We’re living in a strange times. I recall today when 25 years ago I wrote for a student magazine “Semestr”. One day Andrzej Lepper – a controversial politician – was coming to meet students in my home town of Wrocław. When the editor asked who wanted to cover it, half of the team raised their […]
Author: Tomasz Oryński
Talking Sense: Dr Richard Fitzgerald on the NHS
Like many Europeans living in the UK, we have criticised the NHS many times. It is simply not as great as British people tend to think. Why is that? Why is it so bad? And why do British people think it is not? It was time to bring an expert to give us some professional […]
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The year 2024 is nearly over. I am not writing as much of my Absurdistan columns because, frankly speaking, Polish politics got really boring and predictable now, at least for the people who, like me, didn’t expect too much from Donald Tusk’s led coalition. But as some of the readers reached out to me to […]
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It has been a year since the 2023 elections, which were deemed by many to be the final battle to save democracy in Poland. While PiS had been removed from power though, things are not going as well as some expected, and many Poles are disappointed with the style of government presented by Donald Tusk. […]
Talking Sense: Jon Worth on European railways
This is a new podcast from the creators of Lewackie Pitolenie. Just like some chapters of Lewackie Pitolenie were available in English as Leftist Drivel, so some chapters of Mądrze Gada will be available in English as Talking Sense. Our first guest is Jon Worth. In his own words, Brit who became German […]
Elon Musk’s new invention is utterly stupid. As usual.
I am watching a movie clip about Elon Musk’s Tesla Cyber cab and I am going to tell you why it is a completely stupid vehicle. This guy just don’t understand how vehicles that are not toys should be designed. Yeah, here we go again, I just had a Deja Vu moment: I am […]
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As I was preparing for my Finnish test and then had a month long holidays, I decided to give myself a break from the news and the social media (for the most part). But this time it was different – this time I completely fell out of the loop. Why? Related posts: Meanwhile in Cuckooland […]
On the 8th anniversary of Brexit referendum.
The Brexit referendum happened 8 years ago. I remember that I didn’t believe right to the end that Britain can be stupid enough to do it to itself. What else do I remember about that? I remember the next morning we were driving our car to work (we worked together in one office back then). […]
Leftist Drivel on Finnish politics.
Our listeners were asking us about Finnish politics. We know nothing about Finnish politics, so we invited a true Finn to explain it to us. As the conversation took place in English, we decided to publish the English version too as well. So if you are curious: – what are the main political powers in […]
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“Live by the sword, die by the sword”. This old proverb can describe well how PiS’ rein is going to end. As Donald Tusk’s government is not wasting any time in his attempt to bring PiS politicians and activists to justice, one of the investigations is dealing with the embezzlement of the Justice Funds money. […]