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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14h
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 7h
So a book with two gay penguins will traumatize kids but a public execution wouldn't???
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The Legal Aid Society @legalaidnyc.bsky.social · 8h
The shooting of our client, Oscar Belgal, by ICE agents last night is an urgent call to rein in ICE’s use of force and hold federal immigration agents accountable. Our communities should not have to live in fear of federal agents who act with impunity. bit.ly/4znR7Es
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LAS Decries ICE Shooting of Client Oscar Belgal
Mr. Belgal’s five-year-old child was inside his vehicle when ICE fired on it.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h
NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...
United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the U.S.
Department of War announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.
"I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances."
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8h
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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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 10h
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 8h
Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8h
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 8h
You get knocked down but you get up again
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 14h
Dogs are the Best 🩷🩷🩷🩷
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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thorjansen @thorjansen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now assholes are threatening her. It's what abusers do when they fear being exposed for the utter human filth they are. www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/u...
cnn.com
Cornell’s Jane Doe is ‘terrified’ after death threats and a swatting incident, her lawyer says | CNN
One month ago, the woman now known to America as Cornell’s Jane Doe was living in New York City and trying to break into the hotel industry, her lawyer says. Now she’s facing threats and hiding out at...
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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @nick-carmody.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's nice to see MAGA finally having some clarity about Trump and the movement..... ...but a lot of damage could have been avoided by listening to people who have always understood exactly who and what Trump was......and the effect he would have on the country and the world: x.com/Nick_Carmody...
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I feel like there's an inner battle between Lynch and von Trier
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈 @misskitty.art · 08/10/2026
A legendary pioneer has left us. Margaret #Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that coded #NASA's voyage to the #moon, has died at 90. She elevated #programming from an afterthought into a world-changing #science. Her legacy is etched into the cosmos forever. #SheShed
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Playing to the knuckledraggers in the base
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And not to be judgemental or anything but we were just built differently in those days I think
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The couple that hired me to clean their house were a disaster. She stayed home, they had 2 rowdy boys, and she never cooked or cleaned. Whenever I was there I cooked lasagne or something that would last for a few days, then I scrubbed toilets and changed diapers. I was also like 13 at tthe time
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OMG how awful
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yeah, as an adult I always wondered how people could leave their 2 yr olds with kids like me for babysitting. We survived, but yeah.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From like 12 to 14 years old, I had a lucrative babysitting business. One of the parents always picked me up from my home and drove me back. Kept my pockets full of mall money. One of the families even hired me to clean their house on Saturdays. Does this not work anymore?
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The more people who use LLMs, the clearer it's become they're designed to give answers that sound right to people who don't know stuff. There's nothing in there that checks if it *is* right.
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Warren is too professional to remind everyone that Pulte is on camera receiving a trophy that says “Bill Pulte Fucks Only the Young” but I’m not
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 06/10/2026
There is a long history in this country of pandering to xenophobia, and treating immigrants as second class citizens; but Americans also have a history of rejecting such repulsive tendencies, as I discussed here.
publicnotice.co
Lessons from a Red Scare
The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drop kick me jesus through the goalposts of life
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 06/10/2026
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pumpkin
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/10/2026
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Hiding in Plane Sight theonion.com/hiding-in-plane-sight
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Hiding in Plane Sight
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He caused a lot of damage to good people I think
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
NEW: Several more Jan 6 defendants have filed federal civil lawsuits, seeking taxpayer-funded payouts The latest group includes seditious conspiracy defendants, who allege mistreatment during confinement & "malicious prosecution" There's been a wave of these suits this month
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In the 80s my dad was all excited about a new talk radio show and had me listen. It was Limbaugh and I listened to about half the show before I changed the channel and I knew then that the Republican party was insane
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026
Look at this precious baby 😭
Small brown walrus asleep on its back
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026
I know you all hate Instagram but the Alaska Sealife Center has an orphan baby walrus 🥹
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego!" Can you imagine if a Democrat said this about Republican-led cities?
thelondoneconomic.com
Trump says he'd have no issue with Iran bombing US cities
Donald Trump has said it would be a 'small price to pay' if Iran bombed US cities such as San Diego and Los Angeles.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🇰🇷 South Korea says Ukraine’s apology over disclosing the planned transfer of two North Korean POWs fell short of expectations. Seoul may now recall its ambassador. FYI: South Korea had already revealed the transfer plan in June. Lee needs this dispute with Ukraine to deflect a domestic scandal.
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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦 @perevaa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🇰🇷 South Korea is supplying Russia with fuel using sanctioned tankers amid shortages caused by strikes on Russian oil refineries. In July and August, more than 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, were shipped from South Korean ports to Russia’s Far East. A thread 🧵
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tracygmax.bsky.social @tracygmax.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay I come here every day just for Kevin's my man series and I'm never disappointed
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨 South Korea has shipped 176,000 tons of fuel to Russia, mostly diesel, using sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tankers in July and August 2026. This is why the South Korean government created a fake scandal attacking Zelensky over North Korean POWs. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The victim's lawyer is furnishing details: His name is Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, and he's a DoorDash delivery man. He was making a delivery when ICE agents attacked him, riddling his car with bullets and shooting him in the back. Don't believe a word that DHS says about this incident.
statesman.com
Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's stupid innit. When you're a kid you can't wait to be an adult and when you're an adult you're like why is this so stupid
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, it's hard to watch
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The guy sneering at "your precious liberal arts degree" majored in Philosophy at Harvard
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 05/10/2026
Dear Daniel. Was William the Conqueror ethnically English? Was Harold Hardrada just trying too hard to be. And if you are not, are you perhaps a Peruvian Cnut? Asking for a deeply confused racist who is still trying to work out who to hate.
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MeterMaid @kikarella.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I had an abortion at 20 because of a date rape. If it hadn't been an option then what would have been the option?
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