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They believe that nostalgia is the *only* selling point. That we'll buy anything, either for ourselves or for our kids, just because we remember it fondly. And, for as much as they're right, they're also burning the market out in the way they do it. Hopefully that leads to new stuff.

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Absolutely. That's the other side of the same problem. The one thing I was tempted to buy yesterday was a reissue of the classic TMNT "Movie Stars" Super Shredder figure. It's one of the very few I never got as a kid and I *desperately* wanted it. ...but it was $20 for less quality than in 1992.

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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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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Welcome to the City" - A Bakshi painting

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Same boat. I'm 46 and did a walkthrough of a toy section yesterday. It was almost all IP from when I was under 12, a bunch of idiotic mash-ups of *two* IPs from when I was under 12, and adult-targeted figures that kids can't afford and even a dork-ass adult like me doesn't want.

As I've said many times: I had my day. I will occasionally still pick up something that means something to me, but I'd rather that shelf space go to something new and exciting today's kids can remember fondly as their own. ...just not some fuckshit influencer-based bullshit.

I'm a *HUGE* media kid. I lived in TV and movies when I was young. I worshipped at the altar of properties like He-Man, TMNT, and Ghostbusters. And, yes, for more than a decade now I've been depressed to see corporate nostalgia overtaking all the toy aisles.

Marie-Claude Bourbonnais @mcbourbonnais.com · 10/10/2026

Hey hey hey... there's some half decent writing in that one. True, there have been many better absurd crossovers*, but that one was still okay. *Probably the best was Archie vs. Punisher, which may very well be the best writing the Punisher has ever gotten as a character.

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This came as a surprise to me! 😆 A new completely unexpected batch of 💗Bedridden💗 pics and I think you will love them! 😍 mcbourbonnais.com/store/index.... Have a great weekend, everybody! 😁

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Toxoglossa 𓃩 @toxoglossa.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Extremely old comic I made for a friend’s artist anthology. I really need to get back on this level with traditional art.

Dogs reacting to human technology with amazement and anxiety: a pug looking at a doorknob saying “sorcery”, a husky barking at a tennis ball and repeating “ohman”, a whippet jumping over a sprinkler yelling “aaaahh”and a chihuahua yelling “What the fuck” at a vacuum. Caption at top: “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, -Arthur c clarke”

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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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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cartoon: Dr Tongue's 3D House of Pancakes! SPOOKY!!

cartoon of SCTV moment from the Count Floyd show. Dr Tongue's 3D House of Pancakes

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Joe Quinones @joequinones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pre-commission for NYCC of the Partyman himself, Gemini

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anubis With A Weird Bike, Joanna Karpowicz, 2017.

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Gris @dirtywriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm aware of actual studies that have demonstrated that vegetables are significantly less nutritious today than fifty years ago (and likely to continue getting worse thanks to irresponsible profit-driven farming), but this study and its "half" claim were definitely invented for PR.

Phillip M Jackson @jollyjack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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AI has cloned Adobe's creative suite. It's available for free. I'm very wary "vibe coded" slop so I've not tried them out. If Adobe ditch their subscription model and return to one-off purchases, I'll go back to supporting them. Until then: I'm happy to watch AI gut them.

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Did you know you only need a small brain to make silly little drawings?

4 panel comic: Panel 1: pink blob guy on a table, pencil in their hands. Grey circle on a piece of paper and a glass of water on the table. They say “look here” Panel 2: Proudly, they hold up the drawing of a grey blobby character on two stick legs up in the air. The pink blob says “I drew this!” Panel 3: Satisfied they sit back down on the table. They now go “it’s not much, but..” The grey drawing looks a bit peeved because the drawer is calling it “not much” Panel 4: But it’s okay, because now the pink blob is very pleased finally. He says “it came from my brain!” Holding the pencil up. The grey drawing blob is happy again, too. End well, all well!

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Kroox - Home of Bonktober @lekroox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Silly joke or poignant political satire? 🤔 — #Bonktober2026 | Patreon | Website | Email List | YouTube

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Autumn Ivy @autumnivy.net · 06/10/2026

Any other colors that would look good for the season

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Marie-Claude Bourbonnais @mcbourbonnais.com · 06/10/2026

I still have my giant fiberglass carrot in my workshop. 🥕😊 Never found anything to do with it. And I was never able to throw it away. mcbourbonnais.com/store/index....

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Gris @dirtywriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I live in a city that doesn't give a toss about light pollution, so the stars are rarely there for me to see. Heck, my blasted landlords installed super-intense LEDs outside. Without my blackout curtains shut, it's almost twilight in my room at night. Hope you get to see the stars again soon.

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𝙑𝙀𝙀𝙏𝙍𝙄 : Blast Processed 🥑 @parametricavocado.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Across so many different fields, the promise that meticulous simulation inherently yields effective art is a recurring source of despair and misguidance among the uninspired and of hollow, fleeting satisfaction to the uncritical.

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Marie-Claude Bourbonnais @mcbourbonnais.com · 04/10/2026

Enjoy your Saturday night/Sunday morning, guys, whatever time zone you're in! 😉 mcbourbonnais.com/store/index....

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slugabud 🦠🧣☕ @audaxdreik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

conversation oubliette introverts can sit in the dark shadows and listen to the distant murmur of conversation. host occasionally lowers cheese trays and deviled eggs for them to nibble on

crude paint illustration of my conversation oubliette idea. a photo of a classic 70's conversation pit with a hand drawn grate leading down to an oubliette in the middle

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Trapped in a class with a group of middle-aged upper-middle-class women. Beginning to understand why men of that demographic always go for younger women. If you're going to be with someone this vapid/mindless/fuck-stupid, you might as well be with a young hardbody so you have something to look at.

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Secondary benefit: I'm told that when you get cataract surgery, they can adjust your eyes so--assuming your glasses prescription hasn't changed recently, indicating ongoing alterations--your vision has been corrected to 20/20 without glasses.

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Eternally on my mind when I think about this stuff. It's not possible that it evolved that recently, but... Maybe?

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Speaking of which, the red/green overlap thing itself is just so frickin' evolutionarily cool all on its own. Last I checked (which was a long time ago, I admit), we weren't entirely certain that the blue-sensitive cones actually predated the emergence of homo sapiens as a species.

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Koffie Kobold - Gnollsome Adventures! @bemusedbehemoth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ah, excellent correction! I did some research for a piece I was writing about five years back and obviously some of it's gone hazy in my brain, so I very much appreciate it!

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Sort it by colour or taste? Nay! This kobold sorts it by sound (they say the moss whispers to them and I know better than to question it). This little friend is now available as a pin or vinyl sticker during the Kobold Collections campaign!

drawing of a kobold hugging a giant mossy boulder. The text surrounding the image reads: The moss hoarder. They have many mossy rocks but this one is their favourite

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