Chris Winterton
@wintertonink.bsky.social
Writer of Warhammer Horror short story The Stacks for Black Library, included in The Resting Places anthology. He/him.
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Chris Winterton
@wintertonink.bsky.social
· Jan 15
The Stacks, my story for Black Library’s Warhammer Horror. An archivist is sent into the depths to retrieve a book at the behest of an impatient Inquisition.
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"What did you do this afternoon, Tam?"
Oh, just wrote and recorded an instrumental Metal track for a fictional band.
🤘😎
#Nerdlings
Oh, just wrote and recorded an instrumental Metal track for a fictional band.
🤘😎
#Nerdlings
March 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"What did you do this afternoon, Tam?"
Oh, just wrote and recorded an instrumental Metal track for a fictional band.
🤘😎
#Nerdlings
Oh, just wrote and recorded an instrumental Metal track for a fictional band.
🤘😎
#Nerdlings
Describe your wargaming energy in 3 words?!
“Fails to achieve objectives.”
“Fails to achieve objectives.”
Describe your wargaming energy in 3 words?!
“Ambitious but rubbish.”
“Ambitious but rubbish.”
Describe your wargaming energy in 3 words!?
"More Warpstone, yes!"
"More Warpstone, yes!"
March 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Describe your wargaming energy in 3 words?!
“Fails to achieve objectives.”
“Fails to achieve objectives.”
Creeping into everything like black mould. Meta AI now in WhatsApp
March 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Creeping into everything like black mould. Meta AI now in WhatsApp
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So: all 25 of my novels, 30+ short stories, a bunch of reviews (?), essays and academic articles & books. More than 70 items all told. Bloody hell.
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So: all 25 of my novels, 30+ short stories, a bunch of reviews (?), essays and academic articles & books. More than 70 items all told. Bloody hell.
I remember watching this when it was a kids cartoon…
March 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I remember watching this when it was a kids cartoon…
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No one told me that the German editions of the Dark Future books have some of the most bodacious covers ever made!
March 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
No one told me that the German editions of the Dark Future books have some of the most bodacious covers ever made!
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Could this be the weekend that you start a new life of adventure as a magazine reader?
Reject pixels, embrace paper and, maybe, discover your new favourite tabletop game
shop.wyrd.science
Reject pixels, embrace paper and, maybe, discover your new favourite tabletop game
shop.wyrd.science
Wyrd Science - Store
the magazine for people who should roll better...
shop.wyrd.science
March 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Could this be the weekend that you start a new life of adventure as a magazine reader?
Reject pixels, embrace paper and, maybe, discover your new favourite tabletop game
shop.wyrd.science
Reject pixels, embrace paper and, maybe, discover your new favourite tabletop game
shop.wyrd.science
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
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Farming isn’t just business – it’s heritage, food security, and survival. So why is the government treating farmers like just another tax target? J.J. Jackson reports 🚜
eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/farm...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/farm...
Farmers and the Treasury: a new dialogue of the deaf
Across the country, the storm continues over whether the government’s inheritance tax will reshape the farming landscape forever
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Farming isn’t just business – it’s heritage, food security, and survival. So why is the government treating farmers like just another tax target? J.J. Jackson reports 🚜
eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/farm...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/farming/farm...
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according…
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
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Ack! I am remiss in failing to mention @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and @raforall.bsky.social who are both female horror writers (non-fiction) and cornerstones of the genre.
It's Women in Horror Month; let us speak now of women horror writers substack.com/home/post/p-...
March 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ack! I am remiss in failing to mention @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and @raforall.bsky.social who are both female horror writers (non-fiction) and cornerstones of the genre.
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Want to read a book but can’t afford to buy it?
❌ don’t pirate/steal it
✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE.
If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it.
You get to read.
Authors get paid.
Libraries stay open.
✨ Triple win ✨
#BookSky #Library
❌ don’t pirate/steal it
✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE.
If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it.
You get to read.
Authors get paid.
Libraries stay open.
✨ Triple win ✨
#BookSky #Library
March 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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On this International Women's Day, may all your fondest dreams and cleverest plans be realized.
March 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
On this International Women's Day, may all your fondest dreams and cleverest plans be realized.
DuckDuckGo just gave me an “AI” assisted search results summary for the first time, so into the bin with that. Over to Ecosia I guess?
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
DuckDuckGo just gave me an “AI” assisted search results summary for the first time, so into the bin with that. Over to Ecosia I guess?
For World Book Day a perennial recommendation from me; The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington.
March 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For World Book Day a perennial recommendation from me; The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington.
Start the week with some metal.
Year of the Cobra’s self titled third album wrings every bit of heaviness from the duo’s bass and drums to produce some excellent doom metal.
#metalmonday #doommetal
yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-o...
Year of the Cobra’s self titled third album wrings every bit of heaviness from the duo’s bass and drums to produce some excellent doom metal.
#metalmonday #doommetal
yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-o...
Year Of The Cobra, by Year of the Cobra
8 track album
yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Start the week with some metal.
Year of the Cobra’s self titled third album wrings every bit of heaviness from the duo’s bass and drums to produce some excellent doom metal.
#metalmonday #doommetal
yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-o...
Year of the Cobra’s self titled third album wrings every bit of heaviness from the duo’s bass and drums to produce some excellent doom metal.
#metalmonday #doommetal
yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-o...
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Hey! Don't forget *NOT* to use the iOS Patreon app to buy things or subscribe to memberships because the app store now has a 30% fee which either the creator is covering themselves or is increasing the price on whatever you're buying (patreon emailed me today to tell me I could choose which)
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hey! Don't forget *NOT* to use the iOS Patreon app to buy things or subscribe to memberships because the app store now has a 30% fee which either the creator is covering themselves or is increasing the price on whatever you're buying (patreon emailed me today to tell me I could choose which)
March 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Black Library Book Club to watch and Word Bearers to paint
February 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Black Library Book Club to watch and Word Bearers to paint
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Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
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Last day!
Support Waterstones - save money!
Support Waterstones - save money!
February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Last day!
Support Waterstones - save money!
Support Waterstones - save money!
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The AI consultation closes tomorrow - if you haven't already, please use these resources to write to your MP today. It will take five minutes.
The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.
Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
February 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The AI consultation closes tomorrow - if you haven't already, please use these resources to write to your MP today. It will take five minutes.
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Well, I guess I won't be buying Miniature Wargames any more...
June 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Well, I guess I won't be buying Miniature Wargames any more...