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Bill Will

@exinkwretch.bsky.social
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Third generation Northwesterner. Longtime newspaperman. Newly retired but still working for a carbon- and authoritarian-free future.

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CleanTechnica @cleantechnica.bsky.social · 6h
The People Speak: We Want Energy Storage, Not Data Centers cleantechnica.com/2026/10/14/e...
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The People Want Energy Storage, Not AI Data Centers
The US rooftop solar firm Sunrun pivots into energy storage, enabling more households to participate in money-saving virtual power plants.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 6h
You mean people like his "Secretary of War?"
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
His knees were cobwebs and chewing gum at that point. He could barely hobble to the bench, let alone break a huddle.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Cool! Cool! Daddy says we're going mushroom picking!"
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm sorry but the key priority for the next US SecDef has to be extracting Elon Musk from every single thing related to US military contracting. No Musk company should receive any government contract of any kind from any Dem executive.
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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
If the Smithsonian is still around, they should get a pair of her fruit bat-sized fake eyelashes for history's sake.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thanks for making me want to uncork the Scotch bottle at 6:49 a.m. PDT. Sheesh. She sounds like a sorority rush chair.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is psychosis. He is profoundly mentally ill. He is not fit to be in any position of power over anyone or anything. He should not control nuclear weapons.
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American Hockey League @theahl.com · 12/10/2026
Happy Thanksgiving to our American Hockey League family in Canada 🇨🇦🫂
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Chitown MikeLFC @tintedredlfc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ebert is always the answer to a film question
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Chyron operators seem to be judgemental as hell these days.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There must be a Latin version of that.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I believe Chippy's career began as assistant towel boy at NE Bumfuck State and I hope it ends there, too.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They wouldn't be able to find the switch on the sex bot.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That is the most tedious half of football I have ever witnessed. It's not too late to turn back.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Interesting that before they got all wrapped up in abortion, right-wing Protestants would have busy calling an unwed, pregnant 19-year-old a whore instead of worrying about her fetus.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A 90 percent plus income tax bracket (remember those?) would solve this problem quickly.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The next election polling should be day care workers with 20+ years of experience and the question is "Have you ever dealt with a whiny toddler that was as bad as DJT?"
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I gotta give her some credit. It takes some impressive eyelid strength to handle false lashes that large.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Matt Rhule looks like a guy who gets arrested shoplifting beer at a quickie mart in Kentucky.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Donald Trump is not just the most dishonest, stupidest person to ever become president, he is the most dishonest, stupidest person to ever become famous.
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🇨🇦 NanaGale in Alberta @nanagale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm old, and I just don't remember any public figure that broadcast more clearly the vibe "I am a complete fucking idiot."
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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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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And I bet he's looking forward to renewing his rivalry with another enormous asshole, Buddy Ryan.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
After your face has worked over with a motorcycle chain, you need more than veneers to hide the damage.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely 👇 This.......
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There are almost 6 million people in Minnesota and less than 90,000 of them are Somalis. Of that number, more than half are U.S. born and 87 percent of foreign born Somalis in the state are naturalized citizens.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a perfect time to deploy a whoopie cushion.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The quaint concept of "paying bills" is for the great unwashed. AMEX should forgive her bill just for the opportunity to bask in the glow of someone so famous and influential.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Ric Flair wig is a nice touch, too.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Explosive, even.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Was he awake enough to spill out some racial slurs?
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Gift link. Key quote: "Every oval that Americans fill in on the D side of a ballot this fall is them saying 'Fuck Donald Trump' as loudly and clearly as possible." You rock, Drew.
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A Blue Wave Won’t Mean Shit If The Chumps Get Their Way | Defector
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE,...
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have responded to every D fundraising appeal this cycle with this boilerplate: "Check is in the mail as soon as Schumer and Jeffries are replaced."
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's shocking that his message -- "You peasants can suffer a little unpleasantness in exchange for us getting richer" isn't landing.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm not sure how effective the Washington Ds message "You're not getting laid, so you might as well vote" is going to be.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My, this dude is certainly white. He is so pasty he makes Couchfucker look swarthy.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He needs to save the ammunition for use on domestic targets after the midterms.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
English translation: Sean will be doing the poopin' and Davis will be scrubbing the toilets.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They're assholes? Just spit balling here.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wonderful piece. I think the lesson here is that it's OK for even uptight ultra white Midwesterners to loosen up and have a good time.
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How Iowa ended up with Van Hayden, college football's most unique cover band
A group of Hawkeyes fans decided to learn Van Halen covers as a bit. Now they're the life of the party on game days.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wow, it's almost like people with IQs above room temperature don't want to pay ridiculous prices for a product with no nutritional value that rots your teeth and gives you diabetes.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ask him the Jared Goff question before your write him off as a dummy.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A greasy slob wearing a quart of liquid foundation the color of a hardwood door attacking other people for their looks shows a complete absence of self-awareness.
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Bill Will @exinkwretch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Corgis pissed on my shoes"
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