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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In two separate forms, the Murderbot series has emerged as a key text of contemporary SFF. Here's Amritesh on the impacts of adaptation on its effects: "The book makes you feel like Murderbot, simultaneously overstimulated and understimulated. The show makes you see what it’s like to be around it."
Murderbot Season One
Murderbot has no interest in saving you. It has a job to tolerate and approximately zero patience for human interaction. What it does have is an encyclopedic knowledge of soap operas and the abilit…
strangehorizons.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In two separate forms, the Murderbot series has emerged as a key text of contemporary SFF. Here's Amritesh on the impacts of adaptation on its effects: "The book makes you feel like Murderbot, simultaneously overstimulated and understimulated. The show makes you see what it’s like to be around it."
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
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the Weimar Constitution was a nice document too, in theory
January 30, 2026 at 9:45 AM
the Weimar Constitution was a nice document too, in theory
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Mild spoilers for this week's episode of Starfleet Academy:
If your complaint is "But the Klingons playing along with a pretend war in order to keep their honor would be ridiculous," you may have failed to notice that *everything* about Klingon culture is ridiculous.
If your complaint is "But the Klingons playing along with a pretend war in order to keep their honor would be ridiculous," you may have failed to notice that *everything* about Klingon culture is ridiculous.
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Mild spoilers for this week's episode of Starfleet Academy:
If your complaint is "But the Klingons playing along with a pretend war in order to keep their honor would be ridiculous," you may have failed to notice that *everything* about Klingon culture is ridiculous.
If your complaint is "But the Klingons playing along with a pretend war in order to keep their honor would be ridiculous," you may have failed to notice that *everything* about Klingon culture is ridiculous.
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Curiously, "bot" may be the only standard computing term with Slavic etymology. Bot comes from robot, a word invented by Karel Čapek. In Czech it's obviously derived from "robota" (work); the root "rob" coming from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (with metathesis); -ota being a deadjectival suffix (verb->noun).
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Curiously, "bot" may be the only standard computing term with Slavic etymology. Bot comes from robot, a word invented by Karel Čapek. In Czech it's obviously derived from "robota" (work); the root "rob" coming from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (with metathesis); -ota being a deadjectival suffix (verb->noun).
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Aranofsky ha hecho una película con IA para que lo peor que se recuerde de él no sea que convirtió en una estrella de cine a Jared Leto.
January 29, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Aranofsky ha hecho una película con IA para que lo peor que se recuerde de él no sea que convirtió en una estrella de cine a Jared Leto.
Had a dream where my two cats that I recently lost were still alive :(
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Had a dream where my two cats that I recently lost were still alive :(
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Definitely not the first one; the most obvious example is Antaak in Enterprise as a Klingon with blonde hair, but even before that, e.g. Gorkon in Star Trek VI is not any darker skinned than Kirk when we see him in a properly lit set.
#startrek
#startrek
January 29, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Definitely not the first one; the most obvious example is Antaak in Enterprise as a Klingon with blonde hair, but even before that, e.g. Gorkon in Star Trek VI is not any darker skinned than Kirk when we see him in a properly lit set.
#startrek
#startrek
Map of all countries where a WW2 grenade was found among potatoes in a French fries factory.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Map of all countries where a WW2 grenade was found among potatoes in a French fries factory.
when I see @pablosanescobar.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 PM
when I see @pablosanescobar.bsky.social
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Happy Threshold Day to those who celebrate. 🖖🏻🦎
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Happy Threshold Day to those who celebrate. 🖖🏻🦎
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a/t Ilhan Omar's attacker: just imagine having "Kaźmierczak" as your last name and saying some shit about descendants of slaves
(this is a non-noble Polish last name, so there is only a very little chance the ancestors of this guy weren't serfs with no rights to leave their masters' land)
(this is a non-noble Polish last name, so there is only a very little chance the ancestors of this guy weren't serfs with no rights to leave their masters' land)
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
a/t Ilhan Omar's attacker: just imagine having "Kaźmierczak" as your last name and saying some shit about descendants of slaves
(this is a non-noble Polish last name, so there is only a very little chance the ancestors of this guy weren't serfs with no rights to leave their masters' land)
(this is a non-noble Polish last name, so there is only a very little chance the ancestors of this guy weren't serfs with no rights to leave their masters' land)
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I found a niche Polish collection of 256 poems by Whitman at a library here but it's not there; trying to get a copy of a collection of 400 Whitman poems but currently nearest available copy is in Kraków, welp.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I found a niche Polish collection of 256 poems by Whitman at a library here but it's not there; trying to get a copy of a collection of 400 Whitman poems but currently nearest available copy is in Kraków, welp.
More adventures in translating prose that quotes poetry: there's a poem by Whitman quoted in a book I'm translating, unfortunately not all of Whitman is translated and/or widely published in Polish.
And American authors love to quote Whitman.
And American authors love to quote Whitman.
Sigh, again I'm translating a book with a poem quoted in it and turns out the poem probably has not been translated to Polish yet. (The proper etiquette is to quote an existing translation if one exists, generally).
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
More adventures in translating prose that quotes poetry: there's a poem by Whitman quoted in a book I'm translating, unfortunately not all of Whitman is translated and/or widely published in Polish.
And American authors love to quote Whitman.
And American authors love to quote Whitman.
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“Don’t think of them as human beings… think of them as Americans.”
Holy shit Fallout hit HARD tonight
Holy shit Fallout hit HARD tonight
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
“Don’t think of them as human beings… think of them as Americans.”
Holy shit Fallout hit HARD tonight
Holy shit Fallout hit HARD tonight
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It's a poem by Rilke, and I thought at first "that's fine, all of Rilke's poems must be translated to Polish by now, right?"
Well... Turns out all of the ones he wrote in German are, but this is one of the ones Rilke wrote in French.
Well... Turns out all of the ones he wrote in German are, but this is one of the ones Rilke wrote in French.
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM
It's a poem by Rilke, and I thought at first "that's fine, all of Rilke's poems must be translated to Polish by now, right?"
Well... Turns out all of the ones he wrote in German are, but this is one of the ones Rilke wrote in French.
Well... Turns out all of the ones he wrote in German are, but this is one of the ones Rilke wrote in French.
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Least surprising news ever. Elon's satellites are helping Russia strike Ukraine.
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Least surprising news ever. Elon's satellites are helping Russia strike Ukraine.
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Flashbacks are fine, but maybe Reg’s incest club storyline being given as much screen time as Norm’s Vault 31 storyline is a bit too much
January 28, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Flashbacks are fine, but maybe Reg’s incest club storyline being given as much screen time as Norm’s Vault 31 storyline is a bit too much
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Sigh, again I'm translating a book with a poem quoted in it and turns out the poem probably has not been translated to Polish yet. (The proper etiquette is to quote an existing translation if one exists, generally).
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Sigh, again I'm translating a book with a poem quoted in it and turns out the poem probably has not been translated to Polish yet. (The proper etiquette is to quote an existing translation if one exists, generally).
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
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Gotta admit, not a fan of the neurodiversity/autism support content that inadverently implies that a plurality of Eastern/Central Europeans are autistic.
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Gotta admit, not a fan of the neurodiversity/autism support content that inadverently implies that a plurality of Eastern/Central Europeans are autistic.
Sigh, again I'm translating a book with a poem quoted in it and turns out the poem probably has not been translated to Polish yet. (The proper etiquette is to quote an existing translation if one exists, generally).
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Sigh, again I'm translating a book with a poem quoted in it and turns out the poem probably has not been translated to Polish yet. (The proper etiquette is to quote an existing translation if one exists, generally).
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.
I'm generally not a poetry translator, welp.