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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Science is doing essential reporting on the decimation of NSF social science funding. We need public accounting. If you’ve benefited from an NSF grant from SBE, add to this 🧵. Tell the world what was funded that will not be funded from NSF anymore. I’ll start… www.science.org/content/arti...
Graph showing the number of NSF grants over 7 years—moving to zero in 2026.
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Skellyton 🦇 @infinitefinite.blog · 13/10/2026
my neck, my back my entire body cracks
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 11/10/2026
A bipartisan effort is underway in Congress to prevent a potential constitutional crisis following the midterm elections. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) are urging lawmakers to pledge not to block the seating of duly elected House members, per @washingtonpost.com.
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lunch enjoyer @hoaagie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Cloud Things @cloudthings.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy 'Lets All Be Hobgoblins Because Whythehell Not' Month
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump hates me personally. Now he’s taking it to the Supreme Court
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.
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Jennifer Raff @jenniferraff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
POV: You’re at the vet’s because you ate an entire bottle of glucosamine tablets (that was not yours).
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think that if millennials/gen Z work together we can drive HOAs to the breaking point
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My HOA once charged me $75 because my trash can was visible from the street for approximately six minutes. So now I use the anonymous form on their website to report myself for having grass that's too long. Sandra has to walk all the way over with a ruler and measure it once a week. It's important to stay involved in your community.

A lady with a ruler walking away from a yard
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futuredadOfTwo🙋🏻‍♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 12/10/2026
can someone ask dante which circle of hell is trying to put a sock on a sweaty toddler foot
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 12/10/2026
This is NOT an ad for @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social’s new documentary “MUSK” (in theaters now). We are promoting it for free. Join us right here on October 20, 2026 at 9am Pacific/noon Eastern for a livestream hosted by @niedermeyer.online.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It's like if Benghazi was what Republicans pretended it was, but times about 12.
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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hahahahahaha
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/10/2026
We need a War on White Collar Crime: Millionaire Audit edition bsky.app/profile/jdcm...
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Josh @fightinz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I worked v hard on this. Go birds
Very shitty photoshop of the Oops All Berries cereal box with Darius Cooper saying Coops all touchdowns
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DumpTruck 🍑 Decider Alice @sailormoondamus.gobirds.online · 11/10/2026
It. Is. A. Sunday. I. Will. Sue. Microsoft. For. Putting. A. Teams. Message. Ding. In. Their. Ad. Fuckkkkkkkkk offfffffffffffff
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
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BenState @baney84.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sports Science explain Will Lampkin.
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Paranormal Pandy 🎃 @thatbrenna.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Number 4 😊
Which corelle pattern did you grow up with?
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Joe (in Erie) @frogs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
International NFL games are proof Rodger Goodell does ketamine.
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BenState @baney84.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I feel like that graphic aged Jalen by 10 years.
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BenState @baney84.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Go Birds! Jolly-O!
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LuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · 10/10/2026
do Craig Counsell next
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 10/10/2026
let me be among the first to say: lol, lmao, get fucked loser www.sfgate.com/centralcalif...
ICE officer shot after passing out drunk on Fresno lawn, police say
By Lester Black
An off-duty ICE officer was shot early
Friday morning after he passed out drunk on a Fresno lawn and then assaulted a homeowner, according to the Fresno Police Department...
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Goose, just spookier @augustagoose.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That should have stayed in Drafts - a memoir
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/10/2026
if you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“They’re kids! They’re kids!” Monstrous. Abolish ICE.
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
*flicks cigarette* yeah i know the muffin man
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Amos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sorry, but with the haircut and dye job, Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg looks like Ben Stiller as Simple Jack.
Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg
Ben Stiller as Simple Jack
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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 09/10/2026
I want to interview the person who got trucked by the ref 😂 what were you doing and when did you realize you got trucked by a ref
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WHYYYYYYYYYY
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every woman who comes forward and lays her trauma bare for the world to see does so hoping it will lead to a better world for women. It never does. And yet, we keep trying.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/10/2026
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If people get too depressed to go to work, that's a big fuel savings.
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BenState @baney84.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He and Lane Johnson are running away together. #SecretLove #MorePowerfulThanSport
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Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
e52 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on the black eyed peas' "I GOTTA FEELING," because lyrical cleverness is overrated and "my humps" is eternal open.spotify.com/episode/3tiv...
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Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s · Episode
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WIS News 10 @wistv.com · 07/10/2026
FIRST ALERT: We now have a tropical depression #scnews
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FIRST ALERT: We now have a tropical depression
Tropical Wave 92-L has now become Tropical Depression 9. The winds are below 39mph and when it goes up over 39mph it becomes a tropical storm.
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Monica @jolemamels.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you need happiness, look at this amazing Gritty cake. Shout out @whiskworthtasting on IG
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course.
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Lionella @lionella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think men should also ask for consent before playing an acoustic guitar
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Both the Lakers purchase (both times) and the Paramount WB acquisition would not be possible without loans or financing from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it’s up to you to decide if that’s good or bad
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LuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · 22/08/2026
2026 CFB names thread:
PRAYER
YOUNG-BLACKGOAT
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Behind the Bastards is apparently eligible for a Golden Globe this year I can't imagine we'll win, given the number of podcasts by famous Hollywood people on the list. But it's nice to be considered eligible! goldenglobes.com/articles/bes...
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Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed - Golden Globes
Best Podcasts Eligible for the 84th Golden Globes® Revealed The Golden Globes announced the 30 podcasts that are eligible to submit for consideration in the Best Podcast category for the 84th Golden G...
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it
NYT: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it."
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
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Zeke Radford @zekeradford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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