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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I need to believe most people understand that what fascists want most from AI is a box that agrees with them and that everyone else agrees contains all factual knowledge and that they're jumping the gun in a very transparent way that makes them easy to stop.
Because of people don't, we're fucked.
Because of people don't, we're fucked.
September 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I need to believe most people understand that what fascists want most from AI is a box that agrees with them and that everyone else agrees contains all factual knowledge and that they're jumping the gun in a very transparent way that makes them easy to stop.
Because of people don't, we're fucked.
Because of people don't, we're fucked.
Reposted by Catherine Winters
Oh, man. If Carney actual wins either of these Trump will turn Ottawa into a sheet of glass
Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Oh, man. If Carney actual wins either of these Trump will turn Ottawa into a sheet of glass
Tai has all the ingredients they need, they’ve got timing down, their soufflé works out, and everyone else stays out of the galley while they cook. #AwsomeCharacters
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Today, your character has taken over the writing process!
They have time to write themselves one scene (not plot pivotal) where everything goes just as they want!
What type of scene are they writing?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Today, your character has taken over the writing process!
They have time to write themselves one scene (not plot pivotal) where everything goes just as they want!
What type of scene are they writing?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 30, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Tai has all the ingredients they need, they’ve got timing down, their soufflé works out, and everyone else stays out of the galley while they cook. #AwsomeCharacters
Reposted by Catherine Winters
The “Cornell 7” framing rubs me the same way described in this thread.
We usually use that language for people falsely accused of crimes. Personally, I’ll be going back to “the Cornell gang rapists.”
We usually use that language for people falsely accused of crimes. Personally, I’ll be going back to “the Cornell gang rapists.”
Time for another language lesson! Stop calling them the “Cornell 7” or I’m going to throw things at you.
September 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The “Cornell 7” framing rubs me the same way described in this thread.
We usually use that language for people falsely accused of crimes. Personally, I’ll be going back to “the Cornell gang rapists.”
We usually use that language for people falsely accused of crimes. Personally, I’ll be going back to “the Cornell gang rapists.”
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how can you make a documentary about electronic music and call wendy carlos DERIVATIVE?????????
Now I’m furious again about that Sisters with Transistors doc for how it included her only to call her music reductive. Every woman involved in that film is a traitor, especially Ciani
September 30, 2026 at 8:15 PM
how can you make a documentary about electronic music and call wendy carlos DERIVATIVE?????????
Mr. Hegseth, I regret to inform you that you aren't going to win this one.
Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."
September 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Mr. Hegseth, I regret to inform you that you aren't going to win this one.
When she picks the wrong pocket, Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #DVPit #YA #F #LGBT #DIS
September 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Canada's new payment system, the Real-Time Rail, rolls out later this year, and promptly commits three Canadian sins:
1. Its name only makes sense to people in the payment processing industry
2. En français, it's Le système de paiement en temps réel du Canada (PTR)
3. IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ACRONYMS
1. Its name only makes sense to people in the payment processing industry
2. En français, it's Le système de paiement en temps réel du Canada (PTR)
3. IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ACRONYMS
Real-Time Rail payment system | Payments Canada
www.payments.ca
September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Canada's new payment system, the Real-Time Rail, rolls out later this year, and promptly commits three Canadian sins:
1. Its name only makes sense to people in the payment processing industry
2. En français, it's Le système de paiement en temps réel du Canada (PTR)
3. IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ACRONYMS
1. Its name only makes sense to people in the payment processing industry
2. En français, it's Le système de paiement en temps réel du Canada (PTR)
3. IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT ACRONYMS
#SeptemberWorldbuilders 30: I like seeing characters' day-to-day lives. Do they have to wait while boiling well water? Are there dead pixels on the "window"? What's their favourite thing to order at the diner down the street? What colour is the sky over the port?
Last day of #SeptemberWorldbuilders! Join me next month for more worldbuilding questions!
What kind of character archetypes, tropes, or worldbuilding elements do you like to see in fantasy/sci fi media? What things, when you see them, immediately make you more interested in the story?
What kind of character archetypes, tropes, or worldbuilding elements do you like to see in fantasy/sci fi media? What things, when you see them, immediately make you more interested in the story?
September 30, 2026 at 6:41 PM
#SeptemberWorldbuilders 30: I like seeing characters' day-to-day lives. Do they have to wait while boiling well water? Are there dead pixels on the "window"? What's their favourite thing to order at the diner down the street? What colour is the sky over the port?
Here’s a thought: what if computers weren’t allowed to suck up to us and tell people they’re a genius who should keep doing the thing they already want to do except more???
September 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Here’s a thought: what if computers weren’t allowed to suck up to us and tell people they’re a genius who should keep doing the thing they already want to do except more???
8am and I already know I’m not gonna receive any wisdom greater than this today. 🫡
This is Lowtax's world and we're all just living in it (except Lowtax)
September 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
8am and I already know I’m not gonna receive any wisdom greater than this today. 🫡
I know this sucks for the folks involved, and sorry about your country, Americans, but as a Canadian under threat of invasion, I feel a little bit of relief every time I read a headline like “Hegseth announces body armor is gay”.
Naval Academy, other military colleges won’t give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says
Naval Academy, other military colleges won’t give tenure to civilian faculty, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memo directing that the U.S. Department of Defense no longer appoint civilians as tenured faculty at the nation’s military academies, including the Naval...
buff.ly
September 30, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I know this sucks for the folks involved, and sorry about your country, Americans, but as a Canadian under threat of invasion, I feel a little bit of relief every time I read a headline like “Hegseth announces body armor is gay”.
Reposted by Catherine Winters
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
[JACK SMITH]: No.
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you watching a show starring James Marsters
[SMITH]: That's James Marsden
[JACK SMITH]: No.
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you watching a show starring James Marsters
[SMITH]: That's James Marsden
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee?
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
September 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
[JACK SMITH]: No.
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you watching a show starring James Marsters
[SMITH]: That's James Marsden
[JACK SMITH]: No.
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you watching a show starring James Marsters
[SMITH]: That's James Marsden
Reposted by Catherine Winters
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee?
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
September 29, 2026 at 11:08 PM
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee?
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
[JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think—
[SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz!
[SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz
Live action Wallace and Gromit
I know we’re not supposed to goof on people’s looks, but if this is what being a billionaire does to you, I’m happy to be a poor slob
September 30, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Live action Wallace and Gromit
Reposted by Catherine Winters
pspsps
yep we're doing it, give me a number 1-73
September 30, 2026 at 12:23 AM
pspsps
Hello #SunsetChat! I’m Catherine, currently finishing up a story about a woman whose humiliating job interview has thankfully been cut short by a 9.1 earthquake. Later, back to my magic-using pickpockets and their identity fraud.
#SunsetChat Hey Howdy Hey 💙 Welcome in and happy Tuesday, say hello and talk about either your most recent piece or your current WIP!
#QTP #PromptGame #WritingPrompt
#QTP #PromptGame #WritingPrompt
September 29, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Hello #SunsetChat! I’m Catherine, currently finishing up a story about a woman whose humiliating job interview has thankfully been cut short by a 9.1 earthquake. Later, back to my magic-using pickpockets and their identity fraud.
Violet wasn’t going to get the job. Even if her answers hadn’t made her sound like a lunatic, the fact the building had collapsed on the interview committee made it unlikely they were coming to work tomorrow.
Share the last line you wrote! No context allowed. #WritingPrompt
September 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Violet wasn’t going to get the job. Even if her answers hadn’t made her sound like a lunatic, the fact the building had collapsed on the interview committee made it unlikely they were coming to work tomorrow.
Reposted by Catherine Winters
Reposted by Catherine Winters
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
September 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
I usually wait to see what other people think about my highly-relatable self-inserts before declaring whether my characters are neurodivergent. #SpoonieAuthChat
Spoonie Authors Chat for writers who manage spoons, September 29, 2026:
Do you have neurodivergent characters in your books?
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat!) #WriteSky
Do you have neurodivergent characters in your books?
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat!) #WriteSky
September 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I usually wait to see what other people think about my highly-relatable self-inserts before declaring whether my characters are neurodivergent. #SpoonieAuthChat
Reposted by Catherine Winters
Reposted by Catherine Winters
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.
reut.rs
September 29, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Know what else had seven electors? The Holy Roman Empire.