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Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 1h

MLB AD: Do you know who said the following unforgettable quote? (AD PLAYS 50TH DIFFERENT IDENTICAL SPEECH WHERE GUY CALLS HIMSELF LUCKY AND THEN THANKS TEAMMATES FOR HELPING HIM ACHIEVE SOMETHING)

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 8h

This would have gotten a like purely for the Cruisin' USA reference

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14h

Reporters: DO NOT DO THIS. Pitting a random guy versus an entire body of scholarly research. And then highlighting the non-expert's pure conjecture as the lede. This is like interviewing a Reddit anti-vaxxer with the qualification that doctors are "dubious." #bothsidesism

Some economic and policy analysts who study stadium deals are dubious about these types of funding plans, often arguing that existing spending is merely shifted around from one area to another and that the economic benefits do not justify public costs. Given the prominence of professional sports, Grunauer sees the stadium project being an “important catalyst” for the urban core. As the neighborhood works on issues and has seen progress, he sees much of them as downstream of economic activity and notes aligned interests with the Royals. “They want to protect their investment and want to have a safe, nice, attractive neighborhood to protect their investment,” he said. “That’s what we as business owners also want too, and residents.” Royals stadium as catalyst Grunauer sees the potential for the Royals project as a tool to spark more development in the area, including projects that may have been on the back burner, which would bring even more people, more businesses, more pedestrian activity, more workers and more activity into the neighborhood.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Is it too late to say "ads that send you to war.gov"?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Honestly my first reaction when these morons were all falling for the grifters’ latest hoax was that Talarico should let it go for a while to see how many Republicans would take the bait and start saying outrageously idiotic and foolish things. He did and they did.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

+1 on #3. That is endlessly annoying in sports and beyond

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If I were 20 years younger, it would undoubtedly be all the different streaming services that are required. Now I follow only two sports closely and I can avoid the excessive splintering by the NFL/NBA/NCAA, it's 100% the way that gambling has infiltrated the broadcasts.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Sounds incredibly poorly-built

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Missed opportunity. Should have been the Dolphins.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The correct and only acceptable take.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh... they never 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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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think Mamdani's Oct 7 message was good, and anyone who expects him to speak *exclusively* for their views and their interests alone should take a hard look in the mirror.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

“TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to ‌allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company unsealed on Wednesday.”

reuters.com

TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges

TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to ‌allegations in New York’s lawsuit ...

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

age yourself with a childhood crush

Kaleena Kiff as Kelly Haskel in The New Leave It To Beaver

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If we have some kind of financial crisis, we’re going to be in deep shit www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You know, I'm starting to think that we didn't really think through that whole Internet of Things thing

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026

I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!

theverge.com

We can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’

Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's two. Could the third be... *it*????

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Their last world title isn't even old enough to drink. They don't know Cleveland's pain.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've often feared that a city would get hit with some kind of attack and he would brush it off, even be happy about it, because they didn't vote for him.

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Brian “Enemy of Civilization” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🙋‍♂️ Ooh! Ooh! I think I can answer.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Congrats on the taxpayer money! Enjoy those closed libraries and fire stations.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

UMass-Lowell being on here is so funny

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shame on you for this cover and that title

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I really, really hope this is correct

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sounds like you still don't need any!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every day more instances of disgusting & blatant corruption revealed as our money is being plundered by the Trump Crime Family & their cronies. Do American voters care anymore about corruption? I guess we’ll find out soon because it’s just staggering with this crew of criminals.

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A hot dog hollers @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Every time discipline is handed down in the NFL, it’s done so with the bottom line in mind… since there’s always another story to move on to, football has been able to act (or not act) with immunity for years while continuing to grow into an unsinkable ship made of $100 bills”

currentaffairs.org

The NFL Will Tolerate Abuse, But Not Activism

There is wiggle room on matters of sexual misconduct and domestic violence in the USA’s most popular sports league. But speaking with a conscience is a step too far.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love that it suggests that you search with the wrong spelling of the team name. Thanks for the assist, but I did find that. I know they will refund me. I'm curious as to when, and whether the refund will include all fees. I assume that it will! Just haven't been able to confirm.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I searched the website and then emailed. When I didn't hear back, knew there was no game, AND the chat bot suggested the phone number when it couldn't answer my question, I called. Customer service is a thankless job and I'm not looking to make one person's day harder. But I do require an answer.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was it for the walk or for Harper coming to the plate?

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And please don't presume my behavior. I haven't engaged with anyone directly yet. But yes, I called. I sent them an email about the refund policy before I bought the tickets nine days ago, but never heard back. A phone call is a reasonable next step.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I mean, yeah, I know that. Half venting/half disgusted at what customer service has come to. Sadly there are these types of intentional pitfalls out there.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.

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Greg @gts00.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Update, I held because I'm stubborn and (today) grumpy. The on hold music looped about ten times, then the outgoing message played again. This time, it beeped, so I left my message. The obvious question: was this intentional design to discourage people from leaving messages, or a mistake?

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