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
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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.
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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
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Honestly getting sick to the back teeth of explaining why I don't think it's a good idea to let a machine that can't actually think do things that humans can do perfectly well just so that a few companies can save some money and some fascistic tech bros can gain even more power and doom the planet
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Honestly getting sick to the back teeth of explaining why I don't think it's a good idea to let a machine that can't actually think do things that humans can do perfectly well just so that a few companies can save some money and some fascistic tech bros can gain even more power and doom the planet
Continuing in the trend of "AI bros simply don't know how to be a human being"...
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Continuing in the trend of "AI bros simply don't know how to be a human being"...
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👉NEW -- British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
👉NEW -- British military made at least 49 trips to Israel during Gaza war
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
by @iainoverton.bsky.social
Frequency of visits is four times higher than previously reported.
www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...
Pretty pleased with that one!
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Lingule
A fun little language game
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November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Pretty pleased with that one!
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The company says it’s heartbreaking, they promise improvements, new guardrails. Anything but shutting it down. Suicide is just a metric in their ongoing beta test.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The company says it’s heartbreaking, they promise improvements, new guardrails. Anything but shutting it down. Suicide is just a metric in their ongoing beta test.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
Sam Altman and everyone like him should be in fucking jail.
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
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glamour uk have made trans women their ‘women of the year’.
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
glamour uk have made trans women their ‘women of the year’.
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers:
this really highlights how transphobes have lost the ‘culture war’ and are wholly reliant on bigoted politicians like @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and wes streeting
they wouldn’t do this if they were worried about it losing them readers: