Kat Steiner🔸
@kastrel.bsky.social
Oxford-based medical librarian, butler to a cat named Abby, amateur actor, folk singer, cross-stitcher. Chronically helpful; annoying people for good. She/her, opinions absolutely my own.
I love this - the BBC guessed the URL based on another document and found the unlisted but published file. But you can also use Google to search including unlisted files using the site: syntax - I teach this to my students as website searches are often rubbish.
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I love this - the BBC guessed the URL based on another document and found the unlisted but published file. But you can also use Google to search including unlisted files using the site: syntax - I teach this to my students as website searches are often rubbish.
My Instagram is full of a) grifty weight loss influencers and b) people satirising women trying to lose weight ("almond mom" stuff, if you get that), which, as a fat person trying to sensibly lose some weight for specific medical reasons, is NOT FUN.
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My Instagram is full of a) grifty weight loss influencers and b) people satirising women trying to lose weight ("almond mom" stuff, if you get that), which, as a fat person trying to sensibly lose some weight for specific medical reasons, is NOT FUN.
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Happy Chompsgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy Chompsgiving!
I came very close to sending in a VERY confusing proposal to this... Not that kind of Ovid! #medlibs
📢 #CfP #medievalsky #Ovid
📜Teaching with Ovid: An online pedagogy symposium
📅12-13 June 2026
📃The International Ovidian Society and the Societas Ovidiana invite paper proposals on any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom
📲Details: shorturl.at/RiviU
⏰Submission deadline: Friday 16 January 2026‼️
📜Teaching with Ovid: An online pedagogy symposium
📅12-13 June 2026
📃The International Ovidian Society and the Societas Ovidiana invite paper proposals on any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom
📲Details: shorturl.at/RiviU
⏰Submission deadline: Friday 16 January 2026‼️
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I came very close to sending in a VERY confusing proposal to this... Not that kind of Ovid! #medlibs
My (former software engineer) OH was absolutely astounded when I explained to him that library databases only let you give them one instruction (line) at a time. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN you can't copy and paste a multiline instruction and queue it up?!" Which made me wonder, WHY can't we do that? #medlibs
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My (former software engineer) OH was absolutely astounded when I explained to him that library databases only let you give them one instruction (line) at a time. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN you can't copy and paste a multiline instruction and queue it up?!" Which made me wonder, WHY can't we do that? #medlibs
Am I depressed or do I just need to whack the heating up and walk around a bit, the eternal winter dilemma...
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Am I depressed or do I just need to whack the heating up and walk around a bit, the eternal winter dilemma...
I'm very glad I didn't have to write this search (it's a rerun of a previous review from 2021) but it is 150+ lines long and needs manually copying and pasting into every database (7 in total), and every time I change anything it takes 5mins to run (if it runs at all) #medlibs
a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with the words current status written on the screen .
Alt: GIF from US office. Man falling asleep at his desk with the text Current Status...
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm very glad I didn't have to write this search (it's a rerun of a previous review from 2021) but it is 150+ lines long and needs manually copying and pasting into every database (7 in total), and every time I change anything it takes 5mins to run (if it runs at all) #medlibs
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What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
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The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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Librarian
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts
www.cam.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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I don't really know why I thought The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker, an author I *know* writes extremely well about The Horrors of War, would be enjoyable, but I'm still disappointed about how bleak and pointless an experience reading it felt. I loved Regeneration.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don't really know why I thought The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker, an author I *know* writes extremely well about The Horrors of War, would be enjoyable, but I'm still disappointed about how bleak and pointless an experience reading it felt. I loved Regeneration.
I didn't even know Zombies, Run! was in jeopardy, but I'm so glad it's safe. Sam Yao didn't just get me fit during COVID, he kept me sane. And whenever I fancy running again (as happens periodically) I know he will be right there waiting to cheer me on, and that makes me very happy.
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I didn't even know Zombies, Run! was in jeopardy, but I'm so glad it's safe. Sam Yao didn't just get me fit during COVID, he kept me sane. And whenever I fancy running again (as happens periodically) I know he will be right there waiting to cheer me on, and that makes me very happy.
I got my dyspraxia assessment at a clinic that also did ASD assessments, and the process was so horrendous I'm amazed they ever did any. Didn't answer emails, did everything via phone calls, constantly told me things which conflicted with what the website said, then told me more conflicting things.
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service’s aggressive overhead lighting was mistaken for the luminous tourist attraction, sources have revealed.
NHS autism service so brightly lit that Blackpool have asked for their Illuminations back
Blackpool residents have called for an NHS autism assessment service to return the Illuminations to their rightful position at the seaside, after the service's aggressive overhead lighting was…
thedailytism.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I got my dyspraxia assessment at a clinic that also did ASD assessments, and the process was so horrendous I'm amazed they ever did any. Didn't answer emails, did everything via phone calls, constantly told me things which conflicted with what the website said, then told me more conflicting things.
Review from a family member on our first attempt at a crossword from @unchcrosswords.com issue 1: "very entertaining and a high standard". Pre-order issue 2 now!
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Review from a family member on our first attempt at a crossword from @unchcrosswords.com issue 1: "very entertaining and a high standard". Pre-order issue 2 now!
OH is out at a party tonight, so I'm having a negroni (mixed as a present from my FIL, lethal) as a treat #ConfinedCocktails
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
OH is out at a party tonight, so I'm having a negroni (mixed as a present from my FIL, lethal) as a treat #ConfinedCocktails
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Early signs suggest an outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) in Oxfordshire. Following a dead swan in Witney which was subsequently confirmed by testing to have avian influenza, cases were confirmed yesterday in Blenheim and on Port Meadow.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Early signs suggest an outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) in Oxfordshire. Following a dead swan in Witney which was subsequently confirmed by testing to have avian influenza, cases were confirmed yesterday in Blenheim and on Port Meadow.
I got this for my dad's birthday, and now our extended friends/family has got at least 4 people who will be wanting issue 2!
Issue 1 of Unch is now officially SOLD OUT.
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unchcrosswords.com
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Sign up for our email updates and we'll tell you when Issue 2 is available to pre-order.
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Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
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November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I got this for my dad's birthday, and now our extended friends/family has got at least 4 people who will be wanting issue 2!
One really striking thing about #RiotWomen is the adoption plotline reminding me strongly of things @notalegalrecord.net has written about the profound impact of adoptees seeing physical similarities and mannerisms in their birth parents/families.
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One really striking thing about #RiotWomen is the adoption plotline reminding me strongly of things @notalegalrecord.net has written about the profound impact of adoptees seeing physical similarities and mannerisms in their birth parents/families.
Was feeling stronger and went back to this, and powered through and this series is absolutely brilliant and worth getting through the bleak bits. #RiotWomen
I thought Riot Women on the BBC would be a comedy like We Are Lady Parts, but it's actually much tougher and angrier and sadder. Great stuff, but possibly not what I need right now as the daylight retreats.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Was feeling stronger and went back to this, and powered through and this series is absolutely brilliant and worth getting through the bleak bits. #RiotWomen
I am stuck in that "go to the store...buy a bottle of hoisin sauce" loop video, except that it's every time I look at my emails, another researcher has asked to talk to me about a systematic review... 😭 #medlibs
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I am stuck in that "go to the store...buy a bottle of hoisin sauce" loop video, except that it's every time I look at my emails, another researcher has asked to talk to me about a systematic review... 😭 #medlibs
I will never understand why my workplace (A HOSPITAL!) canteen makes anything "spiced" or "curry" the temperature of the sun. I like a bit of spice but all I had was "spiced sweetcorn soup" and now I feel like my sinuses can see through time.
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I will never understand why my workplace (A HOSPITAL!) canteen makes anything "spiced" or "curry" the temperature of the sun. I like a bit of spice but all I had was "spiced sweetcorn soup" and now I feel like my sinuses can see through time.