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Veronica Green-Party Eco-Socialist @smartirestgeenyas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Gavin Newsom like most Corporate Democrats will fight to protect the Epstein Billionaire class at the expense of the rest of us.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.

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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
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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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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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

nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026

I can tell red state Dems one thing: release a transphobic ad and you won’t see a dime from me

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rubio is petulantly annoyed because he gave this big speech in Athens about The Future of Western Civilization -- and coincidentally, on the very same day, his ambassador to Greece gets caught soliciting a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit-card bill.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026

This new Sherrod Brown ad debunks a anti trans ad while tying the Republican senate candidate to Jeffrey Epstein. THIS is how you fight back against anti trans ads.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don’t really know how to process publishing this and then two days later ICE shoots someone in my actual neighborhood Uptown has seen a sudden uptick in ICE activity since the summer ( + a citizen pepper sprayed in August) but this “quiet summer surge” is getting very loud

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am aware of the history of 20th century fascism and grew up around Holocaust survivors. When fascism returns, they said, expect indifference or outright cowardice from 90% of your friends, neighbors and colleagues. AND YET, it still shocks me to see this groveling cowardice in real time.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sadly and somewhat similar, Americans love excessively big homes in the suburbs even though they can’t afford them. We should also make those unsustainable homes even more costly - for example, by stopping subsidies to suburbanization

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So many amazing people and furry friends here! It's nice to see all this love. My husband and I started a non-profit to help surrendered dogs, especially seniors. If you're able, we could sure use the support! www.zeffy.com/en-US/peer-t... And the picture is some of the friends we've helped.

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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A plea to all you wonderful folks who are thinking to adopt (not buy) a dog or cat… The shelters are FILLED with animals who’ve been surrendered. Yesterday they had a bed and a family and now they are confused and terrified through no fault of their own. Consider giving them a next chapter.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This abused foster dog proves that love heals even the deepest wounds. Original post

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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/10/2026

Los Angeles should not be a hundred degrees in October thank you for coming to my TED talk

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026

The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The lone woman on Tennessee's death row was still alive after she was administered two lethal injections, her lawyer said in a motion seeking to halt her execution Wednesday night, a stunning development after the Supreme Court had stepped in to allow the state to put her to death.
At 8:26 p.m. local time, witnesses said
"executioners had injected both syringes of lethal injection chemicals and Pike is still alive and snoring," her lawyers said in a federal court filing.
They said Pike "has not lost consciousness and still has a heartbeat," and that curtains to the death chamber "have gone down twice."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

UPDATE: Florida killed Curtis Beasley this evening. Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty noted this is the DeSantis administration's "44th execution." Beasley is "the 13th veteran, the 14th senior citizen, and the 27th person ... to die despite a non-unanimous jury vote for death."

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 29/09/2026

My dear friend and her family in Gaza have lost everything; their home, livelihood, and security. This is the case for thousands of Gazans.   They rely on us. Please give if you can. No amount of donation is too small. And help others. There are many Gazans in need. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1981...

My friend in the ruins of her city of Rafah.

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 30/09/2026

i have long wanted a category that’s just “movies you would want to find on cable at a hotel.” if i ran netflix i would just occasionally pay film knowers to make resonant bespoke lists

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💀 Beignet Blanc 💀 @puckingladylike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lol I wonder how much of this is from people like me replying to the absolutely insane amount of fundraising texts with "stop throwing trans kids under the bus and I'll think about donating again"

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Aaron J @its-ya-boi-a-aron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah, put yourself in a Palestinian’s shoes for just 5 minutes and idk how you don’t see it as colonialism. Whatever the logic or rationale behind it, all of a sudden a bunch of people came and started taking over you and your neighbors’ homes. And I’d be pissed if that were happening to me.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Journalists may not have much. But we retain the right to call the frauds and bootlickers masquerading as the pillars of the media industry a bunch of scumbags. Truth, after all, comes free." remarkable @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social piece www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...

hamiltonnolan.com

The Free and Unfree Press

Journalism, and its adversaries.

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't know that the average local GOP elected boosting 287(g) in their jurisdiction understands that the rift with huge swaths of the community will be irreparable, even if the contracts are ultimately wound down. Some percentage of the population will never cooperate with the police again

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really wish that Covid hadn’t happened, but it did, and either we adapt to the reality that it makes some people permanently sick and at risk, and they still deserve humanity, or we keep scapegoating and ostracizing anyone who points that fact out, anyone who has to survive it, anyone broken by it

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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 20/09/2025

Support human art. Support the plurality of voices. Trans rights are human rights. We are all in this together. Resist what you know is wrong.

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 27/09/2026

They tried nothing and they’re all out of ideas

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Meta is the Torment Nexus @priva.cat · 24/09/2026

Yup. Start threatening Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, et al with personal liability/jail time and all those AI risks will disappear in a day.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you're worried about AI's threat to human civilization, this is where you should be looking.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The problem with Capitalism is... well all of it. Capitalism doesn't mean using money, and it doesn't mean competition, actually Capitalism DESTROYS competition. All Capitalism means is the richest people have all the power. It is impossible to have Democracy in Capitalism.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026

Continuing its voyage into uncharted waters, the latest preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.08°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Models expect the Nino 3.4 anomaly to continue rising into at least mid-November. Then there will be dragons.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026

you could say this verbatim about silicon valley. and honestly, if you are a democratic politician reading this, you should!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 20/09/2026

Very Good Dog!

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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

eat shit out of a dog bowl dr oz; may all your halloween candy be the nasty black licorice

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

These are some of the dumbest and most delusional motherfuckers on the planet, their brains are cooked by never being told no and they view the human world as a pure financial abstraction, stop giving them more credit than they deserve

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Even a lot of people on the left are still way too stuck on the idea that wealthy powerful people got that way by being smart and making plans and forming accurate reads on the world and it’s really just not like that, sorry, the truth is so much stupider

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be “It’s simple math, vote blue no matter who, grow up” and ALSO believe you are fighting fascism by making calculations as to who’s expendable. The world we’re in now demands more from us. More from everyone.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I assume anyone who points out how small the trans population is doesn’t know any trans people & I guess that’s what it takes to care? Because if you know even ONE trans person, like a person in your life, how can you think about that person and conclude it’s okay if they get thrown under the bus?

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The time to push candidates toward more progressive policies is NOT after they get in office. It’s before. We have to look out for everybody. That may include a type of person that is not in your life!

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We need a Hollywood movie about this

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan.

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