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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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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · Mar 10

I have already managed to research details for around 100 plays in translation by Scotand's amazing translators/translation writers that were professionally staged, but some of the research details are partial so help hugely appreciated. Any detail (or script🙏) is invaluable towards this archiving!

Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · Mar 10

Can you help? There's no centralised script archive of Scotland's stage translators' staged works 1974-now, but support from SSP & @edmorgantrust.bsky.social is helping me change that.

Any detail might be useful! 🙏
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Translation archive submission form

You can use this form to submit the details of any foreign language play performed professionally in translation (into Scots, English or Gaelic) in Scotland. The information will be added to an archiv...

docs.google.com

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 10h

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A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 12h

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23h

Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Mieka @mieka.bsky.social · 1d

I bet all bike friendly cities are also great cities!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not how you science.

Tweet from Republicans Against Trump says: “RFK Jr: There’s no proof that Tylenol causes autism. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” Below is a photo of a White House meeting showing RFK Jr., Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump at a long conference table.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

Er….?🙃😐

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Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil

Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday after 26 days in the job and he said two days later his

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be there. Enda & Shotput 👍

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Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social · 1d

Take a look inside the rehearsal room for Arlington!

This brand-new production of Enda Walsh's dark fable of surveillance, connection, and the power of imagination is by Glasgow-based dance-theatre company Shotput.

BOOK TICKETS (22-25 Oct) ➡️https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/arlington/

📷 Brian Hartley

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 3d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 1d

It'll be good this

Tron Theatre @trontheatre.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 1d

We regret to inform you that the Nobel Peace Prize is antifa.

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

A good piece for October @moma.bsky.social

MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 5d

Alberto Giacometti, Walking Quickly under the Rain, c. 1948 (cast 1949)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136700

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Katherine Mendelsohn @katherinemend.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like maybe that critic should read Churchill’s plays twice.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 4d

This really needs to be said and understood. What makes it worse, if possible, is that it is not coming out of any genuine crisis or emergency. It is a deliberate attempt to whip up anger and grievance in order to capitalise upon it & in Jenrick's case purely to advance his leadership ambitions.

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 4d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.