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The Hayek Club Weimar described socialism as a beneficial business model for politicians. State benefits and subsidies created dependency and thus secured voter support, the account wrote. Politicians would thereby become suppliers and citizens clients. In contrast, capitalism posed a threat to the political class, argued the Hayek Club Weimar, because it rewarded personal responsibility, innovation, and private initiative, making people more independent of the state. Regulations intended to tame the market served, according to the account, to limit competition and protect established interests. The account also accused politicians of portraying capitalism as unjust and antisocial while presenting the state as a moral authority. The state did not want free individuals but dependent subjects, wrote the Hayek Club Weimar, linking its criticism to calls for freedom and property as well as a rejection of taxes and state coercion. #FreiheitstattKnechtschaft #SteuernsindRaub #Eigentum #Freiheit #ParasitenwegmitEuremZwang #Freiheit #Kapitalismus #Sozialismus (translated)

The Institute of Truth wrote that in December 2014, Daniel Obajtek testified as a witness in the trial of Roman and Józef Lis, who were accused of fraudulently obtaining around 200 thousand złoty in EU subsidies. According to the institute, Obajtek denied at that time that he was a silent partner of TT Plast and stated that he owned shares briefly, many years before assuming the office of the mayor of Pcim. He was also said to have testified that as mayor he did not hold any positions in the company nor managed it, and did not collaborate with an employee named Szymon. The institute reminded that in February 2021, "Gazeta Wyborcza" published recordings of conversations from 2009 in which Obajtek allegedly discussed clients, taking over contracts from Elektroplast, and matters concerning TT Plast. The newspaper reported that employees of the company referred to Obajtek as a silent partner. In 2016, Roman Lis filed a report of suspected false testimony and attached recordings. The prosecutor's office refused to initiate an investigation after about a month, finding that there were no signs of a prohibited act. According to the Institute of Truth, Obajtek denied breaking the law, admitted that he had once been a shareholder and knew the owners, but maintained that as mayor he did not work for TT Plast or any other company, and the recordings did not prove a crime. Orlen's office described the publication as a manipulation based on recordings of undetermined integrity. The institute assessed that the testimonies about the lack of professional relations with the company and not managing it did not withstand confrontation with the recordings. #InstytutPrawdy #Obajtek #prawo #korupcja (translated)

Felix Perrefort wrote that plagiarism problems among politicians arise because they write dissertations mainly to enhance their resumes and often lack a serious research interest. Such works are often difficult to read and are rarely read outside of assessments; instead of demonstrating their own intellectual achievements, they convey an appearance of scholarly merit. According to Perrefort, only those who truly want to discover something new should write a dissertation. Only people who want to fully dedicate themselves to science should strive for a doctorate. He described it as indecent to present others with 200 to 400-page texts that are merely obligatory exercises and therefore insignificant. Perrefort questioned which politicians felt the need to profile themselves with a doctoral thesis. He described them as career politicians without a "solid foundation of an acquired profession" and wrote that they neither mastered politics nor science. Mario Voigt embodies this problem particularly strongly, Perrefort claimed, accusing him of being unable to say anything about Auschwitz without AI and of lacking independent thoughts. #Plagiat #Doktortitel #Wissenschaft (translated)

According to the Estonian Spa Association's executive director Aire Toffer, there may not be enough affluent clients in Estonia to fill all the new and existing spas, although entrepreneur Oleg Gross believes that a well-run spa will still find clients. #EestiSpaaliit #Spaaturism #Spaad (translated)

PGE struggles with many billing issues, such as delays, incorrect invoices, and difficulties in implementing a new billing system, which the company attributes to the complexity of the project and data migration from various systems for about 6 million customers. #PGE #faktury #energetyka (translated)

AlkoInwestor described a dispute in a parents' group regarding a gift for the teacher on Teacher's Day. According to his account, Milena, the mother of Kornelia, suggested buying a personalized glass and a massage voucher, stating that she was acting on behalf of the parents. The author wrote that he opposed the expenditure. Among his arguments, he mentioned the teachers' salaries, a pastoral allowance of at least 300 PLN, breaks in learning, and the possibility of taking paid health leave for up to a year. He also pointed out the potential tax consequences of donations from more than twenty families. In a conversation with Lena's mother, he compared the idea of a massage for the teacher to the absence of gifts for accountants on their holiday, which, he noted, falls on June 9. He reported that he suggested instead a three-day access to his webinar on opening a brokerage account and the differences between IKE and IKZE. Ultimately, the parents agreed that the children would prepare and sign a greeting card, and its cost would not burden the class fund. After the conversation, Lena's mother asked the author about the price for indefinite access to the webinar; he quoted 549 PLN and issued an invoice. #Rodzicielstwo #Komunikacja #RelacjeSocjalne (translated)

The aircraft repair service provider Airline Support Baltic plans to double production and the number of employees by 2029 while expanding its infrastructure and the range of services offered, primarily exporting services to foreign clients. #RīgasInfrastruktūra #AviācijasRemonts #Eksports (translated)

Zygfryd Czaban found the panic surrounding the matter amusing. He wrote that television has a regular audience that a buyer could lose if they changed the station's profile. He added that even in such a case, journalists and viewers might go elsewhere, just as was to happen after the profile change of TVP Info three years earlier. Czaban also stated that television is a dying medium for retirees. #telewizja #media #opinie (translated)

Michal Semotan stated that they have obtained a license from the Czech National Bank for an investment company and will operate in the market under the brand ARVUM. According to him, the name is derived from the Latin term for arable land and fertile fields and refers to the long-term building of value. He thanked everyone who participated in obtaining the license and wrote that they are now working on preparing their own funds. According to him, they want to gain the trust of clients and investors through active portfolio management and open communication. https://t.co/th2w39hiIn #investice #licence #finančnictví (translated)

Jakub Mościcki assessed that the statements from Anthropic and other leading AI companies about the threat to humanity and the need for regulation stemmed from problems with the profitability of their business model. In his opinion, the strategy of relying on customers and then raising token prices did not work. Citing the latest data from Vercel AI Gateway, he wrote that open models accounted for 78.4% of the token volume, while closed commercial solutions made up 21.6% of the market. According to Mościcki, the migration of developers to open-source models that can be run on home computers increases price pressure on companies like Anthropic. He predicted that they would have to significantly lower API prices and look for revenue in advanced enterprise services. He added that he expects further statements from companies about the threat to humanity and regulations. #AI #otwartyKod #regulacje (translated)

The president of Erste Bank Polska, Michał Gajewski, emphasizes that the bank aims to become a "love brand" by utilizing AI and technology, and has also defined a new strategy for the years 2027-2029 focusing on profitability and customer satisfaction, rather than competition for assets. #ErsteBank #MichałGajewski #lovebrand (translated)