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Oolon Coluphid

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Check out my bestselling books: “Where God Went Wrong”, “Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes”, and the newest one: “Who Is This God Person Anyway?”.

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is clearly not acceptable
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 8h
In a picture in my mind, one of them is yelling “Papiere!!!” at someone approaching the box. Not sure where that is coming from.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10h
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good." 

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues  "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 20h
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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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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
… and so are the so-called “christians”. Maybe this will help… theonion.com/god-angrily-...
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God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule
NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance ...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
theonion.com
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mit dem sind wir immer das letzte Stück der Strecke nach Brunsbüttel gefahren, wenn wir unsere Oma besucht haben. Und einmal haben sie hinter uns den Bahnhof *zugeschlossen*, als die letzten Fahrgäste raus waren. Ich als Großstadtkind war baff 🤯
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Vorher bekommt Trump aber noch seinen Friedens-Nobelpreis.
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Katrin Göring-Eckardt @goering-eckardt.de · 08/10/2026
Eine Schande für Deutschland. Ein Verrat an Europa. Ein Bärendienst für Frieden. Aber leider habe ich schon nichts anderes mehr von ihm erwartet.
Gerhard Schröder kumpelt mit Wladimir Putin an dessen Geburtstag in Moskau.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh no. You don’t push on Friday. You NEVER push on Friday.
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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Robert F Kennedy Jr allegedly allowed over $800,000 in taxpayer money to go to a research project with ties to the Siberian lab behind the possible Russian plague outbreak. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Russian plague lab reportedly received research funding from RFK's HHS
The death of a worker from the lab last week caused concern worldwide and is said to have killed at least one other person since and has many curious about the Siberian lab.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Waffle House again?
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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Eine Rolle Klebefilm in einem dunklen Zimmer ergibt ein faszinierendes “Feuerwerk”. Funktioniert am besten mit den billigen Sorten, die etwas unregelmäßig kleben. Auch transparentes Paketband.
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 07/10/2026
"Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis … ist das sofort, unverzüglich" – Brandmauer gefallen www.der-postillon.com/2026/10/bran...
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"Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis … ist das sofort, unverzüglich" – Brandmauer gefallen
Berlin (dpo) - Es ist ein historischer Moment für Deutschland, dessen Eintreten dennoch immer klarer absehbar war: Die Brandmauer der Union zur AfD, d
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing says “fighting against election fraud” quite like uninviting independent observers.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari. Lots of claims that are not really supported by the cited sources and some far-fetched conclusions.
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 07/10/2026
Um AfD-Wähler wieder mehr zu erreichen: ARD zeigt Tagesschau nun auch in rassistischer Sprache www.der-postillon.com/2026/10/tage...
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Um AfD-Wähler wieder mehr zu erreichen: ARD zeigt Tagesschau nun auch in rassistischer Sprache
Hamburg (dpo) - Seit Jahren wenden sich AfD-Wähler von der Tagesschau ab – meist mit der Begründung, das Nachrichtenformat sei manipulativ, linksgrün-
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don’t forget about the time you’re wasting trying to decide whether an en dash or em dash is more appropriate there… 🙈
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Erinnert ihr euch: »Die Landesverbände, vor allem im Osten, bekommen von uns eine glasklare Ansage: Wenn irgendjemand von uns die Hand hebt, um mit der AfD zusammenzuarbeiten, dann steht am nächsten Tag ein Parteiausschlussverfahren an.« Friedrich Merz, 2021
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump on Venezuela: "To the victor belong the spoils, right? An old fashioned expression that we've brought back"
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you lack time & resources, you can either team up with other people who want to contribute, or you can steal other people’s contributions through AI. If all you care about is profit, choose the latter.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tja, wenn man in einem Expresszug nach rechts sitzt, sieht es halt aus als ob der gesamte Bahnhof nach links „ruckt“…
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Verdammt, darf man Hamster etwa immer noch nicht in der Mikrowelle auftauen? Ich dachte, die Technik wäre inzwischen so weit…?!
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Fry from Futurama Blows Party Horn
Alt: Fry from Futurama Blows Party Horn
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So, did they take someone important to him, hmm? 🤔
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A beautiful thing… but when I see the words “ladder” and “antique” in one sentence… Nope. No way to get me up onto that thing… 🤷
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A nice place to stay while the thing plays out. That’s the most important thing.
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Man Laughing with Beer in Pub
Alt: Simon Pegg in “Shaun of the Dead” in the pub, raising a pint.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Den würde ich nie blockieren. Was er schreibt, ist saulustig. Ich glaube, er arbeitet hart daran, das Wokephobie-Bingo zu gewinnen, indem er sämtliche seiner Triggerthemen in einem 🧵 unterbringt. Das Ergebnis ist so ungewollt komisch, dass es wehtut.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make sure you report them before blocking.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
First they drop penguins (from what height?), now they’re trying to actually *launch* seals. (With a catapult? Giant “Angry Birds” type slingshot?) When will the cruelty stop? Will they build a chicken cannon next? A bunny bazooka?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I guess the point is that Roger Marshall wants to keep this story in the news cycle as long as possible. Nice work.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He’s way beyond “better shut up at some point”, full inside “proud to be scum” territory. No wonder he wouldn’t debate Talarico. He would sink like the Titanic.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dude… again?
Bluesky error message: “Hm, der Feed-Server scheint offline zu sein. Bitte informiere den Eigentümer des Feeds über dieses Problem.
Nachricht vom Server: feed unavailable”Blusky app update notice: “Bug fixes and improvements”
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I stopped thinking “… but *this* certainly can’t have formed naturally” about this and that after seeing Giant’s Causeway. (But then again, if you believe local folklore, that may not be the best example. 🤷)
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh yes, I‘m currently reading “You shouldn’t tell people what they should do”. I’m at chapter 2, “Everyone has their own reading habits, and that’s ok”. Great book!
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Hoywoj @aushoywoj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Die Fraktionsvorsitzende der CDU Heidenau erklärt die Stolpersteine (sie nennt diese despektierlich "so'n silbern-goldener Stein") seien ihr ohnehin "noch nie aufgefallen". Ein Stolperstein für den früheren Bürgermeister von Heidenau liegt direkt vor dem Rathaus, aus dem Sie hier gerade spricht.
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's so true..... #BookSky
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The reality is far simpler. They simply won’t connect our hopelessly unfashionable western arm of the galaxy to the sub-etha network, because a) they think we’re totally cringe with our fetish for digital watches and b) they saw Twitter and don’t want that connected to their network.
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Lupine @lupine-diewoelfin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Was ich in den Schlagzeilen vermisse: Österreicher gründet Institut für Remigration in Magdeburg. CDU stimmt mit der AfD gegen Stolpersteine in Heidenau. Sachsens CDU Innenminister will Grundrecht auf Asyl streichen. Dieser Linksextremismus ist aber auch echt furchtbar. /s
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Oolon Coluphid @ooloncoluphid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks, another thing I cannot unsee… 🤣
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In Another Instalment of: “Didn’t Age Well” 🤭
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Janine Wissler @janinewissler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Verstehe ich das richtig? Jens #Spahn, der die Krankschreibung ab dem ersten Tag fordert, meldet sich während der Sitzungswoche im Bundestag krank und urlaubt offenbar auf Sardinien. Und BILD, die das berichtete, löscht den Artikel wieder, weil sie seine Privatsphäre respektiert?
Screenshot DIE ZEIT 


„Krankschreibung
Jens Spahn verteidigt schärfere Regeln für Krankschreibungen
»Man sitzt auf der Bettkante und überlegt:
Passt das heute?« Spahn fordert bei Krankschreibungen Fairness unter Kollegen.
Klingbeil verspricht »vernünftige Regelung«.

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