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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This should be the final nail in the coffin @csis.org
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Ummm…👇
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JonnyGoo @jonnygoo.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the Catholic Church racking up PR wins by saying shit like “we shouldn’t bring back public executions” and “your Claude app isn’t sentient”
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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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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you need me, just follow the sounds of a woman shrieking with rage like the tenth Nazgul who didn't get invited to the hobbit-hunting party www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chow's lead shortens in Toronto's mayoral race, new poll suggests | CBC News
It might be a tight race for mayor in Toronto with the top two candidates neck and neck with just three weeks to go until election day, according to a new poll.
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Desperate for a rebrand. Im old enough to remember when it was called machine learning.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸
This sculpture is a satirical piece titled "[The Orange Plague] created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt.

The Imagery: The 2.6-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze sculpture depicts a naked, oversized Donald Trump riding on the back of a smaller man. He is holding a golf club in one hand and a pair of scales in the other. 

The Meaning: According to Galschiøt, the piece is a satirical commentary on modern political power, climate policy, and the subversion of the rules-based international order. 

Recent Exhibition: In October 2026, the statue drew global headlines when it went on public display inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, organized by Danish MEP Per Clausen.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 07/10/2026
We will not fully solve the problem of SA while our society is still built on the domination and exploitation of land for profit. That teaches everyone that living beings are here to be dominated and power is all that matters. There will always be violence here, until we decolonize
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Brad Bradford Is Going To Make Toronto Liveable Again (With Cops) youtu.be/6X_M_w3Nibg?...
youtu.be
Brad Bradford Is Going To Make Toronto Liveable Again (With Cops)
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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Isitjustme @shotze3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Signed. Please share widely. #onpoli
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth's podium looks like mjollnir, thors hammer, that so many white supremacists have misappropriated as their own. Coincidence, or conscious dog whistle?
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 01/10/2026
Colonial feminism is when you understand that a wife doing most of the caretaking labour while her husband sits around is unfair, but you don't see how Indigenous tribes doing most of the earth's stewardship work while the rest of us destroy and consume is the same problem at a massive scale
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The moment Jack Smith realized Eric Schmitt was talking about the wrong game.
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somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social @somedudenamedcarl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HEM: "But you'll ruin that young man's life if you report him for sexual assault." ME: Correct. I'd prefer if he didn't get to become a Supreme Court Judge or run for President.
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Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
ALT: Karen Gillan Points Up: Yes, That
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bluesky, you're not getting it. I dont want any sports content. If you must interrupt my depressing news feed, do it with dogs and cats, obv
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is why you don't just dig things up. Look at the amazing info we've got now: We know how it was all placed in ground & we have all of it, none damaged & conservation possible both as excavated & after. We can also look at the soil, for organics, pollen etc. #Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure 🏺
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ali mcforever @alimcforever.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
another victory for the #un
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please listen to this whole song.
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
To be clear, these things don't just happen. Not an an accident.
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Take a day off to plant some trees, its the least you can do.
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dude, don't you have an encampment to destroy or something?
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
the greatest lesson of my political life was watching Rob Ford accrue power in Toronto because, i shit you not, when he was a city councillor you could call up his office about whatever small issues (potholes, permitting, etc) and he'd actually help you out
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Angels In Velvet @angelsinvelvet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I would definitely watch this movie and read this comic.
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What a glorious day to ride a bike
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NOT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, but are we boycotting the Patriots and all shows at Gillette Stadium as hard as we are boycotting Ed Sheeran??? Because Robert Kraft deserves the heat about 100x as much, even if Ed is being a little dick bitch for letting him dictate things.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Damn
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
Depressed kermit the frog costume guy sitting hunched over on a park bench
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Chop @chopaganda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Funny how NFL owners don’t have an issue with Kanye playing their stadiums after all the years of holocaust denial and Hitler worship. It ain’t about Jewish safety, Jewish Americans, or even Judaism at all.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Democrat should file a bill on Monday for everyone to get $5,000 checks right now to see if Mike Johnson, John Thune and congressional Republicans will advance and pass it. Call their bluff. Pass the bill.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The reality of the AfD and the global far-right movement
This political meme utilizes the classic Scooby-Doo unmasking format to make a satirical critique of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party and its leader, Alice Weidel. The First Panel: Fred is shown removing a ghost mask from a captive figure. The mask features a photo of Alice Weidel next to the logo for the AfD. The Second Panel: The mask is off, revealing that the true identity or driving force behind the party is allegedly composed of three foreign nations represented by their flags: the United States, Israel, and Russia.
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1kr5ur43m.bsky.social @1kr5ur43m.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SCIENCE HAS REPLACED RELIGION BECAUSE SCIENCE TELLS THE TRUTH !
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Oldfatuglynbroke @oldfatuglynbroke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
John Fugelsang has a lesson for men while remembering Gloria Steinem.
johnfugelsang.substack.com
Gloria Steinem was a Hero to Men, Too.
She proved that feminism is good for Real Men; even if the word itself terrifies weak men.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On newsstands now.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The “radical left” wants you to be able to eat a salad and go to the doctor. Super scary stuff.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A child attending his first-ever live concert was brought on stage by British rock band IDLES in Belfast, Ireland. When asked to say one thing to his people, he shouted “Free Free Palestine.”
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joshblackrobin.bsky.social @joshblackrobin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trying his very best to sink the ship
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𝖢𝖠𝖳 𝖡𝖴𝖳𝖫𝖤𝖱 𝖲𝗋. @catbutlersr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Science Sundays
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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