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Leszek Ciesielski
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#russia media continue spinning the narrative targeted for poorly oriented US officials about “demilitarised zone” in #Donbas. Today Russian media post the following headlines[^1]

> Ushakov admitted that there would be neither Russian nor Ukrainian troops in Donbas.

Sounds reasonable, eh? A […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🇪🇺🇵🇱 EU approves Polish state aid for country’s first nuclear plant

The EU will allow Poland to issue a 40-year contract-for-difference that guarantees a minimum revenue for the plant

70% of electricity will trade in wholesale market

www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eu-...
EU approves Polish state aid for nuclear plant
The planned public support for Poland's first nuclear power plant complies with EU rules on state aid, the European Commission has concluded.  ;
www.world-nuclear-news.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
I hear that lots of you enjoy travel threads. I am making my way from a town just outside Lucerne to see a friend in Zurich this evening.

Using Interrail so that means all-you-can-eat trains, and I have a few hours spare, and I can eat a lot of trains. So let's do […]

[Original post on masto.ai]
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
A longer, unpublished version of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy identifies Poland as one of four countries the US should try to “pull away” from the European Union, according to leaked excerpts reported by the Defense One news website.

It also calls for Washington to […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
Now that it is official US policy to promote regime change in Europe and to dismantle the EU I wonder if we will take sovereignty over tech more seriously
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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@jon in my opinion, Ezu and government bodies and officials should only communicate with the public where they gave full control of their message. Preferentially via their own website: there could be graphic forms as well so people can share them on social media as they please. And there should […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
FT describes how last year’s #russia sabotage campaign was going to turn from attacks in Europe into a full-scale attack on the US:

> In July 2024, DHL parcels exploded in logistics centres in the UK, Poland and Germany. Each of them was powerful enough to have brought down a cargo plane had […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A longer, unpublished version of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy identifies Poland as one of four countries the US should try to “pull away” from the European Union, according to leaked excerpts reported by the Defense One news website.

It also calls for Washington to […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
In response to #trump and Putin's constant jibes, Zelensky declared his readiness to hold elections under martial law.

Zelenskyy has only one condition: the US and Europe must somehow ensure the security of the elections.

And that is very good, because this declaration only exposes how […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
#poland Military Command (on Twitter ofc, sorry):

> Talks are underway with Ukraine regarding the transfer of MIG-29 aircraft. The transfer of these aircraft is related to the fact that they have reached their target service life and there are no prospects for their further modernization in the […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
Well after reading this long sarcastic newsletter on the whole NVIDIA and AI grift, I gotta assume we are all screwed. Seems extremely likely that the vast majority of GPUs sold that justify NVIDIA being the biggest company by market cap in the world are not even powered up. Which is a good […]
Original post on mastodon.sdf.org
mastodon.sdf.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
Poland to launch construction of first #nuclear plant after EU approves €14bn in state aid

> Construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant is now set to begin after the European Commission approved Warsaw’s request to allocate 60 billion zloty (€14.2 billion) in state aid for the project […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
The Child, discussing classic Yuletide literature with her friend:
"Who is Scrooge?"
"You know, from the story."
"What story?"
"You know. Like the Grinch except he's not a Furry."
"Oh yeah, that one."
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I am brimming with holiday spirit
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Dawno nie czytałem o budowie polskiej elektrowni jądrowej, teraz nadrobiłem i i cieszę się że dzieje się w temacie […]
Original post on mastodon.com.pl
mastodon.com.pl
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
(apropos of nothing, triggerred by mentions of orientalism in management procedures, an overheard anecdote: apparently years ago, shortly after one of the south korean amalgamats bought one of the eastern-european production companies, there was an inspection from the korean higher-ups.

during […]
Original post on circumstances.run
circumstances.run
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
Watching one of those stupid crime shows (boyf likes them), an American murdered on Mexico, states "94.3 percent of murders in Mexico go unsolved!" Scary Mexico!

Ok... What's the rate in the US?

98 percent of murders in the US are unsolved […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
24 of the 27 European Commissioners are still posting on X

Leaving ought to be a moral imperative, especially after what has happened in the past week

A little overview on my blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/musk-wants-to-abolish-the-eu-while-european-commissioners-keep-posting-on-x/
euroblog.jonworth.eu
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Adding to our recent discussion with @reedmideke about Europe #drone incidents…

> The five drones released in the Irish Sea were military-grade, as big as wooden pallets. “Analysts say at least five pilots, spotters and counter-surveillance teams were probably involved, meaning it would have […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
Hey check out this great set of safety signs provided for one of our university's safety courses for staff
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Dać ać ja pobruszę a ty spotifaj
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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recently we had a washed-out ruby developer making fourteen words into an essay-length screed.

this week we have a decaying global empire making fourteen words its official national policy.

can we please stop with this absolute disgrace?
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Leszek Ciesielski
For Immediate Release:

Living room and bedroom correspondents report a sudden increase in "nose booping" a terrifying new phenomenon wherein the small triangle nose of a kitty (that "looks like a rubber button" according to *untrusted*` sources) is booped by the horrible tentacle-like finger […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM