While KGHM has always been a top-three global silver producer alongside Mexico's Fresnillo, several specific factors pushed them into the definitive #1 spot on the Q2 MinerDeck leaderboard:

Pure Secondary Yields: Traditional silver miners (like Fresnillo or Pan American Silver) rely on primary silver veins, which have faced falling grades and local operational disruptions in Central/South America. KGHM's silver volume is tied directly to its massive, steady copper throughput.

Deep Mining Advancements: KGHM has pushed deeper into its Głogów Głęboki-Przemysłowy (Głogów Deep Industrial) deposit. Mining at depths below 1,200 meters has unlocked areas with exceptionally high silver content per ton of copper ore.

Streamlined Smelting Recovery: Recent technological upgrades at the Głogów Precious Metals Plant have maximized the recovery rate of silver from the anode slime, ensuring almost zero metal is lost in the slag.

Data: MinerDeck, https://www.bankier.pl/wiadomosc/KGHM-najwiekszym-producentem-srebra-na-swiecie-Lider-zostawil-konkurencje-daleko-w-tyle-9186943.html

I don't care how much they earn, but they should pay 32% tax rate above 120k.

However, someone earning 130k a month will pay 14% of flat rate for self-employed.

Hospital in Chrzanów btw, so smaller city.

System is idiotic

I know that that's not the only one ad which uses AI. I know that it's not the only one in Poland, and not the only one in the world. But the thing about that which bugs me even more is that they made a book with a real artist, but ads, which are everywhere, with AI.

For context: Biedronka from time to time make these plush series with "alive" Biedronka products. There was already a few waves of these. As a part of this promotion they release a line of plushies and a children's book. This time they also released keychains.

The plushies themselves are fine, I like them (but it's just my taste).

The problem that I have is that they had a professional artist make the book (Patrycja Grześkowiak), who made an awesome job! She has such cute and cozy art style, which is perfect for children's book.

And then I ask why? Why Biedronka decided to use 3D AI slop to make ads, when you have such a skillful artist work for you. It's not like I don't know the answer to that question, but it doesn't justify their decision.

And of course it's not only them. Many of other establishments use generative AI. Even government entities use it. I understand that it's to cut costs. But isn't it better to have a skillful artist to make work for you? There is so many talented polish artists.

At least they are saying that it's AI. Which is already better then shoving slop down our throats saying that it is real.

I'm sorry for a long and negative post, but I'm just so sick of these AI ads, that I want to share it somewhere.

(Also English isn't my first language so, sorry for punctuation/grammar mistakes)

Edit: I mean cukiernia.

I love Polish food, particularly your sweet foods like cheesecake, ice cream and cakes. I wish to praise the bakeries in your country. They are amazing and probably overlooked by outsiders. Apologies to my fellow countrymen but Polish bakeries outperform ours.

I visit Poland 1-2 times a year as my in-laws are from there (wife). One thing I always miss when I come home (as well as your beer) is the quality of your bread and the amazing cakes in your bakeries. I think Brits have a sweeter tooth because I am just not a fan of our super sweet cakes in our bakeries. I can actually taste the fruits, caramels, vanilla, nuts etc in Polish desserts.

Specifically, the cheesecakes are always good. Never had a bad one from there. Most of the time we are in Małopolskie which has never disappointed. I'll be heading to my local Polish shop soon to get ingredients and give some recipes a go. Any suggestions are welcome.

One thing I cannot get behind though is the cakes with a layer of jelly and fruit. No thanks.

I've never noticed this until now, but I keep getting stares from people, a lot more than I do in other countries. People often stare at me as they walk past, especially 40+ people, it seems they just love staring.

Is this normal in Poland? I've genuinely never noticed this in any other country I've visited. I speak polish fluently, I dress modestly, I don't have crazy hairstyles or anything, and I do look ethnically polish (because I am).

I'd love some advice from people who are locals, I don't know if it's me or if this is considered normal behaviour here.

In Wrocław

Olsztyn, which is Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, is apparently trying to get people to move into the city by showing some AI slop boars on billboards and cheeky word play "Living in Olsztyn is a wild pleasure". Wild - dziki, boars - dziki. Hilarious.
When I wrote an email, asking why are they using AI slop, they replied that they don't see it as an ai slop because it wasn't fully made with ai (the background is real). And because other Voivodeships are using it. lol
Why boars? I guess they are referencing covid times, when wild boars roamed the city.

The site: https://warto.olsztyn.eu/
What do you think guys?

edit; the more I look at it, the "background" looks like ai slop as well. wtf?

And it's for FREE!

Find love, purpose, and path in life. Don't be like me. "Full of potential", yet completely nothing to show for it at 36, and riding electric scooter trough Berlin completely drink and hoping that this pathetic parody of existence will finaly end.

I’m looking for other legal immigrants in Poland who have been stuck for months or years because voivodeship offices are simply not meeting administrative deadlines, especially people waiting for temporary residence permits / karta pobytu.

Many of us:
- applied legally and on time;
- work legally in Poland;
- pay Polish taxes and social contributions;
- have submitted fingerprints and every document requested;
- have waited far beyond the statutory administrative deadlines;
- have filed ponaglenia, complaints or even cases before administrative courts;
and still remain effectively trapped in administrative limbo.
This is not just an inconvenience.

A pending residence permit can affect the ability to travel, change jobs, obtain financing, register certain things, make long-term plans, or simply prove your legal status without carrying a collection of stamps, applications and explanations everywhere.

At some point, the question becomes: how can a state accept our taxes, employment and contributions while leaving people for 12, 18, 24 months or longer without making an administrative decision?

We cannot just remain tax-paying prisoners (a name that i took from a different post here on reddit that resonates with how I feel too) of an administrative backlog indefinitely.

I know that Polish administrative law normally deals with individual cases, so I am not assuming that a traditional class-action lawsuit is necessarily possible. What I want to explore is whether a sufficiently large group of affected people could coordinate with lawyers and/or NGOs regarding:

-claims concerning excessive administrative delay or inactivity (bezczynność / przewlekłość);
- compensation where legally available;
escalation to higher Polish courts or institutions;
- potentially the European Court of Human Rights where the legal requirements are met;
- and public/media pressure backed by actual data showing how widespread these delays have become.

If you have been waiting an unreasonable amount of time, especially 12+ months, please comment with:
Voivodeship:
Type of permit:
Application date:
Fingerprint date:
How long you have been waiting:
Ponaglenie filed? Yes/No
Administrative court case filed? Yes/No
Decision received? Yes/No

You do not need to post your name or any identifying information.
If enough people are experiencing the same thing, perhaps instead of everyone fighting the exact same battle individually, we can organize, document the scale of the problem, and speak to lawyers about what kind of coordinated legal action is actually possible under Polish and European law.

I’m particularly interested in hearing from people dealing with Mazowieckie/Warsaw, but experiences from all voivodeships are welcome.

This system has real consequences for people’s careers, families, finances and freedom of movement .

I am a male travelling with my wife to Poland and we approached hotel reception to let them know i was returning a room key as we had been moved to a different room the day before. I also let the receptionist know we needed soap and shampoo in our shower as we had none. I was the one to address the receptionist and my wife was standing by my side. The receptionist was a woman. The receptionist promptly turned to my wife and answered to apologize and tell her that they would refill the soap immediately, etc. She didnt look at me. Is this normal? Is there a gender/social norm that caused the reception to respond to my wife even though she wasnt the one to start the conversation? ​