Jakub Jaraczewski
@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social
🇵🇱🇩🇪🇪🇺⚖️ Research Coordinator at @democracyreporting.bsky.social, working on re:constitution programme - rule of law in the EU. Lives on a Berlin-Poznań-Warszawa train. "European Elitist". He/him. Full-time nerd. I'm a fan of bios longer than 160 characters.
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Seems like the new craze here is to make a starter pack. So, for those you trying to make sense of the hr/dem/rol landscape in Poland and lost as to how many Supreme Courts the country has, here are some quality people to begin with.
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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“Realists” try not to be wrong challenge (impossible)
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
“Realists” try not to be wrong challenge (impossible)
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It's just ultra-negative polarisation against normie libs/soc dems
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
It's just ultra-negative polarisation against normie libs/soc dems
A bright side of the situation is that some 21 yo VDV veteran in Samara, missing his legs and face, gets now to experience a bout of PTSD after remembering how he was told to drop at Hostomel airport, secure it and capture the fascist terrorist Zelensky.
January 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
A bright side of the situation is that some 21 yo VDV veteran in Samara, missing his legs and face, gets now to experience a bout of PTSD after remembering how he was told to drop at Hostomel airport, secure it and capture the fascist terrorist Zelensky.
🇨🇼 Hilarious moments on Curacao Facebook groups as Trump voters from Florida try to convince pissed off locals and European Dutch that closing of airspace is great because there will be less crime in the world with Maduro gone.
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🇨🇼 Hilarious moments on Curacao Facebook groups as Trump voters from Florida try to convince pissed off locals and European Dutch that closing of airspace is great because there will be less crime in the world with Maduro gone.
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After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 AM
After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
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4. Former opposition networks, Chavistas that want a fresh start, civil society can't stop a multi-sided civil war as Trump posts racist memes and Vance does a podcast, violence spreads across borders forcing Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands thru Curacao into difficult choices
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
4. Former opposition networks, Chavistas that want a fresh start, civil society can't stop a multi-sided civil war as Trump posts racist memes and Vance does a podcast, violence spreads across borders forcing Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands thru Curacao into difficult choices
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Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
This will go down well in Moscow and Beijing. Goodbye, international order.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes
The U.S. has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
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The joke here is that Putin made considerable effort to provide some (flimsy and entirely wrong) veneer of legality for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The joke here is that Putin made considerable effort to provide some (flimsy and entirely wrong) veneer of legality for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
Good morning to all the "I voted for Trump because I wanted America out of all those wars abroad" people.
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Good morning to all the "I voted for Trump because I wanted America out of all those wars abroad" people.
2026, you have a unique opportunity to start on a very strong, positive note.
Ramzan dying & a 3rd Chechen war over his throne is all I need right now.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Chechen leader urgently hospitalised in Moscow
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin's protégé and head of Chechnya, was urgently hospitalised in Moscow on the night of 24-25 December.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 1, 2026 at 7:15 PM
2026, you have a unique opportunity to start on a very strong, positive note.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
You will never be 100% one of us, Islander. You can get close, have the citizenship, be an entirely acceptably integrated alien, kvetch about Maryla Rodowicz during a televised NYE party in Rzeszów, but some things just won't work without Slavic genes.
Every so often Bluesky serves up a reminder of the limits to which I will be able to achieve full integration into Polish society
🥒🇵🇱 There are hangover remedies, and then there's the brine from pickled ogórki. You can't get better than that.
January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
You will never be 100% one of us, Islander. You can get close, have the citizenship, be an entirely acceptably integrated alien, kvetch about Maryla Rodowicz during a televised NYE party in Rzeszów, but some things just won't work without Slavic genes.
🥒🇵🇱 There are hangover remedies, and then there's the brine from pickled ogórki. You can't get better than that.
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
🥒🇵🇱 There are hangover remedies, and then there's the brine from pickled ogórki. You can't get better than that.
🇵🇱🍾🥂2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Happy New 2026, paired with 0% bubbly as my wife is off at a night shift. May it be better than 2025 - not a high bar to clear, admittedly.
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
🇵🇱🍾🥂2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ Happy New 2026, paired with 0% bubbly as my wife is off at a night shift. May it be better than 2025 - not a high bar to clear, admittedly.
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The Polish government has asked the EU to take action against TikTok over a series of videos showing AI-generated young women calling for Poland to leave the EU.
"There is no doubt this is Russian disinformation," says the government's spokesman.
"There is no doubt this is Russian disinformation," says the government's spokesman.
Poland calls for EU action against AI-generated TikTok videos calling for "Polexit"
notesfrompoland.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The Polish government has asked the EU to take action against TikTok over a series of videos showing AI-generated young women calling for Poland to leave the EU.
"There is no doubt this is Russian disinformation," says the government's spokesman.
"There is no doubt this is Russian disinformation," says the government's spokesman.
🇺🇦🇵🇱🐟 My craziest Christmas story was picking up catering from a nearby Ukrainian fish-and-seafood restaurant, only to discover they were open until 9 PM on Christmas Eve. Inquired on how that's possible, the manager replied, "Pretty much nobody here celebrates Christmas this week".
December 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🇺🇦🇵🇱🐟 My craziest Christmas story was picking up catering from a nearby Ukrainian fish-and-seafood restaurant, only to discover they were open until 9 PM on Christmas Eve. Inquired on how that's possible, the manager replied, "Pretty much nobody here celebrates Christmas this week".
🇵🇱⚖️💸I've been on the protect the rule of law rodeo for some time, and it's occasionally a tough job. Sometimes it's because journalists call you at 8 AM on Saturday, sometimes it's because you're getting death threats, but sometimes it's because it's hard to stand up for a judiciary that fails. 1/
December 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🇵🇱⚖️💸I've been on the protect the rule of law rodeo for some time, and it's occasionally a tough job. Sometimes it's because journalists call you at 8 AM on Saturday, sometimes it's because you're getting death threats, but sometimes it's because it's hard to stand up for a judiciary that fails. 1/
🇵🇱🛤️🇱🇹 In general, I am a big fan of Polish rail and usually of PKP, but offering a Szczecin-Poznan-Warsaw-Białystok-Mockava-Vilnius connection with no WARS dining car and just a vending machine for a 14h journey is kinda insane.
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🇵🇱🛤️🇱🇹 In general, I am a big fan of Polish rail and usually of PKP, but offering a Szczecin-Poznan-Warsaw-Białystok-Mockava-Vilnius connection with no WARS dining car and just a vending machine for a 14h journey is kinda insane.
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Today marks 107 years since the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919. The insurrection against German rule helped shape the borders of the newly reconstituted Polish state and remains a defining moment in national history.
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today marks 107 years since the outbreak of the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919. The insurrection against German rule helped shape the borders of the newly reconstituted Polish state and remains a defining moment in national history.
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