wertercatt
@wertercatt.bsky.social
ATProto experiment developer, poly and plural trans woman. it/its (feminine terms)
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#oponaemi
(Fedizens: follow @[email protected] if you want to interact. I'm not coming back to your admin drama generator.)
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Streams start at 14:30 central with a 20 m㏌ute aimlabs session before the ma㏌ game, and end at 17:00
sunday: emudevz
monday: arma 3: contact
tuesday: pony island
wednesday: paper mario: master quest
thursday: no stream, coⅱege.
friday: dwarf fortress
saturday: k㏌g of the castle (faⅱback: uno)
sunday: emudevz
monday: arma 3: contact
tuesday: pony island
wednesday: paper mario: master quest
thursday: no stream, coⅱege.
friday: dwarf fortress
saturday: k㏌g of the castle (faⅱback: uno)
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Important question!! You're out on a walk and you come across this pristine patch of snow. What do you do?
1. Admire from a careful distance
2. Protect at all costs
3. Place a few artful hand/footprints
4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities
1. Admire from a careful distance
2. Protect at all costs
3. Place a few artful hand/footprints
4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Important question!! You're out on a walk and you come across this pristine patch of snow. What do you do?
1. Admire from a careful distance
2. Protect at all costs
3. Place a few artful hand/footprints
4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities
1. Admire from a careful distance
2. Protect at all costs
3. Place a few artful hand/footprints
4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities
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“Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4”
The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
“Based on recent events, we are moving our assessment of one of the categories — stifling speech and dissent — up one notch, to Level 4”
The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The NYT editorial board on its updated autocracy index
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Love this. In 1999 my friend and I made a 20-foot Atari 8-bit SIO peripheral chain on the floor of my parents' basement (just to see if we could), and then set it up to record music from M.U.L.E., Ultima III, Archon, etc. to DAT. A Win98 PC and PS1 sat idle in the next room. I wish I had a picture.
My brother playing Wizard of Wor on the Atari 800 in 1999, in a little vintage computer area I set up at my parents' house -- My last retro hurrah just before I moved out😁
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Love this. In 1999 my friend and I made a 20-foot Atari 8-bit SIO peripheral chain on the floor of my parents' basement (just to see if we could), and then set it up to record music from M.U.L.E., Ultima III, Archon, etc. to DAT. A Win98 PC and PS1 sat idle in the next room. I wish I had a picture.
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Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
The Death and Rebirth of the Queer Bookstore
Hi! Before we get started… Right now, you can get a Humble Bundle including everything Annalee Newitz and I have published with Tor for just $18 (plus...
buttondown.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Queer bookstores died in 2010. We had a funeral and everything!
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Except... a ton of people decided to roll up their sleeves and start *new* queer bookshops, all over the place. In cities. In tiny towns.
My latest newsletter is about the rebirth of the LGBTQ bookshop:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
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An English friend almost ground his molars to nubs post Brexit when his family members said basically, "Well, we never thought they would actually do it..." Problem is votes have real-world consequences.
February 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
An English friend almost ground his molars to nubs post Brexit when his family members said basically, "Well, we never thought they would actually do it..." Problem is votes have real-world consequences.
Dwarf Fortress stream went super !!fun!! this time. We experienced a game crash that reverted the death of 4 dwarves, only for me to blunder losing 4 dwarves to basically the same thing anyway when I thought I was more prepared.
Caverns are super dangerous apparently and 3 cage traps isn't enough.
Caverns are super dangerous apparently and 3 cage traps isn't enough.
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Dwarf Fortress stream went super !!fun!! this time. We experienced a game crash that reverted the death of 4 dwarves, only for me to blunder losing 4 dwarves to basically the same thing anyway when I thought I was more prepared.
Caverns are super dangerous apparently and 3 cage traps isn't enough.
Caverns are super dangerous apparently and 3 cage traps isn't enough.
Stream announcement: At 3 PM (Central) tomorrow, we will continue running the Dwarf Fortress of Diamondspeech to rebuild the Submerged Sword! Come swing by if you want to see an intermediate player's attempt to save a struggling dwarf civ! twitch.tv/wertercatt
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Stream announcement: At 3 PM (Central) tomorrow, we will continue running the Dwarf Fortress of Diamondspeech to rebuild the Submerged Sword! Come swing by if you want to see an intermediate player's attempt to save a struggling dwarf civ! twitch.tv/wertercatt
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very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona
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A couple years ago I picked up a big box copy of Myst 3 at a thrift store thinking “surely this won’t be habit forming” and boy that was inaccurate.
February 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
A couple years ago I picked up a big box copy of Myst 3 at a thrift store thinking “surely this won’t be habit forming” and boy that was inaccurate.
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The tide is shifting. They're walking back the bullshit hype.
February 5, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The tide is shifting. They're walking back the bullshit hype.
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oh miku the hatsune... we're really in it now
February 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
oh miku the hatsune... we're really in it now
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"Free Demo."
Always worth seeing again, especially on Paper Mario's 25th NA release birthday. Still one of my favourite game ads.
Always worth seeing again, especially on Paper Mario's 25th NA release birthday. Still one of my favourite game ads.
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"Free Demo."
Always worth seeing again, especially on Paper Mario's 25th NA release birthday. Still one of my favourite game ads.
Always worth seeing again, especially on Paper Mario's 25th NA release birthday. Still one of my favourite game ads.
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sign for a market i'm doing at the mall this weekend.
February 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
sign for a market i'm doing at the mall this weekend.
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I....what?
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I....what?
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u can literally do so many things right during an LP and the audience will nod silently in observation but then the moment you miss something you start getting comments like “why must you fail me so often. knowing you is agony.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
u can literally do so many things right during an LP and the audience will nod silently in observation but then the moment you miss something you start getting comments like “why must you fail me so often. knowing you is agony.”
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"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Jeffrey" i holler as i overturn a brazier at the billionaire party and turn this Eyes Wide Shut into Eyes Wide Shit
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 AM
"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Jeffrey" i holler as i overturn a brazier at the billionaire party and turn this Eyes Wide Shut into Eyes Wide Shit
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these vans are the sort of epitome of the breakdown of the brand’s creative identity and shift toward slopshoe for me, btw. they had really neat collabs in the past but for this to drop after being super hyped up felt like a *notable* downgrade.
I hate living in the era of collabslop. I hate it so much. I hate that our entire culture is just swimming in shit like this now. If you buy any of these products I despise you
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
these vans are the sort of epitome of the breakdown of the brand’s creative identity and shift toward slopshoe for me, btw. they had really neat collabs in the past but for this to drop after being super hyped up felt like a *notable* downgrade.
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
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February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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okay so radical bodily autonomy immediately though
February 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
okay so radical bodily autonomy immediately though
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"This is my daughter Antifa and my son Fuck Ice"
Antifa would be a beautiful girl's name
February 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"This is my daughter Antifa and my son Fuck Ice"