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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Your “getting the big things right” assertion is total bullshit. Just self-soothing nonsense. I don’t care if Bluesky grows or really even survives, ultimately. But you weirdos going to bat for the nazi child sexual abuse site have lost sight of reality.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For the love of God, stop saying this regime's ruthless authoritarianism "raises questions" and start telling us what answers you have for us. If you can't do that, get the fuck out of the way.
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Stoned Feminist 👻 Spooky Version @ladylinds.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Did AIPAC tell you that couldn't mention Ilhan Omar by name? What is this statement?
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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can’t post this enough times
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.
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Ennui’d @bradleeonbass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sometimes transcribing a solo you love sort of demystifies it, but even after picking it apart note by note, Larry Carlton’s most legendary guitar solo still feels like alien shit. Needed the 6-string #Bass and prob could’ve used 2 more frets: here’s the solo from #SteelyDan Kid Charlemagne!
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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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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026
anyway in a just world a giant cartoon piano would fall on hanania and tracey in the middle of their pro rape podcast
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
someone should ask donald trump, john thune and mike johnson how come they havent said anything about the recently deceased republican who served as speaker of the house for almost a decade.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
get ready for a version of 60 Minutes unlike anything you’ve ever seen
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/10/2026
sorry i get fired up about this but like once a month the "why doesn't everyone become [trade]" conversation picks up despite very few of you actually knowing what it feels like to be one (also i would love if someone who actually knows what it's like to work like that wrote about it.)
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/10/2026
talked about this before and again, i'm speaking as a third generation journeyman trades worker, but working in trades is not something that any of the people who write these pieces, or honestly most of you, respect at all. It's perceived as something you do when all the "good" options are gone.
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thethinblackduke.bsky.social @thethinblackduke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026
if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good and gutting. (No, really, it is very good—you should read it) David Perry, UMN student advisor, on what the university is for and how deeply the planned budget cuts will mess with that www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
And mostly, it’s worked out for the best. Even if we just assess for dollar value, a 2025 analysis found that for every $1 invested in the U, the state reaped $16.75. In other words, every Minnesotan benefits from our robust systems of public higher education.
It’s been striking to me that while conversation about the budget inside the U has been substantial, I haven’t yet seen Minnesotan politicians addressing these potential cuts as a crisis. Part of that is because public universities like the U have made a trade-off, growing increasingly corporate and independent (despite publicly appointed regents) as public funding has collapsed. As a share of the budget, state funding has plummeted over the decades, falling to about 15%, compared to 39% in 1997. If that’s what you want, then fine. But did we ever have a public debate about whether that’s what Minnesotans actually want?
If you don’t want to more significantly fund the university, which bits are you eager to cut away? If it’s instruction and student services, here’s what happens.
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bus Trip Passengers meme w/ the man against the rock face reading "Billionaires with 12 yachts and a private jet" and the sunny view side being a golden retriever w/ a stick in its mouth reading "Dog with a stick"
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Grateful Dead Lyrics Bot @deadlyrics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad Going down the road feeling bad, hey hey hey, yeah Don't wanna be treated this a way
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Super excited to have Sylvan Esso in on their record release day. Have a listen to Amelia & Nick chat with the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about their new lp, Ow ∞ www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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Sylvan Esso are finding ways to laugh among the doom : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Lead singer Amelia Meath says the album reflects "a decision to continue living despite the fact that we continue being hurt."
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 11/09/2026
No, honey, that’s a frog. Bears wear hats
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"I support the rights of everyone to live their own lives. Medical decisions should be between a patient, their family, and their doctor. That question is a ridiculous distraction from <insert populist issues>. Voters are too smart to fall for your scare tactics." How hard is that?
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 09/09/2026
I’m so tired. Tired of being told “study hard, work hard, and good things happen” when the reality is being lazy and dumb are rewarded at the highest levels of gov and business. Tired of being told “treat people how you wanna be treated” only to have the meanest and evilest people run the world.
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Brendan @bpdiamond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This take could be correct, Dave, and you can call Hunter a charlatan, an asshole, a privileged white guy, whatever. But the way you callously mention his addiction as if that itself is a moral failing? That's really shitty.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026
At one Wisconsin private school, we found that: • The board chair also helps manage school operations. • His accounting firm has an $87K contract with the school. Both of these things would be prohibited at a public school.
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What's funny to me is everyone in our age group that uses this shit couldn't WAIT to become lazy turds and they've been framing it as "it makes me more productive" lmao. No it doesn't. You don't do shit. You ask Digital Jenny McCarthy to do your coding or writing because you're lazy as hell
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Joe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Small-market team that hasn’t won a pennant in 28 years: $3.9B Team that hasn’t won a playoff game since Blackberries were a thing: Even more than $3.9B Tell me more about how the people who own baseball teams need to start a labor war and risk a season to keep themselves clothed and fed.
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.
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Jacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Democrats who are talking about Hasan Piker more than Donald Trump are just proving us lefties' case that these folks care *far* more about disciplining us than defeating fascism.
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Kane Korso @godevils2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
She paid for the Moderna vax for Covid to be made.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
W.W.D.D.
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Kill Tim Faust 💀 @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026
my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
The threat to women’s sports has been from loser men all along
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
we are PROTECTING WOMEN IN WOMEN'S SPORTS by having MEN show up to WOMEN'S SPORTS to YELL at the WOMEN PLAYING SPORTS
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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Among Our Many Horrible Americans
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Among Our Many Horrible Americans - Lawyers, Guns & Money
There was a time when Aaron Rodgers had a reputation in the media is the “smart, interesting quarterback.” Granted, most white football players are complete chuds, but while Rodgers might be slightly different than most of them, he sure as hell isn’t smarter, as he’s proven repeatedly since he started opening his trap about everything […]
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HEALTH @health.band · 15/08/2026
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Uncrewed @uncrewed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm shocked nobody on here noticed that the only reason why it went from a slight Dem-favored model to a 50/50 toss-up is because they added Kalshi to the model. I'm not joking! bsky.app/profile/vote...
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A reminder of what Abraham Lincoln thought of the Know Nothings, the party that championed "heritage Americans" and attacked immigrants in his day. quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/li...
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that ``all men are created equal.'' We now practically read it ``all men are created equal, except negroes.'' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read ``all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and catholics.'' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty---to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy
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Joe @jgeish.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Birthday Jerry
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The Lanky Libtard @cmacdee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The bloodlust to prosecute the one smart guy who was trying to protect all of us from the plague is peak dumbest timeline.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We've been in the ripping-the-copper-wiring-out-of-the-walls era of society for awhile now. There's no attempts to make anything better. There's no attempts to make anything people want. It's just syphoning gas out of cars and burying people in gambling debt from rigged betting markets.
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