Felicia Alfieri
@felicialaurena.bsky.social
Board game app indie dev, LongCOVID patient and advocate, amateur baker 🍰
It's day 4 and 75 players have already completed the 24-episode My City Campaign 🤯.
Each episode in the campaign introduces new rules and challenges as players develop their unique cities - check it out if you haven't tried it yet!
#reinerkniziagame #boardgameapp #puzzlegame #indiegame
Each episode in the campaign introduces new rules and challenges as players develop their unique cities - check it out if you haven't tried it yet!
#reinerkniziagame #boardgameapp #puzzlegame #indiegame
September 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We always design with accessibility in mind and try to launch with features like high contrast colors & icons. Glad for an article to call this out!
#indiegamedev #indiegamedesign
#indiegamedev #indiegamedesign
"Accessibility is a big plus here. You get high contrast colors, toggleable textures, and helpful symbols to make gameplay smoother. On top of that, the app supports both online multiplayer for up to four players and offline play against AI, so you can enjoy it anywhere."
September 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We always design with accessibility in mind and try to launch with features like high contrast colors & icons. Glad for an article to call this out!
#indiegamedev #indiegamedesign
#indiegamedev #indiegamedesign
We added a daily challenge and random mode that randomize the layout of the map and the rules you play with. I'm excited about this feature for offering a twist on the game that isn't possible on the table but still uses all the fun mechanics of the game.
The day is almost here! 🏠Reiner Knizia’s My City is coming to Android and iOS this week!
Here are some previews of the app, including a look at our two app-exclusive game modes: Randomized Games and Daily Challenge!
Learn more, watch the trailer, and join our mailing list: spiralburst.com/my-city
Here are some previews of the app, including a look at our two app-exclusive game modes: Randomized Games and Daily Challenge!
Learn more, watch the trailer, and join our mailing list: spiralburst.com/my-city
September 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We added a daily challenge and random mode that randomize the layout of the map and the rules you play with. I'm excited about this feature for offering a twist on the game that isn't possible on the table but still uses all the fun mechanics of the game.
Our next game is coming out next week! My City is a great spatial puzzle game and I'm especially excited about the random and daily challenge modes we're introducing as app-exclusives.
We’re so excited to share that 🏠Reiner Knizia’s My City will be released on September 3, 2025 for Android and iOS!
Play the full campaign, the Eternal Game, and two app-exclusive game modes: Randomized Games and Daily Challenge!
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Play the full campaign, the Eternal Game, and two app-exclusive game modes: Randomized Games and Daily Challenge!
youtube.com/shorts/BtY_H...
Reiner Knizia's My City - Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Spiralburst Studio
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August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our next game is coming out next week! My City is a great spatial puzzle game and I'm especially excited about the random and daily challenge modes we're introducing as app-exclusives.
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seems weird that starbucks claims there's no money to give baristas a living wage or better hours or a finalized union contract but okay
August 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
seems weird that starbucks claims there's no money to give baristas a living wage or better hours or a finalized union contract but okay
Why is it that I can buy 90-day supplies of prescriptions directly from the pharmacy for cheaper than buying them in 30-day supplies with my United insurance why
July 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why is it that I can buy 90-day supplies of prescriptions directly from the pharmacy for cheaper than buying them in 30-day supplies with my United insurance why
Great thread that captures something hard to explain about how pursuing a vaguely artistic career feels impossible in American cities (I'm not even an artist)
I found this reply interesting ("Can those foreign companies open shop in the US?")
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
I don't think Japanese or South Korean menswear can be made in the US. At least, not without losing something. Let's explore why. 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Great thread that captures something hard to explain about how pursuing a vaguely artistic career feels impossible in American cities (I'm not even an artist)
This is bleak
They are doing Defund The Police in reverse: Gutting the social safety net and giving unlimited power to a vast, violent gestapo to deal with the consequences.
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
July 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is bleak
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
Pittsburgh turning out today!
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Pittsburgh turning out today!
I truly don't understand why elected officials aren't legally required to meet with their constituents. It's not representation if they won't listen to us.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
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After canceled book event, protesters demand town halls from McCormick and Fetterman
After a ticketed book event featuring Pennsylvania's senators was canceled in Pittsburgh, hundreds of protesters gathered at Schenley Plaza in Oakland to demand an audience with Democrat John Fetterma...
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March 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I truly don't understand why elected officials aren't legally required to meet with their constituents. It's not representation if they won't listen to us.
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Truly a huge waste and a crushing blow to #LongCOVID patients
In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
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March 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Truly a huge waste and a crushing blow to #LongCOVID patients
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HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
If you have changed your mindset about COVID since 2020, despite knowing that reinfection is common - this piece outlines how a lot of mainstream media narratives are straight from anti vaxx beliefs
The conspiracy theory that disease is “good” for u is a foundational anti vaxx belief. It’s false, yet many liberals and leftists have fallen for these Qanon level conspiracies bc they refuse to acknowledge that they were lied to by the govt. This piece explains www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
March 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If you have changed your mindset about COVID since 2020, despite knowing that reinfection is common - this piece outlines how a lot of mainstream media narratives are straight from anti vaxx beliefs
Reposted by Felicia Alfieri
The conspiracy theory that disease is “good” for u is a foundational anti vaxx belief. It’s false, yet many liberals and leftists have fallen for these Qanon level conspiracies bc they refuse to acknowledge that they were lied to by the govt. This piece explains www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The conspiracy theory that disease is “good” for u is a foundational anti vaxx belief. It’s false, yet many liberals and leftists have fallen for these Qanon level conspiracies bc they refuse to acknowledge that they were lied to by the govt. This piece explains www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
"I’ve learned in many ways to accommodate my symptoms and have a regimen in place that allows me to cosplay as normal in most situations. I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed. There is still no cure. And without research and attention to the subject, there won’t be."
The Pandemic Never Ended.
"5 years later, it is sad to think about what could have been ... For a moment, there was a sense that we cared about the vulnerable. There was a moment of solidarity, somewhere within the trauma."
#COVIDisNotOVER
Source: archive.md/MDXGt
"5 years later, it is sad to think about what could have been ... For a moment, there was a sense that we cared about the vulnerable. There was a moment of solidarity, somewhere within the trauma."
#COVIDisNotOVER
Source: archive.md/MDXGt
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"I’ve learned in many ways to accommodate my symptoms and have a regimen in place that allows me to cosplay as normal in most situations. I am considered a mild case, yet my life is forever changed. There is still no cure. And without research and attention to the subject, there won’t be."
Worth noting that disability has become more (not less) stigmatized since 2020 - disabled and immunocompromised people have been abandoned to weather the pandemic on their own. So this is not the same type of rise as e.g. more kids identifying as gay when we made social and legal progress.
New York Times: “30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed…in March 2020”
“The number of people reporting a disability soared. Many Americans struggled with long Covid and reported cognitive issues like “brain fog”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“The number of people reporting a disability soared. Many Americans struggled with long Covid and reported cognitive issues like “brain fog”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Worth noting that disability has become more (not less) stigmatized since 2020 - disabled and immunocompromised people have been abandoned to weather the pandemic on their own. So this is not the same type of rise as e.g. more kids identifying as gay when we made social and legal progress.
An important piece on something you might have (incorrectly) dismissed as Just Pop Culture.
I wrote about how right wing creators are dominating the coverage of Lively vs Baldoni and how it has become a massive growth engine for the right wing media pipeline.
Liberal creators are either ignoring the biggest story in pop culture or regurgitating Candace Owens’ coverage to their audiences.
Liberal creators are either ignoring the biggest story in pop culture or regurgitating Candace Owens’ coverage to their audiences.
Right wing creators are dominating Lively-Baldoni coverage
Conservative commentators are leveraging the case to dismantle support for #MeToo and amass unprecedented audience growth.
www.usermag.co
March 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An important piece on something you might have (incorrectly) dismissed as Just Pop Culture.
Hand embroiderered tote with Zelda BoTW/ToTK plants. Second embroidery project done!
#embroidery #zelda #handembroidery #fiberarts #botw #totk
#embroidery #zelda #handembroidery #fiberarts #botw #totk
March 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hand embroiderered tote with Zelda BoTW/ToTK plants. Second embroidery project done!
#embroidery #zelda #handembroidery #fiberarts #botw #totk
#embroidery #zelda #handembroidery #fiberarts #botw #totk
For my #longcovid people - any tips on treatments for dizziness upon moving your head? I'm 4 years in and have only had occasional dizziness in that time, but it's been persistent for the last 2.5 weeks. Not that bad of a symptom, but curious about a trick to help.
February 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
For my #longcovid people - any tips on treatments for dizziness upon moving your head? I'm 4 years in and have only had occasional dizziness in that time, but it's been persistent for the last 2.5 weeks. Not that bad of a symptom, but curious about a trick to help.
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Get the new booster while you still can!
The immune response from the Covid boosters introduced last September is holding up very well against current circulating variants 👍https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(25)00058-1/fulltext
KP.2-based monovalent mRNA vaccines robustly boost antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2
In response to the ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2, vaccine manufacturers have released
updated COVID-19 vaccines annually since 2022. For much of 2024, the global spread
was dominated by the JN.1 lin...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Get the new booster while you still can!
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: What We’ve Accomplished in 2024
“The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act: I introduced legislation to provide $1 billion annually for a decade to fund research, pursue treatments, and expand care for those suffering from Long Covid.”
“The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act: I introduced legislation to provide $1 billion annually for a decade to fund research, pursue treatments, and expand care for those suffering from Long Covid.”
December 21, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: What We’ve Accomplished in 2024
“The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act: I introduced legislation to provide $1 billion annually for a decade to fund research, pursue treatments, and expand care for those suffering from Long Covid.”
“The Long Covid Research Moonshot Act: I introduced legislation to provide $1 billion annually for a decade to fund research, pursue treatments, and expand care for those suffering from Long Covid.”
One way we balance cost and safety is by switching out our typical house filter in the colder months for a more expensive one that catches virus and bacteria. This way, when COVID/flu/pneumonia are spiking and we have friends over inside more, we have better protection. #cleantheair
December 12, 2024 at 4:30 PM
One way we balance cost and safety is by switching out our typical house filter in the colder months for a more expensive one that catches virus and bacteria. This way, when COVID/flu/pneumonia are spiking and we have friends over inside more, we have better protection. #cleantheair
I thought my insurance was fine until I got Long COVID and needed to use my insurance for more than an annual check-up and blood work. Since I have United, I've spent thousands of dollars this year on in-network care.
Hm that’s one way to put it NPR
December 6, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I thought my insurance was fine until I got Long COVID and needed to use my insurance for more than an annual check-up and blood work. Since I have United, I've spent thousands of dollars this year on in-network care.
I've logged my symptoms and measured my HRV+resting heart rate with the Visible app almost every day for close to 2 years - it's paid off! As a UX designer, I'm thrilled to see smartphones enable a study like this through a simple daily check-in - especially with patients who may have low energy.
So excited to finally see this study out in pre-print! This study is the largest of its kind to date: Using data from 4,244 people with #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex chronic illnesses, we took hundreds of thousands of data points across hundreds of
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Smartphone-based monitoring of heart rate variability and resting heart rate predicts variability in symptom exacerbations in people with complex chronic illness
Background: Complex chronic conditions like Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome involve energy limitations and changes in heart rate variability (HRV) and resting heart r...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I've logged my symptoms and measured my HRV+resting heart rate with the Visible app almost every day for close to 2 years - it's paid off! As a UX designer, I'm thrilled to see smartphones enable a study like this through a simple daily check-in - especially with patients who may have low energy.