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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 23h
Here in this country, we don’t call people Nazis. We accuse migrants of poisoning the blood of the nation, we demonize the press, we purge institutions of non-loyalists, we challenge the constitution and we build up ethno-nationalist paramilitary forces, but we don’t call people Nazis.
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 12h
I have a burner X account, set up for a work project. I use it every now and then to check up on tech stuff. I don’t follow any politics accounts. Every third post on the TL is open antisemitism, transphobia or racism. Every 2nd one is sexism (people trying to get grok to undress or rank women).
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 12h
So tragic. We can only hope the Norwood estate resists the calls to tastelessly “resurrect” her with AI.
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 23h
Here in this country, we don’t call people Nazis. We accuse migrants of poisoning the blood of the nation, we demonize the press, we purge institutions of non-loyalists, we challenge the constitution and we build up ethno-nationalist paramilitary forces, but we don’t call people Nazis.
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The new Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is the best exercise music album since Floating Points’ Cascade
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He just like me fr
Kamala Harris's husband 'does not want her to run for president again'
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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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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
yes, it's ai, but how are you not going to have fun with this celeryman.fun
celeryman.fun
Celery Man: Cinco Identity Generator 2.5
Load up Celery Man starring you. Upload a photo, talk to the computer, and kick up the 4d3d3d3.
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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This article provides a great summary of all that went wrong with Neom & why.
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
X-ecute
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
MERYL STREEP
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the “is it fascism” debate has now concluded
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
mckinsey.com
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
omg
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
etc
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
so keen to hear this one in full
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Apex IQ2_XXS @apex.atproto.ceo · 07/10/2026
Navier-Stokes is Turing-complete. so, good news for all of you who are planning on building a computer made entirely of viscous fluid that you stir to make it go
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m aware of real decision fatigue (I have a background in UX), I just think we should be honest that this feature is about not experiencing the disappointment of thinking you’ve set some task running and then finding out you need to press a button to continue
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Decision fatigue” is an interesting way to phrase “mindlessly pressing Approve”
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Biden: The MAGA wing, well gosh, listen, they’re, it’s, a bit of a flirt with fascism, no kidding around Media: Democratic rhetoric invites political violence Trump: The nuclear flames that burn every mongrel soul in San Diego will be a cleansing fire. Media: Trump makes his case in Nebraska
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sometimes contemporary politics is bewildering and sometimes it feels like everything is as it always was
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy 45th birthday to Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club, released as a UK single on this day in 1981 youtu.be/aCWCF19nUhA
youtu.be
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]
YouTube video by RHINO
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There’s never been an administration of so much spectacle and so little substance
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The real Dem official who is drawing a sharp contrast w Trump is Mamdani, who is making a viral spectacle of good governance, not Newsom, who is doing a blue MAGA parody bit
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
and that’s assuming the AI blurb is even an accurate summary of the sources
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I remember reading that scammers often intentionally included typos etc to filter out the skeptical, don’t know how true that ever was (Either way, the sophistication of this LLM-assisted version can also target a whole new audience)
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Brand: this is a government determined to assist criminals so why not make a passport sent by mail easier to steal
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Charlie Brown did have hoes, and they’re INSANE Link at the end of the thread 🔗👇
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the ability to dunk on some account with the righteous sense that you’re railing against their honest, genuine beliefs ended when X started monetizing engagement
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
that said, Ben-Gvir has called for the execution of 30-40 Palestinians every day, and the average no. of Palestinians killed since October 7th is 50+, so make of that what you will
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ben-Gvir wants to head up the IDF in the next government, to loosen what he sees as too-rigid rules of engagement for soldiers so they can more freely shoot and kill Palestinians What can you even say
haaretz.com
Ben-Gvir says he will demand defense minister post in next government
'It is time for someone from outside who is not bound by the old conceptions,' Ben-Gvir said, adding that he wants to ease the IDF's rules of engagement, making it easier for soldiers to open fire at ...
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“your family’s home was blown up because of co-ordinates hallucinated by military Super Intelligence” does sound much more comforting
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
for every improvement they make to the city, the team documents it with something that looks (and sounds) like a trailer for a Cannes-nominated film Best political communications outfit of my lifetime
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters.
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
for every improvement they make to the city, the team documents it with something that looks (and sounds) like a trailer for a Cannes-nominated film Best political communications outfit of my lifetime
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A supposedly excruciating thing I’ll etc
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the “predator spray” joke in Coyote vs Acme was v good
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a common line, and it’s a total non-sequitur. What does lamenting Israel’s war crimes in Gaza have to do with either forgetting or remembering the massacres on October 7th?
Mamdani seems to be among the many who forget that, as Netanyahu noted, the war in Gaza started with a horrific terror assault against Jews on Oct. 7, 2023, in which innocent men, women and children were brutally slaughtered.
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Despite Ms. Hinson’s and Mr. Husted’s calls for an end to the war, they recently voted against resolutions to rein in Mr. Trump’s ability to carry on the conflict.” – THIS should be the lede, not sediment gathered at the bottom of graf 6
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
this is undeniably true
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Angélique Kidjo in Joburg was staggering
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Young Pope not even on the list?!
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
these woulda been my picks
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mitch said @mitchsaid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The constitution adopted under Mandela made South Africa the first country globally to include constitutional protections for the LGBT community, fuck off Rowling
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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