Talia Dashow
@taliad.bsky.social
Creativity coach. Working in community mental health and studying to be a therapist. Crafter. Mom. Science fiction enthusiast. She/Her
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WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊
#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊
#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
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Six minute explainer for lay folk about why the current consolidation of corporations in the US sucks
If you’re a wonk you know this stuff, but if, like me, you want to explain it to someone else this will help
If you’re a wonk you know this stuff, but if, like me, you want to explain it to someone else this will help
Just five media companies control 90% of our media market.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
But it’s not just media. In 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did 20 years ago – leaving us vulnerable to higher prices and lower wages.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Six minute explainer for lay folk about why the current consolidation of corporations in the US sucks
If you’re a wonk you know this stuff, but if, like me, you want to explain it to someone else this will help
If you’re a wonk you know this stuff, but if, like me, you want to explain it to someone else this will help
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Parents, we want to hear from you about how your children are reacting to news events that involve violence and the conversations you’re having with them.
Please fill out our form and contribute to our reporting: https://bit.ly/48jbRTs
Please fill out our form and contribute to our reporting: https://bit.ly/48jbRTs
September 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Parents, we want to hear from you about how your children are reacting to news events that involve violence and the conversations you’re having with them.
Please fill out our form and contribute to our reporting: https://bit.ly/48jbRTs
Please fill out our form and contribute to our reporting: https://bit.ly/48jbRTs
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I need you to call your reps and tell them to oppose the HHS appropriations bill. They are trying to sneak a nationwide total trans healthcare ban in it regardless of age.
House HHS Appropriations Bill Would Devastate Trans Adult Healthcare Nationwide
The bill would bar federal funding for any "social, psychological, behavioral, or medical intervention" to treat gender dysphoria.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I need you to call your reps and tell them to oppose the HHS appropriations bill. They are trying to sneak a nationwide total trans healthcare ban in it regardless of age.
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We shared a status update on our Steam page, talking about demoing at MAGwest and more importantly, about the work that we're doing to add more interesting story and puzzles to the end of the game. Check it out at
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...
#indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...
#indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame
Puzzle Spy International - September Update - Steam News
We talk about demoing the game at MAGwest and the changes we're making to the end of the game to make it more satisfying (along with adding more puzzles.)
store.steampowered.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
We shared a status update on our Steam page, talking about demoing at MAGwest and more importantly, about the work that we're doing to add more interesting story and puzzles to the end of the game. Check it out at
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...
#indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...
#indieGame #indeGameDev #gameDev #puzzleGame
This is good!
This, this, aaaall of this! I might need to record myself reading this.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Going Viral: An actual plan for the Democratic Party - and everyone else who's ready to take action
The post below is going viral. It’s been attributed to Liz Cheney, apparently by mistake, but it appears it was actually written by a Dr. Pru Lee. I’ve taken the liberty of formatting it to make it mo...
www.dailykos.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is good!
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@taliad.bsky.social and I were interviewed by a local online paper about the game we're developing, its origins and influences, what we've been playing together lately, the joys of co-op puzzle-solving gameplay, and more! 😄
We were interviewed by Leah Isobel of SF Independent journal @48hills.bsky.social about our experiences developing Puzzle Spy International and about how many burritos we plan to purchase with the money we make from it. Check it out here:
48hills.org/2025/06/the-...
#indieGameDev #indieGame
48hills.org/2025/06/the-...
#indieGameDev #indieGame
The retro sleuthing pleasures of Puzzle Spy International - 48 hills
Oakland-based duo Mike and Talia Dashow's artful brainteaser game calls up '60s spy capers and Carmen Sandiego memories.
48hills.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@taliad.bsky.social and I were interviewed by a local online paper about the game we're developing, its origins and influences, what we've been playing together lately, the joys of co-op puzzle-solving gameplay, and more! 😄
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The PSI demo is now live on both Steam and Itch.io (where you can just play in browser and not download anything if you want!) See links for both in bio.
One of my favorite comments from our demo launch: "More video games should have unabashed reciprocated flirting."
#ScreenshotSaturday #indieGame
One of my favorite comments from our demo launch: "More video games should have unabashed reciprocated flirting."
#ScreenshotSaturday #indieGame
May 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The PSI demo is now live on both Steam and Itch.io (where you can just play in browser and not download anything if you want!) See links for both in bio.
One of my favorite comments from our demo launch: "More video games should have unabashed reciprocated flirting."
#ScreenshotSaturday #indieGame
One of my favorite comments from our demo launch: "More video games should have unabashed reciprocated flirting."
#ScreenshotSaturday #indieGame
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Puzzle Spy International is proud to be part of the Spy Video Game Rendezvous which launched today. If you're interested in checking out a VERY wide array of different spy games, be sure to check out the SVGR Direct!
The 1st-ever festival for spy video games is NOW LIVE on #Steam!
But first start with the 25-minute Spy Video Game Rendezvous Direct - the "State of the Union for spy video games" featuring trailer after trailer!
youtu.be/OmzdWLCbzpE
#SpyVideoGameRendezvous #SVGR #spyvideogames
But first start with the 25-minute Spy Video Game Rendezvous Direct - the "State of the Union for spy video games" featuring trailer after trailer!
youtu.be/OmzdWLCbzpE
#SpyVideoGameRendezvous #SVGR #spyvideogames
Spy Video Game Rendezvous Direct 2025 - a 25-minute showcase of spy video game trailers
YouTube video by Sunny Demeanor Games
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Puzzle Spy International is proud to be part of the Spy Video Game Rendezvous which launched today. If you're interested in checking out a VERY wide array of different spy games, be sure to check out the SVGR Direct!
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This is the puzzle game that I've been developing with my wife @taliad.bsky.social for the past year and a half or so. If you're into challenging and entertaining puzzles, hope you'll check it out!
The demo for Puzzle Spy International is out now! It's a stylish, retro 60s spy adventure aimed at fans of Puzzled Pint, Puzzle Hunts & NYT Puzzles. Grab your thinking caps and go-go boots and give it a shot!
store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/...
#puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame #puzzle
store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/...
#puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame #puzzle
Puzzle Spy International on Steam
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Decode cryptograms,...
store.steampowered.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the puzzle game that I've been developing with my wife @taliad.bsky.social for the past year and a half or so. If you're into challenging and entertaining puzzles, hope you'll check it out!
The right is working from a view that says if you’re wealthy and healthy then god favors you, and if you’re poor and sick then god doesn’t. They justify grabbing all the money because it’s proof of their worthiness and they justify hurting the poor and sick because it’s proof of their unworthiness
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The right is working from a view that says if you’re wealthy and healthy then god favors you, and if you’re poor and sick then god doesn’t. They justify grabbing all the money because it’s proof of their worthiness and they justify hurting the poor and sick because it’s proof of their unworthiness
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Has any new drug saved your life or the life of someone you know? If so, you can thank the NIH, which Trump and Musk are illegally destroying, in violation both of the law creating the NIH, and appropriations laws telling NIH what money to spend and how
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Has any new drug saved your life or the life of someone you know? If so, you can thank the NIH, which Trump and Musk are illegally destroying, in violation both of the law creating the NIH, and appropriations laws telling NIH what money to spend and how
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Can we send all the dead and dying people to DC and Mar a Lago?
DOGE has attacked life-saving programs, including:
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
-Malaria & HIV/AIDS prevention
-NOAA forecasting & FEMA disaster response
-USDA food safety
-FAA aviation safety
-FDA flu vaccine research
This will result in needless suffering — all to pave the way for billionaire tax cuts.
DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans
The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
prospect.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Can we send all the dead and dying people to DC and Mar a Lago?
Great way to celebrate Intl Women’s Day
Don’t forget about tomorrow’s Take Down Tesla protests happening across the country! Since we launched the Elon boycott, Tesla’s stock has plummeted from over $400 to $262. Let’s keep the momentum going!
March 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Great way to celebrate Intl Women’s Day
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all i'm asking for is consistency! 😂
March 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
all i'm asking for is consistency! 😂
Here’s a video of my smart cat.
March 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Here’s a video of my smart cat.
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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We must all do this. Prepare and do knit buy a thing. Spend zero!
It is February 28 tomorrow.
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We must all do this. Prepare and do knit buy a thing. Spend zero!
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Another “dropping this here to read tomorrow” before I say goodnight to you, dear Sky People of the Glittering Resistance. Sleep well when you do! May we all tackle tomorrow w/calm hearts.
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Another “dropping this here to read tomorrow” before I say goodnight to you, dear Sky People of the Glittering Resistance. Sleep well when you do! May we all tackle tomorrow w/calm hearts.
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This is genius.
People Are Trolling Trump Hard Thanks To MapQuest's New Customizable Map Tool
Brilliant.
www.comicsands.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is genius.