Catherine Winters
@catherinewinters.com
She/her, SFF writer, narrative video game designer/developer. Not AI.
📖 Querying my queer science fiction heist novel.
🎮 Making After Work, a game about rummaging around in your coworkers' desks: https://cornonthecob.games
https://catherinewinters.com
📖 Querying my queer science fiction heist novel.
🎮 Making After Work, a game about rummaging around in your coworkers' desks: https://cornonthecob.games
https://catherinewinters.com
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Catherine Winters
@catherinewinters.com
· Jan 31
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Know what else had seven electors? The Holy Roman Empire.
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via 'Founder LLC' to promote public good over market forces reut.rs/4iP3pAT
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic leaders to control AI lab via 'Founder LLC' to promote public good over market forces
Anthropic has long positioned itself as the virtuous AI company. An early look at its IPO filing shows how it is creating a new "Founder LLC" vehicle aimed at serving the common good, while insulating its leaders from market forces.
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September 29, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Know what else had seven electors? The Holy Roman Empire.
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Are you or have you ever been a narrative designer (as your official job title)? I would like to interview you for a video! Pls reply to this if you’re interested ❤️.
September 29, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Are you or have you ever been a narrative designer (as your official job title)? I would like to interview you for a video! Pls reply to this if you’re interested ❤️.
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Every Riot grrrl band in the 90s
September 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Every Riot grrrl band in the 90s
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We did invent putting pineapple on pizza. that's on us
September 29, 2026 at 1:50 AM
We did invent putting pineapple on pizza. that's on us
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klingons train on the holodeck because they're always trying to find like hitbox exploits, it's totally honorable
September 29, 2026 at 12:02 AM
klingons train on the holodeck because they're always trying to find like hitbox exploits, it's totally honorable
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Everybody please repost my post and Charlie's post as well. Help is needed.
Well, I didn't get my wish.
And we're not going to survive paying all these hospital bills on our own, so since my lungs failed me, I need to ask you for help. Shares help, too. 💜
ko-fi.com/cknightwrites
And we're not going to survive paying all these hospital bills on our own, so since my lungs failed me, I need to ask you for help. Shares help, too. 💜
ko-fi.com/cknightwrites
September 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Everybody please repost my post and Charlie's post as well. Help is needed.
If Matthew Van Houten didn't want me to steal his car, he shouldn't have consensually driven above the speed limit that one time.
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies.
District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.”
CONSENSUAL
District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.”
CONSENSUAL
September 28, 2026 at 11:34 PM
If Matthew Van Houten didn't want me to steal his car, he shouldn't have consensually driven above the speed limit that one time.
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
How accurate is your character's perception of themselves?
Do they see themselves clearly, good and bad?
Or is their view of themself distorted in a particular way?
Do they know that?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
How accurate is your character's perception of themselves?
Do they see themselves clearly, good and bad?
Or is their view of themself distorted in a particular way?
Do they know that?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
This is the most any bookie has ever looked like a cop.
Kalshi truck parked outside of the Ohio State campus, giving out free coffee to students in exchange for their contact info
September 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is the most any bookie has ever looked like a cop.
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But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about.
They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports.
Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports.
Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
September 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about.
They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports.
Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports.
Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.
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There's close to a 0% chance that your kid is going to end up competing against a trans athlete in a sport. But six years ago, Republicans decided everybody has to care and by the time Roe fell, it was their new chosen culture war issue.
September 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
There's close to a 0% chance that your kid is going to end up competing against a trans athlete in a sport. But six years ago, Republicans decided everybody has to care and by the time Roe fell, it was their new chosen culture war issue.
One thing about these articles: Millennials, if you're approving talking AI toys today, think back and ask if you would have in any way enjoyed playing with this. Or being the only kid in your friend group who had one. Or had your parents make you play with your mean cousin because they had one too.
The only thing that has changed with AI since 1987 is the price of the babbling babies.
September 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
One thing about these articles: Millennials, if you're approving talking AI toys today, think back and ask if you would have in any way enjoyed playing with this. Or being the only kid in your friend group who had one. Or had your parents make you play with your mean cousin because they had one too.
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This cat is insisting we adopt him and make him our next shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. (We need to reopen in a brick and mortar format to adopt him, hence the sale.)
carpelibrumbaltimore.com
carpelibrumbaltimore.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This cat is insisting we adopt him and make him our next shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. (We need to reopen in a brick and mortar format to adopt him, hence the sale.)
carpelibrumbaltimore.com
carpelibrumbaltimore.com
#Septopolis 28: The people of Chernoz have a friendly rivalry with the town of Vysk, located at the other end of the Droca river valley. Their largest conflict is with the Fort Chernoz and the soldiers and legionaries of the Imperial Military Academy, the most irritating part of living in Chernoz.
Good morning, #Septopolis.
We go to the wider, surrounding world now as we approach the end! These relationships might have been lightly established with imports and exports, but what about bigger in scale?
Twinning arrangements or even warring cities/nations can work here. 👀
We go to the wider, surrounding world now as we approach the end! These relationships might have been lightly established with imports and exports, but what about bigger in scale?
Twinning arrangements or even warring cities/nations can work here. 👀
September 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
#Septopolis 28: The people of Chernoz have a friendly rivalry with the town of Vysk, located at the other end of the Droca river valley. Their largest conflict is with the Fort Chernoz and the soldiers and legionaries of the Imperial Military Academy, the most irritating part of living in Chernoz.
Oh wow, the Democrats are serious about fixing this? Cool, how many Supreme Court justices do they propose to have under America’s new constitution? Hang on, I’m just getting a messag…oh. Oh, I see.
The Democrats have announced they want to work with Canada and make things better.
Must be an election in the offing.
Whatever.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Must be an election in the offing.
Whatever.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Democrats Show Up Too Late on Canada Tariffs
U.S. Senators want to visit Ottawa over Trump's tariffs, but Canadians remember the years of silence. #CanadaUS #Tariffs #TradeWar
substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Oh wow, the Democrats are serious about fixing this? Cool, how many Supreme Court justices do they propose to have under America’s new constitution? Hang on, I’m just getting a messag…oh. Oh, I see.
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Here's a meme for you to repost, if you're a writer who would love for someone to say nice things about your work.
September 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Here's a meme for you to repost, if you're a writer who would love for someone to say nice things about your work.
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Issues of human authenticity demand human judgment and human means—delegating this to a machine just plays into the hands of Big Tech/AI.
September 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Issues of human authenticity demand human judgment and human means—delegating this to a machine just plays into the hands of Big Tech/AI.
I’m still not convinced Ellipsus’s solution to proving your writing isn’t AI is the way to go, but Pangram’s most certainly is not it. It absolutely has to be up to humans to tell if a story is real or not.
That said, please stop AIvestigating random people.
That said, please stop AIvestigating random people.
Pangram once again being weaponized to damage careers without checks or balances 🤦
This is a very harmful trend for writers.
AI verifiers should *not* be allowed to decide questions of human authorship (especially when their errors and biases are so well documented!)
shorturl.at/lLBiy
This is a very harmful trend for writers.
AI verifiers should *not* be allowed to decide questions of human authorship (especially when their errors and biases are so well documented!)
shorturl.at/lLBiy
September 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I’m still not convinced Ellipsus’s solution to proving your writing isn’t AI is the way to go, but Pangram’s most certainly is not it. It absolutely has to be up to humans to tell if a story is real or not.
That said, please stop AIvestigating random people.
That said, please stop AIvestigating random people.
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everyone's like "the 90s ended on sept 11" or whatever, but for web design, the 90s ended in like 2007?
Y2K web design in the 2000s
– Sony in 2002
– Jamiroquai in 2003
– Microsoft Games in 2002
– Swift 3D in 2002
– Sony in 2002
– Jamiroquai in 2003
– Microsoft Games in 2002
– Swift 3D in 2002
September 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
everyone's like "the 90s ended on sept 11" or whatever, but for web design, the 90s ended in like 2007?
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I will abbrvte words before I delete that comma.
September 28, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I will abbrvte words before I delete that comma.
#Septopolis 25: The townspeople of Chernoz might speak Aza and celebrate the same holidays as the rest of the Empire, but there’s no question outsiders are viewed with suspicion.
Good morning, #Septopolis.
Today's question is on the card and a new one for 2026.
I'd like to save the post space to emphasize that these questions are for fictional worlds for any stray visitors. Fictional as they may be, this can be a touchy subject with real world impacts.
Be cool. Be chill.
Today's question is on the card and a new one for 2026.
I'd like to save the post space to emphasize that these questions are for fictional worlds for any stray visitors. Fictional as they may be, this can be a touchy subject with real world impacts.
Be cool. Be chill.
September 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#Septopolis 25: The townspeople of Chernoz might speak Aza and celebrate the same holidays as the rest of the Empire, but there’s no question outsiders are viewed with suspicion.
Choosing your class during character creation is always a tough process
i feel like the small bsky AI community here is not really EA or e/acc but it does seem to have evolved its own three distinct strains: soberminded competent commentary, demoscene manic vibe coding, and pseudo-esoteric horny AI liberationists
September 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Choosing your class during character creation is always a tough process
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really hope that the message people take away from all the EA sex parties stuff is "don't import inherently coercive real life employer/employee or mentor/mentee dynamics into your edgeplay kink spaces" and not "THEY DO THE IMMORAL KIND OF SEX DISGUSTING"
September 27, 2026 at 7:08 PM
really hope that the message people take away from all the EA sex parties stuff is "don't import inherently coercive real life employer/employee or mentor/mentee dynamics into your edgeplay kink spaces" and not "THEY DO THE IMMORAL KIND OF SEX DISGUSTING"
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Hobbies are how we fight the Darkness
September 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Hobbies are how we fight the Darkness