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Todd R. Rossman @mystic-scientist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

An example of the loss of trust this regime has instilled.

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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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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026

Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.

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Gwyrdd @gwyrdd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is utterly horrifying.

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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 08/10/2026

Local fire and EMS were called, Border Patrol told them to leave. BP is gassing and shooting pepper balls at people on private property, and moving the truck with the person still locked to it. Go follow tierralibre_no borders and rally.forthevalley on IG for updates.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Big brother is watching and taking notes.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/10/2026

We're continuing to report on sports betting apps, and we need your help. ProPublica is looking for at least 250 people who use DraftKings and FanDuel to share their data with us and help us understand how the apps respond to user behavior. ➡️ How to help: projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...

A neon green tracker shows that ProPublica has received 28 people's sports betting data, just over 10% of the way towards its goal of 250. Text below reads: If you’re one of millions of Americans who have placed an online bet on a sporting event, you know how quickly you can go from celebrating your wins to feeling like the odds are stacked against you.

ProPublica is trying to understand how sports betting apps incentivize users to keep playing and when they warn users to pump the brakes. To do that, we need your help: We’re aiming for at least 250 people to upload their gambling history from apps like FanDuel and DraftKings. We’re not quite there yet, so if you’ve used these apps, you can help our journalists. If you’ve worked in the industry, you can also help us by answering a few questions. (You can also reach us on Signal.)

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 02/10/2026

In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)

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Saving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a Time

Comprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region…

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

I have no illusions that NYT would ever offer me a job, nor do I want one. But they may want to consider that their unwritten policy of not crediting previous reporting (the way everyone else in journalism does!) may be costing them the hiring of great journalists they actually do want.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

Nick and Dan first reported on William Walters’ donation to the Noem PAC and the awarding of a shady contract A YEAR AGO. I first reported his connection to Daedalus and all of the airplane purchases for a markup in February. I first reported that the final planes were purchased under Mullin’s

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026

There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.

Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

i need everyone to pls read these pages from a letter Weill Cornell Medicine (led by Robert Harrington) sent rapist Jeffrey Epstein asking him to continue as their patient in 2019—a decade after his conviction!! they sent Epstein best wishes for his health😳 this is absolutely sickening… #cornell

Two pages of a 4-page letter Weill Cornell Medicine sent Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 offering him continued patient care.

Two pages of a 4-page letter from Weill Cornell Medicine in 2019 offering him continued care & best wishes for his health

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Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix) @alyssaburgart.com · 03/10/2026

Darius Paduch was Jeffrey Epstein’s urologist. Paduch is also a sexually abusive physician who worked at Cornell for years. In 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. Paduch abused at least 50 identified victims, many of whom were minors.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

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News for 38 Year Olds @newsfor38yearolds.com · 03/10/2026

Corporations Are Dodging Accountability for PFAS Contamination Around the Globe Truthout truthout.org/articles/corporations-… Tip your reporter →

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Corporations Are Dodging Accountability for PFAS Contamination Around the Globe

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Polarization Is Not the Problem" This paragraph says more about "both sides" journalism than just about anything I have read. Read the rest here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... By @lilymasonphd.bsky.social via @brizzyc.bsky.social

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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026

help jason pls

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Buffalo Bills - singlehandedly healing international rifts.

Buffalo,
we could hear you singing from here.
At your home opener, many of you stood up and sang O Canada. What a moment.
Us Canadians sang along, from the stadium, in sports bars, and on couches across the country.
Then you put it on billboards across Southern Ontario. We're still singing it, you said. We be lieved you.
Well, we want to return the feeling.
On Saturday, October 3rd, the sky over Niagara Falls will go red, white and blue in Buffalo Bills colours.
You're invited. Come across the bridge, find a spot along the river and soak it all in. We'll be right there with you.
We've shared this river a long time. We share the view, the mist, a lot of family, and even more Bills games. Thanks for being a neighbour.
Niagara Falls, Canada
OCTOBER 32026 -THE HORSESHOE FALLS - WWW.NIAGARAFALLSTOURISM.COM

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You’re probably hearing about this on TV. Remember, Republicans are too and are hoping we will be complacent. DON’T BE COMPLACENT, GET OUT AND VOTE!! VOTE EARLY, VOTE IN PERSON AND VOTE WITH A FRIEND!!!

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

all of capital has been pushed towards developing tools that they hope will put writers out of jobs, so the only jobs are to help them steal your past work so they can steal your future work. It's bleak.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

in writing there's money for AI and kind of no money for anything else. all the work for hire jobs that used to be out there are now ai.

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A man died in a GEO Group cell in Michigan while Congress begged for answers. Ten weeks later GEO's PAC wrote a check to the Republican running for Senate there. He kept it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

If you were in camp “focus on the important things” when they were restoring Confederate monuments and base names here but can recognize the danger there you may want to interrogate some things.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

Our latest story. Like this is the entire Democratic Party of Ohio. There's reason for concern here. bsky.app/profile/erin...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great article on how sheriff's deputies in Durham, N.C. are referring people to ICE for very minor offenses. The cooperation between local cops and the immigration goon squads is a growing stain on America indyweek.com/news/durham-...

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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes

Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A college administrator calls the cops on a student reporter A college QB laughs at an AI video of his coach slapping a woman journalist The president lunges at a Black woman reporter who dares question him It's past time to fight back against anti-media violence www.inquirer.com/opinion/viol...

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Violence toward journalists is a symptom of a terminally ill U.S. democracy | Will Bunch

From Trump’s unhinged outbursts to calling the cops on a student journalist, a free press dies in tandem with the American Experiment.

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 12/09/2026

Every time a Democrat gets asked asked about “boys in girls sports” OR Hasan Piker, they should bring up this.

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Tara @taradeenihan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mitch McConnell refuses to let a Senator who has just given birth participate in a vote by proxy.

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DanaMPatton @danampatton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meanwhile wage theft is the actual theft issue

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Ipsita 🎃Mad Social Scientist🎃 Chatterjea(she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wish more people understood what is laid out below, the head of the regime is engaged in a mass murder suicide at the scale of a nation and entire other countries, with the backing of techno apocalypse billionaires who believe in their bunkers and people who want Christian apocalyptic end times.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Salt Lake Tribune is a 150+ year-old newspaper that went the nonprofit route several years ago. It now brings in $13MM in revenue vs $12MM in expenses. Enough to support a robust news operation. This is the way for metro news orgs. www.cjr.org/first_person...

That move has been a success. Last year, the Tribune brought in about thirteen million dollars in revenue, a million dollars more than it incurred in expenses.
Its revenue came from several streams: contributions from big foundations and individual donors, advertising in its online and twice-weekly print editions, and subscription fees, though the paywall would be removed shortly after Ileft Utah, in May. Similarweb's ranking system regularly puts the Tribune's traffic among the nation's top two or three nonprofit news organizations, alongside such stalwarts as ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. It's also ambitious, acquiring one newspaper in southeast Utah and starting another in the southwest corner of the state. Recently, management signed its first contract with the new newsroom union, guaranteeing a sixty-thousand-dollar salary floor, at least three weeks of vacation, and generous work-from-home provisions.

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

After about 25 minutes, to protect the house and the people inside, the community members moved in a line and formed a human chain directly in front of the house. ICE stepped forward, at least one agent wielding a baton, and inflicted violence on them. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

ICE threatened to arrest community members. Four people then moved to the center of the street and sat down, linking arms to prevent more ICE vehicles from coming onto the street. ICE tried to intimidate them with sirens but they wouldn’t budge. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Which is when ICE decided to drive onto the sidewalk and come straight towards the crowd, forcing them to move out of the way or get run over. One woman did have her foot run over. Thankfully she was wearing steel-toed boots or some sort of protective footwear. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We then started to have a dance party, bopping around half-heartedly to Madonna’s “Vogue” in front of the house that was now clearly the target. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bananas video out of Equatorial Guinea, where 31 immigrants deported by the U.S. to a country where they have no ties have been locked up in a hotel with no travel documents. Local police threatened to shoot them. @gillianbrockell.com reports. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...

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‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect

‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.

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