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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Replace every Confederate general statue with a John Brown statue.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/10/2026

Planet Database xkcd.com/3311/

4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with shoulder-length hair sitting at a laptop with Person 2 standing behind her.] PERSON 1: I’m browsing the list of potentially habitable planets. This one is promising! Wait, no, the surface is thousands of degrees. (2) PERSON 1: This one could be a water planet! ...But it’s not dense enough to be solid. PERSON 2: Yeah, that’s a mini-Neptune. (3) PERSON 1: This one could be habitable if it has a greenhouse effect! Sadly, spectroscopy shows no atmosphere. PERSON 2: Aww. (4) PERSON 1: Here’s one in the habitable zone, 1 Earth mass, with an atmosphere! PERSON 2: Ooh, water star does it orbit? PERSON 1: ...Sol. PERSON 2: *Dammit.*

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a birb @rhiolit.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

worth also noting that both the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti happened in her district, and on top of the obviously racist targeting of her personally this is also an attempt to deny the people of Minneapolis their democratically elected representative

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This bad boy can fit so many nationalized space companies inside it you wouldn’t believe it

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Chopboxer @chopboxer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Just another bit of spooky-adjacent art. Don't worry, she's friendly. #art #fantasyart

A drawing of a woman with dark hair and pale skin in a pool of water, with only the top of her head visible. The only eye we can see is closed, and she reaches out with a hand for offerings. Three swords sit behind her, and a moon hangs in the sky above them. The image is mostly dark with white outlines.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap.

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, nor is there any evidence that the reform induced more bankruptcies. ...

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

and yes fundamentally the people is hurts most are kids. just in case that wasn't evident from everything else I've said to date haha. book banning is an attack on children and teenagers. it is the theft of their world and it leaves them more alone and less equipped to face the world they live in

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 08/10/2026

This is a country that worships death. I don't know how more plainly to state it.

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Chopboxer @chopboxer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No name yet, but here's an exorcist design I've been poking at for a little while, complete with what is almost certainly a sarcastic talking skull. Everyone needs one of those. #OC #art #fantasyart

Drawing of a woman with a white streak in her hair, and a brown coat over top of a long button-up skirt and ruffled shirt. She has a grimoire under one arm while holding a glowing skull in her opposite hand, to which she is paying mild attention. There's a skull-patterned brooch dangling from her necklace.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am thrilled and proud beyond measure to support the amazing workers who create and design the games I and my loved ones have spent a lifetime playing. I implore everybody to sign the petition and signal boost the campaign as far and wide as we can!

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.

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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

All the more reason for James Workshop to let me write one of them books

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

I uhhhh… i don't like it that NPR is increasingly captured by effective altruists and "AI" hypemongers. It seems really bad and is also just damn disappointing. bsky.app/profile/benc...

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Mike Collins @mikecollins99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wonderful thread

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-indy ✨ (he/him) @indigo-k.com · 02/10/2026

NONE of this says 'Democrat' to me.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I saw a screencap somewhere of someone saying Newsom has Gul Dukat energy and I can’t stop thinking about how correct it is

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IggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They want your age data for targeted advertising, thats literally it. It was never about safety or kids

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NOBODY should be killed by heat at work, whether in the fields or at an airport. 1/2

Screenshot of The Charlotte Observer

CLT airport union calls for better conditions after cleaning worker's death

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026

THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 22/09/2026

Struggling to find something to say about the Microsoft news. It's all just so uniformly terrible. For the devs let go, for the devs who remain, for the fans of their games, for the health of the medium & industry alike. No good has or will come of any of this, and I loathe those responsible.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

The actual duality of man

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

if you can kick Gavin Newsom in the shins it is your moral duty to do so

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Chopboxer @chopboxer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just felt like drawing a map. It's pretty quick, and has no labels or scale since it's not actually FOR anything, but I wanted to draw some shapes. #art #fantasymaps

A drawing of a fantasy map, at the region scale. Land moves in from the west and stretches east, with ocean on the northern, eastern, and southern borders. There's a lot of mountains all over, and a little bit of dense forest near the bottom.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 18/09/2026

JUST BAN PRIVATE EQUITY ALREADY

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time. I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 17/09/2026

CALIFORNIANS: this is your reminder to blast Gov Newsom with calls before he signs away the right to accessible internet for rural, native & low income communities tomorrow to appease Trump.

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Preciositiness @preciositiness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scarleteen was there for me when I was young and in a bad relationship and I had no one who could help me. Please consider donating if you can.

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Preciositiness @preciositiness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scarleteen was there for me when I was young and in a bad relationship and I had no one who could help me. Please consider donating if you can.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/09/2026

Okay rich friends employed with companies that do employer matching: Please help me raise $7k to support @scarleteen.com's fall fundraiser. We're expecting 7 million visitors this year (up from 5 million!) in a climate where access to good sex ed, esp. for LGBTQIA+ young people, is dwindling.

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Scarleteen's Raising $7,000 to Celebrate 7 Million Visitors in 2026!

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14/09/2026

it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 13/09/2026

I think a bigoted asshole wrote this

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Leonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Quote of the Day: “Awake, arise; or be forever fallen.” (John Milton)

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thinking about how dissonant Hakeem Jeffries saying "we have 5 working groups on affordability" is with the completely reasonable demand for righteous judgment on those who have wronged us

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is what trans genocide looks like. A soldier who served her country with honor is denied the benefits she has earned. “Shapiro was super dedicated,” a colleague said. “She would do anything she could to figure out a way to take care of her soldiers.”🧵

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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

it is really important to be loud about this stuff because it's typically kept very quiet to enable people to go "See? Nothing happened, it was just people being dramatic"

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Aside from everything else, this is not what peer review is for. If you send me something that argues something that has already been shown to be demonstrably wrong for peer review, then you shouldn't be an editor. We don't have endless time to redebate terrible and discredited ideas.

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's very bad that we've developed a new dominant breed of debate pervert who spends their entire lifecycle insisting nobody will let them say the things they've said a thousand times and insisting everyone has to have the same debate with them every single time

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026

This is quite likely part of why France made such a big deal about divesting from the US American software ecosystem earlier this year.

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You Can't Stop Progress @petrochemicsoul.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So true, this. So awfully, horribly true.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“It’s inevitable” I’m told

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When your government says it’s planning to open multiple prisons that will house up to 3,000 children, it’s time to demand a new government. There is no context in which this is legitimate or acceptable.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026

One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.

A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.

A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.

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