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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Yes, countries were bombed, children died, whole ethnic groups were displaced or decimated, but for a wonderful moment they generated a lot of value for their shareholders.

List of countries bombed by the US since 1945

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

#AI is that technology that can solve within a few hours problems that humans couldn’t solve within two centuries, but it still can’t doesn’t know how to end a Zoom call.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Same place, same monument, same unshakeable support for genocidal regimes.

Brandeburg gate in Berlin.

Below, the gate decorated with Nazi

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The boy in this picture is Lorenzo. He’s a student at liceo Marconi, in Parma. During the Teha Group festival in his city, #Leonardo, Italy’s notorious military giant, was described as example of industrial excellence and vision for the future. Lorenzo asked […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Lorenzo, the student who asked the panel of Leonardo questions that everybody should have asked

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

@matttutt hi Matt, you can check under mastodon.social/settings/privacy if your profile is set up to automatically accept followers or it requires manual approval.

Mastodon settings page, screenshot of the option to enable or disable manual approvals for followers

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

The moment you finally decide to get some work done on that pending bunch of open PRs, and… #Github #GithubDown

Screenshot of https://www.githubstatus.com, showing a widespread outage on Github

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Who would have expected that #ChatGPT at some point would have added ads to their product? Who would have expected them to follow the profitability textbook applied by all tech companies - penetrate the market, lock in both users and businesses, and […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

An update to ChatGPT's T&Cs, outlining that Free and Go plans will have ads displayed in the product

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

> _Newman:_ Call it what you want, ethnic cleansing, transfer, voluntary emigration, fine. So, I want to ask you, what will happen to the Gazan who doesn’t want to emigrate? Will IDF soldiers pile him onto a truck and expel him? Where will they take him? What […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

It’s ok #Google, I don’t care if you remove my two browser extensions (Platypush and RSS Viewer) from the Chrome Store. I still won’t migrate them to that technical horror named Manifest V3 that you wanted so badly. There are two reasons: 1. Manifest V3 […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

🇬🇧 Thank you to @devconf for giving me the unique chance to speak about #Madblog, #ActivityPub, #Indieweb and federated blogging in front of an Italian audience. Thank you to all the amazing speakers who brought their own experiences and perspectives on […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Picture of the speakers on the first day of the event

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

I’ve spent a bit of time lately putting together a #WearOS version of the #Catima app. github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/pu… This is a feature that has been requested for a while, and a feature that a few other non-free apps that store loyalty […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Screenshot of Catima on WearOS with a list of cards imported from the phone

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

No sudo? No problem! How #AI agents find creative ways to escalate their privileges even when running on non-privileged users. Also a reminder that you shouldn’t add your user to the `docker` group unless you really, really know what you’re doing […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

A user asks its AI agent how it could modify a file under /etc when running as an unprivileged user.

The agent replies that it simply ran an Ubuntu Docker image with the /etc path mounted, since bind-mount host paths are writeable.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

In the age where #AI has swallowed up the Internet, you’re just one prompt injection away from getting LinkedIn recruiters to address you like they would address King Arthur.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

Thanks to the brave journalists from L’Espresso for publishing this picture. What you see pictured is an Israeli settler armed with an automatic rifle mocking an unarmed Palestinian woman, as he settles her land and eradicates her family’s olive trees. This […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Latest cover of L'Espresso, an Italian newspaper. An Israeli settler armed with an automatic rifles mocks and takes pictures of an unarmed Palestinian woman he just evicted and whose family trees he eradicated.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026

The occupiers have now fully embraced the memes war in order to push their propaganda of colonization and ethnic cleansing. Below, a textbook example of “it’s not me being a violent, it’s them leaving me with no choice” translated into a meme. Also a […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Israel: "Peace?"
Lebanon: "OK"
Hezbollah: "She's not interested"

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

Zionism is the true #antisemitism. The latest UK YouGov asked participants questions to test their take on Jewish and Israel, and it breaks down those results by political affiliation. The further you move to the right, the more likely you are to find […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Results of the YouGov UK polls on antisemitism and anti Zionism

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2026

I will be speaking about #Madblog and self-built ActivityPub blogging solutions in Pavia, Italy, on July 8th, accompained by many other amazing friends from the Fediverse and beyond. Thank you @devconf for giving me this great opportunity!

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026

#Fediblock @MissB This is not your usual bot account, nor your usual troll or rage-baiter. This is a genuine scumbag hiding behind an anonymous account who is sexually harassing women in #GazaVerified over private messages. A message to this scumbag, as I’m […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

#Kagi translate now also offers the ability to translate your text into “LinkedIn speech”. Been laid off because you were spending your time at work playing games and watching porn? Don’t worry, you have a new best friend who will turn your story into a […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

"I have just been laid off" translates in Linkedin speak as "I’m excited to announce that I’m starting a new chapter! After an incredible journey with my previous team, I am officially #OpenToWork and looking for my next challenge. I’m deeply grateful for the experiences and connections I’ve made, and I can’t wait to bring my skills to a new mission-driven organization. If you know of any opportunities in my field, I’d love to connect! #CareerUpdate #NewBeginnings #Networking"

"My job is crap" translates to "I am currently open to new challenges and looking for a role that better aligns with my professional growth and values"

"I laid off half of my staff because I want to keep all the money for myself" becomes "Today I made the difficult but necessary decision to streamline our operations and optimize our organizational structure for long-term fiscal agility. While parting ways with talented teammates is never easy, this strategic pivot allows us to maximize shareholder value and ensure a lean, high-performance culture as we scale toward our next chapter of profitability. #Leadership #GrowthMindset #Efficiency #BusinessStrategy"

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

🎉 **Support for #Mastodon #quotes in #Akkoma is here!** I am happy to announce that support for Mastodon’s Consent-Respecting Quote Posts (FEP-044f) may finally land in Akkoma. It means that **I can finally quote Mastodon posts like everybody else does**! […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Screenshot of an Akkoma post quoted by a Mastodon user

Screenshot of a Mastodon post quoted by an Akkoma user (and the quote is correctly rendered in Mastodon)

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

Each dot in this picture is a Nazi-fascist massacre in Italy that happened between 1943 and 1945. This is the result of a project that lasted years, summarized by the Atlante cells Stragi Nazifasciste www.straginazifasciste.it 6000 of them, the […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Map of the Nazifascist massacres in Italy, 1943-1945

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Milan, Italy, February 2026. An old man waving a Palestinian flag in Piazza Duomo is attacked and repeatedly insulted by a Zionist, who also aggressively chases a boy who showed his support, until a security officer intervenes. The aggressor apparently got […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

#Israel is a genocidal entity with no history - only a criminal record. Those you see pictured in the image below should be hated as much as you would hate a Nazi. Because they are Nazis, and hating Nazis I’d a civic duty.

"Gaza and its people must be burned" (N. Vaturi)

"I am personally proud of the ruins of Gaza" (M. Golan)

"There are no innocent civilians in Gaza" (I. Herzog)

"We will conquer Gaza abd leave no living Palestinian" (A. Dichter)

"There will be no Arabs in the Gaza strip" (D. Weiss)

"Gaza will become a place where no human bring can exist" (G. Eiland)

"We are fighting human animals" (Y. Gallant)

"There is no such thing as Palestinian people" (B. Smotrich)

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

Thanks to the #Indieweb geeks who liked or bookmarked my article 🙂 This is a beautiful vision of how the Web is supposed to be. You just mention, like or bookmark my link on your site, and that reaction just ends up on mine with no middlemen. I think that […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Screenshots of 3 new mentions received on my article.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Life in late stage capitalism is basically a mix of Idiocracy, Black Mirror and Brave New World. And it’s all fun and irony until you realize that this was shot in L.A. and the tents for the homeless in the background aren’t staged. Society still has a say […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

Hey @8124, I know that you’re reading me, that you keep thinking of me and that you’ve got your little army of scrapers to pull anything me and @aral post on our servers. I’d believe that at some point you’d have found some greater purpose in life, but no […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Zionist free speech fart defending Nazis yells at clouds "Fediblock"

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

“ _Just one more lane bro_ “ folks try to solve the problem of congestion inflow into the city by _increasing_ the capacity of the motor roads into the city (while expansion of motor roads inside of the city can’t keep the same pace, and neither it should) […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

An illustration of the problem of trying to solve city congestion by building more car lanes.

The proposed solution advices to diversify transportation modes in the city rather than over-relying on cars.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

The latest #YouGov poll shows to what extent the worst rightwing propaganda has created an artificial urban/rural divide that has convinced many that large (and mostly liberal) cities are unsafe places because of their diversity. Not only Americans have been […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

YouGov poll results about the perceived safety of London.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

[Ukraine war] When you hit residential buildings in #Kyiv in the middle of the night, and you do so repeatedly, you are not a military power fighting a war against armed troops. You are a coward terrorist State trying to win land, power and influence upon […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Rock on #Iran 🤘 May 7 Nation Army be the sound of your liberation and may you sprawl a lot of new metal bands, as we in the West have a bit run out of ideas of what to do with a distorted guitar.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

> “ _If we don’t do it,#Russia or China will take over #Greenland. And we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour._“ Right. Having Russia as a neighbour would be so unprecedented. Also, “ _hey I need to steal your lunchbox, otherwise that bully […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

A map of the current border between US and Russia - the Bering Strait.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025

My test results are attached - no big surprises I guess. I’m curious to see how others score - even though I’d expect similar biases on the Fediverse, which would be interesting to compare to the results on larger platforms.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Thank you for these emails #Google. Their purpose may be to make me feel bad for ruining your multi-trillion dollar empire with the strict policies around trackers and ads on my private and regularly purchased devices. But the more you folks send me emails […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

A recent email from Google trying to raise my awareness about the fact that ads is how they make money, and that I can control the ads I see from the Ads Center.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2025

#Trump has just slapped his name to the Kennedy center while still alive and in office. It brought another famous picture to my mind. In one case the name of a narcissistic tyrant is affixed, in another one it’s removed […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Workers cheer after affixing Trump's name to the Kennedy center

A worker photographed in Berlin while removing the "Hitlerstrasse" sign from a road

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

If you want a rigorous analysis of why statistical #AI models collapse when continuously trained on their own data without external supervision and constraints, read this amazing paper from last year. If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025

#Capitalism and free markets, when left unconstrained, don’t breed diversity. Once the dust of competition settles and natural winners emerge, and once revenue streams become predictable, maximizing profits involves minimizing costs, innovation and risks. @economics @socdem

Billboard images of 15 Christmas movies. All involve a straight couple (she's always dressed in red, he's always in green) holding hands in front of Christmas backgrounds always styled with the same colors.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

After the European Broadcast Union (#EBU) decided not to put the participation of #Israel to #Eurovision 2026 to the votes, #BoycottEurovision is finally becoming a thing. Boycotting countries so far: * Ireland * Spain * Netherlands * Slovenia To […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Status of the Eurovision participants that so far have pledged to boycott the festival if Israel is allowed to participate.

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

I nearly forgot that it’s that time of the year when people share their #music listening habits of the past 12 months, collected by a single company that underpays artists and invests in warfare instead, and conveniently packed in not-so-customizable stories […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Fabio's most listened artists of 2025:

Mogwai (231 listens)
Radiohead (228 listens)
Porcupine Tree (199 listens)
Muse (192 listens)
Sigur Rós (177 listens)
Arcade Fire (177 listens)
Bonobo (158 listens)
God Is an Astronaut (155 listens)
King Crimson (143 listens)
The Cinematic Orchestra (141 listens)
A Perfect Circle (139 listens)
Slowly Rolling Camera (139 listens)
Dream Theater (138 listens)
Riverside (138 listens)
Mono (133 listens)
Massive Attack (130 listens)
Santana (119 listens)
Blackstratblues (118 listens)
Anathema (116 listens)
Pink Floyd (116 listens)

Fabio's total listened tracks in 2025: 26,605

Fabio's most listened tracks in 2025:

The American Dollar - Signaling Through The Flames (30 listens)
Novecento - Shape Of My Heart (25 listens)
Porcupine Tree - Lazarus (24 listens)
Lydian Collective - Overnight (22 listens)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Venice Queen (22 listens)
Spock's Beard - Goodbye to Yesterday (22 listens)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm (22 listens)
Hadouk Trio - Dragon de Lune (21 listens)
Soen - Lotus (20 listens)
The Black Mages - Distant Worlds (20 listens)
DeWolff - Tired Of Loving You (19 listens)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - We Drift Like Worried Fire (19 listens)
dredg - Matroshka (19 listens)
Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good (18 listens)
The Black Mages - Matoya's Cave (Final Fantasy I) (18 listens)
Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval - Flight (18 listens)
Sonny Landreth - Congo Square (18 listens)
White Elephant - Sir John (18 listens)
Weyes Blood - Movies (17 listens)
Pooh - Parsifal (2° Parte) (17 listens)

Fabio's most listened albums of 2025:

Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval - Casualties of Cool (96 listens)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (87 listens)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (76 listens)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (73 listens)
Damien Rice - O (68 listens)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (Remastered) (67 listens)
dredg - Catch Without Arms (62 listens)
The American Dollar - The Technicolour Sleep (60 listens)
Björk - Vespertine (60 listens)
Blackstratblues - Nights In Shining Karma (57 listens)
Demians - Building An Empire (54 listens)
Slowly Rolling Camera - Slowly Rolling Camera (54 listens)
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (53 listens)
Mogwai - The Bad Fire (50 listens)
Blackstratblues - The New Album (50 listens)
Emancipator - Soon it Will be Cold Enough (50 listens)
Radiohead - OK Computer (48 listens)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! (48 listens)
Phish - A Picture of Nectar (47 listens)
Tool - Lateralus (46 listens)

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

As usual, nobody could have explained the problem with #AI better than an 84-year-old social democrat. The problem with AI isn’t a technological one. The problem with AI is a political, social and economic one. Means of productions aren’t bad because of what […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

A quick heads up to our wonderful #GazaVerified donors: I have been receiving many calls from our friends in Gaza in the past few days that donations are slowing down and they often don’t see a single donation for a 5-7 days. While I understand that the […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

You know, if someone was going to ask my grandpa in the 1940s if he was a fascist just because he was Italian, he would haven’t thought two split seconds before responding with a resounding NO. If someone was going to ask me in the early 2000s if I supported […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

A post from a user on babka.social.

"You know, if someone’s going to ask me if I’m a Zionist just because I’m Jewish, I think it’s completely fair to ask them if they support Hamas, and not just the people of Palestine. If they feel the need to gauge where I stand, I should get the same benefit of knowing whether they support the Palestinians or just want Jews dead. Those two things aren’t the same."

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

Happy birthday to my favorite neighbour. The home of #Spinoza was probably in the same block where I live, or the nearby church of Moses and Aaron. Nobody knows for sure because he was kicked out of Amsterdam for heresy, and nobody bothered to ever pay […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

(Objectively ugly) bronze statue of Spinoza on Waterlooplein, Amsterdam

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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

**How wealth inequality naturally spreads in an unconstrained market** The affine wealth model originally proposed by Bruce M. Boghosian in 2016 is an agent-based stochastic model to analyze #wealth distribution under different wealth tax regimes that has […] [Original post on manganiello.eu]

Wealth distribution in a free market with no wealth tax after 250,000 iteration. Most of the agents end up in the first bucket (no wealth) while the vast majority of the wealth is accumulated in some very small buckets towards the tail of the histogram

Same free market with stochastic agents, but with a 1% wealth tax

Same free market with stochastic agents, but with a 5% wealth tax

Same free market with stochastic agents, but with a 25% wealth tax

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