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🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦🇻🇪 Chappell's Femininomenology of Spirit @ofvick.bsky.social · 20h
@burnlittlelight.bsky.social vindicated yet again
burnlittlelight (she/her) @burnlittlelight:

"Protip: as US food safety and inspection standards change, kosher and halal rules won't--especially around cleanliness, contamination, and ethics. Legal categories like "organic" won't be reliable, but kosher and halal certifications are steady. Support your local kosher/halal grocer. (And butcher!)"
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🎃FEARnando Carrie ~ Spooky Story Artist @botsandmagic.bsky.social · 12h
California voters! Vote YES on 40, NO on 41 and 42 if you want these punkass billionaires to pay their share! Also be sure to drop off your ballot at a ballot box, DON'T MAIL IT!
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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 18h
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Carl Ballard @carlballard.bsky.social · 17h
This is very silly (complimentary) but no more so than actually happens in chess tournaments (derogatory).
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 21h
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Keith D Johnson❌👑🇺🇦🇺🇸💚#TerraformEarth1st @keithdjohnson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"What sort of institution is Cornell? A very common one. What sort of institution is the fraternity system? A very typical one. What sort of men would gang-rape expecting impunity? A very usual sort. What sort of nation would revere the traditions of such institutions and protect such men? Our own."
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I hope someone loves you on purpose today. Sara Skeletor, who definitely has someone who loves him on purpose.
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Tansy, barking quietly @offbeatbarking.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Sex positive” does not should not mean “I am horny at my friends even when they have made it clear they don’t want that.” Furries gotta stop excusing that stuff by saying we’re just a sex positive community. It’s not sex negative to want other people to check in about boundaries or simply stop
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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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The Needling @theneedling.com · 09/10/2026
"Everybody knows biological males have an advantage when it comes to deckbuilding and being lonely enough to be good at this game.”
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
TODAY'S COMIC: Moments of Greatness www.sheldoncomics.com/comic/graphi...
PANEL 1: A squat balding man with a mustache and large square glasses holds his hand out towards the FedEx logo on the wall. Next to him a tall blonde man with small round glasses on the edge of his nose holds his hand out to the logo as well. They both wear black turtle neck sweaters.
SQUAT MAN: The Great Wall of China. The Polio Vaccine. The Moon Landing.
TALL MAN: The FEDEX LOGO.

PANEL 2: Close up on the SQUAT MAN. Who holds his finger up in the air while making his point.
SQUAT MAN: Perhaps the greatest human achievement ever achieved since achieving become achievable.

PANEL 3: Close up on the “EX” part of the logo, with the two mens’ heads poking in to frame.
SQUAT MAN: Somehow — using SHEET ARTISTIC GENIUS — they hid an arrow between “E” and “X”.
TALL MAN: ASTOUNDING.

PANEL 4: The Tall man using both his hands to gesture as he continues making his point.
NARRATION: This is what graphic designers sound like.
TALL MAN: JUST TRY and fight the SUGGESTIVE POWER of a small SUBLIMINAL ARROW.

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Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/10/2026
Thread. And yes, if we're going to bat back this nonsense then we have to all have each others' backs and say this is unacceptable.
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Kageyama Satsuki @kagesatsuki.com · 07/10/2026
Life is a journey of self-discovery... or something.
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
(1/3) Well that’s no bueno. In a statement, the OSCE said the Trump administration’s decision “is not in line” with the U.S.’ existing commitments to other countries in the OSCE, in which participating states have agreed to invite observers to their elections.
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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 08/10/2026
Couldn't remember the name. Thanks, DuckDuckGo!
DuckDuckGo returning James Carville as the top result for a search on “democratic consultant who looks like gollum”
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license. This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film. Link below 🔗👇
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
gadgetreview.com
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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EngineerSam @engineersam.ryu.org · 08/10/2026
People follow you because there is not enough room to go around. >.>
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You are what you settle for. Says Skeletor who settles for nothing less than imperfection.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 07/10/2026
‘We Value Washington State Ferries Engineers,’ Says Gov. Ferguson Throwing Below-Deck Staff Extra Fish: tinyurl.com/ycywwrdv
Gov. Bob Ferguson holding big fish above manhole on ferry deck leading to below deck staff
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 07/10/2026
"A computing pioneer who authored over 130 publications, Hamilton helped to establish software engineering as a dedicated discipline. She worked at MIT from 1959 until the mid-1970s, after which she became a successful computing entrepreneur and CEO."
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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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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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 07/10/2026
피타 (@pistachio_hello) on twitter: "Mount Fuji Super-Eruption"

[Two side-by-side photos of a black and white cat's snout viewed from above against a solid blue background. The white fur on the cat's nose makes it look like a snow-capped mountain. In the second photo, the cat's pink tongue sticks straight up from the tip of its nose, looking like a volcanic eruption.]
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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 07/10/2026
It's #FurryBookMonth and coincidentally, I write furry books! You can use the code FBM2026 at either furplanet.com (print) or baddogbooks.com (ebook) for a 10% or 15% discount, respectively!
Clockwise from top left:

Goddess, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Sabretoothed Ermine)
Saida & Autumn, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Ransom)
Kismet, Watts Martin (cover by Teagan Gavet)
Indigo Rain, Watts Martin (cover by Sabretoothed Ermine)
The Turning, Arilin Thorferra (cover by Ken Sample)
Big Trouble, Arilin Thorferra (cover by RoboMaximillion)
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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 07/10/2026
A century-long artwork that grows a forest to print a library of future books that will remain sealed and unread until 02114... How this vision for @futurelibrary.bsky.social was made real, and what it will take to keep it alive: longnow.org/ideas/future...
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Dave Bryant @catspawdtp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The only purpose of California Propositions 41 and 42 is to emasculate Prop 40, the so-called Billionaire Tax. Every voter in the state who wants to see billionaires pony up a flea-bite of their vast society-distorting wealth needs to vote YES on 40 and NO on 41 and 42.
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EngineerSam @engineersam.ryu.org · 06/10/2026
The Space Battleship Yamato 2199? That is simply an amazing remake. Visually, musically, and story-wise an amazing job.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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ATmosphere Games @atmosphere.games · 06/10/2026
Want money to make your dream game? AT Jam Dole is funding two-week prototypes for unemployed game devs experimenting with #atproto on new titles! 👩‍💻 Selected games will receive cash, review from freelives.net and a festival showcase at playtopia.co.za Apply by Oct 25th: atmosphere.games/jamdole 👈
AT Jam Dole poster — "Funding 2-week prototypes by unemployed game developers building with AT Protocol." — visit atmosphere.games for more info
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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
no more rectangle
four panel comic of a person laying on a bed playing switch. in panel 1, the cat is peeking over the bed. in panel 2, the cat squeezes under the switch. in panel 3, she sticks her head out and says "no more rectangle." in panel 4, she says "only rosemary"
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smols/rachel @smolsdarklighter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"we need depictions of healthy sexual/romantic dynamics" thanks, but actually we need mandatory comprehensive sex-ed
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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · 06/10/2026
Hey, my first book is now available as an audiobook! It's narrated excellently by @khaki.dog.
baddogbooks.com
Goddess | Bad Dog Books
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GuNMouTH🏳️‍🌈 @gunmouth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THESE STATES, CHECK AGAIN NOW TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ACTIVE, especially if you are NOT WHITE. In states like mine (Georgia), some voter statuses MYSTERIOUSLY got deactivated by Kemp.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Absolutely devastating. If anyone in the Bay Area spots Julia's work (maybe being sold on a corner somewhere) give a head's up. bio.site/julialundman
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Joe Slater @joeinaustralia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wise visitors refused fairy food: it was tainted with toxic honey made from monkshood, foxglove, and bog rosemary, and made one hallucinate. The introduction of rhododendron gardens in the Victorian era allowed fairies to step up production, with astonishing effects on English literature.
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Kageyama Satsuki @kagesatsuki.com · 05/10/2026
How to -immediately- make me hit enrage:
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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Man, this is depressing. A website where they track crawlers that violate the "do not crawl" standard. Human visitors are outnumbered 18:1. crawlerzoo.com
crawlerzoo.com
The Crawler Zoo — a live menagerie of web crawlers
A live zoo of the bots visiting this site: 311,279 so far today. See what GPTBot, ClaudeBot and Googlebot are, and how to block them.
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EngineerSam @engineersam.ryu.org · 05/10/2026
It would be kind of interesting to see a Lieutenant Columbo and Garak (from ST:DS9) match up. Both keep their personal details obfuscated. Columbo's specialty is catching when peopled lied to him -- Garak lies all the time. They both put on the "plain and simple" act, etc.
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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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Alex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I feel like more people should be talking about this part
Screenshot from the article that reads, The Stud, San Francisco's oldest gay bar, was only able to have its Meta pages restored because of the bars popularity among gay tech executives with connections to Meta
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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.oglaf.com/damselfly/
Comic strip!

panel 1
a prince climbs through a window. A princess watches him enter.
Prince- Sure I could rescue you

Panel 2
Prince- but withing three months, ninety percent of rescued princesses are back inside a tower

Panel 3
Prince is really narrating this one now
Prince- at 'staircase down' we believe real change comes from accepting you're part of the problem

panel 4
Prince- and that's the most difficult part of the journey

panel 5
Princess- apart from the fire breath
Prince- The what?

Panel 6
Princess breathes fire, incinerating prince

Panel 7
Princess stands over smouldering prince skeleton

Panel 8
ghost of prince hovers over the smoking bones
Prince- I have to accept, on some level, that I needed that to happen
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Rocks & Plants & Birds & Things @gatcat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cerealture of the White Lagoon
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Check your freezer: bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine, UPC 194346442706, is under a nationwide listeria recall at Walmart. State agriculture departments caught it in routine testing. FDA has lost thousands of employees. Food safety needs people, not cuts. #momsky#sheshed
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