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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

President Zelenskyy says Ukraine will continue targeting Putin’s Russian bot farm data centers. Good, take them all down.

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In economics we call this failure. In politics its called object failure and omnishambles. PREFU stands for Pre Election Fiscal Update and is given before each of our elections. You can work out who was in power for each PREFU yourself

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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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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

All good but when is he naming the 3 greatest minds?

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Wise is also good. First time I've been back in Europe and the UK for seven years. Immediate moves of currency from one to another using a single card to pay.

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

nber.org

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021–2025

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How do you know if your school is any good? New essay on what PISA reveals about disadvantage, why a narrower gap can mean something’s gone wrong & why we need to discount the outcomes of the most advantaged students. daviddidau.substack.com/p/how-do-you...

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How do you know if your school is any good?

What the performance of advantaged and disadvantaged students reveal about school effectiveness

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The 9 albums that made me? Not over thinking as I am tired waiting in Singapore for the second stage of my flight back home to NZ. my9albums.org

Sign o the Times, Bandwagonesque, In the Space of a Few Minutes, Violator, Bossanova, Lost in the Dream, Unplugged, Velocifero, Copper Blue

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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 09/10/2026

The previous Labour Govt dropped a bunch of speed limits. The NACT Govt reversed the changes, did two rounds of consultation, and ended up reinstating the original Labour govt changes. Great use of resources. Glad we're not wasting time or money on idealogical farts. #nzpol

Text from an email, reads: "Kia ora
New lower speed limits will in place in the following locations in Northland.

SH1 Moerewa to Kawakawa - 80km/h from 12/10/2026
SH10 Kaingaroa north - 80km/h from 14/10/2026
SH10 Kaingaroa south - 80km/h from 15/10/2026
SH12 Opononi north - 60km/h from 13/10/2026"

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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Dan beat me to it but it's actually a reaction to this moment... Luxon: [rules out Opportunity because 'no new taxes'] Hipkins: But you're happy to work with racists.

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Every single leader of Reform UK is an ex member of the Tory Party responsible for 14 years of austerity which killed thousands of old, poor, sick and disabled people Don't listen to their promises to make life better They are the problem "From one bin to another......" via We Demand UK

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Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Luxon with same real Melania Trump vibes. The man has a natural talent for coming across as a total prick. You can’t teach that.

Frankly, I don't care’, Luxon says as undecided panel favour Hipkins after leaders debate

He said he wasn't bothered by the undecided voters panel siding with Hipkins. Luxon scored only 24% with that panel of 100 voters, while 27% remained undecided.

"I mean, there'll be a number of other people with a number of other views. Frankly, I don't care," he said.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.

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Pumpkin Spice NZ 🇳🇿 @pumpkinspicenz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

OMG! Rules out Opportunity as a coalition partner, comes third in a 2-person debate, now this: #nzpol

Headline from Stuff: “Live: ‘Frankly, I don’t care’, Luxon says as undecided panel favour Hipkins after leaders debate.“

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is good news because the Greens also have the best policies for anyone who calls Aotearoa home. Greens surge to new high as Labour and National drop in latest poll www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...

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‘We’ll need portfolios’: Swarbrick lays down demands as Greens surge in new poll

The party will have 19 MPs if the results of Monday’s 1News Verian poll are repeated in November’s election.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

💧WATER IS LIFE!💦 It must NOT be privatised, controlled or used up by Corporations or DataCentres The #Greens will make sure our WATER is SAFE to DRINK, SWIM in, & FISH from. #nzpol #PartyVoteGreen✅+💚❤️🖤 www.greens.org.nz/waterforlife

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NZ Greens “Budget” & FairTax plan is fully costed & fantastic. FREE GPs, Dentists & childcare‼️Less tax for 96% NZers‼️ #climatechange action, conservation; a $395/wk income guarantee‼️ & the wealth tax is v similar to Australia’s! 💚❤️🖤#nzpol www.greens.org.nz/tax_system_f...?

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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can you imagine!!! 💚

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I put off watching Tucker Carlson’s interview with Jacob Rees Mogg but I did want to see if it’s been taken out of context. It has not. Carlson absolutely argued that Britain would be better off to have not fought in WWII, that Germany was justified in invading Poland, and more than in that vein.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One day we’ll have a conversation about the things we normalise politically, culturally, systemically that has the end result of women MPs being targeted - and women and girls worldwide. From gutting of pay equity to refusal to hold predators accountable in every single sphere - our choices add up👇

nzherald.co.nz

Luxon says extra security measures needed for under-attack female MPs

The Prime Minister said gendered abuse was 'utterly unacceptable'.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/10/2026

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Allow tens of thousands to go bankrupt each year, that is the American way. Just don't look at the falling life expectancy stats in the US and nowhere else in the developed world.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham puts Thatcher and Blair in their place In an impassioned speech, the prime minister dressed down his predecessors and set out commitments on the pension triple lock, electoral reform, the EU – and a national care service, writes @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social bit.ly/3VDZ3ms

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Burnham puts Thatcher and Blair in their place

In an impassioned speech, the prime minister dressed down his predecessors and set out commitments on the pension triple lock, electoral reform, the EU – and a national care service

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KiwiNikki @kiwinikki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wish the media would come up with headlines like- Seymour thinks it’s fine to feed schools kids unrecognisable slop. Inflation is up again. Thanks, National! You can’t afford to eat? ‘Cry me a river’ says #Sorted. Company liquidations as high as GFC. ‘Be adult’ Luxon whines. Do the research.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
X.com
I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk · 24/09/2026

Nigel Farage says an attack on Russia pushing disinformation in the UK is an attack on Reform UK When they tell you who they are, believe them.

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Having been the Free Speech Union’s nemesis for a couple of years now, I can confirm everything Dane says in this op-ed is false and he is the king of disingenuousness! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nicky-hag...

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Nicky Hager is part of an elite intelligentsia who hold a Free Speech Union derangement

OPINION: Hager’s book Dirty Work went looking for foreign money. Instead, he found Kiwis.

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'The fact that the orchestrator of all this bloodshed is roaming freely in our cities is an indictment of BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS... Let us not mistake the spectacle for the story: genocide is the headline, and it is time for it to end.' deadline.com/2026/09/hann... #auspol #freepalestine

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Hannah Einbinder Speaks Out After Arrest Outside UN

Following her arrest at a demonstration outside the UN General Assembly, Hannah Einbinder doesn't want her message to get lost in the headlines.

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Kevin Weaver (he/him) @kevinweav2003.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm in Berlin right now, best journey ever for not feeling lagged at all. Not sure that helps, but just wanted to celebrate with someone

Zum Nußbaum, at the walnut tree, the oldest inn in Nikolaiviertel, Berlin

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KoBettyAhau ♥️🤍🖤 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kobettyahau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just saw this on LinkedIn - I'm completely floored 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 25/09/2026

Pols journos sneering that “everyone knows about the Taxpayers Union” and ”it’s just lobbying” are telling on themselves; the fact is that the public *doesn’t* know about the TPU‘s antics and that is because of the failure of mainstream journalists

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David Samblas @dsamblas.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

If was me POV:

Same pintures as the mention, but last two blur

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Chlöe Swarbrick is getting positive media for communication of costed Green Party policy, her knowledge, ability to answer questions without going off like a headless chook - Jones/Peters/NZF - or making extreme statements with little connection to the facts - Seymour/ACT. They’ll go postal. #nzpol

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Green Heart with Safa

Alt: Green Heart with Safa

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Lululamarmiteontoast @lalamarmiteontoast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#nzpol reminds me of another female politician we had that could listen, answer questions intelligently on a myriad of subjects & say if she didn't know the answer & would actually find out the answer I like those types of politicians, I think they're called 🤔 intelligent Meanwhile Chris Luxon 🤷

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Bauhausandmies 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿 @bauhausandmies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s a shame we’re not getting those new ferries today. Also a shame that no journalist in a national paper wants to remind the government that they spitefully threw away a fuck tonne of money.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone

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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If only there was some kind of local representative who was a member of the government who could push for policies that mean an increasing number of desperate people dont have to rely on food banks in the first place.

Front page of Kāpiti News. The main headline reads: Running Out: Foodbank supplies low as demand rises above an advertisement for National MP Tim Costley.

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Emz of Big Hairy News @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

TPM Debbie allegedly and inaudiably says "cunt" in the house and booted minutes before the 6pm news goes live, makes it into the headlines. LUXON says "cry me a river" in response to a question on rising cost of living earlier in the day, doesn't get reported anywhere. What the actual fuck.

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