It’s interesting how the risk awareness that dependence on US systems - be it in digital services, defence, or payment methods - has been internalised fairly quickly in Europe. National Bank of Sweden chief says Sweden is too dependent on MasterCard and Visa and needs non-American alternatives

I liked that in Maastricht they have a shop called Bams, that caters to those who like to drink like Scots :D

I was told south of the Netherlands is pretty catholic but I didn't realised how much hardcore they are. They literally have a statue of a priest with a flamethrower in the main square of Maastricht! 🤪

Merry ChriFSMas everyone!

Russians: Europeans destroy our monuments we placed in their countries to celebrate our soldiers that occupied them! Barbarians! Also Russians: tvpworld.com/90715402/lit...

I am old enough to remember how America tried to impeach their presidents because he had a fling with an adult intern...

#PolishMeme "Dad, when it's going to snow?" "I wish I knew"

I met a young Ukrainian driver today. He drives a small van for a Polish company. He was asking me about my job. He said he wanted to buy C+E license before leaving Ukraine but only managed to buy C. He openly admitted it. Then started complaining that Poles are racists against Ukrainians. Why?

This poll is very British. Reminds me how my Scottish friends complained about stupid separate taps then when redoing the bathroom fitted them again "because this is how it always been". :D

🇬🇧 Red Tory Starmer crowing about not increasing Prescription Charges in England, when his England is the ONLY Country / Province in the uk subject to Prescription Charges 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Russia is stealing property again. Anyone surprised? notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/22/r...

#PolishMeme Mom: "It is not nice to enjoy Russians suffering and dying. Remember, Jesus sees all!" Jesus: "Indeed, I see it all. I am cool with it!".

Dobra wiadomość dla nieanglojęzycznych słuchaczy podkastu #LewackiePitolenke: powracamy z regularnym programem. Tym razem z Alex rozmawiamy o tym, jak Brytyjczycy wychowują dzieci: lewackiepitolenie.buzzsprout.com/1802226/epis... Zapraszam!

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

Grouchy Smurf was here:

Lyman is now blanketed in drone fiber-optic cables. The scene highlights the brutal intensity of drone warfare and the lasting environmental damage left behind by Russia’s invasion.

Compare those two cases: You are Ukrainian teenager in Poland. You jumped over a fence during a concert to get closer to your favourite singer. You will be deported to war-torn Ukraine with 5 years Schengen ban for "hooliganism": warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/18-letnia-uk...

Fuck this guy. It's absolute *shite*. Every, and I mean *every* Ukrainian I've met is fully cognisant of Poland's leading role and grateful for it.

Bloody migrants, coming here, driving our buses, delivering our babies, delivering our babies while driving buses... Wait, what? www.thenational.scot/news/2571120...

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/s... Good one as usual

So I am in Basque country , (at its border actually). Just walked around small town, did some shopping, went for dinner. It's a funny experience I haven't had for years, as I know a dozen of words in German or Italian, some French, I am slavic so can get by in most of the countries of the region...

Aww, I haven't heard this one for a while now :-) This time from genocide supporter, apparently. Blocked.

No. Because limitation on their Schengen visa does not cause extension of their right to stay in Schengen. So it's the opposite to what all those British exceptionalist profiles demand. It also shows that even countries that are in schengen have control of their borders and can deny entry.

Catastrophe of a Russian plane explained: Q: "Can someone explain to me how plane can break in half during flight?" A: "10 welding electrodes are worth 0.5l of vodka. And welder will not be flying it".

Zelensky directly negotiating with Russia

#polishmeme that made me chuckle: A new crewless howitzer from Russia. + It's crewless + It can drive + It can shot - it can't drive or shot if there is no crew XD - manufacturer might be hard to reach if their end up in Gulag #NAFO

Whoever did this meme, they made sure that there is no doubt that this American girl is American... :F

I am in the only person whose death could make Donald sad.

Russia doesn't want NATO on his doorstep because he wants to invade his doorstep, and if his doorstep is NATO, Russia can't invade it. You're peddling Russian fascist narrative, NATO never threatened Russia.

A Polish joke I heard today: Little Jewish boy asks his parents: "Mom, Dad, those boys said we, Jews, are like Nazis today, is that true?" "Of course not. Don't listen to what those filthy animals say. They are Arabs!".

Well, there clearly is a Trump's Derangement here.

To be frank, it's hardly a series because there are only two chapters. But I encourage you to listen anyway. :-)

I just love people who don't even bother to read the thread but run to explain basic things to me. Wrongly, even in basic things (no, it's not a tram). Then double down on their wrong explanation. Do they really think they can recover somehow from being wrong by starting to be snarky? :-)

There are funky trains here in Denmark that go on the street. How cool is that? Anyway, I rode one of those (not this one) without a valid ticket today. Why? Because they made it impossible to buy. 🧵

Ukraine: Russian scum used their rockets to attack a civilian ferry connecting Odessa with Turkey youtu.be/4-QQNa2Ue9A?... youtu.be/C-cnZmPz0X4?... youtu.be/ra7AsPlv9j8?...

They should be happy? I thought they wanted us out?

Meanwhile in the US

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/11/p... Good. Also: this shows it's not just Putin's war. Or his soldiers. Millions of Russians are involved in occupation of Ukraine in this or other way. They should all be responsible. Archeologist? A bus driver who drives bus stolen from Ukraine? Jail them.

So I got a new job. I parked in some free parking in the forest near Hanko. Free and clean toilets and shower. Ample space. Gosh I so don't miss driving in the UK...

This video is from 2016. Dont believe when Americans tell you they didn't knew what to expect

Americans have absolutely no idea how the EU works and that has become painfully evident over the past week.

Starting a new job today. The tour of the company premises begun with showing the most important bits .. I like Finland :-)

Professor Norman Davies: "i am more and more impressed by a Polish order when I am being taken care of in Poland. I prefer Polish NFZ to a British NHS. British state simply no longer works well". Polish health service better than the NHS, the envy of the universe? And he calls himself British? :)

Apparently it can always get worse. The full version of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, aptly named “NSC-1488” by the wags, calls for actively pulling Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy from the #EU. And supporting far right. US sides with Putin. notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

In Przemysl, a teddy bear is part of Christmas Decoration. It's golden and has blue scarf. The city changed the scarf to red after local patriots went mad on the internet that the bear is in the colours of Ukraine. Plot Twist: Przemysl's coat of arms is bear on blue background surrounded by gold.