Katherine Mendelsohn
@katherinemend.bsky.social
Theatre dramaturg and stage-play translator (french-english). Mum. Word-lover. Reader.
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Thank you Artcena, Institut Francais London, & @sacdparis.bsky.social - for making over 20 years of theatre translations of contemporary Francophone plays into English possible. So proud to see extracts of 2 of my recent translations, LUNE and LEVIATHAN, in there.
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The White House has deleted their video that used a Sabrina Carpenter song to promote deportations after backlash from the singer.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The White House has deleted their video that used a Sabrina Carpenter song to promote deportations after backlash from the singer.
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mourning the passing of architect Frank Gehry. shaper of worlds.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
mourning the passing of architect Frank Gehry. shaper of worlds.
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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😂😂😂
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
😂😂😂
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
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The hands of the damned pulling earth into hell award
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The hands of the damned pulling earth into hell award
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Corrupt leader of corrupt organization that has nothing to do with peace makes up fake prize to suck up to corrupt narcissist and fascist after he unsuccessfully and ridiculously tried to coerce the real peace prize people to give him the real prize he could never, ever win.
Pathetic all around.
Pathetic all around.
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Corrupt leader of corrupt organization that has nothing to do with peace makes up fake prize to suck up to corrupt narcissist and fascist after he unsuccessfully and ridiculously tried to coerce the real peace prize people to give him the real prize he could never, ever win.
Pathetic all around.
Pathetic all around.
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Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA.
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA.
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
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Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
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This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
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❛ I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Joan Didion, born #OTD in 1934.
Joan Didion, born #OTD in 1934.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
❛ I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
Joan Didion, born #OTD in 1934.
Joan Didion, born #OTD in 1934.
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Bafflingly absurd. Like the Nobel Committee choosing who wins the World Cup.
Donald Trump awarded controversial Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw
The US president, who was beaten to the Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado, was presented with Fifa’s hastily arranged new award
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bafflingly absurd. Like the Nobel Committee choosing who wins the World Cup.
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Are world cup draws always this tedious? It's like watching a corporate away day. Anyone know how long until the orange ballbag actually starts drawing balls out of the bag?
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are world cup draws always this tedious? It's like watching a corporate away day. Anyone know how long until the orange ballbag actually starts drawing balls out of the bag?
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Pollster: Trump losing young voters in some of the most stunning numbers that we have seen. Take a look at his net approval rating among those under 30. You go back to February, it was plus 10 points. Look at this drop. I'm laughing because it's down to -46 points. That is a drop of 56 points.
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pollster: Trump losing young voters in some of the most stunning numbers that we have seen. Take a look at his net approval rating among those under 30. You go back to February, it was plus 10 points. Look at this drop. I'm laughing because it's down to -46 points. That is a drop of 56 points.
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
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See you at Oran Mor Sun 7 Dec for Mór Festive! 🎁✨ Shop Alasdair Gray titles, AGA merch + our new collab with Aoife Cawley. 11am–3pm. Vendors, family fun, choirs + live music! 🎅🎶 #alasdairgray
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
See you at Oran Mor Sun 7 Dec for Mór Festive! 🎁✨ Shop Alasdair Gray titles, AGA merch + our new collab with Aoife Cawley. 11am–3pm. Vendors, family fun, choirs + live music! 🎅🎶 #alasdairgray
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I got 86. A bit more ragtime and I could have hit three figures.
Good morning only to anyone whose listening age is seventy three wtf
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I got 86. A bit more ragtime and I could have hit three figures.
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If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
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🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🇳🇱 BREAKING: Netherlands withdraws from #Eurovision 2026, following the results of the EBU General Assembly today.
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Breaking News: Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia said that they were boycotting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation. Eurovision fans who support Palestinian rights have for years expressed concern at Israel’s involvement in the contest.
Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel’s Participation Leads to Boycott
The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Breaking News: Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia said that they were boycotting next year’s Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation. Eurovision fans who support Palestinian rights have for years expressed concern at Israel’s involvement in the contest.
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Eurovision member-states will hold a secret ballot vote on the suspension of Israel from Eurovision 2026, after Spain and seven other countries demanded it.
🇪🇸 RTVE has proposed an anonymous vote on Israel Eurovision 2026 participation
The news comes after hours of discussion regarding the new voting reforms and whether Israel should be allowed to participate in the upcoming edition of the contest. Vote expected to take place thi…
thateurovisionsite.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Eurovision member-states will hold a secret ballot vote on the suspension of Israel from Eurovision 2026, after Spain and seven other countries demanded it.
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Ireland will not compete in Eurovision 2026 after Israel allowed to remain in competition jrnl.ie/6893728
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
Ireland will not compete in Eurovision 2026 after Israel allowed to remain in competition
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they will not take part in the contest.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ireland will not compete in Eurovision 2026 after Israel allowed to remain in competition jrnl.ie/6893728
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm