Anna Winterstein
@awstein.bsky.social
Game Designer & Writer - Burnt-out raccoon
☕ Coffee Talk 2 & Tokyo 🎮 Ex-Lively Studio
🖋️ Words in LITG, F1 Manager, Anchored Hearts, BCS Mag
🥖 Baguette in Porridgeland
Trans rights are human rights, I can't believe that needs to be said.
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☕ Coffee Talk 2 & Tokyo 🎮 Ex-Lively Studio
🖋️ Words in LITG, F1 Manager, Anchored Hearts, BCS Mag
🥖 Baguette in Porridgeland
Trans rights are human rights, I can't believe that needs to be said.
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Anna Winterstein
@awstein.bsky.social
· Jun 8
Reintro time, given recent changes!
I'm Anna, a French-raised, UK-based game designer and writer currently focusing on getting Coffee Talk Tokyo out there ☕🥳
I erratically post about games, words, books, bunnies, travel pics, and (when I boil over) the appalling state of human rights.
I'm Anna, a French-raised, UK-based game designer and writer currently focusing on getting Coffee Talk Tokyo out there ☕🥳
I erratically post about games, words, books, bunnies, travel pics, and (when I boil over) the appalling state of human rights.
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y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative
September 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative
Going through my grandmother's documents, and I found this Japanese movie magazine from the 60s that has her on the cover (amongst family pictures, some of them as old as the 1920s...) My little former-historian soul is kind of blown away.
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Going through my grandmother's documents, and I found this Japanese movie magazine from the 60s that has her on the cover (amongst family pictures, some of them as old as the 1920s...) My little former-historian soul is kind of blown away.
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“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Fallen Pomodoro
I think Fallen London is my new way to keep myself engaged while I'm working rn. I just set a timer for every 10 minutes (around how long it takes to regen an action) and it gives me progress markers to show how long I've been working. It's easy to reset the timer and save them until I need a break.
September 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Fallen Pomodoro
True message of hope here from old-timey ads (taken at the 1938 tube carriage revival)
September 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
True message of hope here from old-timey ads (taken at the 1938 tube carriage revival)
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Some of the most remarkable lost artefacts from the ancient world were the titanic wrecks of the Nemi ships, built for a Roman emperor.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
September 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Good people of BookSky, I come begging for reading recs.
Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?
Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?
September 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good people of BookSky, I come begging for reading recs.
Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?
Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?
Of a mind to save it and send it over every time I come across someone who needs to read it...
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Of a mind to save it and send it over every time I come across someone who needs to read it...
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Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
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*breathe in*
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
August 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
*breathe in*
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
I am not a dumpster fire.
*breathe out*
I am a dumpster phoenix.
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Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans
August 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans
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Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.
August 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.
And this is why hereditary privilege should not be a thing - certainly not monarchy, but also not inherited wealth. A 100% inheritance tax looking better by the minute...
Me five minutes ago: I'm not going to read the Prince Andrew biography, so I'll just read this article about it
Me after reading these two paragraphs: LMAO GOOD GOD
Me after reading these two paragraphs: LMAO GOOD GOD
August 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
And this is why hereditary privilege should not be a thing - certainly not monarchy, but also not inherited wealth. A 100% inheritance tax looking better by the minute...
She loves being on this cushion, despite it being very far from any hiding place or her pen 😅 Display rabbit
August 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
She loves being on this cushion, despite it being very far from any hiding place or her pen 😅 Display rabbit
You guys, I believe this will be on the iPlayer eventually, and if you have even a passing interest in classical music, you should give it a watch. An absolutely epic rendition of a gorgeous work!
BBC Radio 3
BBC Proms 2025
Now Playing
Gustav Mahler, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Klaus Mäkelä
Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
BBC Proms 2025
Now Playing
Gustav Mahler, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Klaus Mäkelä
Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You guys, I believe this will be on the iPlayer eventually, and if you have even a passing interest in classical music, you should give it a watch. An absolutely epic rendition of a gorgeous work!
Guys guys! After literal months, the books, they are all in the shelves 😍📚 And they all fit! (We don't ask how, we just give praise to the bookshelf gods. We also don't ask about the remaining pockets of mess.)
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Guys guys! After literal months, the books, they are all in the shelves 😍📚 And they all fit! (We don't ask how, we just give praise to the bookshelf gods. We also don't ask about the remaining pockets of mess.)
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Game development.
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Game development.
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This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
August 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
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www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
From the transgenderUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community
www.reddit.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
This one isn't strictly a sketch - it took me a fair bit longer than 1h - but yay, colours! Another drawme subreddit prompt that turned out really fun. There is a person out there who legit attached this number of balloons to her hair...
August 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This one isn't strictly a sketch - it took me a fair bit longer than 1h - but yay, colours! Another drawme subreddit prompt that turned out really fun. There is a person out there who legit attached this number of balloons to her hair...
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I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
Evergreen, and applicable to game design as well: go out there, look at other artforms, experience things, live life. That's how you get inspiration and knowledge to make the really cool things.
Unsolicited Writing Advice: no. 12675:
"Write what you know" does NOT mean "Stop learning." The more you learn, the more you read, the more you experience, the more people you meet with different lives to yours, the more you're going to know, and that knowledge will make you a better writer.
"Write what you know" does NOT mean "Stop learning." The more you learn, the more you read, the more you experience, the more people you meet with different lives to yours, the more you're going to know, and that knowledge will make you a better writer.
August 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Evergreen, and applicable to game design as well: go out there, look at other artforms, experience things, live life. That's how you get inspiration and knowledge to make the really cool things.
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Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Have the plums in the icebox for breakfast. They're delicious. So sweet and so cold.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…
September 1, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Have the plums in the icebox for breakfast. They're delicious. So sweet and so cold.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…
First time ever in the Lake District, and it doesn't disappoint! The rolling hills, the taller peaks, the water; such a beautiful place... I get what the fuss is about.
August 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
First time ever in the Lake District, and it doesn't disappoint! The rolling hills, the taller peaks, the water; such a beautiful place... I get what the fuss is about.