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Maz Atighi

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Civic Tech / Direct File / Coder / NBA fan / Dad / Chicagoburbian

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The Washington Post announces writing style changes for racial and ethnic identifiers The Post to capitalize Black to identify groups that make up the African diaspora.

Yup www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2020/07/2...
Also the National Association of Black Journalists
nabjonline.org/blog/nabj-st...
Split among some other orgs and papers

28.01.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are such things as "executive physicals" that are basically for rich people who pay out of pocket for comprehensive exams that include a full-body MRI and other scans that would typically only be done for a specific reason if insurance were involved.

01.12.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

God tier finding $20 in an old jacket pocket.

22.11.2025 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I cancelled youtube tv and signed up for directv’s streaming service, which I didn’t even know was a thing. Gets me all the main channels, plus my regional sports network (not available on yt tv) for roughly the same monthly price.

01.11.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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States should look beyond Direct File to keep the spirit of reform alive - Economic Security Project Many state tax administrators approached Direct File with a healthy skepticism β€” could the IRS really deliver in a matter of months, and would it be worth it for states to join on such short notice? B...

Gabriel Zucker and I have some advice for state leaders wondering what comes next after Direct File. Rather than copying DF itself, we should learn from *how* the IRS built with taxpayers and created an experience that only the IRS could deliver. (1/3)

economicsecurityproject.org/news/states-...

28.08.2025 12:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Topic shortcuts with Hollinger’s avatar listed first.

Topic shortcuts with Hollinger’s avatar listed first.

Congrats. You’re reason I keep my Athletic subscription. Hope they threw in some money for a new mic πŸ˜‰

24.07.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@johnhollinger.bsky.social If you’re not going to write the piece about the Pacers bringing tiki taka to the NBA, who is?

02.07.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct File Direct File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub.

I'm very proud to work on Direct File. This was a special team and special project. Now open source, as it should be. github.com/IRS-Public/d...

31.05.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They look exhausted.

28.05.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These shouldn't count.

07.04.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to see this by home/road to try to isolate arena and jersey color.

01.04.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is another great one of these with a Chicago connection: Tom Skilling, beloved, avuncular weatherman, and Jeff Skilling, evil Enron mastermind.

08.03.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Night by night, no. Overall, I think yes. The NBA already has an β€œit’s fixed” problem, and missed calls late in consequential games really upset fans (think of the Saints losing on the PI non-call) and a few 30 second stoppages with some manufactured drama is a fair price to avoid those.

18.01.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The NBA has the resources to staff real-time monitoring of every call in every game. A challenge should send it to the team in Secaucus and if they don’t overturn in 30 seconds, the call stands. The arena can have a countdown timer and fans could get into it.

18.01.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Appreciate it, man. I've been hoping more national NBA folks would make their way here; hoping you and Pelton are the trailblazers!

06.11.2024 16:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to read this. Do you remember where it was?

13.07.2024 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of ms copilot saying it can’t respond to a question

screenshot of ms copilot saying it can’t respond to a question

Downloaded Microsoft Copilot after the Super Bowl ad and had a funny interaction where I asked how it was different from ChatGPT and it started telling me the ways in which it was better (eg free gpt4 access) and then stopped mid-answer and replaced its own output.

12.02.2024 03:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Second-best defender too, some nights.

06.02.2024 22:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s very bad at some thing and very good at some things. 4 is much better than 3.5, and how you prompt it makes a big difference. 4 with a decent prompt (β€œthink step by step” is something of a magic key) gets it on the first try. chat.openai.com/share/d02b06...

10.01.2024 05:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0