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this is deeply thoughtful and well worth the extensive length it was given. truly find the time in your schedule to read it all.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 6h

I think a shocking number of our major societal problems would vanish overnight if you could magically pull the plug on the X platform and Meta, both of which are carefully designed to turn people into the worst version of themselves.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 12h

Nixon resigned for secretly breaking into the opposition's office. Now you can break into the opposition's home openly.

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

See he's awful for many reasons besides being a shithead transphobe.

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently

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Rob (the floor one) @floorisbed.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

DOCTOR: have you been under any stress recently ME: come on

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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’m in DC scheduled to give this talk today. But the organizers flagged slides in my deck that mention racism, structural gaslighting, New Jim Code and other themes that are off limits in the Land of the Free.

APA Women’s Leadership Institute event flyer with “keynote speaker” crossed out with a red X

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mcc @dryad.technology · 09/10/2026

Now I know what you are thinking. "Andi, international lesbian day was yesterday". But the way I see it every day is international lesbian day

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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
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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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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

if you think you're personally in too sweet a position to need a union, that they're just for other people, what do you think the best way to support those folks is? that's right: join a union

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Episode Ivy: A Biddy Blas Tale @episodeivy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Everyone in this story saying “I’m pro-union, but we don’t need one here”: There are 10^x of you at every American company. Literally nowhere is the exception. The fact that you think you’re better than your coworkers IS the leverage that the company is using against you and everyone else.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Rybartanian @ryanmalm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trench run in #picotron w procedurally generated greeble textures and props. #indiedev

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Mothership @mothership.blog · 09/10/2026

Our merch shop is officially OPEN! mothership-tzk-shop.fourthwall.com

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Mothership's Merch Shop

The official merch shop of Mothership.blog.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 09/10/2026

Tough to lay people off when they're already laid off

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When I was a teenager in the late 90s, I knew I was a lesbian before I fully understood I was trans or even knew what trans was. The sapphic urge is just that strong. Happy day to all the other lesbians out there, in particular my fellow ace lesbians.

A still frame from the final shot of Legend of Korra, of Korra and Asami holding hands as they enter the spirit realm.

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Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Happy Lesbian Day to all the sad gals, happy gals, and deeply yearning gals ♥️

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DK Liao @chosenconcept.dev · 30/09/2026

Mold, my vector graphics library for Godot and Unity just hit full release! dkliao.itch.io/mold Designed allow you to create beautiful looking shapes right within the engine, no need for image editor or modeling tools. (This gif was created using only Mold) #gamedev #indiedev #godot #unity3d

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Not an original observation it's just early and I walked past an unreasonably large pickup truck.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph

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Lizzie @secretusliber.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cassie Workman is Witchy AF episode 4 is out now!! Support a fun trans led (Cassie Workman) and produced (@lillywachowski.bsky.social) YouTube series! youtu.be/hPNZCZextOw?...

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The Surprisingly Modern History of Wicca | #WITCHYAF

YouTube video by Etch

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/10/2026

One of the most upsetting things for people trained in formal computational theory, who are not AI boosters, to witness is how claims about the outputs of systems with no formal specification are taken as if they are indicative of formally linked capacities, such as the ability to add; see thread:

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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👻 Saavik ‘Spooky Season’ Ford 🎃 @saavikford.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This starts out like a typical McSweeney’s piece, with some lighthearted-seeming absurdity. It ends up serious as a heart attack. Well done.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 06/10/2026

NEW: The contrasting colors in NGC 7129 show differences in temperatures detected by #NASAWebb. The gold cavity at the left is hottest due to the central star and other embedded stars. The clumpy, red matter is colder and represents jets from less mature protostars: news.stsci.edu/3U8T7Bz 🔭

$A young star cluster filled with many stars that display the Webb Telescope’s unique eight-pronged diffraction pattern. At its center is a yellow star, which sports the largest diffraction pattern. To the left of the star, there is a region filled with yellow dust and gas that extends from the star to the left border. This yellow region extends from the bottom, covering about two-thirds of the image. The yellow region has several blue stars of different sizes embedded within. The top third, which lies outside of the yellow region, holds a few bright protostars, within dense gray gas. Those stars illuminate the gas, making it appear blue. A few red outflows from other protostars are visible above this grayish-blue region. To the right of the central star, there is a clumpy, flame-like plume of red dust and gas with protostars that emit a soft white light within. The plume is surrounded by more dense gray gas and dust. There are several background galaxies strewn throughout the image/$

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026

one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

someone dropped mention of a first-person mod in chris' replies here but it's actually even better than that:

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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026

Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PhyloPic is having an October fundraiser. The goal is to raise enough money to cover web hosting for the past six months. Please share the link, and chip in a bit if you can! www.phylopic.org

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PhyloPic

PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...

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Fran Bautista 🔥 on Patreon @franbautistart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

⭐🔥October commissions are OPEN🔥⭐ I'm opening a few slots for this month! Very excited to work on some new and/or old faces! 👀 Thank you so much! As always sharing would be really appreciated! ❤️🙏 franbautistart-comms.carrd.co #art #dnd #commission #illustration

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I feel like it’s time once again for this old riddle: If four Nazis are sitting at a table eating lunch together and you join them, how many Nazis are sitting at the table? Five Nazis FIVE. NAZIS.

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my numbers in a database ye Mighty, and despair!

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Windoki @windoki.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

While most artists are just starting their art challenge with some kind of tober, I've already finished my Septembit 2026 Landscapes. I was happy to get back to it after a while #PixelArt #Septembit #Septembit2026

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Definitely very viewing angle-dependent.

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Mira Mechtley @biphenyl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here's a weird one for the graphics programmers, this frosted plastic mannequin head looks straight up white in the reflection. Primary light source is a window off frame to the right.

A photograph of a plastic mannequin head on top of a lamp. The head is made of translucent frosted plastic, but its reflection in a mirror to the left of the frame looks matte white.

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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sabrina & Salem 💖

full art version of my cover for Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 published by Oni Press
Sabrina is depicted sitting on grass, plants behind her, around her are scattered classical teenager stuff, but also a magic book
she's petting Salem who looks delighted

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

DataOne, the Microsoft-linked datacenter in New Jersey, ran unpermitted generators for nearly a year that emitted huge amounts amounts of lung-damaging nitrogen oxide air pollution. New analysis shows DataOne is in the state’s top five NOx polluters of 2025. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits

Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in

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Jen Santos 💫 @jphamlott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Artists! Post your sketch vs final! 💙 Yay a chance to bring back past work! #pathfinder

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026

Incredible reporting by @tinavasquez.bsky.social here. A story about how the people who put food on American tables are denied water or even the ability to carry it with them or meaningfully ask for it to be provided, lest they lose their jobs working in oppressive heat.

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Despite farmworker death and another disabled by heat stroke, employer keeps sending people to fields

Florida Orange Gold has exposed workers on H-2A visas to extreme heat, but continues to bring hundreds of migrants to North Carolina

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mcc @dryad.technology · 02/10/2026

A microcosm - America tells you a lie. - The Republicans suddenly come forward with an even worse, more dangerous, but embarrassing & goofy, new lie - The Democrats hold a proud, patriotic press conference saying that they are going to give you the old, dignified lie back - But it's still a lie.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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🌱Sita Art🌱 Comms open @sitaart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Forget-me-not Leshy to welcome in October

An illustration of a forget-me-not leshy which resembles a fox with tiny blue flowers by their ears. Their body is dark and smoky, and they wear a bright white, wooden mask with a short snout and horns. A tail of many leaves furls from their back.

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Marguerite Sauvage @margueritesauvage.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sabrina The Teenage Witch #3 cover illustration - with another occasion for Salem the cat to shine! Out Dec 23rd - story by the great @corinnabechko and beautiful art by @ensayografico 🐈‍⬛🪄📚

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...

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The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too

The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.

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