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: @[email protected] (English), @[email protected] (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)
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Mastodon: @[email protected] (English), @[email protected] (polski)
he/him on/jego http://pronouns.page/@ausir
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I'm taking this headline literally and assuming that all EU states must recognise gay marriage in an explicitly Poland-rebuking way.
"By the power vested in me to piss off those damn Poles, I now pronounce you wife and wife."
"By the power vested in me to piss off those damn Poles, I now pronounce you wife and wife."
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm taking this headline literally and assuming that all EU states must recognise gay marriage in an explicitly Poland-rebuking way.
"By the power vested in me to piss off those damn Poles, I now pronounce you wife and wife."
"By the power vested in me to piss off those damn Poles, I now pronounce you wife and wife."
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Polish PM Tusk confirms an act of sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin rail line. An explosive device destroyed part of the track. Tusk called it an attack on Poland’s security and civilians, also noting the route’s strategic role in supplying aid to Ukraine. “We will catch the perpetrators,” he said.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Polish PM Tusk confirms an act of sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin rail line. An explosive device destroyed part of the track. Tusk called it an attack on Poland’s security and civilians, also noting the route’s strategic role in supplying aid to Ukraine. “We will catch the perpetrators,” he said.
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2026-2027 is shaping up to be quite a time 🥹🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️ 📚
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
2026-2027 is shaping up to be quite a time 🥹🙆🏻♀️🤍🙇🏻♀️ 📚
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Well, you can use past tense but you often have to paraphrase a lot.
And some developers nowadays are aware of this and do allow for alternate lines based on character gender but unfortunately not all of them.
And some developers nowadays are aware of this and do allow for alternate lines based on character gender but unfortunately not all of them.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Well, you can use past tense but you often have to paraphrase a lot.
And some developers nowadays are aware of this and do allow for alternate lines based on character gender but unfortunately not all of them.
And some developers nowadays are aware of this and do allow for alternate lines based on character gender but unfortunately not all of them.
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Never thought of it! In games like Skyrim or Fallout, with dialogues and gender flexible main character design, you can't use past tense in Slavic languages! You have to translate dialogues avoiding first person past tense as it is configured by gender!
it's very hard to do in Polish but not impossible, I had to do it when I used to translate video games like Fallout 2, where you can choose the gender of player character but we had to match English lines 1:1.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Never thought of it! In games like Skyrim or Fallout, with dialogues and gender flexible main character design, you can't use past tense in Slavic languages! You have to translate dialogues avoiding first person past tense as it is configured by gender!
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this implies there being varieties of Romans from Australia who are much more dangerous than the European ones
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
this implies there being varieties of Romans from Australia who are much more dangerous than the European ones
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"Copyright terms have been radically extended in this country largely to keep pace with Europe, where the standard has long been that copyrights last for the life of the author plus 50 years."
It's life + 70 years in all of the EU and UK (and the US for works created after 1978), not 50
It's life + 70 years in all of the EU and UK (and the US for works created after 1978), not 50
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Copyright terms have been radically extended in this country largely to keep pace with Europe, where the standard has long been that copyrights last for the life of the author plus 50 years."
It's life + 70 years in all of the EU and UK (and the US for works created after 1978), not 50
It's life + 70 years in all of the EU and UK (and the US for works created after 1978), not 50
Blocklists still not working properly, sigh
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Blocklists still not working properly, sigh
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modern Spanish racism began with blood quantum laws against Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
modern Spanish racism began with blood quantum laws against Jewish and Muslim converts to Christianity
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
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I am the Borg. James Borg.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I am the Borg. James Borg.
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(So was Ian Miles Cheong until he did a 180 turn and joined them, actually)
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
(So was Ian Miles Cheong until he did a 180 turn and joined them, actually)
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I would watch this reimagining. Definitely
If Cigarette Smoking Man from The X-Files were real, he would just be, like, inviting random Pro Publica reporters to his Signal groups by accident, then writing shit like, "THE ALIEN INVASION BEGINS TOMORROW. SICK, MY BROTHERS."
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I would watch this reimagining. Definitely
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He was a major target of gamergaters too
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
He was a major target of gamergaters too
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I thought it was a Chuck Tingle cover at first glancd
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I thought it was a Chuck Tingle cover at first glancd
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I've never felt closer to the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I've never felt closer to the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New trailer for ‘Fallout’ S2 ☢️
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
Premiering December 17 on Prime Video
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sadly not actually him. source, for those not up on the lore, my mom is his cousin
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
sadly not actually him. source, for those not up on the lore, my mom is his cousin
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western tankies denying Chinese imperialism towards Vietnam should try talking to 1 (one) Vietnamese communist and see what they have to say about it lmao
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
western tankies denying Chinese imperialism towards Vietnam should try talking to 1 (one) Vietnamese communist and see what they have to say about it lmao
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It sounds meta, but Renay has been doing the Spreadsheet of Doom for a number of years now, and it itself would be eligible for Best Related Work.
As we approach the end of the year, it's a great time to record things you love! Not just for the Hugo Awards, but in general. The rec sheet is a handy resource for nomination, but also at its heart a rec resource in a loud, busy media environment.
The Hugo Awards (2026)
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It sounds meta, but Renay has been doing the Spreadsheet of Doom for a number of years now, and it itself would be eligible for Best Related Work.
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"i don't like the value judgment implied in 'that kid can't read so well'" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"i don't like the value judgment implied in 'that kid can't read so well'" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Przerywamy nasz stały program, żeby podzielić się najświeższymi informacjami!
Paulina Matysiak została dziś wyrzucona z Partii Razem.
Paulina Matysiak została dziś wyrzucona z Partii Razem.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Przerywamy nasz stały program, żeby podzielić się najświeższymi informacjami!
Paulina Matysiak została dziś wyrzucona z Partii Razem.
Paulina Matysiak została dziś wyrzucona z Partii Razem.