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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 13h
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 15h
Romancing the Stone For Tax Purposes
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I spoke a bit about Matthew Shepard over the weekend in person to some folks, but I didn't want to let the anniversary of his death — October 12, 1998 — pass by without giving a moment to him and his memory here.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So this is incredibly exciting: at November's end, I'll be performing at Oxford with Kim Stanley Robinson and Brian Eno (!). So excited to share a stage with them and other scifi authors who write on utopia. (It looks like tickets are sold out, but maybe email the Schwarzman Centre to inquire?)
schwarzmancentre.ox.ac.uk
A History of Utopia with Kim Stanley Robinson and Brian Eno
What does it mean to build a liveable future – and who gets to imagine it? Since its creation by Thomas More in his 1516 work of political fiction, the concept of utopia has appeared throughout politi...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it
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Valentin Zessinthal :: Endless River @varietyofdogs.com · 08/10/2026
A COMPUTER CAN BE NEITHER HORNY NOR SAD THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NOT MAKE "ART"
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
PhDeez Nuts
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Aaron Yonka @adyonka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to all who observe.
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Brian Kane @briank3387.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not a bad idea
A Twitter post reads: "Today I'm coining a new internet slang term: ai;dr. AI, didn't read. Start using this to reply to comments that are obviously written by AI and watch what happens."
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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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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don’t ask couples with no children when they’re going to start having children. Normalize asking couples with children when they’re going to stop having children.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
i started laughing when i saw why he wouldn't rename the goddamned mississippi river and by the time i got to the part where he might try to rename a fucking OCEAN after himself i was full-on cackling
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 10/10/2026
why does this look like it's full of many many dead bodies
a building made to look like a face with a large hat on it, even a nose and ears sticking out
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
wired.com
Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you don’t know of any such habits make some up.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.
Trump wearing a blue suit on stage. He is flashing his jacket open, such that you can see the interior labels. One label says Jos. A. Bank. A product shot from Jos. A. Bank's website. This is from the Traveler line. It appears to match the label in Trump's suit. A photo from the product page touts that the suit is made from a new "fabric technology" that has "ultimate stretch performance" and "anti-microbial/ reduce moisture and odor" qualities. There is a photo of a man wearing the suit. From the product page: "Product Details & Care
Stay comfortable and confident with this Traveler® Collection suit separates jacket, powered by innovative 37.5 © technology. Designed to maintain your body's ideal microclimate, the fabric removes moisture at the vapor stage to keep you dry before sweat even forms. Plus, 37.5 helps absorb and trap odor molecules, keeping you fresh and ready for every occasion. Offering maximum mobility with built-in stretch, this jacket moves effortlessly with you throughout your day. As part of the suit separates collection, it allows you to customize your fit by selecting jacket, vest, and pant sizes individually, ensuring a tailored look that's perfect for you.
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Shop worry-free knowing returns are free on every purchase. Return within 90 days from original date of purchase at any Jos. A. Bank store or by mail at no cost. See our Return Policy for more details."
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is absolutely preferable to not pick up the cigarette in the first place news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
news.berkeley.edu
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
As we theorized on the MeidasTouch Podcast: "I'm pretty sure Trump is so dumb with a 'b' that he believes Los Angeles and San Diego are, like, the closest cities to Iran—and they're not. New York and D.C. are far closer than Los Angeles." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think what frightens me most is that the sheer volume of things to be horrified by has become its own kind of protection for the people responsible. Nothing has to be explained or resolved becuase a story or a scandal or a tragedy only has to survive until the next thing happens in five minutes.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Also, I thought elites were bad
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's OK not to have children if you do not want to raise children. More people should take this to heart.
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you live in the west and have a job and regular income, please consider pledging 5 dollars a month to help 12 families in Gaza survive. It's a direct way to resist genocide and imperialist fascism, to help people stay alive. Do not give in to helplessness when so many need help in our reach.
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Sleeping Awake @sleepingawake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
https://www.instagram.com/goattoself?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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Mare Pan @paarsec.com · 06/10/2026
Hot take, but artists deserve to make a living like everyone else
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“I can do whatever I want” says the guy who denies dozens of sexual assault allegations.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
RFK Jr: Well, actually…
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m not a big fan of The New Yorker, but they published this piece a while ago, but I think back to constantly. Education does not work when cruelty is the point.
newyorker.com
The Root of All Cruelty?
Perpetrators of violence, we’re told, dehumanize their victims. The truth is worse.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
EXACTLY this. They KNOW what they’re doing. In fact, it is the point. They’re not “dehumanizing” their victim—they recognize her agency and choose to destroy it, and that is exactly what excites them.
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Joe Brian 🇺🇦 will win @mrjoebrian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This made me laugh
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Annie Altman @anniealtman108.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB youtu.be/akjrfwYPvy8?...
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First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB
YouTube video by Annie Altman
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Solved a Hilbert problem, invented the computer, defeated the Nazis AND, we now know, wrote erotic fiction staring himself. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/alan... The perfect human being.
cam.ac.uk
Alan Turing’s gay short story reveals ‘fun, cheeky’ man
A racy short story by the ‘father of modern computing’ rips up Alan Turing’s ‘isolated mathematician’ image, revealing a playful man overcoming trauma and defiantly embracing his homosexuality.
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How is this not treason?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 05/10/2026
no....no!!!!!
lowly worm is now driving the trolley problem trolley :(
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m doing another post office run tomorrow!—if anyone would like a few stickers to slap on their laptop, phone, or office door. Check them out, five varieties, all designed by me (a human)! They also come in both R- and G-rated versions.
monicabyrne.org
Stickers! | monicabyrne
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
But before that, at 5 or 6 years old, I had a nightmare involving the snake from Sesame Street.
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Man, I had (thankfully) forgotten all about that. I vaguely remember being afraid of metal for a while afterwards.
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The clown in Poltergeist.
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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳
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Sledge. Matt Sledge. 🟦 @mattsledge.xyz · 03/10/2026
Don’t believe the polls. Vote.
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👻Calvinboo Congress👻 @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I want you to imagine what navigating life and relationships looks like for a woman who was raped by her literal partner in college. I want you to stop thinking about Jacob. Think about her. What does dating look like for her now? What does trying to go to sleep each night look like now, for her?
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luisterpaul @luisterpaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hot buttered lobster roll
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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