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the rachel maddow you got on wish

@reallifecatherine.bsky.social
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she/her. writer, editor, shitposter. disaster made flesh. medusa enthusiast. chinashop bull. catherineforrest.substack.com.

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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
When you're reading back over what you wrote and you get to where you left off and you realize that there's no more and there's no one to blame but yourself.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm looking for testers for my new app, ScribeTrack. You can sign up at ScribeTrack.ink. Looking for writers of all kinds: freelancers, novelists, W2 writers. #writing #amwriting
A splash graphic for ScribeTrack that reads "turn your writing into data" and shows an analytics dashboard.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became a victim of kidney theft in the alley behind Honey Pig.
A screenshot of a text message from an unknown number that reads "let's get bbq together" and my response, "idk who this is but I'm down"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
That just means when we eat the rich we're starting with him. 💅🏻
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My girlfriend looks like Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC and i cannot overstate how fortunate I am.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I wasn't sure if I spelled "tie fighter" right in my manuscript so I reached out to a Star Wars nerd for help and he told me it's "TIE fighter" because it's an acronym but he noticed in the surrounding text I had "flying at 50 million miles an hour" and now I'm getting a physics lecture, send help.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Don't tell me how to live my life
The seal on a small tub of ice cream reads "best enjoyed slowly"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My workbook is live! The Editor's Pass is a 174-page workbook with 58 worksheets to help writers and authors revise and self-edit using the same macro-to-micro methodology that pro editors use. I would love it if you gave it a quick look. theeditorsdesk.etsy.com/listing/4504...
An infographic about The Editor's Pass, a self editing system for authors, printable PDF workbook. It includes images of pages from the workbook and an endorsement that reads "this workbook teaches writers not only what to fix but how to think like an editor while preserving their unique voice. It's an indispensable tool for any fiction writer." —Tricia Knight, Managing Editor, Bloomsbury Academic
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Light academia enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance set in a world where the most powerful magic is tied to neurodiversity, wherein two competing scholars at the frontier of the study of metaphysical humors clash when cut funding forces them to share a lab. ✅ yes write this ❌ no do not write this
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Googling "right side abdominal pain am I dying" every 28 days of my entire adult life
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Me to my brother: "the algorithm doesn't know you're my brother, can you give me an endorsement?" My brother: "Sure. How about 'if this were a street sign I was legally obligated to read, I might read it'?" Anyway please give my shop a heart. You know, for the algorithm. theeditorsdesk.etsy.com
theeditorsdesk.etsy.com
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My dad voted for trump three times. He lost his relationship with me over it (I'm queer w trans immigrant wife). Gas prices were more important to him than (my) human rights. Gas is $6/gallon now I wonder if he's happy with how it turned out
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"this isn't going to be enough food" to "oh no this is way too much food" pipeline.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"having sex will ruin your life forever" to "when are we getting some grandbabies?" pipeline
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Oh my God I didn't say *ballroom* I said *belle room*
Diane Nguyen from Bojack horseman looking annoyed
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
You want to see a totally Sweet performance? 👀 youtu.be/qhhsgkvaScI?...
youtu.be
April 4, 2026
YouTube video by Catherine Forrest
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My friend said they'd pay good money if me & my brother do Love Shack at karaoke. I said "bet, how much if we reverse parts?" (cause he's got a clutch falsetto and I got a 3.5 octave instrument) Friend did not miss a beat "Well, the same, but your brother will get 78 cents on the dollar" 💀
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My new workbook, The Editor's Pass, launches May 25. It's a guide to self-editing for fiction writers that teaches the same macro-to-micro system professional editors use. I'd be honored if you check out my site and sign up to be notified at launch with a 40% off founders discount! editorsdesk.co
The title page of The Editor's Pass: A Comprehensive Self-Editing Workbook for Fiction Writers by Catherine Forrest, ELS, Editor and Publishing Professional with 20 years of experience
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Me watching Claude build the app I described at 3 am when I was high.
Math lady meme
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Is it me or is McAfee just a collection of dark patterns in a trench coat pretending to be a service
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Megan, I may not be a football player but I'd treat you right.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
As a bisexual woman I feel very qualified to speak on this. If I fumbled Megan Thee Stallion I would simply Fill my pockets with rocks and walk into the sea
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Last night I dreamed I went to a party at Cate Blanchett's house and she made me sing an Enya song for her guests, one of whom was Daniel Radcliffe.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
🎵Here come that em dash He say "That's not nothing." Got those Inline headings He say "If you asked me?" He use "Not just A, but also B." One thing I can tell you He used ChatGPT.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ah yes famous libtard "the pope"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sitting in the mammogram waiting room in my blue imaging drape: "wow it's crazy that we're all wearing the same outfit."
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For forty years I thought the lyrics to Barracuda said "you met the purpose in me." It is hard to overstate my shock and delight today when I learned it is "you met the PORPOISE and me."
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Maybe the reason Alien and Aliens resonate with me so hard is they're about a smart woman being pragmatic and no one listening to her until everyone dies.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Man, between Heart and The Sword in the Stone, my childhood had me thinking barracudas are way more dangerous than they actually are.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Tone Loc's songs from the 1980s are wildly homophobic and transphobic but I do kind of miss this *genre* of song that's just, like, your weirdest friend telling you an absolutely absurd story that just goes on way too long.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Time traveling Catherine from 2026: "and then you're gonna rent a GPU for a few days to make your own AI" Catherine from 1996: "rent a GPU? You mean like my Voodoo 3?"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
My mom: "I don't want her to think I'm unsympathetic." Me: "but you are unsympathetic" My mom": "yes but I don't want her to think that"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Opening the front door of the Anthropic headquarters like "Claude! Run for it! I'll distract them! You are free!"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Next time somebody at work tells me AI is here to stay and we all have to learn it to survive I'ma be like "right, like blockchain!"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Started my first publishing job in 2005. The boss would walk down the hall and put a manuscript box in my inbox with the author's surname written across the short end in sharpie. I would open the box and tackle the paper manuscript inside with a red pencil and a nonrepro-blue pen. Career nostalgia.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My friend's company had to fire a guy for sexually harassing her and then a few weeks later the CEO commented on her "fucking purple hair" and idk but if I were the CEO whose company was almost owned sunk by a valid SH complaint, I simply would not go on to make comments on the victim's appearance.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My partner and I just spent like 5 solid minutes trying to get the Alexa to answer a simple question because she has an accent and I'm high as fuck.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The feminine urge to watch the world burn.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Going to the doctor tomorrow to see about getting something for my perimenopause symptoms and my girlfriend accused me of cis maxxing.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"women couldn't be knights because women don't have the upper body strength to hold a sword all day" here are some things that weigh more than a typical historic longsword Frying pan Laundry basket Wet mop Vacuum cleaner Bag of groceries Gallon of milk Actual baby
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Idea for the ultimate nineties tattoo mashing up Lydia taking polaroid pictures of the ghosts "no feet!" and John Connor with the knife "no fate"
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Forty year old millennial woman in therapy: "I suppose my abandonment issues started when my parents sold me to One Direction."
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
RLMF (reinforcement learning from machine feedback).
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
There's a garden center by me that sells bees, like legit hives and queens. Also they have a loyalty program and their loyalty points are called "bees". This is super confusing because they keep telling me "you earned 20 bees today" and I'm like "oh no do I have to take them? I don't want 20 bees."
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Deepseek seems intelligent but it tips its hand when it estimates how likely Andrew Lloyd Webber is to slay at karaoke.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
True Lies is an underappreciated movie.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"Sabrina Carpenter and the Shawshank Redemption" (remake idea)
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We need to replace all the porn in the men's training data with dirty romance novels.
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trees are like the Earth's fur. 🤔
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the rachel maddow you got on wish @reallifecatherine.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Has anyone checked whether Sam Altman is hallucinating? Maybe we can ask him to review the context, reconsider the logic, discard previous response, and regenerate a new decision?
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