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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026

Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company

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ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰 ☽|☾ 𝔓𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔰 @chaospriestess.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.

Screencap of Sam Neil in Event Horizon, his flight suit features an Australian flag with the union jack replaced by a yellow circle on black and red, the Australian aboriginal flag

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Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

my belief is that at the end of the day, great games are made by groups of people who have high trust with each other & can fluidly execute a shared vision. which is a small part of why these layoffs are so devastating- it's not just about jobs, it's about these "trust structures" being torn apart.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Such a lovely review of Coffee Talk Tokyo... It's a joy to see people (this reviewer, others, players) engaging with the game and connecting with the story. What weird and beautiful magic, when you release something into the world and people... get it? www.gamezebo.com/reviews/coff...

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Coffee Talk Tokyo Review: Romanticism In The Connections We Honour

My Coffee Talk Tokyo Review comes from the heart, in that I deep-dive into the romanticism of the games theme, and how it moved me.

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Coffee Talk Tokyo Review: Romanticism In The Connections We Honour

My Coffee Talk Tokyo Review comes from the heart, in that I deep-dive into the romanticism of the games theme, and how it moved me.

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Becky, Writer of Sexy Bad Decisions @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hey hey, did you know @coffeetalkgame.bsky.social is out now? Bestie @awstein.bsky.social did a fantastic job on the characters and dialogue, which is fun and snappy. I have a huge crush on Vin, of course. It's so affordable, check it out. store.steampowered.com/app/3161220/...

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Save 10% on Coffee Talk Tokyo on Steam

Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.

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Nintendo Insider @nintendoinsider.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Ahead of its launch, we had a chance to chat with Coffee Talk Tokyo @coffeetalkgame.bsky.social lead writer Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social about the narrative, the Tokyo setting, learnings from Episode 2, potential DLC, and more: www.nintendo-insider.com/coffee-talk-...

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Just out of two chill and cosy days at #AdventureX, and as much as the industry can sometimes be a chaotic, difficult place, the community is second to none. There is hope yet, and it lies with the people earnestly using their voices to create games and share their stories, despite everything.

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nobody™️ @granddad.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative

picture of a box with "leftist box of ammo (for crimes)" written on it

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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.

Cover of a Japanese film magazine from 1963 (N° 27) with a large b&w portrait of Margarita Volodina on it

The inside of the magazine, featuring some writing in Japanese and stills from the movie Optimistic Tragedy

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 20/09/2025

“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.”

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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.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

True message of hope here from old-timey ads (taken at the 1938 tube carriage revival)

An old-timey ad above the window of an antique tube carriage. It displays a hand pointing at you and reads in bold "You too can be a sucker" and in a smaller font "Just suck a smooth cool creamy minty chewy round slow velvety fresh clean solid buttery Nuttal's Mintoe and see"

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Felicia Day @felicia.day · 01/09/2025

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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?

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 28/08/2025

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

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🎃pumpkinnqueenn🎃 @jasminefayeart.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans

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Shane Liesegang, SJ (シェーン|شَيْن|เชน) @sjml.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.

I hate to just repeat the post text, but in this case it's a straight description: Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

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...

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

She loves being on this cushion, despite it being very far from any hiding place or her pen 😅 Display rabbit

A little black bunny is sitting on her cushion in the middle of the living room, lording over the proceeds

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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!

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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.)

A home office with a wall covered in bookshelves, which are packed with books in several rows.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Game development.

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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

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Kathy O'Donnell @kathyodonnell.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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.

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From the transgenderUK community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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...

A girl in a t-shirt with a smiley and shorts is floating in a blue-and-orange sunset sky, carried by a large number of colorful balloons attached to her hair and small wings on her heels. A seagull flying by gives her a quizzical look.

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Eschire Cat-tle, MSc @escherbug.art · 17/08/2025

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.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

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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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

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…

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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.

A canoe on a lake in front of islands and mountains

A black and white picture of stepping stones across a river

A wide angle shot on a blue lake with mountains in the back and green slopes either side

An empty row boat with a blue chair in the middle of it, floating next to a lake shore

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Part 4289 of the burnout recovery plan: resuming sketching. Found the "drawme" subreddit, and my goal is to do maybe one per day, keeping it to ~1h to 1h30 max. Let's see if that makes me progress 😅

A black girl in her pink fursona: a long pink wig, pink cat ears, and a cute pink outfit, with very colourful bracelets and hair accessories.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Little impromptu photo walk through London.

A black boy is performing a skateboard trick while an Asian girl waits for her turn in front of a tagged wall that says "Free Palestine"

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Jonny Edwards @veritasgaston.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

An incomparable legend.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The fact that the world leaders are just letting this happen is such a grim thought. Everything we learned in history books about people not knowing? Nah. People know, but they either can't or won't do anything.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Age verification? I remember when I had to wait for my mom to get off the phone so I could carry on downloading porn at 56kbps.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 07/07/2025

The point when change is rushing around you is the point to act with integrity and compassion for the best. They have not won just because they appear to be winning now. There is no stability. There is no long-term to their plan.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

You guys, writer's block is absolute ass. Why is it that some days I have entire word cascades pouring out of my fingers, and other days it's like squeezing a dry lemon for rotten juice? (The latter somehow more frequent when there is a deadline. Ugh.)

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

What you people do to your vowels should send you all to language jail (and I say this as a native speaker of French a.k.a. Nightmare of Silent Letters and Grammatical Exceptions.) I've lived in the UK fifteen whole years and learned how to pronounce "variable" like, six months ago. I cry.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 05/07/2025

If you ever think English isn’t a needlessly complicated language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme but read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

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Anna Winterstein @awstein.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Me: "As a French person, I really appreciate frequent and meaningful text exchanges from early on when getting to know someone and while building up to any further relationship" Me with my long-term French partner: (NB: "pouic" is French for "squeak")

Exhange on Telegram that goes "Pouic Pouic Pouic Pouiiiiiic Pouique" and other variations of the word Pouic

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/07/2025

Yes actually now is a great time to share good news Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them Yes indeed

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 03/07/2025

This is exactly it. If you want the next indie hit, fund stuff that doesn't look like it'll be the next indie hit. 99% of it won't be the next indie hit.

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Emily Hamilton @emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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Trans campaigners descend on UK parliament to protest 'bathroom ban'

Hundreds of transgender people and their supporters flocked to the UK parliament on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to oppose new guidelines that would deny them access to certain single-sex spaces.

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Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com · 25/06/2025

Take Us North by Anima Interactive is a narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border. Their Kickstarter is LIVE NOW for only 17 more days. ❤ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...

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Fede 🪶 @kurainisei.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

What are good newsletters about games? Less interested in reviews, more in critique, game studies and game design theory and practice. Halp!

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