Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New 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 149148776407
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 09/10/2026Football Card of the Day: 1989 Pro Set Mike Ditka, for obvious reasons. 3915
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 09/10/2026I wrote about Jim Bakker, whose parasocial style of grifter evangelism seemed freakish to mainstream society in the 80s and is now the machinery by which mainstream society operatestheringer.comThe Death and Afterlife of an American Con ManJim Bakker’s vision of the future came to pass. Just not in the way the disgraced televangelist imagined. 23455114
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop. 25590052075
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.sociallindsey romain @lindseyromain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026was the joy of my life to write about my queen diane lane in UNFAITHFUL and UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN for @brightwalldarkroom.com. two movies about what it’s like to be a woman in your late 30s, the impulse to tear it all down, and the joy of building it back up instead 🖤brightwalldarkroom.comTwo Diane Lanes at Midlife: Unfaithful & Under the Tuscan SunI am soon to be 38: the age when women disappear from movies. But once upon a time they did make movies about us, and they starred Diane Lane. 812122
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/10/2026Trump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsthebeaverton.comTrump admin demands Canada not meddle in midterms so they can meddle in separatist referendumsWASHINGTON D.C. - Trump Administration trade advisor Peter Navarro is accusing Canada of interfering in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, unfairly distracting from American efforts to interfere in ... 7423162
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialMike Silver @mikesilver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I went to Las Vegas for a football game. Greatness ensued, as it usually does when a certain QB is part of the proceedings. NFL Wake-up Call is free to read at @theathletic.com ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/766... 0171
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj 34514197
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialPaste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On “You Can Make Him Like You” and being a Hold Steady girlpastemagazine.comOn “You Can Make Him Like You” and being a Hold Steady girl20 years after Boys and Girls in America, “You Can Make Him Like You” is not just the Brooklyn band’s most enduring track, but one of the greatest songs a man has ever written about a woman. 062
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialRichard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for U.S. support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province. The cross-border effort to sway Alberta’s secession vote. Via Globe And Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comThe elephant in the roomAlberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province 8178
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 13265133
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialcaptain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026MAD TV’S 100 BEST TV SHOWS OF THE 21st CENTURY 1. Butter Ball Saul 2. Hicks 3. Widow’s Bae 4. Mad Men’s Wearhouse 5. Succotashion 6. Kevin Hart Can Fuck Himself 7. The Wirewolf 8. Slow Lorises 9. Twin Peaky Blinders 10. Reacheround 2042688
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Canadian public is largely rejecting MAGA-style politics and the Canadian conservative movement with it, at least at the national level. But I am not sure the health of the Canadian conservative movement has been worse in my lifetime. 613415
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialBYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SENATOR: I have these text messages that put you in Saskatchewan watching the Roughriders. The very city that you claim to have never been in. You are under arrest for perjury. You are dead meat. WITNESS: (ruffling papers) actually I was seeing the Ottawa Rough Riders. 823246
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAndrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com @thefinancenewsletter.com · 29/09/2026Nobody wants to borrow $500,000 at an 8% interest rate After 10 years of payments you'll still owe $438,600 Nobody is buying a home today with an 8% interest rate. It's not happening. 98624
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/09/2026Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan: “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”thebeaverton.comAlberta Separatists unveil development slogan “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”CALGARY - With the Alberta Separatism referendum fast approaching, pro-separatist groups have launched a new campaign to entice investment dollars to their chaotic barely-planned idea for a country. 12581140
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound. 642333460
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDavid Medina @davidmed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“He’s the best teammate I have on the team right now. 100%.” “This year, so much friendship.” Cuban reliever Adrián Morejón and Japanese reliever Yuki Matsui have an inseparable friendship. Here’s how it began with these #Padres teammates: Via: Annie Heilbrunn 1153
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialMichelle Frost @michellefrost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So many pieces need to fall in place but there is a possibility that we’ll get a playoff broadcast booth of Jason Benetti, Mark Grant, and John Kruk. That would ease the impending pain of Joe Davis and John Smoltz. 🙏 2172
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting. 331027407
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialNick Juskewycz @itssked.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Chris Simms my GOAT. He's 100% spot on here 31961242
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread) 7049481258
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🚨🤓🚨NEW JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP LAUNCHES TODAY! CAJ announces the Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting. Offers $3,500 for a story project about local, provincial or territorial governments. Deadline to apply Oct. 15. Find out more and get idea-ifying now: caj.ca/caj-announce...caj.caCAJ announces new journalism fellowship: Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Political Reporting - Canadian Association of JournalistsThe Canadian Association of Journalists is proud to announce a new journalism fellowship today for in-depth reporting on local, provincial or territorial issues.The Geoffrey Stevens Fellowship for Pol... 023
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJosh Lewenberg @jlewenberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Canada Basketball is getting a new government funded state-of-the-art $76 million training facility and community centre they’re calling “The Hub”. Construction begins next year at the Humber campus in Etobicoke. Facility includes 6 courts. 2305
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I think about this song too much bsky.app/profile/denn... 1171
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored. 201110642283
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 28/08/2026GS: “On one side of the draw, about 2-in-3 S&P companies mentioned 'AI productivity' during their Q2 earnings call. On the other side of the draw, only 2% actually quantified how that's impacting earnings TODAY.“ www.dailychartbook.com/p/the-equall... 711234
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAlan Siegel @alansiegella.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Went deep on the long journey of COYOTE VS. ACME. With Will Forte, Dave Green, Samy Burch, Eric Bauza, and many more. www.theringer.com/2026/08/27/m...theringer.comKeep Chasing That Bird: The Oral History of ‘Coyote vs. Acme’The ‘Looney Tunes’ movie is finally hitting theaters after its controversial shelving three years ago—this is the story of how it got out from under the anvil 221273
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 26/08/2026Wanna know something I think would be crazy? It would be crazy if XX-XY Athletics, the apparel firm stoking outrage against the WNBA, had a secret, Koch brothers-aligned, oil rich family fortune behind it. But that would be crazy, right??? www.foiaball.com/p/xx-xy-athl...foiaball.comThe oil money lurking behind the WNBA outrageXX-XY Athletics has an interesting paper trail. 8848881764
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialTyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ebert on Dolly. 220450
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly was always in on the joke. RIP to a legend.youtu.beDolly Parton Presents Her Top Ten Pet Peeves | LettermanYouTube video by Letterman 07427
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Mired in a shooting war with Iran and a trade war with Canada when we could have just not done either of those, totally voluntary completely stupid national self-harm. 24922173
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJoe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hey to my favorite podcasters. Please, I am begging you, repeat the player you're talking about's name! You can't say the name once, then say "he" and "his" and "him" 43 times over 90 seconds before moving on to the next player. Just drop it in now and again. "Smith's targets..." Jones's OBP..." 5714
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026its so funny to me that the AI industry spent the last few years promising cancer cures and miracle drugs and is now like How can we get people to like us? uhhh cure cancer, bitch. right now. cure cancer before you steal my job. 837658
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22/08/2026not a ton of muppets clips i haven't seen but this one is sublime 37852101
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026It’s very gross when a premier whose province has been minimally affected by tariffs, because of the nature of its industries rather than its political leadership, takes shots at other provinces that are feeling more pain. 24390127
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Happy Days! #lufc 3977
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAndrew Granola @mourningcake.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Rob needs to get that vasectomy checked. His #sons are growing at an exponential rate 81276
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.social🌿Fern🌿 @itmustbebunnies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026There was a guy in the bad place who charted everything shit that happened because of Reagan 629274
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026welcome to the field of dreams, an homage to a movie revolving around men banned for life from baseball for gambling. brought to you by fanduel 313509794
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDailyFaceoff.com @dailyfaceoff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Former Calgary Flames radio broadcaster Peter Maher passes awaydailyfaceoff.comFormer Calgary Flames radio broadcaster Peter Maher passes awayMaher was the radio play-by-play announcer for the Flames from the 1980-81 season through the 2013-14 season. 011
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026People voted for authoritarianism because they wanted lower inflation and now they have authoritarianism and even more inflation. (no lessons will be learned) blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/affordabil...blog.fiftyplusone.newsAffordability concerns are even more important to voters than in 2024Inflation continues to dominate the issue landscape, and drag down the president 462344440
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This highlights a profound impact of Trump — the further normalization of violence against women. Trump got elected in spite of his long history of violence against women. He is not held accountable when he continues to abuse women. 1/2 361587483
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/08/2026i wonder if maybe tech guys should’ve maybe had a better pitch for AI than ‘fuck you you have no choice’ 1446350
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialthe moon report 🌑 @seachanger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026what’s twice as Nazi as fox and powering the information environment of 3 billion people 0409168
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialPatrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The Athletic's slow-motion exodus from local coverage obviously directly contradicts the original stated purpose of the publication, and is exacerbating the problems that were created when they initially vacuumed up so much of the local talent 419118
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialOne Autistic Senior Citizen🇨🇦 @oneautisticsenior.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Good read www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cana...publicnotice.coTariff Man's new assault on Canada is his dumbest yetThe madman theory works ... right up until it doesn't anymore. 735072
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDerek VanRiper @dvr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Sometimes I think Canada loves baseball enough to support more than one team. They should really try that again. 3252
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 23/07/2026even if It happened tomorrow and all the destructive trade policies of the past 1.5 years were instantly undone, it wouldn't address the fundamental demand-side issue. the bulk of available evidence suggests the canadian drinking public just does not want to drink american booze anymore. 717434
Reposted by @martybaceda.bsky.socialJason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026*Separatism is not a very popular idea in Alberta, except among a 1/5th-1/3rd minority of people. 3346