#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 […]

Situation in #Ukraine #Kupyansk at 1 November versus 12 December 2025. No, the images are not reversed - the one with lots of blue is from today. And let’s not forget this statement from 20 November 2025 made by #Russia head of army general Gerasimov: > […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#italy #renewables > Italy awarded more than 1.1 gigawatts of capacity to 88 projects in its first auction exclusively for solar projects built **without equipment manufactured in#China**, setting an average price of 66.38 euros per megawatt hour. > The tariff is **17% higher** than the […]

After trying to install `py311-magic-wormhole` on a new #freebsd server and being confronted with a list of ~30 dependencies whose dependencies included things like `xorgproto` 😱 I had a moment of hesitation… https://www.freshports.org/net/py-magic-wormhole Minutes later, a `cargo install […]

Na polskim LinkedIn ciekawa, merytoryczna dyskusja o DSA w Polsce. Kilka osób, które bronią DSA używa argumentu “ja organizowałem/am protesty przeciwko ACTA2 ale teraz jestem za DSA”. Kochani koledzy i koleżanki, no to może WTEDY trzeba było się ogarnąć i zamiast iść ślepo na pasku Google to […]

#Germany group of students conducted #OSINT analysis of patterns of movement of #Russia ships correlated with recent #drone incidents across Europe. And guess what? They _did_ find such patterns in most of these incidents - such as this one: > Meanwhile […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#Russia daily news: > A new draft package of laws was brought to State Duma to strengthen anti-corruption activities, declared Piskarev. > The package includes removal of the annual wealth declarations of the state officials. That reminds me how shocked […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#poland media report that in June 2022 a Polish citizen was tortured to death in the infamous #russia prison Taganrog. In early 2022 as a lorry driver he was working in Eastern Ukraine, made a wrong turn and ended up on Russian checkpoint. After several months of imprisonment and torture he died […]

#ukraine Zelensky made another statement about the elections in a video call with Keir Starmer. Not exact words, but I’m trying to reproduce the diplomatic depth behind what he actually said: Ukraine, of course, does not evade elections, and as any democratic country is ready to conduct them as […]

Zelenskyy says the U.S. floated a plan to make the rest of the Donbas a “free economic zone,” which would mean #Ukraine troops pull back while #russia#ukrainealso stays out of areas it hasn’t occupied. I will tell you what would _really_ happen: the same second ZSU leaves the towns, crowds of “men […]

To zależy. Z jednej strony widzimy ryzyko, że skargi na decyzje utkną na lata w sądach. Z drugiej, poprawki odbieramy jako próbę znalezienia kompromisu między rządem a opozycją. Liczymy, że dostrzeże je również Prezydent, który sugerował weto. Przypomnijmy więc: dopóki ustawa nie wejdzie w […]

Ustawa wdrażająca DSA w Polsce (pseudonim „cenzura Tuska”) przechodzi kolejne metamorfozy. Najważniejsza zmiana? Każde odwołanie do sądu wstrzyma decyzję o blokadzie nielegalnych treści w mediach społecznościowych nałożoną przez Prezesa UKE albo KRRiT. W praktyce wygląda to tak: a) Prezes […]

Czy Senat stanie po stronie użytkowniczek i użytkowników platform społecznościowych? O co chodzi? O to, żeby osoby, które zostały niesłusznie zablokowane przez platformy takie jak TikTok, Facebook czy YouTube, mogły zaskarżyć blokadę do Prezesa UKE. Panoptykon apelował o taką możliwość od […]

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution initiated by #Ukraine and a group of states to strengthen international cooperation and mitigate the consequences of the #chornobyl#ukrainedisaster. You would think it’s a no brainer. Guess who voted against it 😂

A very quick exercise in #nuclear power economy, literally on the back of a napkin (well, Wolfram Alpha really): > European Commission approved multi-billion subsidy for Poland first nuclear power plant, with first tranche to Warsaw this month, Donald Tusk […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

I’ve just switched Telegram to PeerTube mirror script from OpenAI (easier for protytyping) to 100% local LLM using Ollama. The actual LLM is IBM’s `granite4`. On the server it takes ~2 GB RAM resident. Don’t let anyone tell you that you 1) must always use OpenAI and 2) LLMs suck in general 😄 […]

Another #blacksea #shadowfleet tanker hit by #ukraine#shadowfleet- this time “Dashan”, with clear attribution in the form of a nice video. https://video.echelon.pl/w/3kNaRDMMNgqDTBYYEvNGCn One problem that many media experts seem to be completely ignoring while discussing this “new reality” is that they […]

Normalize molten salt-thorium reactors along with desalination plants in the #solarpunk future

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 […]

Sam Altman (head of OpenAI): > I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT. Reading top US enterpreneur’s statements like this I’m not really sure if it’s really European civilisation that is “collapsing”… 🤔

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 […]

The picture that probably best explains both why #Russia can’t capture the “30-50 km strip of land” (Rubio’s words) in #Donbas, and why #Ukraine doesn’t just want to give it up to Russians for free, even if we put aside any legal or moral arguments. The […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#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 […]

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 […]

The Register posted a story about X terminating @EUCommission account there: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/x_european_commission_ad/?td=rt-3a But I see their account is well and alive: https://x.com/EU_Commission The account that was indeed […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

British Parliament Rupert Lowe: > Digital ID - I made my thoughts abundantly clear in Parliament. We must resist it. Because once it’s in, we are never turning back. I plan on resisting. I will not download a Digital ID. I will not comply. Says a guy who apparently doesn’t understand that the […]

#Russia ballistic missiles hit the dam at the main water reservoir for #Kharkiv #Ukraine. One popular Russian military channel “DONTSTOPWAR” (270k+) ironically commented: > The reservoir serves as the main source of domestic and drinking water for Kharkiv […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#Russia 200k town of #Angarsk experiencing a humanitarian disaster as the main local combined power-heating plant failed, leaving the town without district heating. There’s a certain irony in the fact that the bird flight clips shown in Russian state TV […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

First photos from #Poland MikroSAR 1 (NORAD ID 66778) #ICEYE satellites launched a few weeks ago. The photo published is significantly downscaled, what actually comes out of the sat is at resolution of 25 cm per pixel. MikroSAR operates on radar frequencies […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

#Mariupol residents appeal to local #Russia occupation authorities to “finally bury the holes left after exhumation of improvised graves from people who were killed during fighting; how many years have passed already?” The bodies of local residents killed […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

Probably the best meme-level summary of what’s fundamentally wrong with Western leniency towards #russia land grabs.

#Twitter diplomacy continuing 🤦#Musk once again ranted about his unique definition of democracy that in practice really means oligarchy: > The European Union is not DEMOcracy – rule of the people – but rather BUREAUcracy – rule of the unelected bureaucrat! To which #france#twitterreplied: > We know […]

@kravietz serwer, który stawiałem w 1992 (galaxy.agh.edu.pl) od tego czasu 6 razy zmieniał hardware, a obecnie jest w ogóle VM-ką, ale też nadal działa ;-)

Serwer, który tymi ręcami stawiałem ok 1995 roku 😄 > dig mx ceti.pl +short ceti.pl. 3600 IN MX 10 tau.ceti.pl. Oczywiście wątpię, że to fizycznie ta sama maszyna, ale nazwa i serwer SMTP te co 30 lat temu 😎

I must admit that spending a few days on hacking the code to mirror the “WarTranslated 18+” Telegram channel to my #peertube instance was a worthy investment of time. Dmitry does great job in posting all the daily clips from #russia #ukraine that I usually missed or published selectively because […]

Uh, I didn’t see this coming: Someone uses AI to create an image of a damaged bridge, and posts it on social media. Rail operators have to stop their trains until someone can go out and check on bridge, confirming that it’s perfectly fine. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygqqll9k2o (via […]

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 […]

American film industry should be probably aware that maybe #Russia freedom of speech involves banning all US social media, but at least they’re screening all #hollywood#russiafilms without any licenses 🤣 Source: https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/12/08/spetsialnaia-piratskaia-operatsiia (in Russian)

No, these guys are beyond ridiculous 😂 Neo-Nazi Alexander #Dugin just _*dotted_ the word “kill”, apparently so that his post isn’t moderated on the world’s top free speech platform which he had been praising from behind his VPN in #Russia for the whole last […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

Sadly, `granite4:350m` #llm is missing the point a bit in jobs like “generate a title of less than 120 characters long”. It just generates titles of random length 😄 But `granite4:latest` does the job perfectly and pretty fast - and that’s on CPU because I haven’t even noticed it doesn’t use my […]

A truly **perfect** composition in the context of #pacifism - what could go wrong here? 🤔 * young, posh girls posing with pacifist banners and friendly smiles somewhere in #Germany * a column of aggressive middle-aged, likely drunk men driving old cars […] [Original post on agora.echelon.pl]

European Twitter exploded following yesterday’s rants by US and Russian hardliners calling to “abolish EU”. Lots of voices like “we need European social media!!” And I said, “actually, you know what, we kind of have one for years…” 😆 Some people started complaining “but nobody uses Mastodon” […]

Polsko a Česko spouští společný jaderný program. Polská hlavice Bober a český nosič Krteček mají chránit východní Evropu před Ruskem. az247.cz/polsko-oznam...

Ej, ludzie, jak jest na Litwie z płatnością kartami? Nigdy tam nie byłem. W wiejskim sklepiku na przesmyku suwalskim się zapłaci, czy trzeba gotówki?

I suspect I'll make myself unpopular again, but I welcome this. Small modular reactors make decarbonising heavy industrial processes; hydrogen production; grid balancing and other tasks easier. We don't need to choose between SMRs and renewables. We can have both. futurism.com/china-thoriu...

#MięsoKomórkowe Naukowcom z Uniwersytetu Tokijskiego udało się wyhodować kawałki kurczaka wielkości nuggetów ze sztucznymi naczyniami krwionośnymi. Dzięki temu mięso nie tylko nabiera bardziej realistycznej struktury, ale też i smaku, dzięki lepszemu rozmieszczeniu komórek.

National Security Overview 2025 by Finnish Security & Intelligence Service (Supo) was published today. An aggressive and expansionist Russia is prepared to use all means to achieve its political goals, and remains the primary threat to Finland’s national security.

Ondertussen bij de Russische ambassade in Canada, "nyet scooter parking". 😂

Sad! Merkel defending her indefensible decision to close Germany’s nuclear power plants: “All the African countries are not building any nuclear power plants yet," so countries are showing "that the transition to CO2-free energy production can be achieved without nuclear energy.” (1/3)