Tycjan Chmiel
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Tycjan Chmiel
@tycjanc.bsky.social
Cat slave and Swift landlord based in Szczecin, Poland, one of Europe’s largest population of White-tailed Sea Eagles 🦅 Keen on (urban) wildlife, active travel and Pogoń Szczecin.
Good morning, all! 😺 As the sun is fighting its way over the horizon on another dull day here, please take a second or two to imagine the sunshine of a few days back and say hello to my friend the Willow in the park who’s looking resplendent in their winter outfit #ThickTrunkTuesday
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Christmas Market at the Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes in #Szczecin, Poland. Performances, and lots of local foods and products, from cheeses to honey and proper mulled wine round a roaring fire 😺
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pumpkin! Do you mind? There’s some very serious business going on! 😹 #GinjaBoiz
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Trump's National Security Strategy - interfere with democratic Europe and trade without judgement or principles with the rest of the world
#Security #Geopolitics #Democracy
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This is the 5th account this creep has set up to stalk me. Totally creepy behaviour. Please report and block and let's keep Bluesky a safe place for women on social media.
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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As Święty Mikołaj (St Nicholas) has been busy delivering small gifts to good Polish children overnight, here’s a special 6 December #PostboxSaturday from Bydgoszcz, where kids can drop off their letters on the square 😺
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As Święty Mikołaj (St Nicholas) has been busy delivering small gifts to good Polish children overnight, here’s a special 6 December #PostboxSaturday from Bydgoszcz, where kids can drop off their letters on the square 😺
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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I eat twice a day so I am doing much better than many people. Pls give to your local foodbank if you possibly can. Many people are literally starving.
‘I thought, let’s just drink water this week. I know I can survive a few days without food.’

No one should be left in a situation like this. But this winter thousands of people will be driven to the doors of food banks.
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Don’t you love it when their little paws are tucked in like this? 😻#GinjaBoiz
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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If anybody has any insight about why the UK supported the proposal to downlist the Peregrine, I’d love to hear it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Don’t you love it when their little paws are tucked in like this? 😻#GinjaBoiz
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A beautiful sunrise - one of the advantages of the winter is that I’m up to see them (and another is that the sun conveniently rises right in front of my window, unlike in summer) 😺 #Szczecin
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Check out this mega Birch tree at the seaside resort of Świnoujście. Nice to see they built the footpath and bike lanes either side of it 😺 #ThickTrunkTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The weather today’s a lot nicer than it was when I took these pictures at a very murky and nippy Świnoujście on Poland’s Baltic coast 😺 #ManholeCoverMonday
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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1 December 1882 | A Pole, Marian Krysiewicz, was born in Poznań. An accountant.

In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942.
No. 35497
He perished in the camp on 22 May 1942.
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"Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Greetings from the Christmas Market in Bydgoszcz, Poland 😺
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Arrived a bit early for a family dinner at the Pod Orłem (Eagle) Hotel, Bydgoszcz. Nice to see they’re getting into the Christmas Spirit! Christmas Market later!
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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8,000 illegal waste sites
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing

How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'

Our latest article, out now:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests
Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Water reserves drying up in face of climate change.

Our latest article, out now:

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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Common oak galls en masse laying on the woodland floor.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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In addition to the questionable wisdom of spraying PFAS on food crops, organisations like @paneurope.bsky.social highlight, many PFAS pesticides break down into TFA, a forever chemical German authorities class as reprotoxic - harmful to fertility + child development - which can get into groundwater.
Sweden is re-evaluating 38 PFAS pesticides over links to TFA

#TFA is a short-chain #PFAS contaminating water sources 🌊

Earlier this year, Denmark banned several pesticides tied to TFA. The UK has yet to take any action on #PFASpesticides 🌱

swedenherald.com/article/pfas...
PFAS agents in Swedish agriculture are being re-examined | Sweden Herald
The use of plant protection products containing PFAS is now to be re-examined
swedenherald.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:

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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Pumpkin always wants to ‘help’ me work in the study and has an interesting technique for doing so! (This is especially for the Doubting Thomases, yes you @deesidesparrow.bsky.social 😹) #GinjaBoiz
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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If you are a field mycologist, fungal biology researcher, or mycology student, join our free webinar on 11 December to hear how publishing your work with BMS journals can support both your career & the global mycology community. 👉 Register now: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/mycology_pub...
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Went for a stroll around Lake Głębokie, which is popular as a city bathing spot (the Polar Bear Club was out in force!) The lake is surrounded by mixed forest and includes several Natural Monuments, including this huge Oak (more info in ALT text). #ThickTrunkTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM