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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 7h
if you use one of those grabber tools to pick something up in a store and then carry it out of the store with the grabber tool, then you aren't guilty of shoplifting because the grabber tool picked it up, not you
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even 2 minutes would be okay. Three minutes, even. You could go to five minutes, perhaps. But that was just it. If you could go for five minutes, then you'd go to ten, then half an hour, a couple of hours...and not see your son all evening. So that was that. Six o'clock, prompt. Every day. Read to young Sam. No excuses. He'd promised himself that. No excuses. No excuses at all. Once you had a good excuse, you opened the door to bad excuses.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
i know this guy. good dude. name is burt.
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Colin @colin-c.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Minority Report Looking
ALT: Minority Report Looking
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Hinagiku Kigurashi @hinagiku.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They made some really nice assets for OoTR... It would be a shame to use them... Once... >.>
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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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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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the Catholic Church racking up PR wins by saying shit like “we shouldn’t bring back public executions” and “your Claude app isn’t sentient”
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Brandon Lee Gowton @brandonleegowton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Should not be forgotten that Cam Jurgens played through a back injury that later required surgery in the NFC Championship Game and the Eagles' Super Bowl LIX win. Valiant effort.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I do think it's weird that more of the richest directors and actors in Hollywood don't pool their money and create studios as the system they work in is dismantled by tech bros and billionaires. New studios can still become behemoths. A24 is less than 15 years old.
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Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This thumbnail makes it seem like the Eagles are bringing in @minakimes.bsky.social to shore up the offensive line. Bold move, if so.
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
braves-dodgers is a good reminder that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a flawed concept i can have two enemies
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Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026
the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position
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Jesus Zoidberg: Snaps Under Center? No, Shotgun now! @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Man looking at the injury report, I haven't seen someone that outgunned going into London since the Luftwaffe.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 02/10/2026
St Louis and Philadelphia's city councils just became the first to officially endorse the Starbucks Boycott. Starbucks is the biggest violator of US labor law in history, and it's time we ALL push back against corporate greed. ✊
8 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members smile and hold signs and banners saying "BOYCOTT STARBUCKS"7 city officials and Starbucks Workers United members pose with fists up inside the St Louis capital. They hold signs that say BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Timon talks to Pumbaa
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
REPORTER: coach, earlier today you said you had a plan in place for dinner tonight NICK SIRIANNI: that’s correct REPORTER: can you walk us through how you ended up with 15 baked potatoes on the table, just loose, with no plates or silverware NICK SIRIANNI: just gotta execute better
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A team that goes 0-12 on 3rd downs doesn't deserve to win Or go to the playoffs Or exist
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Jesus Zoidberg: Snaps Under Center? No, Shotgun now! @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But Ertz doesn't get that call?
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Jimmy Kempski @jimmykempski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lol at the absurdly late flag.
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
cc: Nick Sirianni defector.com/fuck-the-fou...
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Colin @colin-c.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Legal hit if its Hurts
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Pat Gallen, CBS Sports Philadelphia @patgallen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That's a brutal personal foul penalty. The guy is jumping because he wants the first down.
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The world would improve immediately just by making golden parachutes for C suite execs illegal
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 04/10/2026
this motherfucker has been waiting for the throne like Prince Charles. Biding his time. Scheming. Plotting. Flo's death hides behind those beady eyes
Jamie from Progressive
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Jesus Zoidberg: Snaps Under Center? No, Shotgun now! @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who moved the sub station to Philadelphia??
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
can everyone be quiet, I’m trying to enjoy the mildest summer of the rest of my life
Weather report screenshot:

AVERAGES
+25° above average daily high

Today
H:102°

Average
H:77°
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I swear social media has addled the brains of so many parents, its terrifying to behold. What do you mean youre feeding the photos of your underaged children into this app
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Colin @colin-c.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Playing 120% of the ChaCha Slide when you combine all the cruises.
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Elizabeth DeLoria II: THE GHOST DIMENSION @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Me: Stitch, you can no longer redeem your Regal Rewards points. You waited more than one year from the date which they were earned. Stitch from Lilo and Stitch: *basically just flipping the hell out. going ballistic
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Defector @defector.com · 03/10/2026
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is real and it is my friend: defector.com/the-wupperta...
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The Wuppertal Schwebebahn Is Real And It Is My Friend | Defector
WUPPERTAL, Germany — When my friend in Cologne asked me if I might want to take a day trip, thanks to Cologne’s proximity to various other notable cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bonn, among others), I…
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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 03/10/2026
Drexel: where the past comes to be forgotten. Where condos are more important than the history of the earth.
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Joshua Lüdtke @joshualudtke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm not saying that we need to call out Drexel University leadership, but, they need to know that the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia needs to be kept open as a publicly available and accessible museum. So call them into a conversation about how they are making a bad decision right now.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I cannot overemphasize that this is a fight we can win, but we need as many voices as possible here. The kids of Philly cannot afford to lose our flagship biodiversity museum. The Philly school district closed 17 schools this year. We need to turn this around for our kids and the culture of Philly.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our coalition released a statement last night. If you want talking point inspiration please read save-the-academy.org/statement.html
save-the-academy.org
Save the Academy Coalition statement, October 1, 2026
We refuse closure. Secure a year of bridge funding, appoint an independent commission, and give the public a real role in the Academy’s future.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending
a graph of roadway and mass transit lights
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
so anyway. like. to me this makes as little sense as scoffing at camouflage because it doesn't make the wearer literally invisible. or armor because it doesn't make a tank invulnerable it's about improving performance and survivability. lo does that. so does speed. so does maneuverability
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026
okay this is also a contender, incredible use of graph labeling
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the time has come for the phillies to hire a manager with a proven record of success and a history of creating a family-like level of trust inside an organization
dominic toretto holding a corona
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice?
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
you hear Crouching Tiger and you're thinking, well that's gotta be the most fearsome and best camouflaged creature in this title,
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
this show became one of the biggest pop cultural phenomenons of the last 100 years.
kirk with sulu, who is holding a dog with an exospine and a little unicorn horn and antennae
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