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Katherine Gregor

@scribedoll.bsky.social
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Literary translator, writer, amateur cartoonist and photographer, Qi Gong practitioner. Blog on scribedoll.com *No offence intended – will block followers I or one of my contacts don't personally know*

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I stood in the presence of several very ancient oaks in Bandon's Castlebernard Woods a few months ago, and was in total awe. Such trees are now *incredibly* rare in Ireland. Please support Bandon Environmental Action Group in getting the 34.5-acre ecosystem protected. www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-n...
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Public urged to join fight to protect ancient West Cork woodland
Some of these magnificent trees date back hundreds of years
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've never known foxes to do that. Only hungry birds pecking through the foil cap to breakfast on the cream top in the depth of winter (does the milk still get delivered in glass bottles with foil tops? I haven't had it delivered since circa 1995)
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A dead endangered fin whale was pulled from the bulbous bow of the cruise ship Norwegian Joy this morning as the ship made its way toward the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal for its port call in Sitka. @shanahstone.bsky.social @radreduction.bsky.social #cruiseships sitkasentinel.com/stories/fin-...
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Fin Whale Struck by Cruise Ship in Sitka Sound - Daily Sitka Sentinel
A dead fin whale was pulled from the bulbous bow of the cruise ship Norwegian Joy this morning as the ship made its way toward the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal for its port call in Sitka. The fin whale...
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a beautiful, graceful poem. I am so sorry for your loss.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do these passengers not realise they are part of this aberration? That continuing to book cruises they are co-responsible for such barbaric events?
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Absolutely! And as someone who used to go to the theatre a lot, I am very aware of it.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I recently tried reading a novel by an acquaintance I like, so I was all set to enjoy it. Only I gave up a third of the way through. Practically all dialogue, near impossible to keep track of who is who, not enough difference in voices.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Beautiful.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yes, please! Thank you.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Let me get this right: Ralph McCarthy has self-published his own translation?
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you! Even in London there is a wonderful organization working to protect the Thames and the neighboring community from cruise ship pollution. River Residents Group riverresidentsgroup.co.uk
A photo of a building in London displaying No Grandi Navi protest flags to protest cruise ships on the Thames.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is an important issue – and not only in Maine.
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Cruise ships got you down? Tired of the stink when they’re in town? Join us today at 5 pm when we will discuss the impacts and solutions on zoom! #cruiseships #Portland #Maine #MEpolitics #NoHFO #banscrubbers #cleanair #CascoBay
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I'll gradually catch up with the others :–)
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And, as coincidence would have it, I now have another book produced by the talented @jolocktov.bsky.social. As a lover of Venice I find the beautiful photographs in this book refreshingly original and full of character. The accompanying texts by various writers are varied and inspired.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
All I know about mosaics is what I've seen in churches and Greco-Roman ruins. I have just acquired this jewel of a book, MOSAIC SOURCEBOOK, by @jolocktov.bsky.social and Doreen Mastandrea. It's a real eye-opener. A splendid book.
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Jo Locktov @jolocktov.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This practice can be stopped by requiring the cruise ships to use a cleaner, distillate fuel. Portland & every US port can enforce this requirement by prohibiting scrubber wash water in their Port Terminal Tariff, exactly like the Port of Seattle. #cruiseships #banscrubbers #NoHFO #Maine
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
With a LOT of money. Where is it, anyway?
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Seriously? Sorry, first I've heard of/seen these.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You're very kind.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Grazie mille, Valeria!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you so much, Jo!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
12th February 2013. Shrove Tuesday. I was greeted by the pretty sight of colourful flowers arranged in tall planters in the wide space outside the station. Please continue reading Chapter 2 (and the Introduction and Chapter 1 if you have missed them at scribedoll.com/2026/08/16/h...
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HOW TO LEARN TO LOVE NORWICH
(When You Really Don’t Feel Like It) Chapter 2 A new city. 12th February 2013. Shrove Tuesday. I was greeted by the pretty sight of colourful flowers arranged in tall planters in the wide spa…
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🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ @buckivotesblue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This cartoon by Matt Wuerker with Politico sums it up nicely! #Blues
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@libripotens.bsky.social You might have already seen this.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Definitely worth reading. theconversation.com/ai-is-floodi...
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AI is flooding the online book market with poor translations – here’s how to spot them
AI translations push the crafted work of real translators – with qualifications, genuine language skills and experience – to the back of a very busy marketplace.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Are you going to ask at a museum?
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Congratulations!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thank you!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is important! Thank you, @racheltranslates.bsky.social and @sandersonkim.bsky.social
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thank you, Kim. I'd forgotten!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The posters for his films used to give me nightmares when I was a teenager.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I am always fascinating by the ballet of their ears.
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English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are delighted to announce that International Translation Day returns on Wednesday 30 September, with an evening of conversations between translators and their allies. Join us for #ITD2026 at Brixton Library. Book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/translation/...
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ITD 2026 English PEN - English PEN
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I look forward to hearing ir.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you!
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Of course! Thank you. Here it is: scribedoll.com
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Scribe Doll
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." (Walt Disney)
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Could you drape it decoratively over something?
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is an eye-opening thread. Do read it in its entirety.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In-between translating other people's novels, I am squeezing in my own non-fiction book, which I have recently started blogging one chapter at a time, in order to give myself motivation and see the response.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
People need to grapple with the fact we're in an epistemic crisis that's starting to corrode countless elements of human knowledge.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thank you.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This horrifying. May I take a photo of this thread and share it with a few people off BSky?
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
After the Inttoduction, a couple of weeks ago, I give you CHAPTER 1: scribedoll.com/2026/07/12/h...
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HOW TO LEARN TO LOVE NORWICH
(When You Really Don’t Feel Like It) * * * Just a little word before we start… First of all, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all those who, three weeks ago, read my Introduct…
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Durham. Five days in my old university city. I've loved it even more since I graduated, back in 1991.
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Portland Cruise Control_Maine @portcruisecontrol.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Vessel strikes are a leading cause of death for large whales & conservationists say many more go undetected because struck whales often sink & are never found. NOAA considers fin whales “probably the most vulnerable species” to ship strikes after North Atlantic right whales. @cruiselaw.bsky.social
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Pregnant Fin Whale Found Dead on Bow of Royal Caribbean Ship in Alaska
A dead pregnant fin whale was found on the bow of Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas in Seward, Alaska, renewing calls for cruise ships to slow down in whale habitat.
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Katherine Gregor @scribedoll.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My printer is very temperamental.
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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 29/06/2026
A quiet early summer Monday, high 88º ================ MAINE RESISTANCE MON JUNE 29, 2026 ================ #ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE #NonViolenceIsPower #EveryEffortCounts #GetInvolved & #VOTE ! MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989 p1/1 – SHARE & REPOST! #MEpolitics
PINE TREE ACTIVISM CALENDAR 
Events for Monday JUNE 29, 2026
Details confirmed 06/29 8:25AM
Share/Repost so Mainers know where to #OPPOSE!  
Pg 1/1  Submit events to: ptactivism@proton.me

JUNE 29, Mon 9-10:00AM (& every Monday) – Skowhegan
ROAR Recovery Center, 34 High Street, Skowhegan, Maine
VETERANS COFFEE TALK – Beginning Monday, April 13, “Veterans Coffee Talk” will launch in Skowhegan, offering a welcoming, non-recovery-based peer support space where veterans can connect, share experiences, and learn about valuable resources available both locally and across the state. Guest speakers from time to time. Complimentary coffee and snacks will be provided. FMI: maine.gov/veterans/events/veterans-coffee-talk

JUNE 29, Mon 4:30-6:00PM (& every M-F) – Freeport
Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpass Freeport, Maine
FREEPORT RUSH HOUR BRIDGE BRIGADE – 

We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. This is in coordination with other Indivisible groups up and down the Rte 295 corridor. 
FMI: www.greaterfreeportindivisible.com/  

JUNE 29, Mon 5-6:00PM (MWF 5-6pm, T/Th 12:30-1:30) Bucksport
Rt 1 Bucksport/Verona Island Bridge, Bucksport, Maine
    SOLIDARITY BUCKSPORT  
RESIST HATE! RESIST PEACEFULLY!
  5+ Years of Solidarity Bucksport!
   As usual, we will not stage the demonstration unless we have a firm commitment from at least one other demonstrator!  
   Please email solidaritybucksport@gmail.com by 10 pm the night before to notify us you will be at the next day's peace demonstrations. 
   We are a powerful and well-received presence for PEACE at this moment in our human history!

PRO TIP: click ALT in lower right corner for links you can copy/paste.

#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved

MAINE ICE WATCH HOTLINE: 207-544-9989

Pine Tree Activism strives to publish confirmed events with accurate details as submitted or as found on a group's official public listing. Only verifi…
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Jared Kushner wants Albania's protected wetlands. The government obliged. Protesters said no. 29 days later, they're still saying no — with flamingo cutouts and flags, in the streets, every single night. Europe is watching. Is anyone else?
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