A truly massive manifestation of the liberal 🇵🇱 opposition in Warsaw today. The outcome of the October 15 election is still very much an open affair.

Meanwhile, Kaczyński during his speech in Katowice: "According to police estimates 60,000," he said accusing the opposition of lies I called Warsaw's police press office to ask about that and they denied providing data to anyone "We haven't been giving such estimates for years"

They came in their hundreds of thousands, two weeks before the most important elections in Poland since 1989. 📺 Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social reports 🎥 Matthew Goddard

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Patreon is in crisis. Failed payments, chaotic leadership and a plummeting valuation. But the seeds of these problems were planted much, much earlier. My latest video, The Rise (and Fall) of Patreon, is out now.

"Yes! We should leave the EU" - the new cover of Polish right-wing weekly DoRzeczy. "Poland loses more than it gains from EU membership," writes the author inside

There was a huge opposition rally in Warsaw today and Polish state TV's English news channel, TVP World, has completely ignored it. As has Visegrád 24, which loves reporting on protests in western Europe. But it did report on today's ruling PiS party convention

"Girls, if a guy tells you he wants to vote for the [far-right] Confederation, don’t go to bed with him. They need to be scared," says left-wing leader Robert Biedroń. Confederation is particularly popular among young men and The Left among young women notesfrompoland.com/2023/10/02/don…

🇵🇱🇺🇦 "Not a single Polish company came to the international meeting of the defense alliance in Kyiv, although Ukraine invited them", - the ambassador of Ukraine to Poland

The trouble with setting goals is that you're constantly working toward what you used to want. SARAH MANGUSO

The use of Poland's public media as a radical propaganda delivery system for ruling party PiS at taxpayer expense negatively affects fairness of elections, only partially counter-balanced in practice (and not at all in principle) by pro-opposition bias in some private media.

Wow.

One of the key questions about Ukraine's Kursk offensive is determining what Ukrainian advances or occupation of Russian territory actually means. Its significance will largely be determined by how Russia responds. If Russia diverts significant reserves from Ukraine and starts a

Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia

In today’s Russian papers: “The spectre of stagflation isn’t just looming. It’s knocking at the door of Russia’s economy.” Also, prominent political scientist says Russia’s geo-political aim is “…returning Nato to its 1997 borders. We must move towards this goal” #ReadingRussia

Fat from the bottoms of breast-feeding mothers is used to build babies’ brains.

As Russia celebrates the New Year I gauge the mood in Moscow. “Russian people are patient,” one man tells me, “they stay silent.” Thanks to Liza BBC News (UK)

Hi All, put out a piece on the two truths upon which MAGA is building its castles of lies. The first truth, which needs to be faced, is that most Presidents have been enriching themselves to unseemly degrees for decade. The whole piece is free to read.

Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Mikheyev says that in light of the Trump administration's express intent to abandon NATO allies in case they intervene in Ukraine, Russia should strike Brussels, London and Paris. Vladimir Solovyov wholeheartedly agrees. youtube.com/watch?v=SkX5Mx…

For those paying attention, it is always the lack of NATO that encourages Russian aggression. Not its enlargement. Just ask Ukraine.