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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.
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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...
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ripley is spooky 👻 @ripleyisgood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
both of those dystopias offered more free will than these dipshit want
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
I was thinking about the Anthropic, SpaceX, and OpenAI IPOs. What this might be a harbinger of is the end of public markets as a mechanism for growing wealth. Wealth inequality is so extreme that VCs, PE funds, and wealth investors no longer need a public market for growth, just exit liquidity.
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Die Krautreporter @krautreporter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fakt: OpenAI brach unwissentlich in fremde Server ein, weil sie ihr eigenes Produkt nicht verstehen. Fiktion: Die KI verselbständigt sich. Was hier wirklich passierte, sagt mehr über die KI-Firmen aus, als über KI-Systeme. krautreporter.de/internet-und...
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Die seltsamen Warnungen der KI-Bosse, verständlich erklärt
Die großen KI-Geschäftsführer rufen dazu auf, KI besser zu überwachen. Aber sie sind es, die die Forschung überhaupt vorantreiben. Ich beantworte die wichtigsten Fragen zu diesem Widerspruch.
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Marc Raschke @marcraschke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beim Deutschlandticket sind „hohe Energiekosten“ der Grund, weshalb es teurer wird. Beim Tankrabatt sind „hohe Energiekosten“ der Grund, warum Benzin „billiger“ wird. Und die CDU wundert sich, warum sie bei Wahlen abschmiert und bald keine Rolle mehr spielen wird?
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 29/09/2026
Der #Strandkorb und der #Wal haben viel gemeinsam. Beide zeigen, dass sozialmediale Aufmerksamkeitsmechanismen mit echter Relevanz wenig zu tun haben. Und dass traditionelle Massenmedien das Spiel einfach mitspielen, was alles noch schlimmer macht. Folge: Eskalierende Irrelevanz.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 27/09/2026
Dass Krach im Wahlkampf lautsprecherte, mit ihm werde es *gar keine* Vergeselschaftungen von Immobilien geben macht klar: Er verteidigt hier nicht etwa private Immobilienbesitzer, sondern allein das Kapital, das viel Freude an den seit langem steigenden Wohnungsmieten gefunden hat. SeeheimerPD.
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ontologically axiomatic @correctimus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Es gibt ca. 60 Millionen Wahlberechtigte in DE. Die Wahlbeteiligung bei der letzten BTW war um die 80%, also haben ca. 48 Millionen gewählt. In den ostdeutschen LTW dieses Jahr haben nach heutigem Stand ca. 1,3 Millionen Menschen die AfD gewählt. Das wären also bei einer BTW ca. dann 2,7%
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/09/2026
Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter reut.rs/4zOzPS5
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Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter
Scientists have made a possible breakthrough in the hunt for dark matter — observing hints of it during an experiment about a mile (1.6 km) underground in South Dakota — though they stopped short of ​saying they have finally detected this elusive cosmic component.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/08/2026
USAID was a free space for tankie and tankie adjacent dingbats to score edgy contrarian points by wildly exaggerating how imperialist it was, confident in the belief that it wouldn’t just disappear, except now it has and everyone is uncomfortably looking elsewhere
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 27/08/2026
Der kleine gelbe Kringel ganz rechts ist die „Renaissance der Atomkraft“, die „alle außer uns“ angeblich gerade betreiben. Das sind übrigens Strommengen (zusätzliche Terawattstunden), keine Leistung (Terawatt). Das Grüne und das Blaue ist das, was angeblich keiner außer uns baut.
Solar is leading growth in the world's electricity supply
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Growth in global electricity generation by source (TWh), 2026 estimate
Total growth in generation: 1087 TW
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Wind
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Nuclear
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Coal
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Natural gas
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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Wie dieser Clip in weniger als 2 Minuten die Mär der "Technologieoffenheit" vom Tisch räumt und aufzeigt, was der Verbrenner wirklich ist: haushoch dem E-Auto unterlegen. Genial!
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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The video game version of "movies that are produced, not written." Games that are produced, not designed. www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...
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I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow
AI is optimising the cheapest part of production
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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wenn das ein hybrider Angriff gewesen wäre, um Europas Entschlossenheit, Zusammenhalt und Reaktionsfähigkeit zu testen, dann hat Europa den Test nicht bestanden. Das ist auch eine der Lehren der letzten 48 Stunden.
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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ignoriert man das, dann schenkt man die nächste Generation von Buben ab 10, 11, 12 her, die in diese Communities kommen, anstatt das zu verhindern. Zu glauben, dass das zufällig und willkürlich passiert und es kein Muster gibt ist nicht hilfreich.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
10/ And one more thing. I find it somewhat ironic that some of the same people who told us heat pumps don't work now demand we all install heat pumps in the form of air conditioning. Because that is what an air conditioner is: a heat pump running in one direction.
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence
NYT: "The Court's Hypocrisy" June 29NYT: "The Supreme Court Remembers Its Principles" June 30
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puppy @boxyfoxbiscuit.secondlife.bio · 15/06/2026
you can only separate art from the artist when that artist can in no way benefit from either your money or the cultural relevance. you wanna rewatch the DVDs you bought 10-20 years ago in the privacy of your own home? go for it queen. you wanna buy merch (even fan merch) or talk about it online? FO
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Teresa Bücker @teresabuecker.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
👏🏻 @casmudde.bsky.social: „Ich habe gezögert, Ihre Interviewanfrage anzunehmen. Ich finde, auch DIE ZEIT hat dazu beigetragen, diese Wahrnehmung zu verbreiten. (…) Ihr Medium bringt meiner Meinung nach immer wieder Artikel über Cancel-Culture und andere reaktionäre Thesen“ www.zeit.de/politik/2026...
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Cas Mudde: »Wer die Themen der äußersten Rechten bedient, gewinnt nicht«
Parteien wie die AfD sind besiegbar, sagt der Extremismusforscher Cas Mudde. Hier erklärt er, wie. Und formuliert einen Plan, um notfalls doch mit ihr zu regieren.
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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
More evidence: If you adopt a far-right problem definition, you are boosting the far right as a solution.
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 16/05/2026
I'm good!
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Arne Semsrott @arnesemsrott.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Das ZDF Magazin deckt auf: Das Innenministerium von Alexander Dobrindt lädt regelmäßig Taliban in ihre Behördenräume ein, damit die Islamisten afghanische Staatsangehörige zur Abschiebung begutachten. Alle Dämme sind gebrochen
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you say that something is fake, a false flag, a setup, a hoax, a psyop, or staged before you have gathered any evidence and had a chance to analyze it, you’re radicalized, and that radicalization is impacting your ability to assess reality.
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Ichsagmalso @sillilala.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Es sind Dumme, es sind Böse und es sind welche, die sind zugleich dumm und böse. Deshalb sind es so viele.
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 22/04/2026
Again: Ich glaube nicht, dass die meisten AfD-Wähler sich eine Besserung der eigenen wirtschaftlichen Situation versprechen, sondern dass sie wirklich das Land brennen sehen wollen. Sie wollen eine totalitäre Regierung, die Ausländer, Queere und Linke einsperrt. Sie sind nicht dumm, sie sind böse.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/04/2026
Inject this into my veins. www.politico.eu/article/hung...
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Orbán heads for heavy loss in Hungarian election, according to early results
His opponent Péter Magyar is set to win a supermajority in the 199-seat parliament, the figures signal.
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Viktor Orbán is now speaking at Fidesz’s election night and he says the election result is “clear” as he concedes defeat.“
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Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power
Prime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/04/2026
Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis
The capsule splashing down onto the water with the three red and white parachutes above it
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ontologically axiomatic @correctimus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
What a beautiful splashdown! A big privilege to be able to witness this. Congratulations to the crew and everyone that worked on this mission.
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Integrity splashdown!
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Splashdown! Welcome home, Integrity.
A big splash in the ocean under the three red and white parachutes
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II has splashed down after a record-breaking mission.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“We challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long lived ❤️”
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026
NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.
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ontologically axiomatic @correctimus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
It's all grievance politics without substance. The biggest flaw of democracy is that such takes are treated as level with well thought out reasoning. (I am not an antidemocrat, just pointing out the flaws)
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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
POV: Landwirte im Jahr 2024 als der Dieselpreis bei 1,80€ lag jedoch die Grünen an der Regierung vs. Landwirte im Jahr 2026 wenn der Dieselpreis bei 2,40€ liegt jedoch die Union an der Regierung🤔
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
That's why they don't act amorally, making decisions in pursuit of an outcome regardless of the moral implications. They very specifically act immorally. They make evil, unethical decisions, because in their heads the more evil you are, the stronger you become. They think being evil is heroic.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy but because you've seen the other shit this country spends tax money on. At least going to the moon is cool.
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Critical Threats Project @criticalthreats.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
NEW | The United States lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is already on tankers at sea until April 11, 2026, a decision that will buttress the Russian war economy. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Das Wunschdenken über die AfD-Wählerschaft:
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 09/03/2026
Factcheck: North Sea gas is not ‘four times cleaner’ than LNG imports | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/IoMIeUt
Emissions (grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour) from North Sea gas vs LNG imports. Source: Carbon Brief analysis
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