Jakub Krupa

Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today

My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Dignity The political philosopher Lea Ypi discusses four books about the inviolable quality of dignity.

I talked to @newyorker.com about four books that inspired my writing about dignity.

www.newyorker.com/books/book-c...

Old tensions simmer just below surface as Tusk and Merz to meet in Berlin Ukraine will top agenda, but meeting comes as positive sentiment towards Germany in Poland hits near record lows

Old tensions simmer just below surface as Tusk and Merz to meet in Berlin

Absolutely fair point - different to the one described in the story, but yeah, fair.

Old tensions simmer just below surface as Tusk and Merz to meet in Berlin Ukraine will top agenda, but meeting comes as positive sentiment towards Germany in Poland hits near record lows

On the changing - unexpectedly deteriorating on the Polish side - Polish-German relations, both govt’s domestic constraints, "the second class carriage" of diplomacy, and the issue of WW2 reparations.

Before Tusk's visit to Berlin, my latest for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Fair point, I’ve tweaked it a bit

🇬🇧 London's Kew Gardens opens its 2025 Christmas lights trail

London's world-renowned botanical attraction, Kew Gardens, has opened its annual "Christmas at Kew" lights installation, which takes visitors on an illuminated trail around the site.

Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down

Cloudflare outage destroys all human communication except Bluesky, this is the weirdest sci-fi scenario I’ve ever seen

Two Ukrainian men believed to be working with Russia identified as suspects in Polish rail sabotage attacks – Europe live Donald Tusk tells parliament that C-4 explosives were used also used in the attacks at the weekend Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk has just told lawmakers that the authorities investigating the rail sabotage incidents over the weekend identified two main suspects. He says the suspects are both Ukrainian men, who crossed into Poland from Belarus this autumn, and are believed to had been working with Russian intelligence services. Continue reading...

Two Ukrainian men believed to be working with Russia identified as suspects in Polish rail sabotage attacks – Europe live

Follow our minute-by-minute coverage on Europe Live blog with me, Jakub Krupa.

If in doubt, pierogi. If not in doubt, pierogi.

Exitpoll: historische winst lonkt voor D66, PVV levert flink in De verkiezingsstrijd is uitgedraaid op een thriller: D66 lijkt de grootste partij te zijn geworden, maar de PVV zit daar vlak achter. Dat blijkt uit de exitpoll van de NOS.

If D66 is confirmed as the largest party in the next parliament, it will be a historic result for them – the party has never been in that position before, AD notes: www.ad.nl/politiek/exi... Reported by @jakubkrupa.bsky.social in @theguardian.com

Last poll in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 before today's election appears to suggest a neck-to-neck race between PVV, D66, GroenLinks/PvdA and CDA.

BUT... always read the fine-print:

Only 26% of the Dutch electorate knew for certain what they would vote on the eve of the election!

Lots could still change.

Furthermore: UK media would benefit from having more foreign-born journalists and especially EU-born. @jakubkrupa.bsky.social is such a great example of someone who enriches its outlet's work with living experience and expertise

So kind Eduardo, thank you! 🙏

Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister Poland’s foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, has said that Vladimir Putin had consolidated western opinion against him with the incursion

Poland’s foreign minister has accused Russia of a “tactically stupid & counterproductive” escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying its drone incursion into Poland appeared to be deliberate.

@theguardian.com’s @dansabbagh.bsky.social w/ @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

*Irony font*

We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash – Europe live Yvette Cooper says Russia is undermining territorial integrity of sovereign nations with fighter jet incursions into European territory

We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK says as Poland issues stark warning to Russia 'not to come to whine about it' if it shoots down its missile or aircraft.

Blow-by-blow account of UN SC on Estonia on our @theguardian.com Europe Live blog.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Nato confirms it intercepted Russian aircraft over Estonia as EU calls violation a ‘dangerous provocation’ – Europe live Nato spokesperson condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after three Mig-31 fighters enter Estonian airspace for 12 minutes

Nato confirms it intercepted Russian fighter jets over Estonia as EU calls airspace violation a „dangerous provocation” and calls for swift adoption of sanctions on Moscow

Latest on Europe Live @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Iron Curtain still alive?

Thanks, very kind! Sorry I missed this earlier.

Tusk warns prospect of military conflict ‘closer than at any time since second world war’ amid Russian drone incursion – follow live Tusk says the first signals from Nato members show the understanding of how serious the situation is

Nineteen Russian drones cross the border into Poland says PM Donald Tusk as Warsaw asks for consultation with Nato allies. Meanwhile a Russian diplomat tells the RIA accusations of an incursion "groundless". No doubt Donald Trump will know who to believe...

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

‘Huge number of Russian drones’ violated our airspace, says Poland’s PM – follow live Tusk says that those which posed a threat were shot down as Zelenskyy says incursion sets ‘extremely dangerous precedent for Europe’

A good day to follow @theguardian.com Europe Live for reliable information about Polish (and not only) reactions to the overnight violations of Polish airspace by Russian drones.
@jakubkrupa.bsky.social provides helpful translations from 🇵🇱 incl political context

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Thank you! 🙏

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

Wie cool ist das bitte?!

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

"Libraries should be beautiful and open; inviting, not intimidating. It’s not a shrine, but a place where you can spend time freely…"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/warsaw-opens-metro-station-express-library-smartphones

#Poland #Reading #Libraries #Books