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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6h

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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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

People are living longer, taking up more space, and having fewer children. Three-quarters of old Toronto declined in population 1971-2021; those areas lost *540,000* people.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 19h

At a time when Toronto is losing bike lanes (through no fault of the city itself), it’s great to see new ones appear in Winnipeg.

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#Operation Red House @arxivofourminds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

20 year old Jesse Lee Bond lynched in 1939 Tennessee. lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/jes...

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 19h

New bike lane on Sherbrook Street in Winnipeg.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 19h

At a time when Toronto is losing bike lanes (through no fault of the city itself), it’s great to see new ones appear in Winnipeg.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These are the lyrics to a 1970s Tom Waits song

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I could talk about the Edmonton situation vis-a-vis Winnipeg builders constantly citing it as a national leader of service to business in housing. Or I could talk about how Edmonton has been the stand-out success in getting more housing built since the words "housing crisis" were first muttered.

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“radlib” @a.aboli.sh · 07/10/2026

one time i was in an improv workshop with someone younger and they mimed “being on the phone” by holding an invisible brick about six inches away in front of them at chest level tapping their thumbs

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My mother-in-law, who hadn't been on a bicycle since the 1980s, visited us last year and we biked to toddler swimming class together. She's now biking 40 minutes to work everyday in Montreal because she has a separated bike lane the whole way there.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yesterday the cafe I work at packed up its CafeTO patio. Immediately, someone parked where the patio used to be and the spot was basically occupied all day m. It made me think of the bike lane removal thing. All those “freed up” lanes will just be parking. It won’t ease car congestion at all.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My extended family ties were tested during Covid and the rise of MAGA, but I decided that it was more important to keep the connections. I noticed that their extreme views only grew more intense in isolation, which isn’t good for anyone.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t expect it to know everything. But I’ve been using iPhones since before he was born. Given Siri has access to ALL of my info (contacts, photos, texts, emails, calendar…) HOW does it not know how to spell my kid’s name, or recognize it when I say it.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Like, it can’t even handle this question: “Hey Siri, what time does __’s appointment end on Monday?” 🙄

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All this talk of A.I., and my iPhone still misspells my 11 year old’s name.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 03/10/2026

Country singer Zach Bryan wore a “Free Palestine” shirt at his Gillette Stadium show in Massachusetts.

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🇨🇦 Christine 🇨🇦 @grubsweatcheers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A call with Minion #2, expecting to hear a few tempered tales of her wild university life. Her: woot! Garden cohort! Look at my kale! I love kale! Going to Dollorama tomorrow to buy bowls for kale salad! This is about as far removed from what university was like for me as is humanly possible.

Different vegetables in mugs. And large amount of kale!

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Chris Mulligan @mistermulligan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love the new addition to the MMF, formerly Bank of Montreal building downtown. #winnipeg

Beadwork on MMF building, Portage and Main, Winnipeg

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...

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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS

A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The key detail here. The ball is now in their court. And if the pipeline simply re-routes existing production away from America and towards other markets? I can live with that.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agreed. I will definitely be asking my kids to read Valley of the Birdtail once they’re old enough.

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

SENATOR: I have these text messages that put you in Saskatchewan watching the Roughriders. The very city that you claim to have never been in. You are under arrest for perjury. You are dead meat. WITNESS: (ruffling papers) actually I was seeing the Ottawa Rough Riders.

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 29/09/2026

Under a court order, Mohammad Tubasi and his family returned to their homes in Jalud, which settlers had vandalized. Minutes later, over 150 settlers attacked. The family was forced to flee for their lives. Soon after, settlers set their homes on fire. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Adam Brody, star of breakout Jewish comedy, "Nobody Wants This" “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine" deadline.com/2026/09/adam...

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Adam Brody Declares Support For "Free Palestine"

As Netflix prepares to release another season of 'Nobody Wants This', leading man Adam Brody is using his platform to speak up for Palestinians.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One weird trick to solve traffic congestion (price it).

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🇨🇦Jackie Corrigan🇨🇦 @jackiecorrigan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Online booking for flu and COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Public Health immunization clinics is now open. #Covid manitoba.ca/respiratoryv...

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Province of Manitoba | Vaccine-Preventable Respiratory Illnesses

Province of Manitoba

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The disappointing part is that it isn’t very good :(

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Interesting conversation. It’s mostly about Medicare for All, but the last section is about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s views on how the U.S. should treat Israel (basically: like any other country).

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s illegal for a teacher or even a volunteer to wear a religious symbol here, but not for a school to wear one.

Cross on École de Normandie in Longueuil

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Ryan @epitomeofman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know someone who was turned away because they brought a burner phone without any personal data on it.

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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“A US permanent resident argued that evidence collected from a cellphone search at [JFK] Airport should have been suppressed at his…trial because the search was done without probable cause. The court…[ruled] that border officers don’t need reasonable suspicion to go through travellers’ cellphones.”

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Rocky Alcoa @ivortossell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

People who get thousands or multiple tens of likes don’t get to savor getting four artisanal likes individually wrapped with love each time, your loss chuds.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m sympathetic to the fact that change is difficult at that age. But it’s tempered by the knowledge that their house is worth a *gazillion* dollars and they should have known the bungalow wouldn’t last.

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Julie Penner @julespenner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Huh, never thought of it that way but good point re: being out of scale with the bungalow.

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