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Maz Atighi @atighi.com · 11/06/2026

Extremely weird series, because the Knicks can't actually hang with a non-choking Spurs team, but the Spurs can't stop choking. Still don't feel confident about the outcome either way.

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Maz Atighi @atighi.com · 10/06/2026

I love that this walks through all the iterations, and the ghost is a stroke of genius. Also, this is (I think?) a really good use of Claude for writing. Technical narrative is hard, and high-average quality can be a win for readers. hardscreenherald.substack.com/p/an-incompl...

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An Incomplete Theory of Gravity

How do you weigh something invisible? A five-step crawl from a rubber band around five players to a neural net — measuring the pull of a shooter, with all the wrong turns kept in.

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Chris Given @cmgiven.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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-...

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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 — 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...

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Maz Atighi @atighi.com · 02/07/2025

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

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Maz Atighi @atighi.com · 31/05/2025

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...

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GitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct File

Direct File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Maz Atighi @atighi.com · 12/02/2024

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.

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

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