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it was a treat, thank you kc "all the world's a narrative" - greature

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hey thanks for stickin' with me during this half-unplanned and lengthy arc for a goofy comic about lvl 1 dragon quest monsters. I am looking at the end right now as I draw it and it's always nice to see something big all the way through to its end

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 14h

HOW DARE

A jeopardy question: "pedants argue about whether this verb should be used as a synonym of its 7-letter dictionary neighbor compose."

The answer is comprise, which I was complaining about pedantically in the post to which Ken Jennings made the below reply.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 2h

It is now only cheating in your reference frame. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/relative PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

4-panel SMBC comic update. A man catches his wife with another man in their bet. Shocked, he says "You're cheating on me!" The woman replies "is that bad? Who can say? Einstein proved everything is relative." Insulted, the man replies "That is not what Einstein says!" The woman corrects it "Sorry, I mean, my cheating on you only holds for low relative velocity and weak gravity." The man then calmly says "I forgive you."

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Korean Abdul Jabbar @permabanned.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mar-a-Lago faces should be called Same Sex Transitions

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 3h

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 13h

they should've made the sequel to the blair witch project about going in there with the army to kill her

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jeremyz @jeremyz.bsky.social · 13h

LLMs don't act on their own. someone at anthropic prompted it to interact with random websites without thinking about the potential consequences.

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 18/12/2023

I think Tiktok should probably be illegal like shortform video has done irreparable damage to millions of people's brains

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trfangirlforever.bsky.social @trfangirlforever.bsky.social · 21h

I wanted to take this time to share my appreciation for the great Maddie Blaustein, yesterday was her Birthday and she would've turned 66. If you didn't know, Maddie Blaustein was a intersex trans voice actress and she's best remembered as the voice of Meowth In Pokémon. (4Kids) 🏳️‍⚧️🧵 #maddieblaustein

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 20h

Joe Don Baker was the Jason Statham of his day

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20h

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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ばつぐんだ @batsugunda.bsky.social · 20h

no one stops cheesegod's skeet!

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Golden State Worrier @cheesegod.bsky.social · 21h

My neighbors are listening to the Sonic Adventure 2 soundtrack… WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT!!!!!!!!!

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 20h

the truck from city escape has been compromised to a permanent end

godzilla eating the powerful GUN truck from the city escape level of the sega dreamcast game "sonic adventure 2

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love that it's totally cool and legal to use social media to rile up an angry hateful mob and incite them to attack doctors and send in bomb threats to children's hospitals but texting Shrek dong to a politician gets you hauled into court

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 22h

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kc green @kcg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

AND a new update to the Tournament arc, wherein we dive deeper into that strange answer Empty Boy gave about... the Narrative. greatures.com/comic/248/

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SID Chip Vicious @fatseanlives.bsky.social · 22h

bet an e-bike battery could power a subwoofer. get tigra and bunny on this

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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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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Remarkable how consistently the Trump administration has adopted the aesthetics of mass shooters, from their schizophrenic social media aesthetic to livestreamed executions to masked men with long guns roaming our streets with impunity. Nihilist violent extremism as statecraft

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Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog @glowlaw.org · 09/10/2026

We think it's bad when lawyers representing the government hide their identity from the public.

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That's Are SCARY Dings™ @itsdings.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Friends, I took a wrong turn and I wound up in some sort of mash. A monster mash, from the looks of it. Normally I'd be terrified but I just saw Dracula and he's crying. He wants to know what happened to his Transylvania Twist

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Zombytrope @zoeytro.pe · 09/10/2026

Tweet by @hermit_hwarang;
american *sees something american happening americanly in america*: what are we a bunch of ASIANS?!?!???

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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 09/10/2026

watson was like, "damn, this was going to be a nice short case file for a minute, but now i gotta explain time travel using steam. damn damn damn" www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: Sherlock Holmes, the world's greatest detective, frowned. The Not Impossible But At Least Improbable had happened.

T-Rex: He'd deduced that his current case was UNSOLVABLE!

T-Rex: There was simply not enough evidence to admit any suspects, let alone convictions.
T-Rex: He therefore told the grieving family they'd never have closure and went home.
T-Rex: THE END.

Utahraptor: Boo! He didn't even try?
T-Rex: He tried! Then he failed, THE END.

T-Rex: Okay, FINE. Sherlock then invented I MEAN DEDUCED a Victorian steampunk time machine to go back in time with and catch the guy.
Utahraptor: Now that's more like it! He's so smart!
T-Rex: Is he? He's only good at deduction, and that's ONE THING!

Off panel: "When you have eliminated the impossible [ways to build a time machine], whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth [vis-à-vis successfully building a time machine]."
T-Rex: ...I'll admit that it's a surprisingly versatile thing

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Honestly love every detail here

There have been other politicians called Hitler. In 2018, also in Peru, Hitler beat Lenin in another mayoral race for the district of Yúngar, when Hitler Guesclin Alba Sánchez defeated Lenin Vladimir Rodríguez Valverde.

“I’m the good Hitler,” Alba told broadcasters on the campaign trail, local media reported.

In Namibia, Adolf Hitler Uunona last year won his fifth local election in a row. “As a child I saw it as a totally normal name,” he told the BBC.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.

A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drink

The console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders.

In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink

A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 09/10/2026

Nah dog. we ain't having this dog

Alexander skarsgaard wearing upsetting see through dress shoes

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Hiyoko ひよこ海外田舎 @hiyoko2.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

アメリカ見てると、ファシズムってあっという間に広がるのだなと感じる。何でも創るのは手間がかかるのに、壊すのは一瞬だよね。先人が作った民主主義を大事にしないと...。

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Dr. Money 5 Nothing @bug-deal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

the new way to get into heaven is to feature in a viral gif people can pull up on tenor and similar services. ever since they invented viral gifs. god loves em. and saint peter or whatever. he only wants gif stars in there.

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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"bully crumples after being hit at all" is such an interesting story, i wonder if there are any analogous ones that are already popular that would make doing something like this everywhere seem intuitive

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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

[everyone at DHS] "LESS than 20 feet? That's why it didn't work."

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ばつぐんだ @batsugunda.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Been meatspun lol we all been there!

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

Can someone near him please take away the T Injections, for the sake of our country?

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i’m going to get plastic surgery to look like how that susan dell lady looked like before and everyone will think “well surely she’s real one and the other is fake” and give me money and federal contracts. I guess I’d have to pose as that guys wife too. maybe I don’t do it

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リズ @rizunm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Showing up at the Jedi Academy in my dimono with a lightsaber built from a Snoopy phone and my AMC Pacer's cigarette lighter

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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yhis is the second time I can ever remember a hurricane spinning up in the middle of the gulf in october. The first time was 2024.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

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