News / Polish universities for Polish students (only?) [57]


True, however Harvard is in the top ten worldwide so it's likely that any victims of trumpetism will want to go to another that at least is in the top 50.

Really, given how bright the cohort of students is that trup is bizarrely excluding, I'd expect universities slightly further down the league tables to be competing to get some of them.

News / Poland to reject Snowden asylum bid [59]


Is he still in Moscow?

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


Sikorski is by far the best alternative to Tusk.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

The Italian language is too soft for the dogs to respond well to, apparently.German works better.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

@Paulina
Did you know that in Italy, they train police dogs in German?

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

A Similar age. Similar style too.

Nikifor, Nowy Sącz

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News / Polish universities for Polish students (only?) [57]

No. They probably won't.

Po polsku / Strefa Wolna od Małpiszonów [46]

Małpa co wieczór dwie flaszki wódy pije,
Został nauczycielem - choć ledwo się kryje.
Uczył historii, choć często się chwiał,
Aż pewnej nocy przepadł... nikt go nie znał

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


Not once, ever.


No. They do it on his yacht.

They sail to it from shore in an Idioms.

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]


In no particular order. Babcock, 3i, RR, Pets At Home, and M&S.

I'd say Halma and BAe however neither of those are at all cheap. I may buy some Halma myself however it is a long term thing.

M&S is controversial, however they're making some changes which are in the company's best interests.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [93]


Why not making and selling equipment that is in demand?


A weird term.

You really don"t like anything new, do you...

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


That's always been the case.


I should fücking well hope so.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [93]

So you disapprove of Poland having well paid manufacturing jobs?

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


There are courts to deal with such suggestions.


A lot of the small towns where PiS core voters live aren't doing well and aren't going to be. They fear change anyway and vote for what brings them comfort.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [93]


"Conmen", or people doing high quality jobs making the equipment, and also the communities they live in.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

It was a dark and stormy night...

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

It's for starting a story.

Word for word, it's not "once upon a time" ("pewnego razu" exists, perhaps from English) but semantically it sort of is.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Byl sobie?

Understandable and common enough however the meaning is tricky to explain.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [93]

Some great news:

Poland's government has announced 230 million zloty (€54 million) in state support for the construction of what it says will be the world's largest factory producing towers for offshore wind turbines.

Paszyk noted the 230 million zloty in public funding being granted to the new Windar facility is part of a broader 5 billion zloty package earmarked by the ministry for green investments, aimed at reducing Poland's reliance on conventional energy sources.

The minister cited Baltic Towers, a Polish firm building another offshore wind tower production facility in Gdańsk, which has received more than 376 million zloty in aid.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/05/29/poland-confirms-state-support-for-construction-of-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-turbine-tower-plant/

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Same.

There's powrót do siebie however that's different.

Isn't there a dojść do siebie too?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Exactly that

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

@Feniks
Yes.Something without sense, unreasonable, ill-thought out.

What about pears in the willow.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


A little different as I understand it. More about how reasonable or realistic something is.

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]

@Paulina
It is indeed.

I wondered if by "Bramy" he meant a a particular housing estate wit( striking architecture, however if he thinks it's some sort of urban squalor he'd be very wrong.

Maybe zwiedzamy his town and have a look.


Like PAK's secret kill switch which he assured us that American arms manufacturers put in all their products (as if the buyers don't check every item). If it were anything other than BS, he'd either be leaking a major government secret that he doesn't know or he'd be a whistleblower determined to stop all arms sales.

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]

Say you've never been to Poland without saying you've never been to Poland.

A pretty weird list too. Do you know why?

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


Why? We're talking about Poland.


???

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]


Those aren't the problem.


It would discourage people from doing this.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Nobody's bothered with the głowa mała one.

For sure Lenka knows along with a few others. The person I picked it up from is from Podlasie and uses it all te time.

News / Karol Nawrocki - the New President of Poland [413]

@cms neuf
And far too little.

Plus of course the sheer number of flats/houses either standing empty almost always or used only at weekends. Something to penalise in order to alleviate demand and homelessness.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


You mean: