ottilie mulzet
@ottiliemulzet.bsky.social
translator Монгол/Hungarian to English, occasional poet, adoptee
Under a Pannonion Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary (ed.), Seagull Books, 2025
Funeral, and Other Stories, by Edina Szvoren, Seagull Books, 2026
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Under a Pannonion Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary (ed.), Seagull Books, 2025
Funeral, and Other Stories, by Edina Szvoren, Seagull Books, 2026
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coming soon: an anthology of Hungarian women's poetry, to be published by Seagull Books in January
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Reminder that UK libel law sucks compared to the First Amendment & Times v. Sullivan, and this is why Trump in his first term said he wanted to "open up" U.S. libel law.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reminder that UK libel law sucks compared to the First Amendment & Times v. Sullivan, and this is why Trump in his first term said he wanted to "open up" U.S. libel law.
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
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90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
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Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
June 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
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NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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as with every tale the colonizer tells about the people they have vanquished, every adopter’s story is a variant on “it had to be this way; it was for the best.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
as with every tale the colonizer tells about the people they have vanquished, every adopter’s story is a variant on “it had to be this way; it was for the best.”
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adoption cannot be understood without its underpinnings in colonization and conquest. it is strategic forgetting. an adopted child’s history begins at the point of acquisition; everything prior is set aside, obscured in myth.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
adoption cannot be understood without its underpinnings in colonization and conquest. it is strategic forgetting. an adopted child’s history begins at the point of acquisition; everything prior is set aside, obscured in myth.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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I'd previously seen reports of this in San Diego specifically. I'm assuming they're testing this for a wider rollout, which is horrific. They've always deferred to USCIS to make a decision (in which the overstay is not a factor) before enforcement.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'd previously seen reports of this in San Diego specifically. I'm assuming they're testing this for a wider rollout, which is horrific. They've always deferred to USCIS to make a decision (in which the overstay is not a factor) before enforcement.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
But these are lazy people with arrest quotas.
I find the framing of this article to be extremely problematic. Tibetan monks have self-immolated out of protest to the linguicide, arguably genocide that is occuring in China. That is very different than the extremist described elsewhere in the article.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I find the framing of this article to be extremely problematic. Tibetan monks have self-immolated out of protest to the linguicide, arguably genocide that is occuring in China. That is very different than the extremist described elsewhere in the article.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is cutting more Department of Education staff and preparing to transfer core offices to other agencies. Here's what to know.
Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department. What’s at Stake.
The US Department of Education is facing an existential threat under President Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is cutting more Department of Education staff and preparing to transfer core offices to other agencies. Here's what to know.
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Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
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End of Year Sale: Take 20% off sitewide, including books by Annie Ernaux, Octavia E. Butler, Che Guevara, Howard Zinn, Kurt Vonnegut, Gary Indiana, Nelson Algren, and more.
sevenstories.com
sevenstories.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
End of Year Sale: Take 20% off sitewide, including books by Annie Ernaux, Octavia E. Butler, Che Guevara, Howard Zinn, Kurt Vonnegut, Gary Indiana, Nelson Algren, and more.
sevenstories.com
sevenstories.com
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We are delighted to welcome bestselling novelist Kit de Waal (@kitdewaal.com ), literary translator Vineet Lal, pioneering writer Maggie Gee and literary biographer and head of Persephone Books Nicola Beauman, to the SoA’s honorary body of 56 existing Fellows.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We are delighted to welcome bestselling novelist Kit de Waal (@kitdewaal.com ), literary translator Vineet Lal, pioneering writer Maggie Gee and literary biographer and head of Persephone Books Nicola Beauman, to the SoA’s honorary body of 56 existing Fellows.
buff.ly/zeYJ4fC
buff.ly/zeYJ4fC
coming soon: an anthology of Hungarian women's poetry, to be published by Seagull Books in January
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
coming soon: an anthology of Hungarian women's poetry, to be published by Seagull Books in January
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
Under a Pannonian Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary, ed. by Ottilie Mulzet
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"Just as a mosquito requires stagnant pools of water in which to thrive, so their stagnant social circles provide the perfect breeding ground for increasingly toxic strands of bigotry."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"Just as a mosquito requires stagnant pools of water in which to thrive, so their stagnant social circles provide the perfect breeding ground for increasingly toxic strands of bigotry."
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"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing." Basho Matsuo
(images: Matazo Kayama)
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Summer Twilight - 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1208015
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1208015
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Summer Twilight - 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1208015
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/1208015
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Why this prediction? Because translators and copywriters* are already being offered lower rates to 'copy edit' superficially plausible AI slop instead of being paid decently to do the job properly.
*Freelance advertising, trade press, instruction manual etc work is how many authors pay the bills.
*Freelance advertising, trade press, instruction manual etc work is how many authors pay the bills.
I wish more reporting on this made the point that novelists won't be displaced by LLMs suddenly producing literature instead of story mulch, but because decision makers focused only on the bottom line, who don't understand what makes a good book, will be persuaded story mulch has got 'good enough'.
New research by @mctd.bsky.social shows the impact of generative AI on authors in the UK. They found over a third of novelists report their income has already been negatively impacted by AI and 85% expect their future income will be negatively impacted.
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why this prediction? Because translators and copywriters* are already being offered lower rates to 'copy edit' superficially plausible AI slop instead of being paid decently to do the job properly.
*Freelance advertising, trade press, instruction manual etc work is how many authors pay the bills.
*Freelance advertising, trade press, instruction manual etc work is how many authors pay the bills.
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OTD in 1944 Red Army completed operation to 'liberate' #Estonia, #Lithuania & #Latvia from Nazis. Who had 'liberated' them from us.
Who had 'liberated' them from themselves.
Who had 'liberated' them from themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
OTD in 1944 Red Army completed operation to 'liberate' #Estonia, #Lithuania & #Latvia from Nazis. Who had 'liberated' them from us.
Who had 'liberated' them from themselves.
Who had 'liberated' them from themselves.
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.