Paweł Ausir Dembowski
@ausir.bsky.social
Linguist and translator.
Languages spoken: PL/EN/ES/LAD/CA/PT/YI/DE (more or less in the order of fluency)
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Mastodon: @ausir@wandering.shop (English), @ausir@meowr.me (polski)
he/him on/jego http://pronouns.page/@ausir
Languages spoken: PL/EN/ES/LAD/CA/PT/YI/DE (more or less in the order of fluency)
↙️ ↙️ ↙️
Mastodon: @ausir@wandering.shop (English), @ausir@meowr.me (polski)
he/him on/jego http://pronouns.page/@ausir
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Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
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2025 award eligibility post! | Bogi Takács
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January 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
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NATO is dead, time to seriously rearm Europe against Russia AND America
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
NATO is dead, time to seriously rearm Europe against Russia AND America
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I mean, they're basically threatening us with WW3 here
January 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I mean, they're basically threatening us with WW3 here
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I’m a „Roman Empire fell in 1922” truther
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I’m a „Roman Empire fell in 1922” truther
Planescape: Torment then and now
Quote this with your favourite game from 1999 NOW, and what your favourite was THEN (if you had one)
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
Localisations/expansions count, remasters/ports don't. Remakes depend.
Two-way ties count.
For a fuller refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
- PSA: Metal Gear Solid and Half-Life were 1998 -
January 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Planescape: Torment then and now
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I wish I was joking but no I am a pan-European militarist at this fucking point
god we need to fund our defense industries faster. another €20 trillion to Rheinmetall
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I wish I was joking but no I am a pan-European militarist at this fucking point
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SkyShowtime (Paramount/Comcast joint venture) in Poland doesn’t even have TNG and DS9. Hopefully it will after it’s gone from Netflix at least.
January 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
SkyShowtime (Paramount/Comcast joint venture) in Poland doesn’t even have TNG and DS9. Hopefully it will after it’s gone from Netflix at least.
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Thread: Our NATO allies are worried enough that they feel the need to put out press releases saying, in nearly as many words, that they’ll defend each other in a war.
Can we just stop and put this into perspective:
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Thread: Our NATO allies are worried enough that they feel the need to put out press releases saying, in nearly as many words, that they’ll defend each other in a war.
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Russia did not declare a war against Ukraine either, calling it a “special operation”.
How the invader calls its invasion to avoid using the word “war” is irrelevant, it still is one.
How the invader calls its invasion to avoid using the word “war” is irrelevant, it still is one.
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Russia did not declare a war against Ukraine either, calling it a “special operation”.
How the invader calls its invasion to avoid using the word “war” is irrelevant, it still is one.
How the invader calls its invasion to avoid using the word “war” is irrelevant, it still is one.
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USS Akron was filled with helium and was the most deadly airship crash in history, due to a thunderstorm
January 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
USS Akron was filled with helium and was the most deadly airship crash in history, due to a thunderstorm
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Meanwhile I have this „anti-imperialist” from your screenshot blocked for supporting Russian imperialism in Eastern Europe (which is common enough that makes it hard for us to trust western leftists, and „western” includes Latin America here too)
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Meanwhile I have this „anti-imperialist” from your screenshot blocked for supporting Russian imperialism in Eastern Europe (which is common enough that makes it hard for us to trust western leftists, and „western” includes Latin America here too)
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So they knew before congress and decided not to leak it but they're totally down with leaking incredibly sensitive information about partner countries like Ukrainian GBAD magazine depth?
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops ..
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
So they knew before congress and decided not to leak it but they're totally down with leaking incredibly sensitive information about partner countries like Ukrainian GBAD magazine depth?
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The Catalan edition of alien Clay is looking amazing. Editorial Chronos always have incredible covers.
Ja podeu demanar a llibreries la nostra novetat:
«Argila alienígena»
📖 @aptshadow.bsky.social
🖋️ @octavigilpujol.bsky.social
🎨 @davidgvaquero.bsky.social
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
«Argila alienígena»
📖 @aptshadow.bsky.social
🖋️ @octavigilpujol.bsky.social
🎨 @davidgvaquero.bsky.social
llegirencatala.cat/llibres/argi...
Argila alienígena
Adrian Tchaikovsky redissenya l’evolució com una economia de bescanvi en aquesta sorprenent aventura que critica els totalitarismes i enarbora els estendards de la solidaritat i la cooperació.
L’objec...
llegirencatala.cat
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The Catalan edition of alien Clay is looking amazing. Editorial Chronos always have incredible covers.
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This idea of “Real [Nationality]” being rural or petty capitalist or religious or whatever else, is *literally* false consciousness. If you think they are more “Real” than you are, don’t have ideas contrary to their interests, you do.
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This idea of “Real [Nationality]” being rural or petty capitalist or religious or whatever else, is *literally* false consciousness. If you think they are more “Real” than you are, don’t have ideas contrary to their interests, you do.
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This year I’m going to be kinder, more positive, work harder, and put more faith in myself until the very first minor obstacle throws me off for the next 350+ days
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
This year I’m going to be kinder, more positive, work harder, and put more faith in myself until the very first minor obstacle throws me off for the next 350+ days
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Fall of Hyperion has a great ending but the ending of the Cantos overall was disappointing
January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Fall of Hyperion has a great ending but the ending of the Cantos overall was disappointing
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it was especially obvious with stuff written in the late 2010s and set in 2020-2021, very obviously without featuring a pandemic
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
it was especially obvious with stuff written in the late 2010s and set in 2020-2021, very obviously without featuring a pandemic
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My brother’s sitting with a friend at a window table in a pub in Oxford.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
My brother’s sitting with a friend at a window table in a pub in Oxford.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
Friend says “Was that Brian Blessed in the street?”
And then, right by the window:
“YES IT’S ME, BRIAN BLESSED! BWAH HA HA HA!”. And then RAN away.
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I love how the process here is exactly the opposite to what JRRT promised: first myths became legends, now legends became history!
Here are ~90 photos of weapons, armor, & costumes from the Lord of the Rings films--likely used as reference by the LotR: War in the North dev team. I found these during my data recovery efforts.
Some photos have data loss, but this is still good reference for LotR fans! archive.org/details/lotr...
Some photos have data loss, but this is still good reference for LotR fans! archive.org/details/lotr...
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I love how the process here is exactly the opposite to what JRRT promised: first myths became legends, now legends became history!
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looks like only one of his books was published in Polish, "Rive gauche", the Paris-based spin-off of the Metro 2033 franchise
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
looks like only one of his books was published in Polish, "Rive gauche", the Paris-based spin-off of the Metro 2033 franchise
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One of the best, taken from us far too early. I hung out with him at cons and he was always welcoming, kind and witty.
English speakers may not know him, but he was a huge part of revitalizing French sf in the 90ies. One of the greats.
😭 😭
English speakers may not know him, but he was a huge part of revitalizing French sf in the 90ies. One of the greats.
😭 😭
Pierre Bordage, auteur de best-sellers de science-fiction, est mort à l’âge de 70 ans
Pierre Bordage, auteur de best-sellers de science-fiction, est mort à l’âge de 70 ans
L’écrivain, né en 1955 à La Réorthe, en Vendée, a contribué à populariser la SF française à partir des années 1990, alors que le secteur était largement dominé par les auteurs anglo-saxons.
www.lemonde.fr
December 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
One of the best, taken from us far too early. I hung out with him at cons and he was always welcoming, kind and witty.
English speakers may not know him, but he was a huge part of revitalizing French sf in the 90ies. One of the greats.
😭 😭
English speakers may not know him, but he was a huge part of revitalizing French sf in the 90ies. One of the greats.
😭 😭
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Magic the Gathering did what
December 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Magic the Gathering did what
I know there must be at least one Wikipedia editor who has a bot ready to change all mentions of "both world wars" in various wiki articles to "the first two world wars" when it's finally time.
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I know there must be at least one Wikipedia editor who has a bot ready to change all mentions of "both world wars" in various wiki articles to "the first two world wars" when it's finally time.
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so there's a sentiment that we can't demand from ordinary russians to take arms against government because of possible repressions.
to which i'm saying: bullshit.
russsians lost more than a million killed or wounded russian soldiers in ukraine; are you telling me their government could kill more?
to which i'm saying: bullshit.
russsians lost more than a million killed or wounded russian soldiers in ukraine; are you telling me their government could kill more?
December 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
so there's a sentiment that we can't demand from ordinary russians to take arms against government because of possible repressions.
to which i'm saying: bullshit.
russsians lost more than a million killed or wounded russian soldiers in ukraine; are you telling me their government could kill more?
to which i'm saying: bullshit.
russsians lost more than a million killed or wounded russian soldiers in ukraine; are you telling me their government could kill more?