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Gaute B. Skjervø @gautebs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I mars 2024 omtalte Aftenposten meg som ekstrem fordi jeg mente at politikerne ikke skal sette mål for antall aborter i Norge, og at må være opp til den enkelte kvinne. I juni 2026 omtalte Aftenposten deltakerne på Norgesdemokratenes massedeportasjonskonferanse for «omstridte gjester».

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"Hidden messages"? He he. Theres no "hidden messages" for the enlightened. #bad #bunny Just read history and study culture and you will discover it is all there right in front of you.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

If Trump doesn't want China and Russia as neighbours, he can just give Alaska to Canada. They can probably look after Greenland together with Denmark as well.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A beautiful essay an Anselm Kiefer in Vagant, by poet Øyvind Berg. Yes, it is in Norwegian, but any translation tool will give you a well worth glimpse of it. Thanks to editor @audunlindholm.bsky.social for keeping the Norwegian discourse alive and kicking. www.vagant.no/anselm-kiefe...

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Anselm Kiefer i Amsterdam | Vagant

Da vi valfartet karbonintensivt til samtidskunstens aller helligste.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

CREATIVITY IN ACADEMIC WRITING: Really enjoyed moderating today's event at Bergen Global/CMI: "Where is the freedom and creativity in academic writing?" For anyone who understands Norwegian the session was recorded and will be accessible online. bergenglobal.no/events/spraa...

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Språk som verktøy: å utfordre språklige konvensjoner i akademia - Bergen Global

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Bergen Global CMI/UiB @bergenglobal.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Velkommen til debatt og workshop om språk som verktøy i akademia m/ Randi Brodersen, Iben Brinch, Anders Johansen og @lektormelby.bsky.social. Alle interesserte er velkomne, men workshop har begrenset plass, så meld deg på! ➡️ ons 9. april 🕦 09:15 - 13:15 📍 Jekteviksbakken 31 ☕🥐

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Språk som verktøy: å utfordre språklige konvensjoner i akademia - Bergen Global

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VBG @256bit.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

So, our dictator has used forbidden sound cannon (LRAD) on peaceful protestors. He couldn't stand the success of peaceful protests, so he had to intervene. 🤬 #Belgrade #Serbia

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

SERBIA: Students are supported by their teachers, the farmers, pensioners and taxi drivers. Fascinating to see how well organized and disciplined the protesters are. Sad to see the state leaders suspect liberal and democratic forces. Autocratic and depressing.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Here we have a man who came to the White House inappropriately dressed in the middle of a war.

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Cornelia Kristiansen @cokristiansen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Alle som irriterer seg over mediene, bør for øvrig lese og støtte @filternyheter.no

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

UNGE FOLK som lager revy på skolen, altså, det er så fint, det.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

❤️ Jeg elsker å bli invitert med i kunstneriske prosesser. Det er ikke alltid det som er "ferdig arbeid" som er mest gøy. www.bt.no/btmeninger/k...

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

ARGENTINA, don't cry for Milei.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Fredrik Skavlan in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

IN THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, they of course speak with a Norwegian accent and have som nice advice and suggestions: youtu.be/70et01T2O_E?...

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Social media alternatives for artists and music nerds - How to replace Facebook, Instagram etc!

YouTube video by Center of the Universe

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Are these people adults? Elon Musk asked CEO Nicolai Tangen, managing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, for a favour: To vote for a gigantic pay package for Musk. Tangen declined, but invited him to dinner in a very "cool" way. Or cringy way, I would say. And Musk responed:

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I love this picture. ❤️ The Nordic leaders of Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway eating together. Plain and simple for serious times. #Norway #Sweeden #Denmark #Finland

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

HEY, NEW YORKERS! - make sure to bring your kids to see some lovely Norwegian visual theatrical imagination, Wakka Wakka. There is nothing like the art of puppet theatre. Last time I saw them was at the Fjaler-festival, in Norway. #TheatreSky open.substack.com/pub/broadway...

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REVIEW: Wakka Wakka's “Dead as a Dodo”

Futuristically original yet deeply historic, we feel this hero’s journey in our bones

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Staatsoper Stuttgart @staatsoper-stgt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Yeah – SANCTA goes Theatertreffen! Florentina Holzingers Opernperformance ist zum Berliner Theatertreffen eingeladen und wird damit als eine der zehn bemerkenswertesten Inszenierungen der Saison ausgezeichnet. Herzlichen Glückwunsch allen Beteiligten! www.berlinerfestspiele.de/theatertreff...

An einem Roboterarm ist eine Frau festgeschnallt, die ein Papst-Outfit trägt. Sie wird vom Roboter auf den Kopf gedreht, hat die Arme zur Seite ausgebreitet und Lacht in die Kamera. Unten im Bild, unscharf und im Dunkeln: Frauen in Nonnen-Outfit.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

OBITUARY: Professor Asbjørn Grønstad in my research group have written so beautifully about dear, dear professor Øyvind Vågnes (1972–2025). I am so grateful to have Øyvind in my memories. journalofvisualculture.org/news/oyvind-...

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Øyvind Vågnes obituary - Journal of Visual Culture

Øyvind Vågnes (1972–2025) It is with profound sadness that we must acknowledge the passing of Professor Øyvind Vågnes after a short illness. Although he only lived to be 52 years old, within the short...

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

For me, going to the #IFTR conference in Ghana and the Philippines was extremely educational. Getting a visa to Ghana was a bit of a hassle, but I think my colleagues from the global south will have some challenges travelling to this year's IFTR conference in Cologne, Germany. I am #priveliged

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The theatre may be a dangerous space: No one knows if you're disobedient and stop reading in your cubicle. If you get up and leave in the middle of a performance, you will be seen by others. #TheatreSky hereandbeyond.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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On books and theatre

Theatre is the most transient of all art forms. Thats why we need books on theatre.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

THE NEW YORKER has chosen CATARINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS as one of the ten best shows of 2024 in New York. The show was on in Bergen, Norway at BIT Teatergarasjen in 2022. Listen, if you live on the periphery, go to the theatre. You may end up seeing the best pieces first. #TheatreSky

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

It must be twenty years since I co-curated the exhibition on net.art-scene at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo together with Per Platou. There I met you, Vuc Cosic. I remember we did emails and stuff back then. An here we are, seeking some sort of refuge in something call BlueSky.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

"Many, if not most, contemporary artists live and work in a rather low-key existence...Few people are made for, or comfortable with, making sensational statements in the media or causing unnecessary fuss about their own windswept person." - Tommy Olsson klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

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Modernismen er for Guds skyld over

Det sekteriske og til dels ekstreme ved familien Nerdrum ligger utenfor det glansbildet som den smått fantastiske NRK-serien presenterer.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Ok @hfmarthinussen.bsky.social jeg veit du ikke har full oversik for all juristutdanning her i landet, men hvor lærer man å argumentere for "juridisk abort" slik at travle leger må bruke tid på å forklare at enkeltindivider må ta ansvar for egne handlinger?: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

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Å ha vaginalt samleie kommer med potensial for både glede og risiko

Det ansvaret må vi helt enkelt ta, skriver Tilde Broch Østborg i sitt svar til Espen Oseid Danielsen.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I 2025 er det 10-års jubileum for Høyres jernbanereform. Så, hvordan synes vi at det gikk?

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year from Finse, Norway ❤️

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Christopher Pahle @tophepahle.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Min lange tråd om kulturen som dolker seg selv i ryggen og den kulturfiendtlige konteksten det skjer i, er blitt en helt normalt lang kronikk i @aftenposten.no. Med fare for å være skamløs på egen og kulturens vegne: Del den gjerne, jeg mener dette er viktig. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

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TV 2 Play ville tulle med «seriesnobberiet». Men reklamen dolker kulturen i ryggen.

Forfatter og filmanmelder om ny kampanje: Kulturelt selvdrap.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

SAMTIDSDANS: "Norwegian contemporary dancers investigate how it is to lose it all. If you have ever gone into pieces, you may even recognise yourself." #TheatreSky #DanceSky #Art

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A post-apocalyptic party

Norwegian conteporary dancers investigates how it is to loose it all.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Nedbyggingen er i gang: Det pågår for tiden en begravelsesmarsj mot de drastiske kuttene i Berlins kulturbudsjett.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

POSTERS AS PARATEXT: At the University in Bergen, Norway we are happy to have the archive from BIT Teatergarasjen included in our bigger theatre archive. Here I am in a video explaining the importance of "paratexts" when doing research in theatre history. #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

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Spesialutfordringen: Hva teaterplakater forteller

I dag er Grethe Melby, stipendiat i teatervitenskap ved Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, på jakt blant Spesialsamlingenes skatter.

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

From Joel Grey: “History is giving us another chance to confront the forces that ‘Cabaret’ warned us about. The question is: Will we listen this time, or will we keep laughing until the music stops?”

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Opinion | Joel Grey: ‘Cabaret’ Was a Warning. It’s Time to Heed It. (Gift Article)

Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

THERE IS SOME RISK that you will resemble the dancers in the performance ‘JEG BRAKK’. Arms and legs in the air with a bang and a fall. If you read Bergens Tidende, you can read the review here. If not, you can wait for my review on Here & Beyond: hereandbeyond.substack.com

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– Danserne likner på folk som er fullstendig fortapte i drosjekøen

BTs anmelder er begeistret.

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Arnfinn Pettersen @arnfinnp.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I går ble Humanistprisen 2024 utdelt til Harald Klungtveit og @filternyheter.no, for deres journalistiske dekning av ytre høyre. Her Harald i samtale med @torgrimeggen.bsky.social på scenen.

Harald Klungtveit snakker, sittende i en stol.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I'm looking forward to the dance performance, JEG BRAKK, in Bergen (Norway) tonight. It's on at BIT Teatergarasjen. Choreographer Ole Martin Meland also works as a dancer in Carte Blanche. FOTO: Thor Brødreskift. For an update, subscribe to my newly made Here&Beyond blog: hereandbeyond.substack.com

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Susanne Kaluza @susannekaluza.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🧵1. Great evening with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social at the House of Literature Foundation in Oslo. The author of Autocracy Inc. (and more!) in conversation with Nils August Andresen about how dictators & authocrats operate, and what the world can do in response. Plus a shout out to BlueSky. A thread.

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martespurk.bsky.social @martespurk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Årets humanistpris ble i kveld tildelt Harald Klungtveit og @filternyheter.no for den journalistiske dekningen av ytre høyre - og sitt aktive forsvar for demokratiske verdier. Gratulerer, og takk for jobben dere gjør.

Harald Klungtveit og HEF-leder Christian Lomsdalen

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

REVIEWER NOTES! I've been to a performance with Klassekampen's reviewer Amund Grimstad. Thought I'd take a look at his notes to find out what he thought of the performance. #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

INSPIRED to reach an English-reading audience, I have decided to go meta and write about my writing on being on stage as the audience - or something in between - in the performance, And We Cheerfully Put the Gods to Death at BIT Teatergarasjen. Enjoy! #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

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The Norwegian way as an asset

In this production, the Norwegian dream becomes a small nightmare.

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Grethe Melby @lektormelby.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This is never the preferred cup of tea for people in power: A law that prohibits federal authorities from forcing journalists to reveal their confidential sources, and protects sources or whistleblowers who speak to journalists from retaliation by law enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...

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Trump Tells Republicans to ‘Kill’ Bipartisan Press Freedom Bill

The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters’ records. It is now less likely the legislation would clear the Senate before the current ses...

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