mike tigas
@mike.tig.as
currently: 🫠 • previously: technologist at FTC, hacker-journalist at @propublica.org, contrib at @torproject.org (Onion Browser for iOS), TabulaPDF • he/him • chicago • [personal acct]
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reporting for sibling duty to provide a regular reminder about my brother's global magazine store in pdx. the shop's called chess club, and it's an amazing space. print's back, baby
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
reporting for sibling duty to provide a regular reminder about my brother's global magazine store in pdx. the shop's called chess club, and it's an amazing space. print's back, baby
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I never understand when ads or spam or something begin with "Did someone say...???" No, no one said "discounted shipping." What a weird thing that would be to just say.
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I never understand when ads or spam or something begin with "Did someone say...???" No, no one said "discounted shipping." What a weird thing that would be to just say.
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
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Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
sometimes there are 18 of them
There are games where nothing happens, and there are innings where decades happen.
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
sometimes there are 18 of them
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guy on the left: how I thought my night was gonna go
guy on the right: this game
guy on the right: this game
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
guy on the left: how I thought my night was gonna go
guy on the right: this game
guy on the right: this game
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trying to imagine if you’d lost a World Series because your center fielder trucked the left fielder and the ball dropped in the outfield
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
trying to imagine if you’d lost a World Series because your center fielder trucked the left fielder and the ball dropped in the outfield
we have an extra hour, it’s fine
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
we have an extra hour, it’s fine
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The Blue Jays have an inherent advantage in hockey-style brawls in game 7 of the World Series for obvious reasons 🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Blue Jays have an inherent advantage in hockey-style brawls in game 7 of the World Series for obvious reasons 🇨🇦
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Saying “Bo Bichette” with the same cadence as “Boba Fett” just to be a pain in the ass
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Saying “Bo Bichette” with the same cadence as “Boba Fett” just to be a pain in the ass
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Looking at the trending data, 2035 is going to see a 22 inning Game 3
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Looking at the trending data, 2035 is going to see a 22 inning Game 3
oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
![screenshot of a Justin Klugh tweet from October 28, 2015:
JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2bjwvguncd35fna7ruckjtw/bafkreiczbp37nmuosnvgyrbv3nfdxupczam3ezjeri5cpio36htjuyiisy@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
oh my god, The Tweet is exactly ten years old tonight
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Still the greatest endorsement of all time
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Still the greatest endorsement of all time
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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"ai is as accurate as a Bears/Browns/Jets quarterback" is going to save a certain type of guy a lot of grief if deployed correctly
These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
October 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"ai is as accurate as a Bears/Browns/Jets quarterback" is going to save a certain type of guy a lot of grief if deployed correctly
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This is a great catalogue of Who Goes MAGA. I propose an additional category, possibly a subcategory of the Contrarian Intellectual: The Bring Back Meritocracy Guy. He succeeded in his field thanks to his first wife's uncredited editing & other help (1/n) www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/w...
Who Goes MAGA?
With apologies to Dorothy Thompson, whose 1941 essay in Harper’s, “Who Goes Nazi?” remains a worthwhile read on the cultural archetypes of who is drawn to fascism, and who would never go down such …
www.techdirt.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is a great catalogue of Who Goes MAGA. I propose an additional category, possibly a subcategory of the Contrarian Intellectual: The Bring Back Meritocracy Guy. He succeeded in his field thanks to his first wife's uncredited editing & other help (1/n) www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/w...
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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
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anti-anti-fascist feels like it should have a one-word synonym
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
anti-anti-fascist feels like it should have a one-word synonym
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Hope the Etsy witches who got hired by Jezebel to curse Charlie Kirk have called their lawyers.
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hope the Etsy witches who got hired by Jezebel to curse Charlie Kirk have called their lawyers.