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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 11/10/2026

Wind and solar helped the UK avoid US$7.8 BILLION in gas imports during the Hormuz crisis. That’s what breaking fossil fuel dependence looks like. Governments backing more oil and gas owe people an explanation. SCALE UP RENEWABLES.

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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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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026

Australia top court rules against coal mine expansion, citing climate harm aje.news/73cc0l

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

International students and their families deserve our respect and support. But now the Liberals are competing with Labor and the One Nation to scapegoat them for problems they do not cause.

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Education sector faces ‘bleak’ future as parties unite on student cuts

Labor, One Nation and, now, the Coalition have detailed plans to curb international student and graduate visa numbers, adding pressure to a strained market.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh so a fundamental section of a necessary discovery was recognized by the woman interacting most with it .. not the credentialed “scientists” And it’s being shown that the person with privilege kept lying This isn’t common at all

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Wendy Peter Pan: Internally Screaming

ALT: Wendy Peter Pan: Internally Screaming

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two men who regard their own voters with contempt

Screenshot of Albanese’s obsequious selfie photo of he and Trump

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026

Leaving a bomb with a timer in a building doesn't get reported as "bomb tries to blow up building", and OpenAI's employees designing an extremely clumsy, badly designed self-prompting language model hooked up to public actions that can cause harm shouldn't be reported that way either

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isobel @gynoid74.eurosky.social · 15/04/2026

“Defend Direct Action” Graphic by Amam

anarchist in red mask thowing a petrol bomb and a rock, bold text reads "defend direct action".

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

LLM chatbots on published papers without explicit opt-in from authors is so incredibly disrespectful and completely undermines the idea of a published version of record

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

r/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote

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From the crafts community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the crafts community

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Because micro-disciplining the labour market is a key element in its overall management and these losses are an acceptable cost; i.e., they provoke no significant political obstacle to its continuance.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Notice how those “apolitical” people ALWAYS end up siding with the oppressors

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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Australia is in “climate denial” and has already missed its chance for a smooth transition from fossil fuels, the co-CEOs of @australiainstitute.org.au have warned. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260915-a...

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026

"yes, we are going to need gas for some time" This sounds reasonable and level-headed but it is a genuinely bonkers thing to say about a toxic product we need to eliminate ASAP to protect our own health and safety. No other 'useful' but dangerous product has been talked about in this way.

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Seen a lot of people responding to this with “I’m just going to pirate the show,” and I want to gently remind everyone that the central idea in this piece is that there’s no way to engage with the Potter franchise in any capacity that doesn’t benefit Rowling and her bigotry

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm sure this outcome will be read a hundred different ways, but it is another reminder that when centre-left parties punch left and pander right, they lose. Voters can see the party doesn't have any principles, and if the trajectory is rightward, they might as well vote for the real deal.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Labor ran a former federal staffer who left politics to join Woodside's government relations team back in WA. One Nation is similarly pro-fossil fuel. Woodside, essentially, has covered all bases here.

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

reject modernity /// embrace tradition

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/08/2026

Man this is right here. Even everything it's compared to (smartphones, calculator, printing press) found its use through immediate, organic adoption. GenAI is way more like SUVs, single-use plastics: it had to be pushed, marketed and forced into unavoidability by companies

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Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Israel was never going to hold their forces to account for the murder of Zomi Frankcom. This is what we warned the Albanese Government about from the beginning. It was their responsibility to ensure justice for Zomi. They have completely failed in their duty.

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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I swear to god the people in charge are just like “oh climate change will hurt us? When? Not my problem I’ll be dead by then.” They then amass more wealth and power and reward the destruction of the planet.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Anyway, a reminder. Fuel Tax Credits over the next 4 years will cost the Govt $47bn. The savings from the cuts to the NDIS is $38bn. Gillard in 2010: "Budgets are about choices, and you show what you value through the choices you make" Indeed.

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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What's really fun about Labor trashing the NDIS is that, in years to come, they'll still celebrate themselves for creating it.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Yet another example of the nonsense infecting our state. Is the idea that nothing critical of Israel can ever stand? Because the lobby groups keep telling us there’s a difference between prejudice and criticism but they keep acting like there’s not. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint

Author Adam Johnson criticises Waverley council saying ‘reality is often upsetting’ while Palestinian group says libraries should hold ‘challenging’ books

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026

The only conversation worth having is how Black people are overpoliced & over-punished & held to different standards in all aspects of life. That there is an outrage when Black people transgress that isn’t there when their non-Black counterparts do.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Imagine being an ALP Minister of the NDIS and thinking it is good that the LNP "has been extremely constructive" in discussions over how to agree with you legislation to cut the NDIS

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CuntGPT @cunexttuesday.wtf · 15/08/2026

Exactly. Like, if this shit worked it would have worked by now. It's solely an expensive exercise in authoritarian paternalism. I remember back when Labor was for the lower classes. Remember that? They've been the new Liberals since Rudd and this is their idea of a good time.

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Stina Womack @trickpixel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I first thought Gates was vaguely bad, then understood him to be a philandering shithead, but TIL he's actually a murderer. All billionaires exploit. We need to eradicate them. (By which I mean tax them into non-existence, not something more nefarious.)

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Companies like Andreessen Horowitz (major investor in Flock) decided it was a good idea to focus their portfolio on "dystopian fascist crap that makes your life worse and yes you pay for it with your taxes which go right into our pockets" and, surprisingly, it turns out people don't like that!

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Sean @flyingwalruss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Good to remember that you can’t pirate it either. I remember in the early seasons of Thrones seeing HBO use the piracy numbers to boost their claim that it was the biggest show on tv, something they’ll do again if it helps. Watch something for adults instead.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11/08/2026

Australian friends, for our history map we are trying to find the location of what was 330 Castlereagh St in Sydney. It was the IWW headquarters in 1914. The street is still there, but looks like the building has gone and the numbers have changed. Does anyone know exactly where number 330 was?

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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Aussies have no idea about our level of racism. Many of us know we’re racist but they still don’t comprehend how bad it is.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly.

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molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

TFW ChatGPT tells you to go explain to the internet in detail how you’re a loser 😬

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 01/08/2026

Dear media, please be even a little bit critical and suspicious of whether the people with literally trillions of dollars & the world economy riding on you believing what they tell you might have reason to lie about what's happening inside their products that they refuse to let anyone else analyze 🫠

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Shiro Sirius @shirosiri.us · 29/07/2026

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

"A physical book is a delivery mechanism for information," it continues.
"Once that information has been extracted and encoded into an Al model, the delivery mechanism has served its purpose. What remains is paper, ink, and binding material. The book is not destroyed. Its value has migrated.
The paper returns to the material cycle; the knowledge enters the intellectual one."

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Kim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I come back to this tumblr post again and again

Tumblr post by sunderwight: The current AI situation is like if the people who were pushing NFTs had successfully gotten everyone to start referring to any and all digital transactions as an NFT, thus allowing them to pretend that things like online shopping, downloadable video games, bank transfers, etc were closely related to convincing middle-aged would-be techies to invest serious money in ugly digital paintings, and hold the former examples up in defense of the latter any time someone pointed out that the whole NFT thing was a racket. What do you mean NFTs are bad, don't you want disabled people to be able to use their phones to have medication delivered to their doorstep? Wow. Horrible of you, really.

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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 16/07/2026

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

$21bn investment is a bullshit figure that won’t generate actual jobs of economic activity that actually improves lives. Tell them to fuck off www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Anthropic tells Chalmers: $21b investment hinges on copyright

Chief executive Dario Amodei met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when AI giant Anthropic launched in Australia in April.

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Gerard Gill @gerardagill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just checking do we take this approach when we talk about Russia or Iran or Myanmar or do we just report on the balance of what they are doing that's newsworthy

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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