Tomasz Oryński

Freelance journalist, blogger, podcaster, translator, and... trucker, who left UK after 17 years due to Brexit. Now I am starting my new life in Helsinki.

Columnist of Britske Listy - you can find my pieces in Czech here: https://blisty.cz/authors/3338-tomasz-orynski

You can read me also in Polish and/or English on my personal website https://orynski.eu/

Languages used: 🇵🇱🇬🇧🇨🇿

#journalist #Poland #Scotland #Finland #polski #trucker #HGVdriver #haulage #media #Helsinki #podcast

PERSONAL WEBSITE: https://orynski.eu
VERIFIED JOURNALIST: Tomasz Oryński (npub15kp…y8cl)">https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/Tomasz Oryński (npub15kp…y8cl)
My English-language podcast: https://notsogreat.buzzsprout.com/
Moje polskojęzyczne podkasty: https://pitolenieigadanie.buzzsprout.com

Public Key

npub15kpu8fzt5yl47fplmrflz9ycm0kwzswmhkvh96hzqnt2e9tu7d2sajy8cl

NIP-05 Address

torynski_at_mastodon.scot@momostr.pink

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs2tq7r5396z06lysla35l3zjvdhm8pg8dmmxtjat3qf44vj470x4gdgvwum

Author Public Key

npub15kpu8fzt5yl47fplmrflz9ycm0kwzswmhkvh96hzqnt2e9tu7d2sajy8cl

Show more details

Published at

2024-09-19T19:19:17Z

Kind type

0 Metadata

Event JSON

{ "id": "aa99eb196e915d60bfb35544672f8e9dc7675c390278be84e5b7e2a5bb7e97d1", "pubkey": "a583c3a44ba13f5f243fd8d3f11498dbece141dbbd9972eae204d6ac957cf355", "created_at": 1726773557, "kind": 0, "tags": [ [ "t", "scotland" ], [ "t", "poland" ], [ "t", "podcast" ], [ "t", "helsinki" ], [ "t", "finland" ], [ "t", "journalist" ], [ "t", "media" ], [ "t", "trucker" ], [ "t", "polski" ], [ "t", "HGVdriver" ], [ "t", "haulage" ], [ "proxy", "https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski", "activitypub" ], [ "L", "pink.momostr" ], [ "l", "pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.scot/users/TOrynski", "pink.momostr" ], [ "-" ] ], "content": "{\"name\":\"Tomasz Oryński\",\"about\":\"Freelance journalist, blogger, podcaster, translator, and... trucker, who left UK after 17 years due to Brexit. Now I am starting my new life in Helsinki.\\n\\nColumnist of Britske Listy - you can find my pieces in Czech here: https://blisty.cz/authors/3338-tomasz-orynski\\n\\nYou can read me also in Polish and/or English on my personal website https://orynski.eu/\\n\\nLanguages used: 🇵🇱🇬🇧🇨🇿\\n\\n#journalist #Poland #Scotland #Finland #polski #trucker #HGVdriver #haulage #media #Helsinki #podcast\\n\\nPERSONAL WEBSITE: https://orynski.eu\\nVERIFIED JOURNALIST: https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/nostr:npub15kpu8fzt5yl47fplmrflz9ycm0kwzswmhkvh96hzqnt2e9tu7d2sajy8cl\\nMy English-language podcast: https://notsogreat.buzzsprout.com/\\nMoje polskojęzyczne podkasty: https://pitolenieigadanie.buzzsprout.com\\n\",\"website\":\"https://mastodon.scot/@TOrynski\",\"picture\":\"https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/297/755/377/798/963/original/b314bf37e827ea8e.jpg\",\"banner\":\"https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/headers/109/297/755/377/798/963/original/a5a5990ee2137fed.jpg\",\"nip05\":\"torynski_at_mastodon.scot@momostr.pink\"}", "sig": "7697d7c15f68dff41b5316b409d4a229821ea1a100db16e29043722f8bd5cebb905cee71e93fa4ab8ddc8efa52b362265c9e8ce7f78f561b1b183e418ddbffe2" }

Last Notes

2024-09-16 20:32:20

I am 44 and this is my third "flood of the century" in the region I am from.
Perhaps it's time to take climate change seriously? Because it's not going to be any better: https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/climate/climate-wont-get-better-we-have-to-act-now/

2024-09-15 20:29:18

If you need to imagine the scale of floods in Poland.
Picture 1:
This was a 500 years old stone bridge in Lądek Zdrój.
Picture 2: This is this bridge now.
Picture 3: And this is how tall it was.
#powódź #flood
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/143/456/439/643/977/original/4af2ba1c3fbbe0be.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/143/456/820/712/017/original/ac34f17bfbdf6f51.png
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/143/457/825/061/282/original/f798f743a044285f.png

2024-08-24 12:44:12

A new pedestrian-cycle tunnel had been opened under Helsinki's main train station. With an underground bike park for 900 cycles, with chargers and cycle maintenance/wash station.
Cc: @npub1z7x…q5jf
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/017/049/031/301/985/original/d8a8907b8de07113.jpg
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/017/049/129/917/920/original/53a87ca3f3ed6fb0.jpg
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/017/049/226/810/809/original/0374a751819ac5e3.jpg
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/017/049/326/937/140/original/b48c9913f95187e7.jpg

2024-08-11 22:14:23

https://yle.fi/a/74-20104291
One aspect of this story really made me chuckle:
This neo-nazi guy in Finland was advising British nazis online on the topic of how to riot, how to set things on fire or HOW TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES.
So the YLE reporter found him and went to his home to interview him :-)

2024-08-09 05:03:05

My twitter thread probably hasn't annoyed enough gammons yet, so inwas invited to make an article out of it.
Here it is: https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-britain-in-decline-why-i-left-scotland-for-a-better-life-in-finland/

2024-08-05 19:47:41

I spoke with a friend who still lives in Scotland today.
She told me how everything is falling apart, how expensive everything has become. European people from her company move away en masse. Most of our common friends either already left or are considering to do so.
We spoke about cost of living. When I was moving to Finland I was doing research. Living in Helsinki was 11-13% more expensive than Glasgow, according to the source.
Today it's 3% cheaper to live in Finland.

2024-06-24 11:57:55

- reply

yes, but even before that you need to show the EU that you understand what it is this time.
Demands of special treatment, slogans like "being back the freedom of movent" (which was never taken away, you just opted out of it) do not do Britain any favours.
Work it out, understand what it means to be a member of the EU and what the application process for third countries (which you are now) is and then we will welcome your enthusiasm.

2024-06-24 11:24:45

- reply

exactly. Rejoinders must understand it's not all about them: https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/rejoiners-have-to-accept-that-its-not-all-about-us/