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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 1h

Watching an Abdul El-Sayed press conference and the contempt for Mike Rogers is just palpably thick

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.

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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026

nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ah, this might be the crime that the execution scandal is meant to obscure.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As always when the Trumpistas are splashing a scandal all over the media, I wonder what crime they are trying to crowd out of the limelight.

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laurierking.bsky.social @laurierking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Organizer Kyoko Takayama (@kyoko4us) put together a list for CA voters. Because before we can vote for a matter, it helps to know who supports it. #vote2027 #FollowTheMoney @IndivisibleGuide

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish I felt better about the answer to this.

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tropicana field ass stadium

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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026

“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 02/10/2026

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 01/10/2026

Which legislative chambers could each party flip, and via which districts? What school boards are seeing tensions over the rights of LGBTQ students? Explore our guide to November’s elections to learn what’s at stake:

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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More

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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hegseth, for example, can get a separate murder indictment for each boat strike. We should also encourage other countries to charge them as well where justified, and be open to extradition.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This smug, dumb motherfucker tripping over his own laziness and stupidity is just 🤌

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Always remember that Rufo is a fucking fraud, explaining his deep racism with faux intellectual bullshit that makes other racists think there's an actual, tangible basis for their racism rather than them being just irrational, hate-filled dickholes.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Missing Kruk's last game is the only thing I regret about cutting out all spending on the Giants this year.

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LOLKNBR @lolknbr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kuip’s stick man has a boiler. 😂😂

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Probably time to stop calling them judges

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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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Lars, but even scarier somehow @larsforgothispw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welcome to SHITTING BRICKS Stadium!

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Needed some private time for giving Xi a slobber job on the ride in from the airbase.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump in front of the UN is always like when your unstable old uncle stands up to give a wedding toast nobody asked for.

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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 19/09/2026

sarge and beetle bailey in hegseth's army

photoshopped beetle baily cartoon that has sarge leaning over beetle who is in bed, he's saying "what's this all about" and sarge is telling him it's time for his morning inspection

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Bryan Murphy @bryanmurphy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was glad I got to write this headline for the Giants-Dodgers series preview www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisc...

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Crooks vs. Losers Series Preview

The Giants might’ve cheated you out of your time for six months, but the Dodgers have cheated you out of your money!

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Lies, damn lies, and statistics we pulled out of our asses

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Looks like Operation Epstein Fury is going as one might have expected, had one spent ten minutes thinking seriously.

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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Personally I would not pick this fight with the youtube guy who demonstrates all the ways he can nail you with an arrow at 200 yards using his feet while wearing 12-inch Pleasers, whose wife can also kill you with her bare hands, and has 9 billionteen followers who are all trans women with swords.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 15/09/2026

The problem is that "while you weren't looking the tech industry was comprehensively taken over by a cult based around a piece of Harry Potter fanfic" is self-evidently an absolutely ridiculous claim that can't possibly have happened, which is a real problem given that it 100% did happen.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026

some chud interviewing for patel’s FBI: “if anything the goat fucked *me*”

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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When you’re a billionaire, your biggest priority in life can sometimes be “l literally think this guy should Mackle less”

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Out of respect for the victims and the office of the presidency, we will never print photos of Donald Trump sleeping through the 9/11 memorial, or mention that it happened.

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The Real Victim Here Is Samuel Alito @johnniedisaster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The first time in recorded history that College Game Day has warmed the cockles of my heart

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later"

Columbo (Peter Falk) asking one more question

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Once again, the epic failure of the Iran war is simply not receiving the same nonstop, breathless treatment in the press that Joe Biden’s not 100% surgically clean implementation of Trump’s totally unplanned rapid withdrawal timeline in 🇦🇫 received in 2021: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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séa @seagothman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

screenshot of skeet i made last week:

it's handy that all you need is a picture of rfk and [tainted food] and you don't even have to read the headline

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Basic Infrastructure - students would learn about where their energy comes from, plus the distribution systems for food, water and sewage treatment. And about how weather and climate interact with these.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 08/09/2026

The proto-Effin’ Birds was my Tumblr “Swear Trek”. It opened a lot of doors for me and I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I don’t have plans to revive it (one daily comic is enough work), just wanted to thank it for getting me here on this 60th anniversary of Star Trek.

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