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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 8h

I'll always be grateful to everyone who listened and supported the work, and was flattered by the response to it, including some lovely online and print reviews at the time. Not gonna lie, finding time & ideas for a follow up hasn't been easy, but I hope to get some more music out there one day.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 8h

I'm told that my first proper album "The Yellow Knife" is two years old today🎊🎊🎊 My aim was to compose an album built around many of the sounds, textures & styles I love as a music fan and it's the work I'm most proud of. #musicsky #synthsky constantlittleghost.bandcamp.com/album/the-ye...

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The Yellow Knife, by Constant Little Ghost

10 track album

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Derek comes up with some real all-time classics, but this post might just be his finest yet

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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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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yep. Zack Polanski's Greens polled second with more than twice as many votes (8,928) as Conservatives, Reform & Restore combined (4,226) Centre & Left votes = 22,144 Right & far right votes = 4,226 Chris Mason is no journalist. He's a biased mouthpiece creating propaganda for a right wing agenda

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

GLR today looks very different from the old "back entrance through the pigeon lined archway on Marylebone High Street" days

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My aunt and gran both worked in this building. I remember going inside on a few occasions when i was young.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Been trying to find the clip c2019 election in which he interviewed two Bishop Auckland(?) constituents who spent a couple of minutes saying they're planning to vote Tory for first time, complaining Labour had let them down over the last decade. Not once did CM point out it was the Tories in govt.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BBC Chris Mason once again spinning election results the way only Chris Mason can. CM: Questions must be asked about the future of the left... Also CM: Oh and Reform came fourth but only because there was another party on the far right with a similar name

Chris Mason of the BBC once again shifting the focus of bad news for his beloved Reform party by trying to conjure up problems for anyone on the left of the political spectrum

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Starting to think Richard E Grant has no idea what The Traitors game actually is #traitors

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Used to love regular trips up to Stargreen at Oxford Circus with an envelope of cash gathered from my friends to buy us all our tickets for the next few months.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He's great, isn't he. Love his warm, low-key style. And his content is firmly embedded in my era. Would really like to have a cup of tea and a biscuit with him

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ok... So I knew from 90s interviews that Chime by Orbital used sounds from an easy listening LP ...but for people to find that LP and the tiny samples is ridiculous next level detective work And amazing that orbital made such a great track out of those parts to start with youtu.be/IarvOoL6_ak?...

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How Orbital actually made 'Chime'

YouTube video by Bleeps and Boops

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Visited SF about 15years ago and went to Amoeba, and Elvis Costello just happened to be doing an in-store right there & then. I wanted to wait and ask him if the rumour we went to the same secondary school (a fair few years apart) was true, but unfortunately we had to leave. Never got to ask him.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oddly, there seemed to be more rumbling overhead last night than for there and been the last few weeks. Wonder if that was the bombers moving out. They have frequently been seen and heard overhead all summer long down here in Cornwall.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Don't know, but in his final broadcast he said "when I was told I was no longer going to be doing this show..." and I imagine I wasn't the only person to look at their radio and go "whaaaaat?"

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Keaveny is the Marr of broadcasting. Still trying to get my head around him being sacked by BBC radio.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They do work hard in important jobs, doing 600hrs a week overtime, every week of the year. How else can they make such vast sums of money? Don't discourage their work ethic. Its wot makes Britain great

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My dream "quiet-afternoon-in-a-pub". Britain's finest living guitarist Johnny Marr chatting music with Britain's finest living broadcaster, Shaun Keaveney. Good stuff www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

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BBC Sounds - Indie Icons Only - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Indie Icons Only on BBC Sounds.

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Bob Fischer @bobfischer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Grab a copy of the current @electronicsound.bsky.social while you can... I spent an afternoon with Belbury Poly! Jim Jupp and Chris Budd on 1980s fantasy, Carry On soundtracks, fretless bass, the future of @ghostboxrecords.bsky.social, and their ace new album Sorcery. Out now... (mag and album)

My massive bendy thumb obscuring my Electronic Sound feature about the new Belbury Poly album, Sorcery.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you Andrew @hartshornmusic.bsky.social Yes everyone, it's Bandcamp Friday. Buy music from artists. Their creativity soundtracks our lives. (I can strongly recommend checking the musicians and composers on Andrew's list.) #bandcampfriday #synthsky #muscisky

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"the year's been a total shitshow but last week the stars aligned and we made a billion" "So annualised that's ...er..52billion right? Put that in a report and make it public"

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No Nick Drake? Odd. This was definitely on a sunday, right? How often did he mention a relative, his mates, his mates' band (+1 pt if he played them) or his own band? That was the game we used to play.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yes. What fucking record. Find it and listen to it.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Corporate sponsored hacking. What's happening with the private medical data Open ai are accessing?

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Notorious Hacking Group 'OpenAI' Claims Credit For Breaching Australia's Medicare System waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is this a fucking joke? Who or what gives Melania Trump authority to chair UN security meetings? What the actual fuck?

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have legitimate concerns about Blackshirts on the streets and thugs attacking the RNLI. Will my legitimate concerns be listened to by politicians?

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

And to think that 20 years ago the then-owners wanted to let it rot. The irony of the super rich's new London playground being built on the back of a volunteer group (BPSCG ?) trying to preserve this beautiful structure from property developers is not lost on me.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah, ok. That makes sense. Thanks Mike. 👍

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Good shout. These items are fairly local to me, though. Same country at least.

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quick question for #synthsky people Why are 'Buy It Now' eBay synth prices so weird? £423.87 £518.33 Might be legit, but looks so sketchy

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Got a message the local brewery has a brass band on and they're doing an Acid House set, and just realised the Jeremy Deller Acid Brass stuff I loved so much is 30years old next year youtu.be/DUmDkmhvkAU?...

youtu.be

Pacific 202

YouTube video by The Williams Fairey Brass Band - Topic

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've finished now. It's all good. Cup of tea time

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ConstantLittleGhost @conslittleghost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Friday night. Half deserted supermarket. Out to buy a gift for a kid's birthday party tomorrow. And even in the children's book section there's still a chance to say "fuck you" to famous rich people who can't say that they care about 60,000 orphaned kids in a genocide.

A pair cute of a children's book featuring Ed Sheeran who attempted to "both sides" the Gaza genocide and promptly saw all supporting artists and musicians leave his tour in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

There is a hand giving a single middle finger salute to the cartoon image of Ed Sheeran

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