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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So, who wants to eat chimichangas next year? Not me.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Polling looks positive for Prop 40. it’s looks bad for Prop 42. Tell your CA family & friends that you vote YES on 40 and NO on 42 (which would undo 40). Deliberately confusing as so many CA props are meant to be. When in doubt just ask what Robin Hood would do. ALWAYS take rich ppl’s money.

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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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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026

ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien...

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🇺🇸🗳️ Make sure you’re registered to vote. Do it now & repost. iwillvote.com

iwillvote.com

I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is really great, thank you!

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Unbelievably embarrasing.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Oz" is a well-known Native American name, I'm sure

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Using the brainpower that created the problem to solve the problem. Masterful.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wait until they hear about their ancestors from 300,000 years ago

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@nytimes.com Really subtle use of ",like" quote with AOC, but you sanewash Trump's insane ramblings. I'll never get over the Times and the Washington Post turning into fascist helpers over the past years. Unbelievable.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks - it seems like storing them for years isn't a very smart policy (other than to dupe Wall Street)

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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They canceled Thursday so nobody had to put a name on the vote. The letter still lands. Send it.

actionnetwork.org

Tell Congress: Impeach Pete Hegseth

Contact Congress today!

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don’t these chips become obsolete after a few years?

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

C’mon everyone - he needs the money

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Kepler's in Menlo Park does lots of readings and is an awesome bookstore in general

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We are exactly 173 letters away from hitting 12,000 on the Yosemite campaign. When the total hits that number, congressional aides are forced to brief their bosses on the backlash. Take 60 seconds and be one of the final 173: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

actionnetwork.org

Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway

Contact Congress today!

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*THAT* is how you do it!

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Considering the long-standing separation of the DOJ and the White House, why are you standing here?"

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Macklemore was being too generous saying the Sheeran "was put in an impossible situation." It's not impossible to do the right thing, especially when your net worth is in the hundreds of millions. I hope he's shunned.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Give me sugar. In Wa-ter”.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Or this is pumping the stock before an IPO

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When you know you're going to lose in November: start making demands on the winners. Pathetic.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hospitals are now cutting back on spending as well, so life-saving new technologies are not adopted (even though the staff want them for their patients). It will never get recorded as such, but when someone dies in the ICU because that new device wasn't available, the "big beautiful bill" is why.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Looks just left of Potrero Hill

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the thanks she gets for her getting so much access and taking a photo with him in the Oval Office. From big smiles with Maggie to "Maggott".

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/08/2026

Texas has suspended over 1.2 million voter registrations. Many valid voters in Texas have found their voter registrations were somehow canceled when they checked. Check your registration here and fix it immediately - Texas doesn't always honor provisional ballots cast on election day.

goelect.txelections.civixapps.com

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm one of the "understanding" ones. I think it's because I kept asking questions until I got it - at risk of feeling stupid. My grades suffered for it, though, since learning by understanding is very different than being a good test preparation person.

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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Why, Governor Braun?! Why is NW Indiana STILL without power?!

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"

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Jack Nicholson’s Alt @thevinyllitigator.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A good way to think about the relevance of James Carville is if someone who worked on Grover Cleveland’s successful 1892 campaign spent all their time critiquing FDR’s 1932 campaign as not being the real Democratic Party that Cleveland represented.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?

Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black.

Three kittens. Two are orange, one is black. They are laying on a stuffed teddy bear.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dash lights being on when the headlights/taillights are off

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Very thought-provoking article. I wonder if we have the collective will to alter course, or what will happen if we don't.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This guy is in the top few for prosecution.

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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.

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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

One of many DK cartoons.

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Maybe their deformities could be covered up with spray-on hair?

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Feel better! Back injuries play with your head and it feels like it will never get better, but it does. Your posts here always reflect what I’m thinking but can’t put into words - thank you!

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You know what's "absurd" - losing $15B on WeWork. He is a one-man money furnace.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Let me be direct: The best way to help me is to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Roger Penske - what a fucking waste of a reputation

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Rich @dobie19.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Encroaching on your personal life, you say? Curious.

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