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Kat Steinke

@microbiologikat.bsky.social
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They/them. Microbiologist/bioinformatician (MSc) working at Odense University Hospital, quadball player, all-around nerd. Chronically unable to stick to one language. Opinions, terrible puns etc. all my own

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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This #DIDay, a couple of things where I reduced my dependency on apps: • using a physical planner for my week so it's easier to see the time slots I *do* have • MitID code key (hopefully reduces a pain point if switching to degoogled phone OS) • Basiskort (as physical backup to Rejsebillet for now)
Two very fancy looking Paperblanks notebooks with intricate metallic geometric patterns
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/06/2026
Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun 🏖️😎 and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults 💉😭. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Since I haven't seen it on here: European Quadball Cup Division 2 is coming to Basel this weekend! Games are starting at 9 on Saturday and 8.30 Sunday, and if you can't make it there, there's a livestream too (with yours truly doing some camera handling)
A poster for the European Quadball Cup Division 2 in 2026 with date and location information: 20.-21. June, Sportanlagen St. Jakob, Basel. Admission is free.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
(I am very guilty of "let's put off this thing I know I'll enjoy"...)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Also discovered I can borrow CDs at the library (yeah, part of it is that my music taste is that of a fossil, but hey, it works *for me*). Might get me to actually listen to albums if I have a deadline for it 😅
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Oops, I #DIDIt again... changed some digital habits that is. When checking my data after changing OSes last month I realized a lot of music I stream is stuff I already own. Put that back on my phone, got good ol' VLC Player again... As for new stuff, buying it somewhere that pays artists better.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Beim Thema kommen mir glatt Erinnerungen hoch - hatte das Phantom von Heilbronn in grauer Vorzeit in der Oberstufe in ner Präsentation in Bio mit... wird interessant zu hören wie viel ich damals als Teenager vom Gipfel von Mount Stupid übersehen/ohne Nuancen wiedergegeben hab 😅
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
(This isn't a knock on 8vim, mind - I find it's really good for taking notes quickly, and I see myself using it in that function a lot! Just have different requirements in different situations, and also TOO MANY LANGUAGES)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
8vim thoughts, btw: got the hang of this surprisingly quickly! Can definitely see myself using this for quick note taking, but probably not as a daily driver (too used to Heliboard's easy punctuation/special characters on long press thing and need 3 languages with different special characters)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
More like the wrath of Bahn, turns out. "This IS the 10.48 to Odense!"
A sign reading "Schienenersatzverkehr" (replacement bus)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#ESCMIDGreenTravel part II: the voyage home (sans whales)
Interior of a NightJet mini cabin with a person's outstretched legs
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule today: • more microbiome (and how it matters for immunocompromised patients) • more metagenomics (parasite detection and a look at the practicalities) • ... and getting through my "watch later" list at a train station café
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Fun socks AND a good cause, a win/win for sure
A pair of ESCMID bacteria socks
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today's #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule: * NGS in clinical microbiology (ILM and ONT) * lots of microbiome talks * ...and lots of 8vim practice again
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The patient is stable 🪡🧵
The ESCMID Global 2026 patch sewn on somewhat crookedly
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
My #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule for today: an EQA, a bit of microbiome... and some emergency patch surgery.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
At the ESCMID booth in the exhibition hall. They have some from last year as well, if you didn't get one back then
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Very important #ESCMIDGlobal2026 update: they still have patches!
An iron-on patch for ESCMID Global 2026 depicting a pretzel
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
(Conference blogging may be limited, trying to get the hang of the 8vim keyboard for rapid note taking...)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Want to talk about the bioinformatics part of how we use Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing at Odense University Hospital? Catch me at poster 2474 (Area B) at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 at 12.00 today!
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
+ breakfast the next morning (some acrobatics required)
Breakfast on the Nightjet: two breadrolls and a cup of tea
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
#ESCMIDGreenTravel selfie time - getting to #ESCMIDGlobal2026 in style in the Nightjet!
View of a NightJet mini cabin from the inside, from the point of view of a person sitting with outstretched legs
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I may have a song stuck in my head now... m.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAU...
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Mass Effect 3: Citadel - Mordin Solus Amino Acids Song
YouTube video by thepalgi
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Move slow and fix things
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Bonus nostalgia for an openSUSE kid: chose KDE as my desktop environment, got catapulted straight back into my childhood by the program icons bouncing like little rubber balls when they load.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Had been holding off on moving to Linux on my desktop because of decades-old BUT MY GAMES so far. Just in time for this month's Digital Independence Day I finally #DIDIt and am now happily running CachyOS and spending the weekend thoroughly testing my games. You know. For science.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When it was announced that #ESCMIDGlobal2026 was going to be in Munich, a couple of us at OUH's Department of Clinical Microbiology thought "wouldn't it be fun to take the night train?" So that's what we're doing...and it netted us two Green Travel Awards for covering 1100 km by train 🎉🚄
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Lidt forsinket status: for nu synes jeg protonmail virker fint for mig - vil primært reducere risiko for enshittification & beskytte mine data fra marketing folkene. Betaler for Plus pga aliases men minimerer hvad jeg ellers giver af oplysninger, er klar til at smutte hvis det bliver enshittified.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Er kommet i gang! Afprøver gratisudgaven af Protonmail og evaluerer på "skiftedagen".
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Accountability post for mit nytårsforsæt i år - skal bare liiiige komme af med min choice paralysis... #DanmarkSkifter
I 2026 vil jeg endelig tage mig sammen til at flytte min e-mail til en europæisk/EEA tjeneste
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
First time I scored a mini cabin on the Nightjet home! Hopefully not the last either, definitely felt it was worth it. My only regret is that I couldn't buy the Nightjet-branded socks they apparently sell...
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therese_nothing @tiinamenzel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
bye 2025👋
3 panel-comic of a black cat that is sitting close to the number 2025, then looks at it and then pushes it down, so that 2025 drops from the table.
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Annika Becker (sie/ihr) @annikabecker.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Bitte unterschreibt und teilt diese Petition, sie liegt direkt beim Bundestag. Bis zum 13.1.26 müssen die 30.000 voll gemacht werden. epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...
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Petitionen: Verwendung von Cookies nicht aktiviert
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I'd be an Imperial Auditor on Barrayar. Well, it'd be *interesting*...
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Most of my biking is commuting, with #ViCyklerTilArbejde in May giving a little nudge to go on a quick detour, so my memories aren't nearly as interesting, but I do also kind of want to celebrate the time I picked up ten kilos of Danish Nancy Drew books for a friend by bike because I could.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
"Wer eigene Daten vor rechten Tech-Bros und dem Zugriff der USA schützen möchte, sollte sie von den Plattformen der amerikanischen Quasi-Monopolisten abziehen. Diese Alternativen gibt es zu Facebook, Google, X, WhatsApp und Co." @netzpolitik.org auf Basis von Kuketz. netzpolitik.org/2025/unplugt...
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#UnplugTrump: So wirst du unabhängig von Tech-Milliardären
Wer die eigenen Daten vor rechten Tech-Bros und dem Zugriff der USA schützen möchte, sollte sie von den Plattformen der amerikanischen Quasi-Monopolisten abziehen. Diese Alternativen gibt es zu Facebo...
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Belltower.News @belltower.news · 23/12/2025
Weihnachten ist kein politikfreier Raum. Zwischen Gänsebraten und Plätzchen kann es vorkommen, dass am Tannenbaum rechtsextreme Sprüche fallen. Wie du Haltung zeigst, klar Grenzen setzt und wann Diskussionen sinnvoll sind, ohne dich aufzureiben. www.belltower.news/argumentatio...
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Argumentationstipps gegen rechte Sprüche an Weihnachten
AfD-Phrasen an Weihnachten? Warum Widerspruch im familiären Umfeld wirkt, wann Diskussionen sinnvoll sind und weshalb Selbstfürsorge Teil politischer Haltung ist.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
(Just want to shout out Katleen Vranckx as well! Not sure if she's on here but she helped a lot with the debugging and was the one who tracked down the offending parameter.)
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I'm so impressed by this-- what a fun way to teach SQL! I had a good time playing through it just now:
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Ryan Wick @rrwick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Do you (like me) create a bunch of conda environments, then later forget what they're for, when they were last updated, or which tools are in them? If so, you might this little project: github.com/rrwick/conda...
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GitHub - rrwick/condaenvlist: a simple tool for listing conda environments with descriptions
a simple tool for listing conda environments with descriptions - rrwick/condaenvlist
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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
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Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories
A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It'd be too much to hope that the "heavy traffic" is just people preemptively scraping the database, wouldn't it... (And utterly surreal that this is something one hopes for.)
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Jenolab @jenolab.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊ eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Humanoid History @humanoidhistory.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
STAR WARS immunization poster from 20th Century Fox and the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1977.
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Miriam Menzel @miriammenzel.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Aktuell werden auf demokrateam.org 46 Demonstrationen & weitere Veranstaltungen nur für heute angezeigt 👉
Screenshot der Webseite demokrateam.org mit der Veranstaltungsübersicht vom 30. Januar. Unter dem Datum findet sich die Angabe „46 Veranstaltungen“.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
27 Tage bis zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl. Wissenschaft hat Grund zur Sorge angesichts wissenschafts-, demokratie- & menschenfeindlicher Politik. Was tun? 1️⃣ Relevanz von Demokratie & Menschenrechten betonen. 2️⃣ ALLE, die uns zuhören, auffordern, von Wahlrecht Gebrauch zu machen!⬇️ #LauteWissenschaft
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#LauteWissenschaft im Wahljahr 2025: Eure Stimme zählt!
Was können wir tun gegen demokratie- und menschenfeindliche Politik, die auch auf unsere Community abzielt? Wir können — und sollten! — unsere Rolle als Multiplikator_innen nutzen und zum Wählen aufru...
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
That DNA pattern looks great, though! You wouldn't happen to have the pattern lying around somewhere? I only have... three ongoing projects and a giant mend pile, another project would be an excellent life choice.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 17/05/2024
Star Trek had plenty of them too. I got a box of Star Trek novels from the Soup Era from a friend of the family’s and they really have some questionable gems.
„Only Kirk continued eating - out of the conviction that he needed strength to face the coming events. The reader should do the same - and enjoy a strengthening snack in the meantime. He [sic] only needs to interrupt the exciting reading briefly. For in just five minutes, a hearty warm meal can be prepared. For that, one only needs a spoon, hot water and…“„Self-sufficiency is the principle of the soldiers at the river bank. A keyword that should make the reader pay attention - because with this method, he [sic] is independent as well. Of course, he doesn’t need to plant his food himself in our world. For him, it’s enough to prepare a cup and heat water. Everything he then needs is…“„When the sensors register a dramatic change in overall status geometry, you can only look at the instruments helplessly. We down here on Earth fortunately always have the option to take a break from reading and consume something nourishing to be better prepared for further excitement on the Enterprise. After all, for a little nourishment in between all one needs is a cup, hot water and…“
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