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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/10/2026

if you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time

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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 12h

Fascists can’t stand being ridiculed. The same is also true of antivax leaders like Andrew Wakefield, because it punctures their pretensions of being real scientists.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 12h

four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

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⋮ 𝖘𝐚𝔦𝐧𝔱 ᯽ 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑛 @insectoid.bsky.to · 12h

thinking about when guillermo del toro said "since childhood, i've been faithful to monsters. i've been saved and absolved by them, because monsters are the patron saints of our blissful imperfections.”

guillermo del toro and the faun from pan's labyrinth behind the scenes

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🎃🍁Evie Lyn Devers🍁🎃 @sinebadger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

They had to recall all the gonks

Primark Halloween gonks had to be recalled as they’re full of asbestos

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Rob (the floor one) @floorisbed.bsky.social · 16h

DOCTOR: have you been under any stress recently ME: come on

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Demon ☆ @cristalmomostar.bsky.social · 16h

✨Halloween Comms OPEN!✨ So I'm not ready to fully open comms yet, but I do want to celebrate the season with anyone interested. So if you'd like my help designing your character a Halloween look, hit me up! Custom outfits are $15 for a sketch, and $30 fully rendered! (Below examples are sketches)

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 15h

remember this stat next time you get 107+ likes on something

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tuomaspirinen.bsky.social @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social · 21h

Friends, are you or do you know any graphic designers who are free to take freelance gig on a short notice? Experience in tabletop games is a huge plus! If so, please contact me!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing excites a man more than the opportunity to give others advice on the one aspect he's figured out on a subject he generally knows diddlysquat about

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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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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 19h

You cannot leave prison without a documented place to stay, a job or rehabilitation program lined up, and someone to come and pick you up. There was one woman we met who was there for 2 EXTRA years at the state prison cause she had no living family and simply couldnt get a ride

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I try not to sadpost too much but goddamn my whole body aches and my eyes hurt and trying to make any kind of decision makes me want to set things on fire!!!!

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

hm.....perhaps i should also like to do this

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/10/2026

this article is really good with a lot of well researched interviews and perspectives and context as to what was going on in the studio. but sometimes. sometimes there's really only one sentence that speaks louder than all the others

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

(quaver from unbeatable voice) im so fuuuuuuucking tiiiiiired

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 06/10/2026

sorry. unfollowing now. i just wanted to support queer poc authors. i didn't know he committed seppuku after a failed coup to restore the emperor of japan.

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The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatejimbo @redjolt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When I go to the doctors and say “doctor my back hurts and has done for twenty six years”, and they say “no it doesn’t; there’s nothing wrong with your back”, my back doesn’t stop hurting.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 09/10/2026

Hands up if you didn't know that Fallen London is mobile responsive I feel like we don't say that enough It runs well on anything with a browser!! www.fallenlondon.com

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shameless wrestling addict @draculaflowniece.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

id die for you. [realises that doesnt mean anything] id kill for you. [realises that's just poser talk] id cook you little meals.

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh my god my mum used to do that for me with knockoff Pokemon figures...

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you sneeze, fart, and cough at the same time you restart in recovery mode

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

they did the thing

an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Roz @rozmilner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

you know Vladimir Nabokov once noted that Gregor samsa never seemed to realize that at a beetle he now had wings and could fly

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Okay, air fryer roasties recipe: Cut up a potato into small pieces and put in a bowl or something. Add oil, thyme, powdered garlic, and salt. Measure with your heart. Shake to coat. Throw em in the air fryer at 190°c for 12-15 mins. Shake the drawer occasionally, to stop them sticking. Eat.

Roast potatoes with buttered bread and tomato soup

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Nate @thenatewolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My wife, sensing I'm about to pull out my harmonica, gently places her hand on my thigh to let me know it's an inappropriate time. We are an incredible team.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Artists as the world economy crumbles around us

The Danny Devito Egg In This Trying Time meme, with the egg replaced with one of my prints. Please keep buying prints from artists. They're probably less expensive than US eggs at this point.

#Art #ArtSky

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Wren Brier @wrenegade.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've just learned that Freeplay has removed me as a sponsor for Parallels due to an accusation from a speaker that I am a "zionist". Where did the speaker get this idea? Because Unpacking was included in a listicle in an online Jewish publication a few days ago. I didn't even know about the article.

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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An important corollary to the Surf Dracula tweet that I think should be talked about more, now that we're basically inundated with these types of shows, is that most of them don't get renewed, but even the ones that are don't turn into the weekly adventures of Surf Dracula in the second season.

Screenshot of a tweet from user @topherfluence: "back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you'd see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get ot see him surf for 5 min in the finale"

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Twig Parachute everywhere after the rain. Marasmiellus ramealis. #FungiFriends

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sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley @boneysoups.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

tout le monde déteste la police gotta be one of my favorite chants

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.

In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM

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Rachel Parris @rachelparris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Code is art but it is art in the same way that the written word is art, or GUI design is art, which is that to most people it is part of the wallpaper of the universe, not conscious of the fact that someone still has to design their wallpapers

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king's co-op boo store 👻 @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

someone just had what can only be described as a poetry emergency, calling to order a book over the phone and having an uber pick it up within 5 minutes

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

if you want to feel really happy and good i recommend listening to Exile Vilify By The National Portal 2 Soundtrack on repeat for an hour

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why do I keep scrolling. What am I expecting to happen that hasn't happened already

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gift link here. The Telegraph Obits section remains unmatched in my view:

telegraph.co.uk

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

video games is everyone collectively trying to carry the piano while simultaneously tuning it, constructing it and composing on it according to our specialisms

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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

this but also video game writing

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

fuuuck yes this is the london i fell in love with. Silent Hill ass city straight in my veins babey!!!!

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

and then the deep-set ache of sleep deprivation from the aforementioned chronic pain? that's the good stuff.

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Els White @elskwhite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Same. The whole learning-for-performances thing when I took lessons as a youngster intimidated me into quitting, but I picked it up again this year with a shitty cheap Casio just trying to teach myself vidya game songs. I can do part of the Outer Wilds Travelers' theme! (iykyk)

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