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Luke

@imlukefoster.bsky.social
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Somehow this became primarily a wrestling account ( #AEW and #stardom), but I also post about movies, comics, and politics, too.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13h
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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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12h
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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All Elite Wrestling @allelitewrestling.com · 14h
As announced by Fox Sports Mexico, AEW returns to Mexico this December! #AEWDynamite & #AEWCollision: Winter Is Coming takes over Arena Monterrey on Wednesday, December 9. Presales start Tue 10/13; tickets go on sale Fri 10/16 at 10am CST!
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17h
its just weird how theyre never gaming out scenarios for curing cancer or anything like that, i couldve sworn they said that was one of their big goals
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Which promotion is this?
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A-yep.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Finally, we have the Marvel Midnight books, new horror interpretations of classic series. Fantastic Four (Benjamin Percy and Kev Walker) is cosmic horror, Spider-Man (Philip Kennedy Johnson and ScieTronc) is body horror, and X-Men (Jonathan Hickman and Matteo Delafonte) is a vampire war.
The covers to Midnight: Fantastic Four #1, Midnight: Spider-Man #1, and Midnight: X-Men #1, all published by Marvel Comics.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The next is Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death, by Michael Walsh and Toni-Marie Griffin. DC’s cowboy anti-hero is reimagined as an immortal, haunted by ghosts literally and figurative, who doesn’t kill anymore but might have to when supernatural entities begin to appear.
The cover of Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1 by Michael Walsh and Toni-Marie Griffin, published by DC Comics.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here are some great new comics out this week to get you into the Halloween spirit. The first is the new Sabrina the Teenage Witch, by Corinna Bechko, Kano, and Nick Cagnetti. Sabrina has just learned she’s a witch and hijinks ensue. Classically humorous, not dark like the tv show.
The cover to Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, published by Oni Press, written by Corinna Bechko and with art by Kano and Nick Cagnetti.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What the fuck even are we anymore?
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She was already my favorite before this.
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LaserPH @laserph.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Footage from yesterday of Yunamon continuing her volunteer efforts in her hometown of Yatsushiro in Kumamoto still recovering from the recent earthquakes. Distributing shaved ice for the heat and moving out furniture. She will also appear at the 『くまもと駅前プロレス2026 秋の陣』 fundraiser tomorrow #STARDOM
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/10/2026
New Yorkers: Do you have a form of immigration relief called withholding of removal? Have you received an ICE letter summoning you to 26 Federal Plaza? Here’s what  you can do:

1. Call our Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365, or call 311 and say "Immigration Legal" for free, confidential help in your native language.

2. Fill out our intake form to get help from the Rapid Response Legal Collaborative: nyc.gov/RRLC

3. Make a plan. Make sure you have an emergency contact and that someone you trust has your A-number. Talk to a lawyer before making any decisions.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.
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Kenna Alexander @kennaalexander.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Indigenous artists! Help us make a cool game. Let them know I sent you. Share where you can! Wado! www.montecookgames.com/call-for-ind...
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Call for Indigenous Artists for Between Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying Game! - Monte Cook Games
Celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Dreamwalking, sea-singing, and crow communication. Dangerous gods, difficult choices, and sweet romances. This […]
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That would be the crashout to end all crashouts.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It would be absolutely hilarious if Max lost his fake belt to a promotion he’s always crapping on.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The second half of #aewdynamite was great. Darby Allin and Kyle Fletcher destroyed each other, Mercedes Moné and Queen Aminata put on a great show, and Ospreay and Okada put on a masterclass of a match. And that audience was pumped for the entire two hours. Can’t wait for Collision.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am a learned man.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
All right, I have class now, so I’ll finish the second half of the show when I’m done. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wow. Mark Davis got the pin on Gabe Kidd. Never thought that would happen. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That is a perfect comparison.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Paul Wight isn’t here, so why is Nigel having chair problems? Also, kudos to Excalibur for holding it together as well as he did. I certainly wouldn’t have done that well. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
lol at the announcers speculating on the very French ways Don Callis may have met disaster to explain his absence from the show. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jon Moxley and Gabe Kidd face Mark Davis and Jake Doyle. If you ever wanted to find a way to make me cheer for Gabe Kidd… #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The guy with the “Marina scares the hell out of me” sign speaks for us all. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
PAC’s chair. 😢 #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Asking for your own Triumphal Arch is definitely an uncontroversial request, Okada. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And Samoa Joe wins. He may have been bloodied, but Jungle Jack is mush now, so… #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think Jack might be legally dead. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The crowd will not let Jack’s theme song end. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jungle Jack Perry is taking on Samoa Joe for a shot at the Clockwork Carnage match. Joe is a dangerous monster, but how could I cheer against someone with such a fun entrance theme? #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love how the United Empire is the anti-Don Callis Family in that Speedball can say he’s taking a shot to win Ospreay’s belt, and Ospreay encourages it with a joke and a handshake. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Will Ospreay has a 2-11 record against Okada? Risky move to make this challenge. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meanwhile, Bandido took the win. Nigel was right: it’s not just that we were seeing a match for the the first time, it’s that we were watching a matchup we never thought we’d ever get to see, and it was spectacular. Bandido and Kofi have chemistry to spare. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh dang, the tension between Hangman and Swerve finally SNAPPED. It took Austin and Brody to keep them apart. And listen to Brody talk Hangman down. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Austin Creed must’ve finished reading Swerve’s biography, as he immediately tried to keep him from causing trouble. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Uh oh. Swerve and Hangman are here. Should we expect shenanigans? #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He’s almost giddy.
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bandido is making this a dance-off. I approve. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bonjour, French announcers. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wonder how you say “Fuck ICE” in French? #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wasting no time kicking off the action in high gear with Kofi vs Bandido for the Ring of Honor championship. #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
C'est mardi! Et vous savez ce que ça veut dire! #aewdynamite
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Luke @imlukefoster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For twenty bucks I certainly didn’t.
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