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@gooseegg.bsky.social
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International tax policy nerd/lawyer by day, fowl-mouthed sweetheart by night. Tax policy, law, social security, art, gaming, parenting, geese, politics, life, etc.

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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Tried toned paper for the first time yesterday. It turns out to be easy mode. This is by far the best I’ve ever done #drawing eyes.
A detailed, realistic sketch of a human eye in pencil and white pastel on gray toned paper.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My daughter’s performance tonight as Girl Whose Dinner Was Ruined By Very Slightly More Garlic Than She’s Used To is one for the ages.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Also: (a) you don’t have to choose; you can raise taxes on people making $300K and raise them even more on people making millions of dollars; and (b) the more money you make, the less of it you need, as a percentage. Wealthy folks’ share of taxes is supposed to be bigger than their share of income.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
They have the obligation and duty to exercise their duty and obligation, and I can't emphasize enough how many other synonyms they might have, carry, bear, hold, and possess.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
TurboTax threatening to show me every single ad they have unless I agree to let them use all of my tax information to target ads specifically at me is definitely something.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If I were Tommy Tuberville, I’d feel pretty disrespected by all the people calling Markwayne Mullin the dumbest U.S. senator.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
True regime change starts at home.™️
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Should be fun seeing the GOP blame the courts for not letting the IRS get away with giving taxpayer info to ICE while simultaneously cutting IRS funding because they broke the law 42,695 times by giving taxpayer info to ICE.
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WalkingTaako but Spooky 🏴‍☠️🏳️🪣💩 @walkingtaako.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Pardon me, I couldn't help but overhear. I would like to have a civil conversation about your statement. Would you mind showing me evidence of any negative thing a politician has ever done to you?
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Who could have guessed that she was in politics for personal gain?
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Me: *Brushes my 8YO’s hair* Her: Ouch! Brush slower! Me: *brushes slower* Her: *an octave lower* OoUuCcHhhh…
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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
achewood panel where roast beef says “oh my god that is the worst possible answer in the universe”
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Ethics in AI people probably could have come up with a better term, acronym-wise, than Human-In-The-Loop Review (HITLR)
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A reminder: for the 25th amendment to be invoked without Trump’s consent, Vance, a majority of Trump’s cabinet, and 2/3 of the house and senate have to agree to vote him out. It’s not happening unless the GOP is more scared of Trump being president than they are of Trump’s voters.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
My nose to the rest of my face when I have to sneeze while masking
As he’s being dragged away by the prison guards, Rohrshach says “None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The two-party system has problems. There are reforms that might help, but there are real constitutional and practical impediments to getting them done quickly. And until we get those reforms done, a two-party system is what we will have, so maybe also work on getting the not-Trump folks elected.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Today I had to try to explain the Cold War to my 8YO because she asked me what the street signs in Pingu meant.
Two wooden street signs in a penguin village in the arctic, pointing in opposite directions. One reads “перестройка” (perestroika), and the other reads “гласность” (glasnost)
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
All of this rapid descent into a fascist dictatorship is just a distraction from the price of groceries. Just ignore it.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Drink Wine, Do Crimes
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Like my other colleagues in the Senate, I'm horrified by recent events in Minnesota. That's why I've introduced a bill to make it illegal for ICE agents to shoot defenseless Americans more than twice.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Pharmacy benefits management companies get a bad rap, but I had my first interaction with one today and they made the process of being forced to beg for continued access to my wife’s lifesaving medicine a breeze.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
As I enter my 5th straight year of not contracting so much as a mild cold, I’d like to encourage the folks giving me funny looks for masking in public to fuck all the way off.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I like cats, but failing is where I really shine.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I used the last few hours of my vacation to finish this. Back to the salt mines tomorrow. #drawing #portrait #art #pencil
A pencil drawing of a young child with dark hair and expressive eyes. The child has a neutral expression and is wearing a simple top. The background is textured and light, emphasizing the child's face.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I swear to God, Trump could molest kids in the Oval Office and people would call it a distraction from the Epstein files
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I love kid conversations so much. My 8YO, playing with our 3YO neighbor: 8YO: I have to go home soon for dinner 3YO: What you gonna eat? 8YO: I don’t know. Pizza, maybe. 3YO: Tonight’s not pizza night 🤨 8YO: My family doesn’t celebrate pizza night.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Romney gets one thing right: if we do nothing, social security is cut by 23%. This gives Republicans, who want to cut benefits anyway, leverage: if we don't win elections, eliminate the filibuster, and shore up funding, Romney's (terrible) proposal is probably about the best we can expect.
Today, all of us, including our grandmas, truly are headed for a cliff: If, as projected, the Social Security Trust Fund runs out in the 2034 fiscal year, benefits will be cut by about 23 percent.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
If there are no consequences, I’d rather people kept screaming about it than that they just accept the new normal…
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The only surprise is that they voted to keep the name Kennedy.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Yes, if there is anything that accurately describes the current situation, it's that the right doesn't get away with lying.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It's amazing to me that firms are telling their employees that AI is going to enhance their ability to do more work, and expect them to be too dumb to notice that the things they're saying AI can do are the employees' entire current job.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Imagine if people getting angry and shouty about folks having replies and quotes restricted spent literally one second on introspection.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
A reminder that Marjorie Taylor Green suddenly being able to express basic empathy does not erase any of the bad stuff she said. It actually makes it worse, because now we know she knew better.
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Vickyyy 🏳️‍⚧️ @gocked-and-goated.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Why are so many mobile game ads like: Guy sexually harasses woman She slaps guy Zombie mauls her Level 100 maffia boss
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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Barnacle geese #photography #birds
Two barnacle geese, one standing tall and one foraging in the grass
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Seamus the Shank Engine @warmh20penguin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I need people to get it in their heads that we have many monstrous things in our history AND YET we are behaving uniquely brutishly under this admin compared to any modern admin. Claiming this is 'normal' for us ensures it becomes normal going forward. It isn't.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The impossible has happened: they found a way to get me to use Calibri
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This meme is insane. The tax gap isn't nearly big enough to cover all that. Get over the idea that we can just enforce the existing rules and it will solve problems that were created by letting corporate money drive tax and spending policy for decades. We need to be pushing for fundamental change.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Imagine if folks just decided who to support in the primaries based on who they are and what they stand for, instead of trying to compromise in advance with hypothetical general election racists.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My brain, in an effort to save itself, substituted “with” for “without,” and it seemed so reasonable.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We need a word other than “rooting for” for what you do for Netflix when it turns out they aren’t Jared Kushner
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In all the talk about Elon Musk being a great big baby about the EU, it’s worth mentioning that $140M for him is the same percentage of his net worth that $40 would be on someone with $100K saved.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thank you algorithm for bringing this to my attention.
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Ghostbusters (SKA COVER)
YouTube video by Ska Tune Network
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Wayne Fryback @waynefryback.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A lawyer died and went to heaven. When he got to the gates, he asked St. Peter, "Why did you take me so young? I'm only 41!" St. Peter responded, "I'm sorry, my child. I added up your billable hours and calculated you to be 83." [Tell a lawyer that joke. They always LOVE a good joke!]
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
You will never convince me that the path from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan didn't pass through Fred Astaire. youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM?...
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Dancing With A Hat Rack 1951 (Fred Astaire)
YouTube video by Bill Green
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Way too many outlets are calling Trump’s racist campaign to expel legal asylum seekers a “crackdown.” Adopting that label is endorsing the policy. If you don’t mean to do that, use different words.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Oh, nothing, just sitting here getting angry 3 years in advance that just changing the name of "Trump accounts" to something less dumb won't be possible without a veto-proof majority due to Senate budget reconciliation rules.
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Goose @gooseegg.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Trump says stuff every single day that would disqualify him from serving as President in any sane timeline. I don't understand why folks hunt for breadcrumbs about whether his physical and mental state are deteriorating when every version of him is and has always been horrible.
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