Catherine Winters
@catherinewinters.com
She/her, creator of procedural art bots, games, and VR stuff. Not AI.
🎮 Making After Work, a game about rummaging around in your coworkers' desks: https://cornonthecob.games
📖 Querying my queer science fiction heist novel.
https://catherinewinters.com
🎮 Making After Work, a game about rummaging around in your coworkers' desks: https://cornonthecob.games
📖 Querying my queer science fiction heist novel.
https://catherinewinters.com
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#NovemberWorldBuilders 11: Nia's had to make some hard choices the past three years. It's worth it though, to make sure her little brother Matteo is safe. Still, thirteen-year-old Nia wouldn't recognize herself today. That's probably a good thing, she thinks. It means there might be going back.
Greetings, #NovemberWorldbuilders. Tell me about the ethics of your MC or any character who is important in your world's lore. Are they morally good? Morally grey? Do they have a belief contrary to what others around them believe in? Are there any acts they refuse to do?
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#NovemberWorldBuilders 11: Nia's had to make some hard choices the past three years. It's worth it though, to make sure her little brother Matteo is safe. Still, thirteen-year-old Nia wouldn't recognize herself today. That's probably a good thing, she thinks. It means there might be going back.
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
Death was supposed to come for Joyce Carol Oates a year ago, but he knew her work was not yet finished.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Death was supposed to come for Joyce Carol Oates a year ago, but he knew her work was not yet finished.
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I realize there are so many fights going on right now and it's so, so hard to find the spoons to do shit like this
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I realize there are so many fights going on right now and it's so, so hard to find the spoons to do shit like this
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
But censoring people, removing them from public life, is a massive step towards genocide, and we MUST fight it
Nia’s deepest wish is that she lived in a world where her parents were still around, where no one had ever died of the rings, where her father’s fortunes hadn’t fallen, where public education still existed and she was just able to be an ordinary teenage girl. #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions
We are 14 days out (with the date change), which means it is time for #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions to help you deep dive into your wip(s).
Days 19
Days 19
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Nia’s deepest wish is that she lived in a world where her parents were still around, where no one had ever died of the rings, where her father’s fortunes hadn’t fallen, where public education still existed and she was just able to be an ordinary teenage girl. #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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since we want a Hugo for translations, we want translations, right?
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
The small African press, writers, and translators we are funding have a very cool plan for these two books you're making happen. But we need to close up the funding on this second book. Can you help? Last stretch! #AfricanTranslationProject #AfricanLiterature #HumanTranslation
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / Month 8 / Need to complete funding for Shona → English translation / still needed: $2920, 58% / isiZulu translation is now funded / Kiswahili translation is currently off...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
since we want a Hugo for translations, we want translations, right?
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
and I DO read outside of sffh every once in a while, actually. I think it's important to just. READ. Especially things that come from outside my perspective, expectations, and experiences!
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You can buy anything you want and laws don't matter. You desperately crave attention and want 26-year-old men to think you're funny. You have the means to arrange for a dump truck of manure to be unloaded on Joyce Carol Oates' lawn while you mug for the camera. Through angry tears, you open Twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You can buy anything you want and laws don't matter. You desperately crave attention and want 26-year-old men to think you're funny. You have the means to arrange for a dump truck of manure to be unloaded on Joyce Carol Oates' lawn while you mug for the camera. Through angry tears, you open Twitter.
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This is so fucking insulting. This is why you don't settle.
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is so fucking insulting. This is why you don't settle.
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Who got the structure of DNA? Franklin, Crick, and Watson. It's true and we can't be stopped.
Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Who got the structure of DNA? Franklin, Crick, and Watson. It's true and we can't be stopped.
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My first third of #Nudivember paintings, all done in watercolor and ink and a touch of white gauche.
#TradArt
#TradArt
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
My first third of #Nudivember paintings, all done in watercolor and ink and a touch of white gauche.
#TradArt
#TradArt
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Thank you for helping us reach a funding goal! To show we put creators first, we're doing a 5 emote comm for our Discord for $100!
To apply, reply to this post with by Nov 20:
1️⃣ Your emote portfolio
2️⃣ A bit about your art background
We'll pick by the 24th!
!NO AI!🚫🤖
To apply, reply to this post with by Nov 20:
1️⃣ Your emote portfolio
2️⃣ A bit about your art background
We'll pick by the 24th!
!NO AI!🚫🤖
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you for helping us reach a funding goal! To show we put creators first, we're doing a 5 emote comm for our Discord for $100!
To apply, reply to this post with by Nov 20:
1️⃣ Your emote portfolio
2️⃣ A bit about your art background
We'll pick by the 24th!
!NO AI!🚫🤖
To apply, reply to this post with by Nov 20:
1️⃣ Your emote portfolio
2️⃣ A bit about your art background
We'll pick by the 24th!
!NO AI!🚫🤖
It's gotta be a little Griffith Observatory, doesn't it?
Craft a piece of science fiction history! LAcon V is soliciting submissions for a base design for the Hugo Awards that celebrates science fiction’s sense of adventure and what makes LAcon V and Southern California special as both a Worldcon & location.
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's gotta be a little Griffith Observatory, doesn't it?
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I'm Hugo Admin for 2026 - who's going to design the awesome base for the awards we'll give out? Could it be you?
Craft a piece of science fiction history! LAcon V is soliciting submissions for a base design for the Hugo Awards that celebrates science fiction’s sense of adventure and what makes LAcon V and Southern California special as both a Worldcon & location.
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
We welcome all submissions: lacon.org/hugobase
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'm Hugo Admin for 2026 - who's going to design the awesome base for the awards we'll give out? Could it be you?
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Can we stop this “parents know best” not always - LGBTQ people have to find community and find their own way because usually their parents know jack shit about being LGBTQ and that’s just facts!
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can we stop this “parents know best” not always - LGBTQ people have to find community and find their own way because usually their parents know jack shit about being LGBTQ and that’s just facts!
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Not gonna lie, THIS one hurts.
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not gonna lie, THIS one hurts.
You can buy anything you want and laws don't matter. You desperately crave attention and want 26-year-old men to think you're funny. You have the means to arrange for a dump truck of manure to be unloaded on Joyce Carol Oates' lawn while you mug for the camera. Through angry tears, you open Twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You can buy anything you want and laws don't matter. You desperately crave attention and want 26-year-old men to think you're funny. You have the means to arrange for a dump truck of manure to be unloaded on Joyce Carol Oates' lawn while you mug for the camera. Through angry tears, you open Twitter.
It's simple math. Abolishing public education frees up budgetary resources for the workhouse and expanding the Night Watch. And secret rituals decades in the planning. #FiFRevPit
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's simple math. Abolishing public education frees up budgetary resources for the workhouse and expanding the Night Watch. And secret rituals decades in the planning. #FiFRevPit
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making a fantasy setting?
have you considered using an archipelago, the best of all landmass types?
have you considered using an archipelago, the best of all landmass types?
Ooo 🤝 Deadfire
Fucked up societies on islands
Fucked up societies on islands
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
making a fantasy setting?
have you considered using an archipelago, the best of all landmass types?
have you considered using an archipelago, the best of all landmass types?
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sooooooooo how is the independent appview fight going? I know Link was suspended several weeks before my vacation, has anyone actually deployed their own appview on their own web UI yet in a hosted fashion so we can see Link, or do I need to vet and self-host @dollspace.gay's project for myself?
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
sooooooooo how is the independent appview fight going? I know Link was suspended several weeks before my vacation, has anyone actually deployed their own appview on their own web UI yet in a hosted fashion so we can see Link, or do I need to vet and self-host @dollspace.gay's project for myself?
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
The law student that considers doing this shouldn't ever be admitted to the bar.
Should law students use AI to summarize cases, draft outlines, or edit writing?
I explore 10 ways students are using AI in law schools worldwide, and the key challenge of avoiding over-reliance.
www.slaw.ca/2025/11/10/h...
I explore 10 ways students are using AI in law schools worldwide, and the key challenge of avoiding over-reliance.
www.slaw.ca/2025/11/10/h...
How Profs and Students Are Using AI in Law Schools Around the World - Slaw
Law schools everywhere are confronting the same issue: how to use AI to help rather than hinder student learning. In an earlier column, I speculated on ways we might help law students foster good over...
www.slaw.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The law student that considers doing this shouldn't ever be admitted to the bar.