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Founder essays from Jakub Dudek on how Pollar gets built, what works, what fails, what stays open.

  • June 5, 2026·9 min read

    Pollar doesn't sell access to its writing. The first payment came in three days

    The first reader paid PLN 249 for an annual Founder pack three days after we switched Stripe on. Why someone pays for what is also free, what broke technically, and what this single payment hasn't yet proved.

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Today’s Brief

Macron, missiles and 2,397 arrests

Trump pressures Zelensky after waiving new sanctions on Russian diesel

Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prolonging the war with Russia and waived new sanctions on Russian diesel. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Washington was pressing Kyiv toward capitulation and complained that Ukraine receives only twelve Patriot missiles a month.

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Demography and migration

French unrest and Macron's handling of it sharpen EU divisions, but no new legal or policy act on migration was adopted.

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