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Linkowisko #17 - Newsletter Artura Kurasińskiego

September 05, 2021

Dzień dobry,

Wakacje, wakacje i po wakacjach (piszę to z ogromnym smutkiem). Dla nowych czytelniczek i czytelników mojego newslettera przypominam, że w niedzielę dostarczam linki do artykułów i newsów, które czytałem w trakcie mijającego tygodnia. Regularny newsletter (ze wstępniakiem) wyląduje w waszych skrzynkach w czwartek. A tymczasem - miłej niedzieli!

Artur Kurasinski

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