Rob Myatt 🍉
@robtranslates.bsky.social
Translator, writer. DE, DA, PL, RU, SV, NO, LU>EN. He/they 🌹
Winner: Goethe-Institut Award 2023
https://polyglotliterature.co.uk/samples/
Previous dabbler in Burmese, Czech, Indonesian. Current dabbler in Mongolian, Eastern Armenian, Finnish.
Winner: Goethe-Institut Award 2023
https://polyglotliterature.co.uk/samples/
Previous dabbler in Burmese, Czech, Indonesian. Current dabbler in Mongolian, Eastern Armenian, Finnish.
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Rob Myatt 🍉
@robtranslates.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Dog Wolf Jackal by Behzad Karim Khani (Germany, Hanser 2022)
A family leaves Iran for Berlin in the late 80s. A book about revolutionaries, the culture of crime, and migration – interwoven with Iranian folklore.
Themes: #trauma, #crime, #integration, #migration, #folklore
#seekingapublisher
A family leaves Iran for Berlin in the late 80s. A book about revolutionaries, the culture of crime, and migration – interwoven with Iranian folklore.
Themes: #trauma, #crime, #integration, #migration, #folklore
#seekingapublisher
This is actually, genuinely huge news
The UK has declined a new Elbit Systems contract, leading Palestine Action prisoners to end the hunger strike that had three of them on the brink of death. The Tesco worker suspended for refusing to handle Israeli goods has been reinstated and will no longer have to handle them. We can and will win
January 15, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This is actually, genuinely huge news
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The UK has declined a new Elbit Systems contract, leading Palestine Action prisoners to end the hunger strike that had three of them on the brink of death. The Tesco worker suspended for refusing to handle Israeli goods has been reinstated and will no longer have to handle them. We can and will win
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
The UK has declined a new Elbit Systems contract, leading Palestine Action prisoners to end the hunger strike that had three of them on the brink of death. The Tesco worker suspended for refusing to handle Israeli goods has been reinstated and will no longer have to handle them. We can and will win
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
As a translator of some 11+ years, I feel this
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
As a translator of some 11+ years, I feel this
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tired of people trying to pass off their genAI slop as "art". it's not art. it is hollow visual noise without any emotion or intention behind it. you did not make it. and no, generating queer AI slop does not somehow make it art. queer slop is still slop!
December 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
tired of people trying to pass off their genAI slop as "art". it's not art. it is hollow visual noise without any emotion or intention behind it. you did not make it. and no, generating queer AI slop does not somehow make it art. queer slop is still slop!
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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Go for an agglutinating language to pack more in
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Go for an agglutinating language to pack more in
Literally nothing has changed, except that now legacy media won't even report propaganda, let alone on-the-ground realities
"Heavy rain overnight has flooded tents in Gaza leaving families without shelter"
Israel is still preventing aid organisations from taking tents and shelters into Gaza.
Israel is still preventing aid organisations from taking tents and shelters into Gaza.
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Literally nothing has changed, except that now legacy media won't even report propaganda, let alone on-the-ground realities
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What about the hostages, was the cry.
Overnight Israeli soldiers have seized over a hundred more Palestinian hostages.
But they never meant Palestinian hostages, did they?
Overnight Israeli soldiers have seized over a hundred more Palestinian hostages.
But they never meant Palestinian hostages, did they?
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What about the hostages, was the cry.
Overnight Israeli soldiers have seized over a hundred more Palestinian hostages.
But they never meant Palestinian hostages, did they?
Overnight Israeli soldiers have seized over a hundred more Palestinian hostages.
But they never meant Palestinian hostages, did they?
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
And yet there are people who genuinely believe AI can help solve the climate crisis 🙄
“A single generative AI text query consumes energy at four or five times the magnitude of a typical search engine request.
Generating a single image using AI consumes the same amount of energy as charging a phone to full power.
Training one large AI model consumes nearly five times the lifetime..”
Generating a single image using AI consumes the same amount of energy as charging a phone to full power.
Training one large AI model consumes nearly five times the lifetime..”
Environmental Impact of AI | NEA
As you are making decisions about the use of AI in your classroom, it is important to understand the environmental impact of AI's use.
www.nea.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
And yet there are people who genuinely believe AI can help solve the climate crisis 🙄
The journalistic malpractice is, at this point, quite astonishing. How can any of these newsreaders say these things with a straight face?
BBC News 9am headlines: "Video emerges of Israeli security forces shooting dead two Palestinians after they'd apparently surrendered in the occupied West Bank"
Unarmed, hands raised, kneeling on the floor.
"apparently surrendered"
Unarmed, hands raised, kneeling on the floor.
"apparently surrendered"
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The journalistic malpractice is, at this point, quite astonishing. How can any of these newsreaders say these things with a straight face?
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This is not just a shocking statistic. It is the lived reality of women across Britain. Each number represents a life lost, a family broken, a community grieving.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is not just a shocking statistic. It is the lived reality of women across Britain. Each number represents a life lost, a family broken, a community grieving.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
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I have been able to regain access to my necessary medication (and thankfully was able to avoid going without during my fight for it). But I know many people who are having the exact same fight right now. Including people who've been settled on hormones even longer than I.
November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have been able to regain access to my necessary medication (and thankfully was able to avoid going without during my fight for it). But I know many people who are having the exact same fight right now. Including people who've been settled on hormones even longer than I.
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If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you think that the current state of trans healthcare in the UK is because of concern or caution, I'd encourage you to think again.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
It's not medically informed, it's a reactionary response to transphobic bigotry whipped up into a frenzy over the past few years.
And it costs lives.
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There is simply no medical reason to take a person, cold-turkey, off of a medication they've been stable on for almost a decade, with no offer of anything else - and when the lack of that medication causes irreversible lifelong issues up to and including death.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There is simply no medical reason to take a person, cold-turkey, off of a medication they've been stable on for almost a decade, with no offer of anything else - and when the lack of that medication causes irreversible lifelong issues up to and including death.
🔥
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Norwegian encyclopaedia Store norske leksikon complaining that AI summaries cite them as reference but info doesn’t always coincide.
Most worryingly where the AI summary says a particular mushroom isn’t poisonous if you cook it long enough, citing their article which says that’s an old wives’ tale.
Most worryingly where the AI summary says a particular mushroom isn’t poisonous if you cook it long enough, citing their article which says that’s an old wives’ tale.
Det er kjekt at folk no har oppdaga ting eg har sagt sidan 2023, men det hadde vore endå kjekkare om dei høyrde på meg frå starten av
www.khrono.no/mener-google...
www.khrono.no/mener-google...
Mener Google feilsiterer Store norske leksikon
På Googles KI-oppsummeringer står det informasjon som angivelig er hentet fra Store norske leksikon. Men det stemmer ikke, sier sjefredaktør Erik Bolstad.
www.khrono.no
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Norwegian encyclopaedia Store norske leksikon complaining that AI summaries cite them as reference but info doesn’t always coincide.
Most worryingly where the AI summary says a particular mushroom isn’t poisonous if you cook it long enough, citing their article which says that’s an old wives’ tale.
Most worryingly where the AI summary says a particular mushroom isn’t poisonous if you cook it long enough, citing their article which says that’s an old wives’ tale.
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"At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza"
Ceasefire? What ceasefire.
Ceasefire? What ceasefire.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza"
Ceasefire? What ceasefire.
Ceasefire? What ceasefire.
So feminism. Much empowerment. ...
Anyone can be banned then. I've been mistaken for a man, a trans man and a trans woman before.
It's encumbent on all of us to make this as unworkable as possible.
It's encumbent on all of us to make this as unworkable as possible.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So feminism. Much empowerment. ...
I think I love this little piece a little too much if that's possible
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I think I love this little piece a little too much if that's possible