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Kat Steiner🔸

@kastrel.bsky.social

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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.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, I've heard both interchangeably in the UK. I feel like maybe meegraine feels more old fashioned, like my parents' generation?

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 13h

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 15h

Boo! I hope it's not too bad.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 15h

It is spooky season, which means...I am returning to Gormenghast (I read Titus Groan about a year ago). So much fun.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

Very chuffed to recognise the family resemblance in Gaia Wise in #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall - Emma Thompson's daughter.

Sam West, Jonathan Hyde and Gaia Wise in 1940s costumes.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my GOD.

Alex MacLaren @alexmaclaren.bsky.social · 1d

I love there is barely a corner of the Wikipedia entry for 'Double Dactyl' that doesn't become part of the pattern

A string of poetic Wikipedia updates, about a poetic structure - just go and see! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

I HATE it.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

Me at this audiobook narrator's over-confident attempt at a South African accent...phew. Shades of And Then There Were None.

a close up of a man 's face with a beard making a funny face .

Alt: Man blinking in shock or "excuse me?" confusion.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, interesting! Is that a different meaning from "A book that gives you an introduction to a topic?" I've only ever heard it as, e.g. A Latin PRY-mer - an introductory textbook to learn Latin.

Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a US/UK thing? In the UK both would be PRY-mer.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry! Fergus looks like such a lovely boy 😞

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 2d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow, reading and sewing is the dream! I can only manage audiobooks.

Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

That's a lot! I'm fairly sure my massive Pokémon one was 115,200 and it took me about 4.5 years, including most of COVID.

Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

That really is impressive! Do you know how many stitches it is? (I use an app so it tells me).

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

“Make no mistake, book banning is fascism, … Ideological or religious camouflage is merely a subterfuge for fools & those who are fooled alike. There can be no compromise, because book banning is like chronic addiction: one is too much & a thousand is never enough.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Check Out 'The Librarians' Before It's Banned » PopMatters

The Librarians is a vital David and Goliath documentary of the fight against book banning, a harbinger of fascism, in America.

www.popmatters.com

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

I'm considering something ridiculous like a shiny silver frame or something to make it as festive as possible...

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

They're the best, and so much more vibrant in real life!

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

Cross-stitch update: just over halfway! Won't be done by Christmas but I might put it up anyway once it's framed...

Partially-complete cross-stitch of a rectangular box of brightly-coloured Christmas baubles.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

I was planning a work trip to Cardiff in advance, and it was cheaper to go the night before and stay in a Holiday Inn than to try and get a peak train in the morning.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's telling that by far the most positive reaction I've had at inductions this year has been telling new students our chat widget is staffed by real librarians, not AI.

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Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so sorry. We love our pets so much and it's so tough to lose them. 😞

Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 3d

It's not that it's the same idea, just that the structure and style is very similar: one big sci-fi thing happens with little to no explanation, and we watch its impact on society through the eyes of a handful of interconnected people.

Kat Steiner🔸 @kastrel.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes I read a book that feels, not exactly derivative, or copying, but like it couldn't have existed if another book by someone else hadn't been written first. The Measure by Nikki Erlick really feels like it couldn't have come before The Power by Naomi Alderman.

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