mike tigas @mike.tig.as · 26/08/2026🫡static.klipy.comTim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' MemeALT: Tim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' Meme 020
Reposted by mike tigassara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026this is but one small part of the larger dissertation project still to come, but i'm happy to share my new article on the labor demands of u.s. electronic death registration, published in a special issue of medical history doi.org/10.1017/mdh....doi.org‘Reengineering’ U.S. death data collection: the technology and labour behind electronic death registration | Medical History | Cambridge Core‘Reengineering’ U.S. death data collection: the technology and labour behind electronic death registration 2233
Reposted by mike tigasMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Knicks only lost one game in the last two months and it was the one Trump went to lmao 88122812401
Reposted by mike tigassara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026one of the pulitzer winners is sophie, who is on bluesky, and also on the job market! bsky.app/profile/soph... 04122
Reposted by mike tigassara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026what you'd never know from this (first) photo or thread is that the two propublica reporters awarded the pulitzer here are both poc, one trans, and, uh, neither of them work at propublica anymore... 213859
Reposted by mike tigasEm, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I’m at the combination Comedy Central Roast of Adolf Hitler / Reichstag Fire 2751011097
Reposted by mike tigasDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 19/03/2026As a @propublica.org alum, I urge its leadership to talk seriously with staffers about guardrails around the use of AI in the newsroom. This seems like a solvable issue. Solidarity with my former colleagues @propublicaguild.org 210331
Reposted by mike tigasProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 19/03/20261/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org. 16913359
Reposted by mike tigasCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Why is it not called the Bend of Hormuz 71187
Reposted by mike tigasdan sinker @dansinker.com · 10/03/2026"Sloppelganger" is one for the ages 41137273
Reposted by mike tigasChristopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I enjoy Bluesky & a lot of my favorite internet people are here but there is no denying it is the Park Slope Food Coop of social networks 6160643
Reposted by mike tigasGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 23/02/2026“It is a reminder that even right now, even as the fight rages on, there is time for joy, there is time for art, there is time to celebrate difference and self, and to insist that you too can be free. Because they want you to forget that.” 2562105
Reposted by mike tigasJeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far. In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value. 271584694
mike tigas @mike.tig.as · 12/02/2026among the other godforsaken things i can’t believe about this timeline: Scabby has appeared outside ProPublica — management won’t commit to fair and standard disciplinary practices or implementing guardrails on newsroom AI use, after two years of negotiations. 0116
Reposted by mike tigasAFK - ON SABBATICAL @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com · 11/02/2026ICYMI: Flock Safety is letting cops search our data to deport school kids. Two weeks ago, @lucyparsonslabs.com revealed that in response to this reporting, Flock made the unilateral decision to suspend audit trails to prevent oversight. 25129
Reposted by mike tigasevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A hacktivist has scraped more than half-a-million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade stalkerware apps, because stalkerware makers don't give a shit about the security of their products. techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/h...techcrunch.comExclusive: Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers' payment recordsMore than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online. 318970
Reposted by mike tigaskylie b @roguesquirrel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young 4077461796
Reposted by mike tigaspublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/02/2026if you read one essay today public health friends, make it this one. buttondown.com/abbycartus/a... 112936
Reposted by mike tigasJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 09/02/2026An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂 36085551301
Reposted by mike tigasdan sinker @dansinker.com · 09/02/2026For those that don't know Chicago, this spans Division Street in Humboldt Park. 233146
Reposted by mike tigasJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 09/02/2026404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts www.404media.co/watch-404-me...404media.coWatch 404 Media’s Super Bowl AdWE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD. 502501383
Reposted by mike tigasChris Amico @chrisamico.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Did that Alexa ad just list all the ways it’s going to murder us but then say it would order a snack first? 041
Reposted by mike tigasCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Charles Leclerc in a Pokemon commercial 🫡 636157
Reposted by mike tigasTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state. Tell them it will find your dog. 383049692
Reposted by mike tigasAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 09/02/2026So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh 18670731597
mike tigas @mike.tig.as · 09/02/2026“please don’t be an AI commercial. please don’t be an AI commercial. ……. IT’S COINBASE” ☠️ 050
Reposted by mike tigasCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Used OpenAI to code an app during that last break 431947
Reposted by mike tigasRuna Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The FBI has so far been unable to get into Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s iPhone because it’s using Lockdown Mode — one of my favorite iOS features. You can turn it on for iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS too! www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...404media.coFBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode EnabledLockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some... 05421
Reposted by mike tigasMolly White @molly.wiki · 04/02/2026From the last time the Washington Post did something stupid, and why you should think twice before telling (ex-)WaPo journalists to "just start a newsletter". www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-...citationneeded.newsI am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone. 1043174
Reposted by mike tigasandy™ @andylevy.net · 04/02/2026ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational 6759701158
Reposted by mike tigasLinette🌻🌸🏵️🌺🌱 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 01/02/2026wish *i* were shielded, and grounded 025354
Reposted by mike tigasMike (beep boop era) @latimeriidae.bsky.social · 31/01/2026HAPPY BOSTON MOONINITE PANIC DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE 3025171011
Reposted by mike tigasStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job 291964343
Reposted by mike tigassarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 20/01/2026i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory 12894511731
Reposted by mike tigasJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/01/2026Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026… 351101391924
Reposted by mike tigasdan sinker @dansinker.com · 19/01/2026I love a city that always does the impossible. Doesn't always win, always tries. 429427
Reposted by mike tigasBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 19/01/2026thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv 424019638
Reposted by mike tigassara m. b. simon @sarambsimon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025it's important to have family traditions. in our house, we do loaded nachos on NYE. studying previous iterations before beginning prep for tonight's... 7968