Love / Was I taken advantage of? [14]




JUST RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! ;D 🤦


Oh God... lol


OMG ;D


Why on Earth did you date such a red flag flaky loser then? Know your worth, girl...

*sigh*

Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]

Last night there was the wildest storm I've probably seen in Kielce in my life. Earlier I left windows open to air the rooms at night and I had to close them quickly, because hail, leaves and small pieces of tree branches were falling into the rooms through the windows :O The wind was really strong. Since the morning I've been hearing fire trucks sirens throughout the day. Unfortunately the hail broke one of the windows in my father's car :/

kielce.naszemiasto.pl/ogromna-nawalnica-z-gradem-i-ulewnym-deszczem-przeszla-nad/ar/c1-9752317

Photos from the article:

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Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]


:)))


From what Russians/RuSSians told me Poland was a kind of a window to a somewhat freer world, also a window to the West for people living in the Soviet Union. Some of them got to know Polish language in order to be able to read Polish translations of Western books, for example.

As for your grandma, I'm guessing she had them because of the photos of clothes, so she didn't need to know the language for that :)

Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]


Wow, so that dress is around 50 years old? :O It looks like it's in great condition, like it was bought yesterday!


Thanks for that piece of Polish fashion history - I'm going to read up about them now! :)

That's a nice building, btw (I don't recognise it though 🤔) :)

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


For those who still don't understand what the problem is exactly - I think this article explains it in as simple way as possible:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/dyktatura-algorytmow-media-musza-byc-niezalezne-od-big-techow-7047355044387776a

Donald Tusk is meeting today with Polish media to talk about this issue.

I'm watching you, Donald.

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


I'd just like to point out that I got the Meta decision about not deleting those fake adds after they claimed in that article that they delete those adds "once they discover them" :D 😂 🤦


Or not :D

I just tried to send "request for verification" for both of those reports on my phone, but it doesn't work o_O - I got info that "Sending request for verification wasn't successful. Try again." I did try again and it failed again :D:

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News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

I didn't get feedback to the report with Andrzej Duda deepfake video so far, so I'm curious what it's going to be :D There is an option to "ask for verification", so I think I'm going to send such request in case of those two reports that I got feedback to yesterday to see what happens 🤔 - here's another Meta feedback from yesterday - again, fake add NOT deleted:

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News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

Yesterday on Instagram I got feedback to another two reports (that I sent around a week ago), including one concerning the add with Omenaa Mensah photoshopped to look like a victim of domestic violence posted by user Shivang Mathur - I posted a screenshot of this fake add here:

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-ups-downs-democratic-government-88127/10/#msg1979829

This time Meta straight up said they didn't delete those adds because, I quote: "our verifying team has decided that the add published by Shivang Mathur doesn't violate our community rules concerning commercial products" :D:

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News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


Meta's answer is that they delete those fake adds once they discover them, but it looks like they're lying (I'll post evidence later in my comment):

money.pl/gospodarka/facebook-odpowiada-na-reklamy-z-omena-mensah-usuwamy-po-ich-wykryciu-7046885593680832a.html

So this is what Meta has to say (my translation from the article):

"When asked what Facebook is going to do in this case Meta answered to cyberdefence24.pl that they "delete such adds after discovering them". Meta added: "creating adds which use public people in a deceptive way to deceive others is against our rules".

In response to portal's questions they admitted that although Meta has specialised systems for discovering clickbaits with public people and is investing in trained verifying teams, they don't always succeed.

The press office also assured that "(...) we're still investing in improving our systems. We also cooperate with the local administration, local law enforcement and we're taking legal actions."

My comment:

Sure... :)

Meta, how about you simply delete those adds when people are reporting them to you? Are your "verifying teams" blind, retarded or are they AI bots? :D

Not long ago I registered on Instagram (Meta owns Instagram) and I reported a few of those fake adds, including that deepfake video with the Polish president.
I got feedback to my first report (Omenaa Mensah fake add) pretty soon, but it was confusing. The message claimed that they deleted the add (Screenshot 1), but when I clicked on "Show report details" it said that the add wasn't deleted, because that fake add doesn't violate their rules :D (Screenshot 2) - so I don't know if it was deleted or not: 🤷

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Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]


Yeah, that's the kind of look I associate with the 60's.





In PRL:




Until you open your mouth? :D


Are you a Disco Polo fan by any chance? ;D


You're projecting heavily right now LOL

Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]

@wslipach, you must be a real hit with the ladies - you're just such a "charmer"... lol 🥴


I remember watching a documentary about her :)

Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]


That's cool, I can imagine boys loving such stuff :)


Some boys during my teen years would wear military-looking jackets with those flags - I remember that I wondered why German flags... 🤔


Oh, btw, I've remembered something... I think my mother once did find a dress from one of the famous brands (Italian I think) in a secondhand shop and she gave it to me - it was a black dress with pockets of sorts. I didn't wear it though, because it looked kind of "sporty" to me, as far as I remember and I didn't like such style at that time. 🤔 I think it's possible that I still have it somewhere - I'll have to look for it one day... :)

Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]


Ah, so you mean those were real military uniforms/clothes?

Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]


That wasn't the case in Poland - after the fall of communism there weren't many shops with clothes, let alone affordable ones and Poland was going through though times economically, so buying at secondhand shops was simply a necessity for many people. The situation changed over the years and so the perception of those shops changed too. And during communist times it was a whole different story - there was a problem with buying any clothes at all, so women often sew clothes for themselves and their family...


I can understand reefer jackets, but what those "combat jackets" looked like? 🤔


That's very possible - if I'm to be honest I don't have the time to go through all those heaps of clothes in secondhand shops - I never could find anything that I would like and just wasted a lot of time... and shopping for clothes/shoes for a woman is time-consuming enough already, so... ;D 😭

Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]


*I don't know how

Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]


These days it doesn't even have to be secondhand shops - in every shopping mall in Poland there there are stores with Polish brands which are cheaper than Western ones. There are also cheap stores like Pepco (1200 stores in Poland), TK Maxx, etc. You can also buy stuff on-line and hunt for sales.

I sometimes even buy clothes at places like Lidl - usually stuff to wear at home, but not always. A few years ago I bought nice classic leather ankle boots for a ridiculously low price (something like 60 PLN o_O) at Lidl - you'd have to pay around 200 PLN for such boots at a normal shoe shop (and that would be a price for a Polish brand, not even a Western one). Good quality, comfortable - one probably wouldn't be able to tell that they were bought at a discount supermarket ;D I still wear them :)


Yup and apparently not only because of low prices. Young people are more likely to shop at secondhand shops than other age groups - it's trendy these days, because you can find original clothes and it's eco:

nowymarketing.pl/polacy-szturmuja-second-handy-kto-dlaczego-i-jak-czesto-kupuje-ubrania-z-drugiej-reki-raport/


I don't how comparable it is to the US, but prices have been rising in Poland too.


What... lol

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


Omenaa's Mensah husband, the founder of InPost, is going to war with Meta over those fake news adds which are featuring his wife:

money.pl/gospodarka/rafal-brzoska-idzie-na-wojne-z-koncernem-marka-zuckerberga-czerpanie-dochodow-z-przestepstwa-7045751186803520a.html

Good. I don't know why they are allowing them in the first place (well, I do now - they are being paid to put them on - they're just greedy bastards).

Btw, recently I also saw an add on Instagram posted by user Rzeczpospolita Informacyjna with a deep fake video of the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, speaking in Polish with Duda's voice, advertising some "Poland Auto Trade" company o_O I took a screenshot:

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News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

@Miloslaw, we will see. If the Polish Senate won't
stop it and this bill passes in its current form, then I won't vote for them anymore.

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

And it's not just Polish fight, but for now the Polish government is failing. It looks like the Australian government did a good job in stopping those greedy, unethical, blackmailing, thieving big tech companies:

epceurope.eu/post/epc-sings-global-reaction-to-google-and-meta-threat-to-take-down-news-in-canada

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


So does European Publishers Council:

"EPC supports Nationwide media protest launched today in Poland over unacceptable implementation of the Copyright Act undermining Media Freedom":

epceurope.eu/post/epc-supports-nationwide-media-protest-launched-today-in-poland-over-unacceptable-implementation-of-t

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


No sh1t... lol


Did you even read the articles I linked to? From start to finish? Because it doesn't look like it.

Polska Rada Biznesu (Polish Business Roundtable) somehow can see the threat and supports Polish media in their protest:

money.pl/gospodarka/mocny-glos-polskiej-rady-biznesu-ws-protestu-mediow-to-strategiczny-interes-panstwa-7045522687322848a.html

prb.pl/2024/07/04/polscy-tworcy-nie-gesi-swoje-tresci-maja-i-powinny-byc-one-chronione-prawem-autorskim/

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

@Alien, and what makes you such an expert? lol

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


You know better than the media themselves? lol 🤦

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

@Alien, what on Earth are you talking about? Do you even know what it's all about? If you don't know then kindly inform yourself - read the articles I linked to in my previous posts:

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-ups-downs-democratic-government-88127/10/#msg1979829

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-ups-downs-democratic-government-88127/10/#msg1980073

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

@Alien, overall - maybe. But I will judge them for what they're doing to Polish media now. That's very important for me and for democracy.

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


Or rather 6 months and a half.

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


I wouldn't expect them to solve every problem Poland has after only 8 months in power, but it looks like they didn't forget about this one:

medonet.pl/biznes-system-i-zdrowie,rzad-dofinansuje-polska-psychiatrie--mamy-sporo-do-zrobienia,artykul,49225945.html

However, I'd expect them not to cause new problems.
How about you? Do you care about Polish media? PiS and their supporters claimed that they care about pluralism in media in Poland and the right to getting information. Where are they now?

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

Nobody cares? I care. I already didn't take part in local and Euro elections... I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to take part in the presidential elections...

Covers of Polish newspapers today:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/wielki-protest-mediow-czarne-plansze-w-gazetach-i-na-portalach-7045392801958560a

"POLITICIANS! DON'T KILL POLISH MEDIA!"

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News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]

Is the Polish government betraying Polish media in favour of the foreign big tech? It looks like it:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/po-co-nam-polskie-media-skoro-mamy-google-i-mete-opinia-7045090697894432a

Btw, I have some observations concerning some of the stuff mentioned in this article. Firstly, about those all powerful algorithms. I've seen artists complaining about them quite some time ago already. That it was better on social media and YouTube before they were introduced. And they're still complaining about them. I see other users complaining about them on regular basis too. Why are they there then if they make things worse? 🤨🤔

And as for those weird adds with fake news that the journalist mentioned - I see them all the time on Instagram for example. They are made to look like they are news from "Gazeta Wyborcza". Omenaa Mensah and Sławomir Mentzen seem to be "trending" in them now for some reason o_O (I wonder if Kuba Wojewódzki and Omenaa Mensah know that "they" are promoting some Neoprofit app lol):

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News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]


I'm saying this because Soviet soldiers were behaving in the same way in countries they were "liberating" from the Nazis.

So what kind of "message" Soviet soldiers intended to send by raping women in Poland? Or by raping women in Serbia?:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_liberation_of_Serbia

That it's better not get "liberated" by the Soviets? lol Well, we definitely got that message.