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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Mine sometimes thinks I've teleported off the highway onto a side road!

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Bird war? Don't bring the Firekkans into this?

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Will it help if I buy another one of your books???

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

They probably took a "break" today when that data center in Russia blew up.

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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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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

a fictional chart from 1995 to 2025 showing "guys who like sports" becoming more left-wing coded and "guys who says sportsball is the opiate of the masses" becoming more right-wing coded

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Monica @jolemamels.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you need happiness, look at this amazing Gritty cake. Shout out @whiskworthtasting on IG

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

yeah I use ai, I am ai-ming to drink some beers tonight

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Star Wars: Dark Forces 2 : Jedi Knight

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23/09/2026

"There's no 'getting out of' a meeting. You must receive all information in a live discussion, because it is impossible to understand meeting matters through email. No combination of written words could possibly convey the meeting’s complex concepts about the job you do every day." buff.ly/k2hhGaM

buff.ly

We, Your Gracious Meeting Overlords, Are Giving Fifteen Minutes of Your Time Back to You

“With this bountiful amount of time, we hope you choose to hydrate, eat, catch up on sleep, stand up for the first time in four hours, address your rapidly d...

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Read this in Patrick Stewart's voice.

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Could also repower the site down the line. Slap some fresh, non-degraded panels in there, maybe overbuild on the DC side and squeeze in some batteries. Keep the site operating for longer at more output.

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That Nirvana Fallacy is pretty stinky. One might say it....Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Me: I voted for Donald Trump because I had him confused with that other guy. Donald Duck. NYT reporter: Are you sure you want me to print that next to your real name and a drawing of you? Me: Yes.

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RedditFCS @redditfcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lehigh wedged themselves between North Dakota and South Dakota in this week's /r/FCS Poll. Which got us thinking...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026

“Rather than worrying about eating a balanced diet or maintaining an active lifestyle, our advice is to spend as much time as possible in the gym hitting dumbbell curls until your biceps are crazy big.” — Dr. Willie Underwood III, American Medical Association president

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American Medical Association: ‘Huge Biceps Are Only Thing That Matters’

CHICAGO—Granting the public permission to disregard the organization’s previous recommendations, American Medical Association officials announced this week that huge biceps were now the only thing tha...

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 15/10/2025

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HOCKEYG.BMF

A hockey goalie guarding the net, his white mask making him look like a serial killer. Hockey is Samantha’s second least favorite thing about Canada.

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"The government would be so much more inefficient than private companies hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He truly got checkmated by a literal pawn

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treb @treblaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Friday of a holiday weekend means all Business Rules are officially suspended. Someone asks for a PDF? They're getting an Excel. Need this in Word? Guess what, Austin, it's coming over as a PPT doc with a blank page at the end of it.

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Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

DINOSAURS FOR HIRE

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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

ok but pulitzer for whoever got this shot, it’s so good

dog in blue vest with sunglasses in waves with surfboard

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/08/2026

See recent images of canine competitors riding the waves in surfing competitions for dogs, via The Atlantic Photo: theatln.tc/gzIZZkl2

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to show up in full combat gear on a hot summer day to the pool he filled with algae because he gave a paint job to one of his cigar puffing cronies. you are ordered to stop tourists from touching the green water. good luck soldier

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

No one's said November Rain by Guns and Roses????

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Also, lots of the land on Oahu is mountains, making building solar there even harder. There were plans to build a HVDC line between Oahu and Maui over a decade ago. That would've helped but also creates a larger single point of failure.

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Most of their load is on Oahu; most of their available land for renewables is on the other islands.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

mandatory reading

"SAM NEILL
- If you were to commit a murder, how would you do it?
- It's got to be big! No slipping something into someone's drink, that's just pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a stain on the road. There's probably a couple of people I'd put under a steamroller, but I won't say who they are, otherwise when they see a steamroller coming their way they'll be on full alert. And steamrollers don't go very fast..."

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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 12/07/2026

Will no one spare a thought for the secret boyfriend who has to decide whether “personal trainer” or “buddy from poker night” sounds more believable at the funeral?

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

saw a truck for a company called Absolute Chimneys and I can’t stop saying that to myself as if I’m an English soccer announcer calling a free kick that sailed over the crossbar

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Excuse me sir this is a family website

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What do you mean, the US has a spotless history. Now let me just take a big sip of water and open up this history book....

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Argentina needs to drop to the last category for being Hitler's Hideaway

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That Guy Jordan @jordamusprime.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Earlier today I heard someone say that they're going to stick Mitch McConnell's brain into John Fetterman's body like Krang and I have no self control

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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Four-year-old just told his toddler sister “it’s time for the hunt” and they both left the room. Not my business

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IGN @ign.com · 02/07/2026

Minions director Pierre Coffin has confirmed in an interview that no minions have worked with Hitler because they were frozen "in that cave."

Minions Director Confirms No Minions Worked For Hitler

Via: Polygon

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I got a cheapo elliptical and it's good but we have to do something about these brand names. Don't make me say "I'm gonna hit the pooboo" or "It's pooboo time." Even now, I'm pooboo posting

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Hogmild @oshaseleven.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This is the best brand name I’ve seen in a while.

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phalange.bsky.social @phalange.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Is Bobsun Dugnutt still on the board????

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