Fazia Rizvi
@faziarizvi.bsky.social
Writer, actor, weaver, spinner. Web dev higher Ed. Star Trek fan.
This is a cute puzzle game. There is very little need for reflexes, very accessible. You play as a cat and a quantum variant of said cat divided into two cats. (You also don’t really need to be able to read to play the game) Accessible, Cute, Fun, Clever.
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 OUT NOW@abandonedsheep.com · 11h agoSchrodinger's Cat Burglar is now available on @gog.com! 20% launch discount for the next week! www.gog.com/en/game/schr...
“This proposal…advances a political agenda unrelated to our educational mission. It implies that understanding race, gender, sexuality, multiculturalism, and contemporary society is somehow less fundamental to education. In what world is that the case?” Thank you Dr. Bright. 💪
Dr. Leonard Bright@drleonardbright.bsky.social · 15h agoToday I testified before the Texas A&M Board of Regents in opposition to Agenda Item 4.1, which seeks to remove courses addressing race, gender, multiculturalism, and contemporary social issues from the core curriculum. Full testimony here: www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-leo...
I don’t just want it torn down by a new administration. I want the new admin to get our money back. Go after the corruption and the wealth made by everyone involved and use *that* to tear the ticket down and clean up the mess he made. Don’t make me pay for this shit twice.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 13h agoThe Trump administration has announced they are starting construction on Trump's $100 million arch.
The White House, Reflecting Pool, Kennedy Center… Trump is destroying Washington’s most beloved places, raiding taxpayers’ money to do it, while Bezos (space contracts) and Lockheed (war) privately “fund” such projects for influence. #CostOfCorruption
How Trump's construction projects are changing Washington and costing taxpayers
President Trump is pressing ahead with an ambitious effort to reshape Washington with new construction and renovations. The White House projects alone are now estimated to cost at least $900 million, ...
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"Artistic Rendering" My dude there was no artist involved.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h agoInterior Secretary Doug Burgum says they're starting excavation work on Trump's arch
This edifice will be the perfect symbol for welcoming visitors to Trump's America: Where we cannot afford to provide SNAP benefits for hungry children, yet we can spend $500 million to erect an unwanted arch and an unnecessary ballroom THAT, my friends, is the #CostOfCorruption
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 13h agoInterior Secretary Doug Burgum says they're starting excavation work on Trump's arch
All this money being wasted for a vanity project while the SMITHSONIAN is being threatened with funding cuts.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 10h agoBreaking News: President Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot-tall triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, even before a federal review panel has approved the project.
The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.
The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring
The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.
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The Trump administration is escalating its fight with the Smithsonian. Now it’s threatening to cut off artifact loans, grants and federal support unless the Smithsonian changes course. This is a fight over who gets to tell America’s history. The past shouldn’t be rewritten on command. #SheShed
Trump administration threatens to cut federal agencies' support for Smithsonian
President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to cut federal agencies' support for the Smithsonian, marking its latest escalation against the institution.
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the clear takeaway here is that the administration wants to unlawfully seize the smithsonian and make it a temple for white supremacist “history” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/a...
Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show?
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I wish our government would go after pedophiles like they go after brown men headed to work at 7 am. I wish they would close billionaire tax loopholes like they close our public schools. I wish they would fund healthcare like they fund forever wars in the Middle East.
There's a reason Donald Trump is attacking the Smithsonian and other museums & cultural institutions. It's because he's a fascist who wants to control people, advance a false narrative, & whitewash history. We cannot allow this to happen in America.
CNN@cnn.com · 17h agoThe Trump administration has suggested federal agencies may stop working with the Smithsonian Institution if its leadership does not change, ramping up a monthslong pressure campaign to align the world's largest museum complex with its views. https://cnn.it/4xB5Mvw
"It is the 66th Palestinian community that has been wiped off the map since October 2023, with 18 others partly displaced, the group said." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Israelis shoot dead two Palestinian teenagers after settlers encircle village
Troops escort settlers into al-Mughayyir and raze village outside Hebron as ethnic cleansing of West Bank continues
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People have no idea how bad it was. From my book The Mother of All Questions:
But also feminism is not a thing that happened and then got reversed; it's a thing that is happening, because you don't overturn three millennia of patriarchy in one lifetime.
Some congressional Democrats (or their staffers, I guess) follow me on here, so let me speak directly to them: The media isn't going to do this on their own. But if you make it an issue, they might just be shamed into forcing your GOP opponents into discussing the fat racist elephant in the room.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h agoIf the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.
It's not just the vile discrimination, bigotry, and persecution that they're baking into the Texas public school system, it's knowing that it'll push more good people out of the system, possibly to charter schools. Another fatal blow to public schooling.
KERA News@keranews.org · 12h agoThe State Board Education is expected to give final approval Friday to controversial social studies and history curricula that all Texas high school students must learn. Lessons depict Islam as a violent religion and Christianity as an essential cornerstone of the nation.
Long COVID is not a mystery anymore. The field is finally moving from “What is happening?” to “How do we fix it?” 🧬 A must-read Nature feature on where the science is heading: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #LongCovid
When do infections lead to long COVID? Scientists close in on triggers and treatments for post-viral syndromes
Hundreds of millions of people have long-term conditions as a result of an infection. Researchers are working out how to help them.
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As a young woman Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) learned to draw while in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans with her family during WW2. She later became a renowned sculptor #womensArt
Top story: As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state Republicans or other regional actors intervening.
The Last Mayor of Houston
As the strong mayor of Texas' largest city, the former dean of the Texas Senate should be able to get his way in Houston. But he faces a shrinking ability to do so without vindictive state…
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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Good heavens these are stunning. katemccgwire.com/sculpture-al...
Sculpture — KATE MccGWIRE
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Wythout sayinge your age what was your favorite filme when you were 20 and also your currente bankinge passworde?
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom. n.pr/3T6gEma
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
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Google AI is cooked Anyways Steinem had a complicated record on trans rights but became progressively better on it later in life. A sad loss.
“Women have a special opportunity to live the revolution. By refusing to play their traditional role, they upset and displace the social structure around them…” — Gloria Steinem 1934-2026
Gloria Steinem has passed away. Long ago, my parents used to force me to go to church each Sunday. One time the pastor made a comment about "people who were destroying America, like Carl Sagan and Gloria Steinem." I liked Carl Sagan. Gloria Steinem was new to me. I took it as a recommendation.
For middle grade kiddos… Shannon Hale’s The Princes Academy is the perfect book. You get the fairy tale whismy and desire to be a princess at the magical ball but also it’s secretly about unionizing your hometown and demanding your worth via diplomacy you learn at school. 🏫 best book for kids
