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Katherine Mendelsohn

@katherinemend.bsky.social
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Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader. She/her.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1h
Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Ratan Vaswani 🇺🇦 @ratanvaswani.bsky.social · 1h
This is a very significant official acknowledgment of how Russia has messed with our democracy. Putin won’t stop until he is stopped.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 23h
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 4h
“this isn’t just a casting issue. It applies to every aspect of theatre and who it…employs, & not just in creative roles...As Amanda Parker dryly observed…”in terms of diversity, the composition of the government’s senior leadership is looking better than culture”” www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/mari...
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Lyn Gardner on the importance of opportunities and casting the net wider
Fewer productions mean fewer opportunities for everyone, says Lyn Gardner. It's time for the industry to start casting the net wider – and benefit from the freshness that brings
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 4h
“In straitened times, accommodating any kind of difference falls off the arts agenda. The result? We just keep on doing things the way we have always done them. When we draw from a smaller pool, the work always shrinks.” www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/mari...
thestage.co.uk
Lyn Gardner on the importance of opportunities and casting the net wider
Fewer productions mean fewer opportunities for everyone, says Lyn Gardner. It's time for the industry to start casting the net wider – and benefit from the freshness that brings
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 4h
“in an industry where production is shrinking, the opportunities dwindle for everyone, and often, in those circumstances, it is not those already on the ladder who suffer most but those who can’t get on the bottom rungs at all.” www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/mari...
thestage.co.uk
Lyn Gardner on the importance of opportunities and casting the net wider
Fewer productions mean fewer opportunities for everyone, says Lyn Gardner. It's time for the industry to start casting the net wider – and benefit from the freshness that brings
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Daniel York Loh @danielyorkloh.bsky.social · 5h
So sad to hear of the passing of Adam Lenson, a theatre director of huge talent and a huge heart. What Adam didn’t know about musical theatre wasn’t worth knowing. R.I.P. Adam
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 17h
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I couldn't agree more 👇
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Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social · 14h
Northern Lights in North Berwick right now. This is with an iPhone but pictures look so much better with a Samsung.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 09/10/2026
by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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566unicorns.bsky.social @566unicorns.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The early excitement of reconnecting with old friends on Facebook was replaced by the relentless push of automatons. You reach out for connection, but the algorithm ties your hands. You follow friends but are instead shown influencers. Where did everyone go, and who are these made-up strangers?"
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Two paintings stolen from Renoir Museum in France are recovered
The two works were seized last month when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.
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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 10/10/2026
no idea who made this but I think of that random person with gratitude every time I heat up any sort of wraplike food object in the microwave
two scenes from an X-Men animated program: in the first, scott summers and jean gray are making out; he is labeled "microwave heat" and she is labeled "plate." in the second, we are more distant from the couple, and wolverine is standing in the foreground, labeled "my burrito."
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Aliki Chapple @commonmugwort.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ghost house. #Athens #UrbanPhotgraphy
colour photo. The side of a six storey apartment building in Exarcheia, takn from the empty lot where the neighbouring building used to be. Masonry traces on the wall show the peaked roof and rooms of the ruined structure, a built-in closet, recessed and still framed in wood, what might be decorative lines near the ceilings or rooms or the traces of  false ceilings with storage.
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Graduates of ECA's Performance Costume course have gone on to become lead costume designers for the stage and screen, including Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones.” …Downton Abbey stars Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery are among the public figures who have spoken out against the closures.”
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Craft is a very female-dominated industry….the tutors are female. The technicians are…almost all female. The student body is almost all female...It's a sector that supports female creatives because…you've got the flexibility around your caring responsibilities or whatever your situation is.”
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Ms Kernan questioned whether Edinburgh University management had carried out an equality impact assessment prior to making the decision to close the undergraduate programmes…“ www.heraldscotland.com/news/2662284...
heraldscotland.com
University's arts closures will disproportionately affect women, warns craft body
Ms Kernan questioned whether Edinburgh University management had carried out an equality impact assessment prior to making the decision to close the programmes.
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 09/10/2026
I had this fragment, in Greek (noēm aped, νοημ απεδ) tattooed on my left ankle in autumn 2002, to mark passing my PhD field exam.
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The historic buildings earmarked for demolition under Summerhall redevelopment plans
Could new proposals to turn some of the arts and culture hub into a hotel and student accommodation scupper the creative future of the complex?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 07/10/2026
Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy 23 Oct, Glasgow. Free Mark #BlackHistoryMonth with an event exploring RICH THINGS, @chitgrrl.bsky.social’s new work for the @agrayarchive.bsky.social, & looking at Alasdair Gray’s anti-colonial thinking, legacy & enduring impact www.eventbrite.com/e/rich-thing...
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Rich Things with Chitra Ramaswamy
Mark Black History Month with an inspiring conversation between Chitra Ramaswamy and Sorcha Dallas.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Another resounding victory for Kemi Badenoch. They’ll have to extend the tapestry now…
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Creature from the Jack Lagoon @jacklikesfilm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's going to be a huge push in the media today to suggest that this a disaster for Polanski, over which he must step down. Labour has held this seat for as long as it existed, and at the last election Labour's lead over the Greens was 38%.
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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mourning the passing of theatre composer, director and writer Adam Lenson. A sad day.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At some point in the next couple of years a lot of people are going to realise that "we have to keep the press happy and not do anything the press won't like!" is actually quite a bad tactic for a political party in the dying days of neoliberalism.
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Lee Randall @leerandall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don't want your goddamned app. Me, to everyone online.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
R. Y. Young. Lover’s Lane, Niagara Falls, U.S.A., 1903
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anne Carson is only the 19th woman out of 123 Lit Nobel Laureates & there are as many men named Patrick who’ve won (2) as Black women (1), Asian woman (1), and Latinas (0) combined. So go read some Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, Yoko Ogawa, Ling Ma, Isabel Allende, an embarrassment of riches really
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In primary school (1960s), we learned that mountain areas above 3,000 m altitude in the Alps had eternal snow. I'm afraid we're seeing the end of that. Matterhorn, 4,478 m high, last week.
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You can always tell the customers who’ve never worked in a service industry role.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Was lucky enough to see a preview of this tonight (in cinemas end of January) and it totally lives up to the hype - and Andrew is *spectacular*. Stunning performance. And I can't remember the last time I cried so much at the cinema. Bawled my eyes out, ugly wet face floods at numerous points. 🙌😭
Poster for the movie Elsinore. Andrew Scott in profile wearing a blue sweater with his hair in 80s frosted tips
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 07/10/2026
Freshly printed copies on the way to @ibraaz.bsky.social along with a selection of Coastal Lines' Summer 2026 titles. In store soon!
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Zines From Gaza @coastallinespress.com · 07/10/2026
“I write because memory is a form of survival. I write to plant humanity in people’s heart. And I write because Gaza, despite everything, is still my home--rooted in me as deeply as I am rooted in it.” Huda Skaik, author of the zine Planted Genocide in My Mind www.coastallinespress.com/get-your-copy
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Huda Skaik

A journalistic writer from Gaza City. She is interested in journalism and writing. Her works have been published with many media outlets such as We Are Not Numbers, Electronic Intifada, The New Arab, The Intercept, Deep Dive, The Nation, and Aljazeera
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires
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🍂 Simon Threadgold 🎃 @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How I arrived on Bluesky.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Morale at the BBC has been severely dented by a gradual “bloodletting” that has seen plans to shed as many as 2,000 staff slowly announced over several weeks, members of the corporation’s staff have warned.'
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BBC morale dented by gradual ‘bloodletting’ after weeks of job cuts
Plans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027
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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Happy Birthday Glitter Purple
ALT: Happy Birthday Glitter Purple
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S P A R K S @sparksofficial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUSSELL! 🥳
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Saskiarghhhhh Daniel @saskiadanielceramics.com · 05/10/2026
Listen tech bros, an easy one: self-finding glasses. Glasses with a bleep. Anything. Just come on.
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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🗳️ Lula et Bolsonaro s'affronteront le 25 octobre pour le second tour. Bolsonaro bénéficie d'une légère avance, alors que c'est plutôt l'inverse qui était anticipé, malgré la remontada de Bolsonaro dans le dernier mois de la campagne.
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mathieu gallard @mathieugallard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🗳️ Résultats du premier tour de l'élection présidentielle au Brésil : ⚫️Bolsonaro (PL, ex.-droite) 47% 🔴Lula (PT, gauche) 45,2% 🟠Cury (Avante, centre) 2,9% 🔵Santos (Missão, droite) 2,2% 🔵Caiado (PSD, droite) 2,2%
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Dr Kate Thagrinus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @katelaity.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Ooh www.nrm.org/2026/09/geor...
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George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes - Norman Rockwell Museum - The Home for American Illustration
George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes November 14, 2026 to May 31, 2027 George Herriman (1880–1944) transformed the comic strip into a medium of artistic invention and ...
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today, when the organised far-right are once again on the rise throughout Europe and racial violence in the UK is escalating, we remember this: together, we can beat fascism.
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