Sign in

Billy Birdman, D.O.

@drbirdman.bsky.social
572 followers 329 following 1.3K posts

The B is for DOCTORB

PostsRepliesMedia
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 4h
It happens to the best of us when we start buying clothes for ourselves
100
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 5h
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,…
5137461630
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 4h
Let’s go team gas leak
010
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 4h
I would love to know the last time an FBI agent had to do hand to hand combat in the line of duty
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
3 to 5 years in prison for throwing your wiimote at the wall
090
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Imagine this guys dating prospects if he wasn’t an evil oligarch
040
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
96111232603
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
7648129
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The exact extent to which we are getting our asses kicked is classified
001
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
static.klipy.com
JD Vance's Side Eye at VP Debate
ALT: JD Vance's Side Eye at VP Debate
841372
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Chatting online with your friends every day” is the worst description of social media in 2026 that I’ve ever heard
010
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Everybody in this story should be launched directly into the sun
010
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former
423359711
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Update: the barely relevant tangent has turned into 3 whole episodes
180
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 05/10/2026
Is social media, which is run by a handful of morally insane fascists, the problem with American democracy? Is the media, which is dominated by white nationalist maniacs Rupert Murdoch and David Ellison, the problem with American democracy? Is AI, which is
615629
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m a cubs fan but wow what an exciting player
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blue jays are very striking- they are also assholes!
2522
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This picture was her entire job application
0110
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That’s a strong list
001
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.
8889289
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy
168124102647
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is some Dudes Rock shit
1981
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
663025992
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This must have been a gag in a cheech and Chong movie- like a baseball bat sized blunt
010
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ben Johnson is just the guy- masterfully called game
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bears offense is really something
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow I never knew Lionel Hutz was in that band
010
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An aspirational figure for many of us
010
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Jason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid
123197730
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
Pumpkin hoop
252248815816
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Roberto Rojas @robertorojas97.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Brazilian Portuguese commentary on that Tyler Loop field goal for the Ravens is exactly what everyone needs to hear right now
19930262
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I made a weird sound out loud when I looked at this picture
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Take us with you queen
030
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Generative Theft
0420
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are so many odious reprehensible people on the internet, but I think “asmongold fans” has to be in the running for worst group
150
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lawrence bandwagon has a revolving door and I’m back on
120
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Campaign manager just off camera
static.klipy.com
Jonah Hill Smiling at Awards Ceremony
Alt: Jonah hill says no thanks
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Schroedinger’s country music
000
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you polled only people who know who Emanuel is, he’d be less popular than Trump
060
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Normalize attributing immense wealth to luck rather than intelligence
020
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do a nice long visit in January or February before you make any hasty decisions.
090
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know who we should signal boost? That guy that everyone hates
020
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a thing that government should be doing everywhere
060
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If I were going to time machine us into a present with a good sequel trilogy I would just hand all 3 movies to Rian Johnson
010
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They planned on having different directors for all 3 movies, and had an extreme overreaction to the chud backlash to Last Jedi. I think even if the trevorow version of the 3rd movie was bad, it wouldn’t have been quite as bad as what we got
140
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They don’t *want* business from problem gamblers, they NEED it
1340
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
23335632001
Reposted by Billy Birdman, D.O.
Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A digital illustration of a version of the big board from Wheel of Fortune. An array of green rectangles (each bearing an icon of a hand with crossed fingers inside a circle with rays), and white rectangles that indicate the letters in the secret phrase contestants are trying to guess. The board is not yet solved and reads like this:

M_YB_ I_
_ILL H_PP_N
__D_Y

Standing next to the board in a shiny pink and maroon evening gown and ready to turn around newly-guessed letters is a woman whose head is a human hand with crossed fingers. 

Below the board in the space where viewers at home are informed what type of  phrase is in play it simply reads ‘PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE’
142667626
Billy Birdman, D.O. @drbirdman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know what they say- when you’re losing big, that’s the perfect time to double down
041