The author referenced Article 133, paragraph 1, point 2 of the Constitution, concerning the appointment and dismissal of representatives of the Republic of Poland, and Article 133, paragraph 3, which — as he wrote — provides for the cooperation of the president with the prime minister and the relevant minister in foreign policy. He added that according to Article 146, paragraph 1, it is conducted by the Council of Ministers, and the president does not independently direct foreign policy or foreign affairs. The writer also noted that Karol Nawrocki's proposal for Sikorski to consider Nikodem Rachoń did not imply that his candidacy was agreed upon. He described the assertion that Sikorski either accepted Rachoń or lied as a false alternative. He demanded that Przydacz provide the name of the agreed candidate for the position in Washington and the basis for the claim that Tusk personally blocked the agreement. #Polska #Polityka #Konsytucja (translated)

Also for the child who was born today in a Polish family and has not yet had the chance to say the word "mom," the current government has already added a debt of 26 thousand to them — lists President Karol Nawrocki during his recent address dedicated to fuel prices. #Polska #Kaczyński #długpubliczny (translated)

Kowalczyk: Koniec "prawicy społecznej". PiS dziś mówi prof. Balcerowiczem
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SK Slavia Prague stated that the Sports Club Slavia Prague, the association, is a separate legal entity that has been long-term led by Jiří Vrba. According to the football club, under his leadership, the association got into a financial situation with liabilities exceeding 200 million crowns. Football Slavia stated that it is one of the 34 member sections of the association and in May helped resolve the critical financial situation by securing a loan of 130 million crowns. The club stated that it does not seek to purchase the land that it has leased. According to them, the lease agreement is secured until 2094, and it guarantees the conditions necessary for further development of the stadium and related infrastructure. It added that the crisis management board of the association listed the sale of the swimming stadium, hotel, or land to the hockey club as possible solutions to its financial situation, but not the sale of land to football Slavia. Slavia rejected the notion that the football club is responsible for the current situation of the association. It stated that Vrba ran in the municipal elections on Friday and needed to present his view of events to the public. At the same time, it wrote that it would welcome if the dispute went to court, where, in its view, it would be possible to assess the documents and the responsibility of the individuals. The club also recalled a letter that Vrba, as the then-chairman of the association's board, addressed to the Mayor of Prague on March 13, 2026. According to Slavia, it indicated that Vrba signed the relevant contract based on a promise of a grant. In the letter, according to the club, he pointed out that the association faced the threat of insolvency, loss of the allocated grant, and serious consequences for the further functioning of the club and its sports complex. Slavia stated that these words adequately described the current situation of the association, and it did not consider further comments necessary. #SlaviaPraha #fotbal #ekonomika (translated)

The author of the entry wrote that the only established information was that Radosław Sikorski demanded a note regarding the conversation between Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Donald Trump. In his opinion, the request for the note alone did not prove that Kosiniak-Kamysz did not inform the government about the conversation, did not trust Sikorski, or doubted Bogdan Klich's competence. The author accused Marcin Przydacz of presenting such interpretations and the suggestion of "some game" as conclusions drawn from the facts. He stated that building the message about the political conflict in this way constitutes manipulation of public opinion and is unbecoming of an employee of the Chancellery of the President. He called on Przydacz to provide evidence for his claims. #fakty #polityka #manipulacja (translated)

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American Carter Church, with the help of the GPT-6 Astra artificial intelligence, successfully decoded a 217-year-old encrypted letter from Napoleon, addressed to General August de Marmont, which contained key information about military tactics during the war against Austria. #Napoleon #historie #kryptografie (translated)

Američan rozluštil díky AI šifrovaný Napoleonův dopis. Jeho obsah byl 217 let záhadou

"Temporary measures may be applied against citizens." Under the letter stating that "temporary measures may be applied against citizens" in order to "ensure that they report to the military office based on a summons," is signed the vice-chairman of the notary chamber, Konstantin Korsik. #mobilizace #Rusko #vojenskáslužba (translated)

Rusko mladým mužům omezuje svobodu, přiživuje obavy z mobilizace
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Redbad wrote that he knew Waldek, Myślozbira, from the internet and found it hard to come to terms with the fact that the deceased would not write another sentence. He valued his precision and the way he defined his views and spoke up despite the consequences. According to Redbad, Waldek advocated for the right to an individual voice, independent of origin, gender, or orientation. Redbad found beliefs in his texts that were close to his own, particularly concerning the biological and binary nature of sex, the independence of orientation from ideology, and the responsibility of adults to protect children from experiments with irreversible effects. Redbad also described his own experience of attacks after he questioned the meaning of the "plus" sign. He wrote that he faced attempts to exclude him, loss of work, and challenges to his right to participate in the debate, and some of these actions proved effective. He added that this only allowed him to imagine the price Waldek paid for his stance. Redbad mentioned that as a person of two cultures, he understood how important the right to self-define one's identity and express one's views was to Waldek. He wrote that the voice of the deceased would remain with others and might give courage to those who had remained silent until now. #Waldka #WalkaOSwojePrawa #Tożsamość (translated)

Grzegorz Płaczek criticized Prime Minister Donald Tusk for posting a photo from years ago on X, in which he was riding a horse, with the caption that he did it poorly but at his own expense. Płaczek wrote that Tusk had not been living "for himself" for years and reminded that, according to him, in 2012 a government plane flew to Verona for the Prime Minister returning from a private skiing trip. He added that when Tusk was Prime Minister, he played soccer in Warsaw using BOR protection and government transport, which cost around 150,000 PLN of taxpayer money. Płaczek urged Tusk to focus on managing the state, which — as he wrote — was falling apart. #Polska #polityka #Tusk (translated)

Itay Blumental, a war correspondent for Israeli television Kan, said on X that Israeli forces carried out a targeted attack on a senior official of the Islamist group Hamas. #Izrael #Gaza #rat (translated)

Najmanje pet mrtvih u novom izraelskom napadu na Gazu
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Itay Blumental, a war correspondent for the Israeli television channel Kan, said on X that Israeli forces carried out a targeted attack on a senior official of the Islamist group Hamas. #izrael #Gaza #hamas (translated)

U novim napadima na Gazu petero ubijenih. Izrael se opravdava udarima na Hamas
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Agnieszka Gozdyra wrote that she is creating a "misogynist cheat sheet" — a list of insults directed at women to belittle them. She mentioned, among other things, remarks about age, lack of a partner or children, appearance, intelligence, and emotionality, as well as suggestions that women are only suitable for domestic or sexual work. She also cited the undermining of their professional competencies and claims that they got their jobs thanks to quotas. She encouraged her audience to add more examples. #mizoginia #przemoc #feminizm (translated)

Account #Nawrocki2025 claimed that Donald Tusk's government would increase Poland's debt by over one trillion zlotys in four years, which — according to the author of the post — would mean around 26 thousand zlotys of debt for every citizen. The author added that the state would burden even newly born children with this bill. https://t.co/GWt4of3vH1 #Polska #zadłużenie #polityka (translated)

Paweł Żuchowski wrote that long-time correspondents working in the USA, some of whom have been there for over 20 years, know the local rules and customs. He noted that they distinguish the White House from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and bilateral talks from brief meetings during other events. According to Żuchowski, Ambassador Krzysztof Szczerski initiated this way of presenting events when he was still working for President Andrzej Duda. At that time, he allegedly suggested that during the dinner at the nuclear summit in the White House, the presidents had a private conversation, showing a picture from the greeting. Żuchowski wrote that journalists revealed the matter, but despite changes in teams, similar situations continued to occur. He added that in recent hours, the White House sent out photos from the greeting during the dinner that took place on September 22. #BiałyDom #dziennikarstwo #USA (translated)

Paweł Żuchowski wrote that the photo depicted a greeting of guests at a reception, not a bilateral meeting or discussions in another format. He stated that the White House had sent it to participants in the last few hours and that everyone had a photograph taken in the same place; similarly, the representative of Pakistan was pleased about it. Żuchowski wrote that Donald Trump was standing and posing for keepsake photos with the invited heads of state and government participating in UNGA and their spouses. He added that such photographs had been taken for years during dinners hosted by U.S. presidents on the occasion of the UN sessions. #Trump #BiałyDom #ONZ (translated)

This is already the nth entry in a row with the same quote? Maybe instead of another graphic, the Chancellery will finally add two things that are consistently missing: June 14, 2022 – the original statement about 5.19 PLN. 2026 – the prices you are comparing it to today. Dates really matter. And since you are serially holding others' promises accountable, I am still waiting for an equally impressive graphic about the promise to reduce electricity bills by 33% after 100 days 🤷‍♂️ #Obietnice #Cytaty #Polityka (translated)

Rostoucí ceny pohonných hmot i hypoték přiměly předsedu vlády Andreje Babiše k ráznému kroku. V otevřeném dopise vyzval bývalého premiéra Petra Fialu, aby se svou vládou konečně přestal České republice škodit. https://t.co/BvDV3Gx3Xv #politika #Českárepublika #hospodářství

Koniecznie proszę ten błyskotliwy wpis wysłać do sądu amerykańskiego, który ma oceniać zasadność ekstradycji. Dla pełnego obrazu razem z załączonym wywiadem. I koniecznie dopisać, że to w celu „oddania obywatelom” TK, prokuratury i sądów. https://t.co/UeF7hAHYJQ #ekstradycja #sąd #obywatel

Je válka v Gaze genocida? Signatari tohoto otevřeného dopisu s timto závěrem polemizuji. Brutalni aspekty této valky včetně početné civilní obeti jsou ovšem holý fakt. https://t.co/P3ixqPpG1V #Gaza #genocida #civilníoběti #CZ #PS

Jednak pozwolę sobie napisać, co się wydarzyło w sprawie najsynniejszej obrony doktoratu w ostatnich dniach. Magistrant został oszukany przez bardzo źle działający system akademicki w Polsce. Magistranci często wyobrażają sobie, że doktorat polega na tym, że napiszą sami pracę doktorską, promotor ją zaakceptuje, a recenzenci ją klepną, a obrona, jak już będzie 200 stron, to przecież formalność. Tekst doktoratu i obrona to powinny być wynikiem wieloletniej prace z promotorem, w trakcie której uczymy się warsztatu badawczego i metod pracy, wyrabiamy sobie smak naukowy, pracujemy wspólnie nad nowymi wynikami oraz przygotowujemy wspólnie publikacje naukowe. Wydaje mi się, że w przypadku tej obrony z ostatnich dni nic takiego nie miało miejsca, bo właśnie ta wspólna praca naukowa z doktorantem to moment, w którym mamy szansę wytłumaczyć mu, że na robienie kopiuj-wklej nie ma miejsca. Ludzie zaczynający przygodę z nauką nie mają pojęcia, jak ona działa, popełniają wiele błędów i to rolą promotora jest, aby ich uchronić przed konsekwencjami tych błędów. Wszystko, co wydarzyło się w ostatnich dniach, wynika z tego, że promotor totalnie zawalił robotę i swoje obowiązki. We wszystkich publikacjach na ten temat pojawia się anonimowe określenie “promotor”, a naprawdę dowiedzenie się, kto był promotorem, wymaga wysiłku, ale można to ustalić - dr hab. Jarosław Filip Czub. Wiele młodych osób, które do mnie przychodzą i mówią, że chcą robić u mnie doktorat, wychodzi ode mnie zniesmaczonych. Część z nich właśnie wyobraża sobie doktorat tak jak powyżej, że to się robi dodatkowo, przy okazji i polega na napisaniu 100-200 stron tekstu, które ja potem podpiszę. Ja im tłumaczę, że doktorat u mnie to 4 lata pracy 8 godzin dziennie, a często, jak trzeba coś zrobić, to siedzimy 16 godzin dziennie. Oraz oczekuje od nich napisania w trakcie doktoratu 3-4 publikacji. Widzę, że część z nich odbiera mnie jak wariata, ale na szczęście dużo osób rozumie, że jeśli chcą zaistnieć w światowej nauce, to po prostu trzeba zasuwać. Jednak myślę, że niektórzy wychodzący ode mnie z kwitkiem, znajdują potem promotora, który rzeczywiście robi tak mało, jak promotor w sprawie, o której tak dużo dyskutujemy. Napiszę to jeszcze raz: zostają oni oszukani przez system - mogą dopisać przed nazwiskiem “dr”, ale ten doktorat naprawdę nic nie znaczy. Po co pisać pracę doktorską na 100-200 stron, wiedząc, że nikt jej nie przeczyta? Po co to robić, skoro wiemy, że będzie tam zerowy wkład w rozwój nauki na świecie? A jaki jest wkład w naukę powinien wytłumaczyć promotor. To pokazuje dużo większy problem polskiej nauki, bo jeśli nie ma wkładu w naukę, to z takiej pracy nie powstanie żadna innowacja technologiczna ani żadna innowacja społeczna. Nie powstaje żadna wiedza, która zmieni to, jak się nam żyje, a postęp społeczny i gospodarczy stoi w miejscu. Mamy w Polsce mało innowacyjnych firm, które bazują na nauce, bo nauka niedomaga, a młodzi ludzie, którzy mają ambicje coś zrobić, nie tylko zarabiają marne pieniądze, ale też nie mają starszych kolegów i ekosystemu, który im zagwarantuje dobry start. Bez większego finansowania nauki ta garstka ambitnych ludzi, którzy jeszcze próbują, bardzo ma trudno. Natomiast, nadal mają szanse trafić na ambitnych promotorów, którzy pomogą im zrobić coś ciekawego. Proszę, a te prośby piszę do osób myślących o karierze naukowej co jakiś czas: naprawdę zwracajcie uwagę na to, jakie kompetencje ma promotor, którego wybieracie, bo nie warto obudzić się z ręką w nocniku na obronie. #nauka #doktorat #polskanauka