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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Hmmm, I'm starting to think that a deep sense of wonder at the beauty of the universe, expressed through art or the spiritual #transcendence found in religion, will be our weapon against the AI pushed by #techbros. We are the only beings in the known universe capable of that.

A forest with a winding dirt path surrounded by tall green trees. Sunlight shines through the leaves, creating a warm, glowing atmosphere with soft rays of light breaking through the branches. The ground is covered by fallen leaves

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

#silentsunday This was quiet run through the forest. Have a good Sunday.

A leafy forest path winding through tall green trees.

A green meadow dotted with round hay bales beneath a cloudy sky.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

There was something deeply meditative about this moment in Rosenheim: storks resting on the church roof, gathering strength for the long journey ahead. #photography #meditation

A Bavarian church at sunset. On the red roof 10 storks are resting. Alps in the far background

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Wczoraj zrobiliśmy sobie wycieczkę rowerową wzdłuż Piany i nad niemieckim Bałtykiem. Przepiękne szlaki rowerowe. Największą dumą z naszej pięciolatki, która dała radę przejechać ponad 20 kilometrów. #Rowerstwo #silentsunday #Cycling

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Po siedmiu latach powtórzyliśmy rodzinny urlop w austriackich Alpach i nad chorwackim Adriatykiem. Najpierw wędrówki po szlakach, później leniuchowanie na plażach i kąpiele w ciepłym morzu. Tym razem z dwoma córkami. Polecam wyspę Lošinj, trochę poza szlakiem, bez molochów hotelowych.

Skalista linia brzegowa nad zatoką Adriatyku. Na brzegu las sosnowy. Po prawej błękitne niebo i lazurowa woda w morzu

Dwie pary nóg w zabłoconych butach do wędrówki na szczycie. W tle alpejskie szczyty.

Ujście rzeki w Veli Lošinj. Po lewej wzgórza z domami, po prawej kościół i kamienice. W środku rzeka a na niej łódki.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

I find it a fantastic idea that national museums in Ireland and UK are for free. Here spectacular museum hall in National Museum of Scotland. If you ever visit Edinburgh - this is must. They have T-Rex, airplanes and fantastic science exhibitions. #Scotland […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Interior of a large museum hall with a high arched glass-and-steel roof, two levels of galleries, and visitors scattered across the floor. Several large exhibits are on display, including a prominent glass structure in the foreground.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

Probably the largest stage I’ve ever spoken on, and one of the most challenging talks I’ve had to prepare. At the EPS in Edinburgh I discussed things we know that we still don’t know about building a reactor based on the stellarator concept. It went well in the […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Me staying on the stage and giving a talk. Behind the large screen with a slide discussing properties of a stellarator.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

Dzisiaj o 11:05 w Radio Opole będę opowiadał o syntezie termojądrowej, Chinach i sztucznej inteligencji. Gdyby ktoś miał ochotę posłuchać stream jest tutaj radio.opole.pl/player.php?playlist=… #PieknoNauki

Autor wpisu w zielonej koszulce Polo. W tle neon Radio Opole i niebieska ścianka.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Piękne to Opole. Dzisiaj miałem ogromna przyjemność mówić o syntezie termojądrowej dla młodych uczniów na mojej Alma Mater Uniwersytecie Opolskim. Wzruszający moment.

Opolska Wenecja. Kamienice po prawej stronie zdjęcia nad Kanałem Młynówka. Zielone drzewa i kamienicę odbijają się w wodzie.

Widok z żółtego mostu na kościół franciszkański po prawej. Po lewej kamienice, w tle wieża ratuszowa.

Widok ze schodów na Muzeum Śląska Opolskiego. Wąska, staromiejska uliczka wiedzie na Rynek

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

I am really enjoying the newest album by Paul McCartney. It has in many places quality of the Beatles album, but it does not sound dated. It is nostalgic, but also uplifting and in some places experimental. Lyrics evolve around youth years of Paul McCartney in […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Cover of Paul McCartneys album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane”

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Wycieczka do parku narodowego Müritz na niemieckim Pomorzu. Dużo ciszy, ptaków i przyrody. #Rowerstwo #fotografia #przyroda

Drewniany pomost na obszarze bagiennym. Naokoło las brzozowy.

Trzy rowerzystki jadą leśną droga. Las jest liściasty, a zieleń jest intensywna, majowa.

Rowerzystka na polnej drodze. Na lewo las brzozowy, na prawo - łąka.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Spanish government decided to provide 500 million euros for a new magnetic fusion experimental reactor. WISER 5 - the new stellarator im Madrid - will improve on the results from #Wendelstein7X and will provide even better confinement of energy. This is an […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Three steps towards reactor in Madrid. Figure presenting a referece stellarator reactor design point with radius of 18.5 m and magnetic field of 5.5 T. The graph presents also two prior steps: WISER-5 at radius ca. 5 m and field 2T and WISER-9 at R=9m and field 2.8 T
(C) J A Alonso et al (CIEMAT)

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Wild beach on north of Rügen, largest island on the German coast of Baltic see. #silentsunday #photography #beach #baltic

The Baltic Sea is on the left and a stony beach with small stones and large boulders is on the right. On the far right, there are plants and branches emerging from the beach. In the background are white cliffs partially covered by a green forest. The weather is sunny, with just a few white clouds on the horizon.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

At the Baltic coast, late April unfolds in blossoms. Fruit trees, now full of buzzing bees, are everywhere here. #SilentSunday #photography

On the left side: branches with plenty of white flowers against deep blue sky.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

Typically the science news revolve around new discoveries, what we have learned and what we know. Here, together with 25 other European experts, we have prepared a list of things we do not know yet in order to build a stellarator fusion reactor […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

The inner walls made of carbon tiles and stainless steel panels of the helical interior of Wendelstein 7-X, Credit: IPP

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

So this is a result of my photo walk. Both birds are very popular at the Baltic coast. #Photography #birdwatching

Wild goose starting the fly. The legs are splashing water.

Red kite - a bird similar to a hawk - spreads its wings as it flies over me.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Na razie wygląda na konstytucyjną większość Tisza, ale to dopiero 45% policzonych głosów #Węgry vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026?filter=ors…

Rozkład miejsc w węgierskim parlamencie na podstawie 45% policzonych głosów. Tisza ma ok. 68%, Fidesz 28% mandatów

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

I went for an early walk in the forest not far from my house and tried to photograph some birds. Only partially successful. In the middle, I enjoyed a quiet breakfast. The carpet of thousands of anemones always looks so wonderful to me. #SilentSunday #photography

Camera, thermos and sandwich wrapped in paper resting on a fallen log in a beech forest.

White wildflowers covering the forest floor in spring.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

We took a family trip to #Jasmund National Park to look for the first signs of spring, but spring was still shy. This is my favorite place on the German Baltic coast. #silentsunday #Vorpommern #ostsee #baltyk

Blue water of Baltic see on the left, vs white chalk cliffs on the right. Still no green leaves on the trees covering the cliffs.

A leafless tree growing out of water, its reflection clearly visible on the water surface. In the background also still leafless forest.

the beech trunks on the green sward of the beech forest

Two delicate purple wood anemones bloom amid dry autumn leaves and fresh green shoots on the forest floor.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

Zaletą mieszkania w niewielkim mieście jest to, że cała moja rodzina jako główny środek lokomocji używa rowerów. Także kryzys paliwowy jest nam mniej straszny. :-)

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

The main difference between tokamaks - most advance reactors based on the concept of confining hot fusion plasma with a magnetic field - and stellarators is that the latter does not need plasma current to create it magnetic field and therefore is inherently […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

3D model of Wendelstein 7X showing main features - helical plasma, complex coils creating magnetic field and vessel where plasma is kept.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

As every year, I’m donating to #Wikipedia (instead of #Microsoft) to help keep one of the greatest projects on the internet alive and thriving. #AwayFromBigTech

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

Normally I don’t walk around zoos with my smartphone out. I try to really be there, taking in all the different species with my senses. But I was so mesmerized by the penguins “flying” underwater in Wrocław’s Africarium that I had to record them for myself […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Dziś chodzenie, nie mówiąc o jeździe na rowerze, było niezłym wyzwaniem. Za to widoki niesamowite - wszystko oblepione grubą warstwą lodu, jakby zanurzone w galaretce. #fotografia #zima To efekt kropel deszczu, które były już przechłodzone poniżej zera w […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Trawa ozdobna cała oblepiona grubą warstwą lodu.

Bezlistne gałęzie tak samo oblepione grubą warstwą lodu.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

This made it really challenging to walk or ride a bicycle today, but the views were spectacular: everything was covered in a thick layer of ice. #photography #winter This was caused by rain droplets that were already below freezing point (supercooled) and then […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Close-up of ornamental grass covered in a thick layer of ice, with frozen droplets and blades creating a textured, crystalline pattern.

Leafless garden shrub coated in clear ice on every branch, standing in a snowy yard with blurred houses and plants in the background.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

@vladcampos I have cancelled my Evernote subscription and I am moving all my notes to obsidian. I was able to set it up almost exactly as I wanted and the Velocity theme is absolutely gorgeous. I am still struggling a bit with locations and I could not set-up a […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

This is a wonderful record: Joni Mitchell - Hejira. The songs which resulted from a long road trip she made through America. My favorite is Amelia. Anecdote says that Joni Mitchell drove Mercedes although she had no driving license. #NoStreaming #music

A cover of Joni Mitchell record Hejira. A black an and white collage of Jonni Mitchell, road and rather empty landscape.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

Today I’m rediscovering “… But seriously” by Phil Collins. This was one of the very first vinyl records I bought as a kid. Actually I still have it. :-) Issued in Poland by Polskie Nagrania still plays quite well today, but with small kids around I prefer to […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Vinyl record and CD with Phil Collins’ face on the covers. On both of the records it’s written Phil Collins …But seriously

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Mgławice to obłoki gazu lub pyłu międzygwiezdnego rozciągające się nawet na miliony lat świetlnych. Typowa mgławica składa się głównie z wodoru (74%), helu (25%) i cięższych pierwiastków, które powstały w gwiazdach. Mgławice bardzo często są pozostałościami po […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

Na zdjęciu widać kolorową mgławicę przypominającą świetlisty pierścień: jasny, turkusowy środek otoczony grubą, żółto-pomarańczową obręczą gazu na tle czarnej przestrzeni kosmicznej z kilkoma drobnymi gwiazdami.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Wow, this was a stunning #sunrise over northern Germany, with strong winds sculpting the clouds.

Vivid winter sunset over a snow-covered field, with streaks of orange, pink, and purple clouds spreading across the sky above a dark tree line and distant lights.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026

@astrobin_iotd Wczoraj jechałem na takiej drodze. Momentami jednak bardzo ślisko i prowadziłem rower. U mnie w prognozie przynajmniej dwa tygodnie takiej zimy. A to Bałtyk, to na Polesiu pewnie trochę dłużej.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026

This looks like succesful #energiewende in Germany. All neighbours (incl. Poland with a lot of coal electricity) support Germany, but we do not need #nuclear cause we have so much #windenergy

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

With the new kitchen CD player I am rediscovering my own CD collection. Tonight - Fish and “Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors”. Very good record, the first one after Fish left Marillion.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

After many years of mostly keeping up with the latest tech trends, I’ve decided to step off that path and go back to my roots. This year’s Christmas present is a CD player with Bluetooth, internet, and digital radio. My growing frustration with Alexa not […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Prezent gwiazdkowy trafiony! Po kilku latach z „inteligentnymi głośnikami” radio z odtwarzaczem płyt CD (jako dinozaur mam kilkaset). Moja frustracja z głośnikami od Apple i Amazona rosła, bo mam dość sprecyzowane gusta, czego chcę słuchać. Absolutnie nie […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

Winter at the Baltic coast does not look like winter anymore. Maybe the lack of tourists with their windbreaks, towels, and inflatable menageries indicates that it is not summertime. #photo #Baltic #beach

Sandy Baltic Sea beach at sunset with warm orange clouds reflecting on the water, rounded boulders in the shallow waves, and a line of bare autumn trees on the right where a few distant walkers are visible.

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Marcin Jakubowski @jakmarcin.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2025

Dzieciaki, zamiast kalendarza adwentowego z działów marketingowych, mają kalendarz adwentowy aktywności. I co roku bardzo się na każdy dzień cieszą. #Parenting

Kalendarz adwentowy jako zawieszone na klamerkach karteczki, na których są ręcznie namalowane motywy reprezentujące czynności np. Kubek z gorącym kakao i Marszałkowa albo napis „Wycinanie papierowych płatków śniegu”.

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