Kate Hertweck
@k8hert.bsky.social
Open Science @ Biohub, I like bioinformatics/plant genomics/evolutionary biology.
Fiber artist/sci-fi/queer. Perceived pronouns (any acceptable).
I’m the one on the left in my profile pic. Views my own.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katehertweck
Fiber artist/sci-fi/queer. Perceived pronouns (any acceptable).
I’m the one on the left in my profile pic. Views my own.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katehertweck
Reposted by Kate Hertweck
One like = one scene from "AI, Claudius", the epic story of a stammering Markov model who survived corruption, lies, and intrigue to become LLM-peror of Ancient Rome
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One like = one scene from "AI, Claudius", the epic story of a stammering Markov model who survived corruption, lies, and intrigue to become LLM-peror of Ancient Rome
The PNW thing that will forever remain wondrous--watching hummingbirds through my window while working from home, even during the fall and winter.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The PNW thing that will forever remain wondrous--watching hummingbirds through my window while working from home, even during the fall and winter.
Reposted by Kate Hertweck
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I’m quite pleased with the two open science stickers I designed and printed this year. The Bigfoot sticker may represent the first in a series of gay cryptids!
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m quite pleased with the two open science stickers I designed and printed this year. The Bigfoot sticker may represent the first in a series of gay cryptids!
A peek at the fruit of this week’s conference knitting. I ripped out half of this sock and still finished the pair!
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A peek at the fruit of this week’s conference knitting. I ripped out half of this sock and still finished the pair!
I'm also having feelings about my public GitHub contributions reporting that I'm "100% issues." Sounds like I'm in a toxic relationship with my repos, tbh
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm also having feelings about my public GitHub contributions reporting that I'm "100% issues." Sounds like I'm in a toxic relationship with my repos, tbh
Today's edition of "slightly menacing spam email" includes this gem of an image
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today's edition of "slightly menacing spam email" includes this gem of an image
Reposted by Kate Hertweck
🚀 Applications are OPEN for the 2nd round of the ORCA Catalytic Awards!
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator
The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program. The program aims to...
orcaopen.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🚀 Applications are OPEN for the 2nd round of the ORCA Catalytic Awards!
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap
A Slack bot just reminded me to review my channels "for relevance" and leave channels if I don't participate anymore.
Bold of it to assume I don't hoard Slack channels like some kind of dragon suffering from information overload.
Bold of it to assume I don't hoard Slack channels like some kind of dragon suffering from information overload.
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A Slack bot just reminded me to review my channels "for relevance" and leave channels if I don't participate anymore.
Bold of it to assume I don't hoard Slack channels like some kind of dragon suffering from information overload.
Bold of it to assume I don't hoard Slack channels like some kind of dragon suffering from information overload.
Someone on this city bus just uttered the phrase “ChatGPT generated holographic Elvis” and I don’t even know where to start
September 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Someone on this city bus just uttered the phrase “ChatGPT generated holographic Elvis” and I don’t even know where to start
Reposted by Kate Hertweck
UN Scientific Advisory Board adopts landmark statement on Open Science - International Science Council https://council.science/news/un-scientific-advisory-board-adopts-landmark-statement-on-open-science/
UN Scientific Advisory Board adopts landmark statement on Open Science - International Science Council
At its second annual retreat, the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) adopted a landmark statement on open science, with the International Science Council serving as lead coordinator.
council.science
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
UN Scientific Advisory Board adopts landmark statement on Open Science - International Science Council https://council.science/news/un-scientific-advisory-board-adopts-landmark-statement-on-open-science/
Someone two rows behind me on this flight has audible Slack notifications sounding every 10-20 seconds and it’s racheting my anxiety. I don’t think this was the type of response Pavlov intended for us.
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Someone two rows behind me on this flight has audible Slack notifications sounding every 10-20 seconds and it’s racheting my anxiety. I don’t think this was the type of response Pavlov intended for us.
Politics aside, is "hot spot" supposed to be a climate change joke? I don't know whether I'm supposed to laugh or cry!
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Politics aside, is "hot spot" supposed to be a climate change joke? I don't know whether I'm supposed to laugh or cry!
Are you the type of person who waves goodbye at the end of each Zoom call, or are you someone who has found a way to indicate you don't hate humanity without being awkward?
May 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Are you the type of person who waves goodbye at the end of each Zoom call, or are you someone who has found a way to indicate you don't hate humanity without being awkward?
I logged on to a zoom call today and a coworker greeted me with “Hey Kate!”
The closed captioning in the call interpreted this as “Hey gay!”
So wrong, yet so right. 🌈
The closed captioning in the call interpreted this as “Hey gay!”
So wrong, yet so right. 🌈
May 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I logged on to a zoom call today and a coworker greeted me with “Hey Kate!”
The closed captioning in the call interpreted this as “Hey gay!”
So wrong, yet so right. 🌈
The closed captioning in the call interpreted this as “Hey gay!”
So wrong, yet so right. 🌈
A real thing I wrote to a colleague yesterday while taking a work call from an airport:
"Can you back me up in case something weird happens? There is half a bulb of half-peeled garlic next to me and it's making me anxious."
"Can you back me up in case something weird happens? There is half a bulb of half-peeled garlic next to me and it's making me anxious."
April 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A real thing I wrote to a colleague yesterday while taking a work call from an airport:
"Can you back me up in case something weird happens? There is half a bulb of half-peeled garlic next to me and it's making me anxious."
"Can you back me up in case something weird happens? There is half a bulb of half-peeled garlic next to me and it's making me anxious."
Reposted by Kate Hertweck
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
I was saving a special set of nail wraps for CZI’s Cell Science meeting!
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I was saving a special set of nail wraps for CZI’s Cell Science meeting!
Ready for a morning of talks and posters from the Cell Science program!
April 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ready for a morning of talks and posters from the Cell Science program!
Very excited to be speaking at this event and the opportunity to meet more of the open source community in UC system!
Do you wonder about:
🧑🎓 Charting the creation and adoption of #OpenSource coming from academia
💫 How #innovators profit by giving software away
🤔 Understanding What is Meant by “Open”
These are just some of the topics at the UC Open Summit on 23 & 24 April: ucospo-net.netlify.app/events/uc-op...
🧑🎓 Charting the creation and adoption of #OpenSource coming from academia
💫 How #innovators profit by giving software away
🤔 Understanding What is Meant by “Open”
These are just some of the topics at the UC Open Summit on 23 & 24 April: ucospo-net.netlify.app/events/uc-op...
University of California Open Summit (UC Open) 2025
The First Annual UC Open celebrating open source throughout the UC system: 23 & 24 April 2025 – Santa Clara, CA
ucospo-net.netlify.app
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very excited to be speaking at this event and the opportunity to meet more of the open source community in UC system!
This week I learned: when taking photos as a group in Brazil, you say "abacaxi" (🍍) instead of "cheese" (🧀).
March 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This week I learned: when taking photos as a group in Brazil, you say "abacaxi" (🍍) instead of "cheese" (🧀).
"We sampled species across the tree of life..." 😃
"...but only if they share a common ancestor with humans." 😩
"...but only if they share a common ancestor with humans." 😩
February 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"We sampled species across the tree of life..." 😃
"...but only if they share a common ancestor with humans." 😩
"...but only if they share a common ancestor with humans." 😩
I felt very accomplished on Friday afternoon when I scheduled a Slack post to send to my team on Monday morning.
Today, on Monday morning, I felt deflated when I realized I'd drafted the post as a DM to myself, and had scheduled it to send only to me.
Today, on Monday morning, I felt deflated when I realized I'd drafted the post as a DM to myself, and had scheduled it to send only to me.
February 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I felt very accomplished on Friday afternoon when I scheduled a Slack post to send to my team on Monday morning.
Today, on Monday morning, I felt deflated when I realized I'd drafted the post as a DM to myself, and had scheduled it to send only to me.
Today, on Monday morning, I felt deflated when I realized I'd drafted the post as a DM to myself, and had scheduled it to send only to me.
Shout out to the Comms team @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social for amazing science-themed valentines! Head over to IG to see the rest: www.instagram.com/p/DGECj6GPsX...
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Shout out to the Comms team @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social for amazing science-themed valentines! Head over to IG to see the rest: www.instagram.com/p/DGECj6GPsX...
Missed opportunity to call "mishmash store" a "crazy quilt store"
February 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Missed opportunity to call "mishmash store" a "crazy quilt store"