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Very important Star Trek image

Shatner
The world of homosexuality I'm not that
familiar with. Are you?

Spiner (Data tha robot)
To a degree…

lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you’re a Dem and you think throwing anyone under the bus is the way to win you deserve to lose. We’re not supporting this shit anymore

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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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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We literally invented Google specifically so no one ever had to learn computers and they still won’t use it.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"in the future the computer will use its vast stores of data to perfectly tailor art to your preferences" meanwhile this is the data the computer has about me

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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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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh GOD FORBID some not think ranch is “spicy”

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Are you winning? Are we winning? Is anyone actually winning?

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Dude I don’t think i’ve said it explicitly so let me be blunt: trans rights are human rights and if you throw them under the bus we’re coming for you

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Sean Lim @seanlimmn.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We Love Our Somali Neighbors 🇸🇴 We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors 🦋

We Love Our Somali Neighbors

artwork / poster design by @SeanLimMN

We Love Our Immigrant Neighbors

artwork / poster design by @SeanLimMN

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you won’t fight for everyone’s rights, you won’t fight for anyone’s rights. We’re not voting for these guys anymore.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump voters are looking my way because I'm not bought off. I want money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

sorry if I seem weird and intense now, it’s because I’m now weird and intense

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

in a country where they are trying to make it illegal to protest i say: good. go nuts. let your freak flag fly. ive never understood liberal pearl clutching over what is quite literally the baseline civil liberty. politicians should be hectored 24/7

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

people'll see this and say "hell yeah"

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think this is the big problem with AI; everyone hates it displacing jobs, obviously. But after that there are so many people putting no effort in then being surprised we hate it. If they did even the bare-assed minimum, we might not be AS hostile, alas... It sucks? Who could have predicted this?

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Liv Agar @livagar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

my thoughtful and nuanced opinions re:cornell 7

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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026

DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptiv…

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026

I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte!

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

HBO: Origins HB0 (reboot) H3O - Electric Boogaloo HBO - Year One HBO - The New Recruits HBO (reboot)

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Team Ilhan @teamilhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Deal with it. 🕶️

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy looks at a laptop and says “boy o boy! I wonder what my comedy hero’s up to”

Panel 2: A tweet from John Cleese that reads “This is where the Arabs were ahead of us

By castrating all their slaves, they made sure that there were no descendants who could claim reparations”

Panels 3-5: Purple Guy slowly closes laptop with a mystified look of revulsion

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Africa’s future is our future. Honored to have hosted the CBC ALC Africa Braintrust panel to discuss innovation on the continent. As the only African-born member of Congress, I’m proud to work to ensure Africa's future is inclusive and built for the people.

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

Greetings from the GOP midterm convention.

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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 07/09/2026

every job deserves comfort, dignity and safety! 🫡

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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tens of thousands in Ingham and Livingston County are still without power. Michigan is dead last in the nation for restoration time. DTE keeps hiking our rates without improvements for Michiganders, and politicians like Tom Barrett are taking their money instead of demanding accountability.

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"If you consider bipartisan hate, he's getting bipartisan hate"

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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/08/2026

Politician Discusses Secret Of Saying One Thing And Doing Another

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delta! @peachdelta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 23/08/2026

When fascism shows up, it’s because Centrists opened the door. Centrism not only will not, but cannot save us from fascism.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ok I admit… this made me laugh out loud

If your girl:
-drinks a lot of water
-causes drama
-remembers everything

That’s not your girl, that’s a data center

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Perennial reminder that the big corporation does not care about you and there are better alternatives.

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sylvia @sylvibullet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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The Other End @theotherend.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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lithiumhum.bsky.social @lithiumhum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When they discover it's cheaper than infusing:

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Omi Rhodes @omiswatching.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Warner Bros is reaching new levels of desperation to hype up the new wizard boy show. They’re actively seeking out trans influencers to do promo and there is no hell hot enough for these traitors.

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Cid @velociriker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

So..this photo is from 2024. They just ripped it from her Instagram. I’m not going to get into a trans person still repping Harry Potter from 2024. But they didn’t actively seek her out to promote this. They stole her 3 year old vacation photo and tried to make it seem recent. Vile.

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