Attempt to perform type annotation checks

.github/workflows/mypy.yml

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+name: Type annotation
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '*.py'
+
+jobs:
+  mypy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+          architecture: x64
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Install mypy
+        run: pip install mypy
+      - name: Run mypy
+        uses: sasanquaneuf/mypy-github-action@releases/v1
+        with:
+          checkName: 'mypy'   # NOTE: this needs to be the same as the job name
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}