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If I'm not mistaken, most military vehicles also run on diesel. If you want to fight a nice war with Russia as @SecGenNATO, the fuel is out. And then? Solar panels on the tanks? Sails? No? Can't be done? Then push? Can @jpaternotte, @rubenbrekelmans, and @RobJetten do that? Jan shouldn't nibble too much on the Ozempic or else he will blow away. And then with @DefensieMin as a siren on the bow? No? Can't do that? So electric then? With the engineers who install the charging stations? Although, for that, we don't have enough natural gas again. And if I'm not mistaken, the scarcity in diesel is closely related to the scarcity in kerosene. If you want to bomb Russia with your mighty F35s, your tank is already empty above Germany. You have to go the rest flying. Do we maybe still have the F35PG* variant in our collection? Can we fly that towards Russia from the Vaalserberg with favorable winds? Can that be done with all the bombs and grenades? We don't have the latter either? Jesus... Or can we let that F35 fly on LPG? That would be nice. The price of LPG usually doesn’t go up that fast. There is another problem: you can only bomb during the day if you want to refuel everywhere. At night, that’s only possible along the highway. But then you do have a runway. But even this isn't without problems: I have a Mercedes R500L, an eight-cylinder. With a small LPG tank. In no time, you find yourself at the pump with that thing. And you get cramps in your thumb because you have to hold that button for so long. With such an F35, you would have to land and take off about 20 times quickly to get to Russia. The return journey is less problematic. #Putin has enough gas. Although, I’m not sure he has the right tank connection. And I think you have to press the installation button for a very long time before the tank of such an F35 is full. Who is going to do that? @DefensieStas? He can probably handle it. Then he can still press his mustache somewhere (against something). Can we maybe send the navy? We still have a few frigates, right? What do you say? Cannon broken? You don't need that at all: you can't hit anything with it anyway. Just ask the Americans. They have experience with that by now. Well. All quite tricky. But our leaders will surely find a solution. One of the recurring themes in the decline of superpowers throughout history is that the powers that be increasingly disconnected from reality in the (dozens of) years leading up to it and then suddenly realized that the (military) power they thought they had was no longer there at all. Does that seem familiar to you? I think #Putin is pouring himself an extra glass of vodka tonight. And that Xi Jin Ping is having a lavish dinner tonight with Peking duck, babi pang pang, and Bam Goreng. *Paraglider. (translated)

The president of the National Health Fund wants to put an end to "suitcase doctors." Starting in 2027, certain operations will be carried out only by departments with a permanent medical team. Thanks to the president's order no. 102/2026/DSOZ changing the order regarding the conditions specified. (translated)

Medical contracts will be available for verification online. Health Minister Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda announced full transparency in hospital competitions. New regulations will require the publication of doctors' names and the rates they request – also in private facilities. (translated)

Reading for pleasure – regardless of whether we reach for a classic work or a contemporary comic – positively affects the brain. Regularly enjoying reading improves memory, empathy, and mental condition, and reduces the risk of dementia. The habit of consuming books. (translated)

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For me, there are only two real explanations. Either a bad batch of the medication, meaning the drug has no corresponding effect or a significantly reduced effect (most often a manufacturing error or the age of the product) or administration outside the vein (extravasation). The second option is more probable. (translated)

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Bol.com has removed stickers that were intended to cover the recording light of video glasses because they seemed to be aimed at hiding visible recording, while such stickers are still available for sale on other webshops like Amazon.nl. (translated)

Bol haalt stickers weg waarmee je het opnamelichtje van videobrillen kunt afplakken, elders nog wel te koop

Kornelia Lesiewicz: The last few years since my best season have been varied in terms of health and sometimes also in terms of approach. (translated)

TYLKO W ONECIE Była wielką nadzieją polskiego sportu. Nikt nie wiedział, z czym się zmaga
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Kornelia Lesiewicz, a talented athlete, announced the end of her career at the age of 23 after struggling with injuries, despite previous successes, such as the European Championship and the World Junior Championship silver medal in 2021. (translated)

TYLKO W ONECIE Była wielką nadzieją polskiego sportu. Nikt nie wiedział, z czym się zmaga

"Unfortunately, despite the tremendous efforts of the doctors, they were unable to save the life of the young girl. I believe that none of us can imagine the grief her parents must be experiencing. We express our sincere condolences to the entire family and loved ones," the chairman of the parliament, Richard Raši (Hlas-SD), informed in the plenary session of the National Council that the student, who was in critical condition, succumbed to her injuries today. (translated)

Tragédia v Staškove má druhú obeť: Po dobodanej učiteľke zomrela aj žiačka
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After the attack on the "Flydubai" plane, when the second pilot became aggressive and attempted to carry out a suicidal attack, Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu stated that the attacker was influenced by radical Islamist indoctrination, but the passengers and the captain managed to subdue him and save the plane. (translated)

Po išpuolio „Flydubai“ lėktuve – naujausios detalės apie užpuoliką
Eicul 8h

Regarding Mounjaro and similar "weight loss medications." A patient whom the orthopedic surgeon did not want to operate on for a hip replacement until she lost weight. She was practically in a wheelchair, or on crutches. So, movement was not possible. She lost 10 kg, is now post-operation, and will start rehabilitation. 👍 (translated)

Donald Tusk talks about Poland flourishing economically, while at the same time hospitals stop admitting patients due to exhaustion of funds for medication programs. Mr. Prime Minister, success propaganda will not heal patients. You are unable to govern, so it’s time for resignation! (translated)

Wojtek 9h

There will be a message from the football hooligans??? GOD HONOR HOMELAND 🤣🤣🤣 Polish farmer Polish field Polish bread on a Polish table and other similar nonsense having nothing or at least very little to do with reality. There will be a statement about the disastrous government and the necessity to defend the Constitutional Tribunal, all of this to change the narrative that the hooligans and the palace pack are DESTROYING THE COUNTRY!!! 40-some vetoes in just over a year. Support for hooliganism at the level of about 40-some percent... and tell me how these 40-some percent managed to explain that these vetoes are for the good of POLAND??? (translated)

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Christa Pike survived an execution attempt in Tennessee, despite receiving two injections of lethal substance, and authorities did not explain what exactly went wrong, leading to speculation about expired drugs or incompetent individuals administering the injections. (translated)

Christa Pike przeżyła egzekucję. Prawnik wskazuje dwie hipotezy

Hyuk Lee, an internationally renowned pianist, started learning Polish by reading Chopin's letters. (translated)

Donald Tusk and Andrzej Domański are talking about the excellent condition of public finances, meanwhile hospitals are stopping to accept patients because the National Health Fund is no longer paying for drug programs. Total drama 😢 (translated)

The public health care system is failing. Suspending drug programs, which makes it harder for the most seriously ill patients to fight for their lives, is proof that there is truly a shortage of everything. (translated)

Paula 13h

Very good speech @vlvalek 🙏🏽 Not just about the expressions of some politicians, but also on the topic of the current case of the vice-prime minister @KarelHavlicek_'s canal humor. What caught my attention mainly was that @AndrejBabis purely opportunistically (in my opinion) assigned prof. Jiří Ferda a different specialization, turning a radiologist into an oncologist! And he said it not only in the @snemovna but also in his weekly propaganda. I really think that if Czechs excel in anything, it is in medical specializations... which only illustrates the oligarch's treachery and cunning 😏 But what can you do @juchelkaa couldn't even come up with a name. #thanks ♥️ (translated)

We have the ability to overinterpret. The Tu-95MS disaster caused a lot of speculation. Meanwhile, there is no point in speculating. We shouldn't attribute any intentions to people suggesting things, as legends then circulate. Operational commander, Maj. Gen. pilot Ireneusz Nowak, sarcastically wrote that "Perhaps this particular one was the carrier of the Ch-101, which ended its flight near Tarnawa!" Just that, and that is enough. I am lucky to personally know General Nowak; he is from the old guard of the F-16, people trained in the USA, pilots often retrained by veterans of American military actions, mentally shaped as "tactical minded." Among this group were the first base commanders, division generals Darek Malinowski and Czarek Wiśniewski, along with Jacek Pszczoła, also a division general, a laid-back person who cannot be ruffled, and at the door of his office in Łask, there was at one time a sticker with a large wasp. They are exceptionally competent people, calm but capable of making quick decisions and unafraid of the responsibility for them. Another characteristic feature is truly outstanding intelligence. Why am I writing about this? Because people at this intellectual level often fall into the trap that what is clear and obvious to them is incomprehensible to others, and their minds drift into fascinating directions, to places that make one’s hair stand on end, wondering how it is even possible. That was the case this time as well. The flood of comments is overwhelming; personally, I was stunned. Scholars of the holy scripture wrote that the general suggests it was Polish saboteurs from Kedyw-bis. What can drop on a person's head, drops (in my case, my jaw, both hands, and the other leg). Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak DOES NOT SUGGEST ANYTHING LIKE THAT. This is a gross overinterpretation. He only wrote that it may have been this Tu-95MS that fired the Ch-101 missile, which landed in Poland, as established as a result of deliberate action, not a mistake (such an impact point was in the navigational system’s memory, the only chance for a mistake being incorrect input of coordinates, which is very unlikely). Additionally, the missile did perform a classic "bump" with a vertical attack, driving into the ground almost at a right angle to it, executing the attack at the programmed location. Since the Tu-95MS belonging to the 22nd Guards Donbas Heavy Bomber Division from Engels (now Olenia) and to the 326th Tarnopol Heavy Bomber Division from Ukraine rotate to Engels or, less frequently, to Akhtubinsk to fire the Ch-101 at Ukraine for several hours, it is theoretically possible that this aircraft launched that missile (about 1 in 40 odds, as there are that many of them). What Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak REALLY suggested, Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, somewhat more directly stated. The experienced politician knows that you have to lay it on the line for the simpletons because they will twist everything. They will make things up, add remarks, and generally go off in the wrong direction. Mark Rutte said several really important things: "Vladimir Putin knows he can never win against NATO; NATO is so strong that Russia has no chance of overcoming it." What does this mean? That NATO MUST BE UNITARY. WE MUST NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE DIVIDED. He added: "NATO will defend every square kilometer of its territory. There is no doubt about it, and Putin knows this (...) If anything happens, we are ready to respond." “Well, first, about the word 'hybrid' – I have said this many times already. It sounds a bit too mild, almost cozy. In reality, we are talking about aggressive tactics in the gray zone. What we are dealing with is hostile drones, acts of diversion, sabotage, and even massive cyberattacks." "But I want to make it clear: we have all the response options we need. You will not always see them publicly. They will not always be symmetrical. It will not always operate on a 'tit for tat' basis, but I assure you that we have the tools for effective response, and the Russians know this perfectly well." THIS IS KEY. NATO IS NOT PASSIVE. NATO has many different tools for hybrid responses to Russia's hybrid attacks. And if Maj. Gen. Nowak suggested anything, IT WAS JUST THAT. You just need to understand it, know the context, listen to the statements of leading NATO politicians, and everything will become clear. And further Mark Rutte: “I do not claim that these malicious actions in the gray zone do not affect us. They do affect us, and sometimes it is very evident. However, our response can be multidimensional. Let’s look at the past. When, at the end of 2025, an underwater cable between Finland and Estonia was damaged, we launched Operation Baltic Sentry to protect our critical dilatory infrastructure. This was an example of a symmetrical response. But what happens next is asymmetric actions. More and more allies, such as Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, or France, are taking coordinated steps to maximize the disruption of the Russian 'shadow fleet'. We are doing everything to make those rusted tankers stop generating the profits the Kremlin uses to fund its war machine." "Yesterday, the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR) stated plainly: 'Whenever you are able, when you are almost certain that the Russians stand behind an attack, publicly assign them the blame.' Just like Estonia did today. I fully support this and encourage it. Share all intelligence information with NATO and SHAPE structures. Russia continues its reckless campaign of hostile actions against NATO, trying to weaken our resolve and force us to stop supporting Kyiv. But it is failing. Our message to Moscow is clear: in response to any actions in the gray zone, we will do even more for Ukraine, not less. Because ultimately their only goal is to divide us so we lose focus and start arguing among ourselves." NATO is responding. NATO is providing Ukraine with a lot of ammunition. And Ukraine sends it further, to where it needs to land with a bang. NATO makes it harder for the shadow fleet to operate. It combats Russian spy networks; since the outbreak of the full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022, NATO member states have expelled around 750 Russian diplomats: Bulgaria 83, Germany 80, Romania 52, Poland 45, France 40. How many "one-time saboteurs" are recruited in Russia for pennies remains a sweet mystery. But there, strangely enough, many different failures occur: trains derail, various things catch fire, blackouts appear, etc. Much of this is done by Ukrainians, but is it all? Who knows, who knows... Today, such saboteurs are rented online for pennies, massively, like cheap drones. They do it, and can we? And how do you know that there are no other intrigues? For example, discreet info in Kremlin circles that one is conspiring against another. Therefore, NATO has tools and can respond, which it is doing. Mainly in the field of cyberattacks that Russia is feeling. As for the Tu-95MS itself - if three engines go out at once, assuming it is true, in most cases it is due to fuel issues, either a break in fuel supply to the engines or fuel contamination, blocked filters, etc. Ukraine has seriously damaged the refineries producing aviation fuel. Often this production has been taken over by other refineries when technically possible. You can easily guess the quality of this fuel. So there could have been "not enough kerosene in the kerosene." Another issue is that the intensive use, these long hours of flights from Ukraine or Olenia to Engels, suspending missiles, and flying to launch over the Caspian Sea (if something goes wrong, the missile falls into the water), and then returning to the home base is about resources, resources, resources... Old bombers and their engines are wearing out at an accelerated pace. How do you think maintenance, spare parts, and technical servicing levels are? Well, exactly, the Russian bomber fleet is systematically degrading, and this can only be pleasing. Because we don't need those bombers for anything. In the picture, a "noisy cricket," the Tu-95MS, code-named "Bear" by NATO. Phot. Runet Dear friends, if you like it, and if I should dedicate my time to it, if you want to read something, I will ask for a coffee, it’s only 10 or 20 PLN. Best regards to everyone and a big thank you to those who buy coffees. (translated)

The National Health Fund confirmed cases of favoritism towards politicians of the Civic Coalition at the Municipal Medical Center in Piaseczno, where they received medical appointments out of turn, resulting in a penalty imposed on the facility. (translated)

Politycy KO przyjmowani do lekarzy poza kolejką. NFZ potwierdza i nakłada karę