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Radical Centrist

@procedurepols.bsky.social
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Parliamentary procedure geek. No partisan debate. Also Star Trek, police procedurals, sci-fi, baseball (Jays), Wrexham AFC, and tennis. I retweet out of interest, not necessarily agreement. Will usually follow-back, but not if you have a blank profile.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 19h
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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Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 17h
📰 Trouvez des renseignements sur la disponibilité des vaccins contre la COVID-19 au Canada : stillcoviding.ca/fr/ressource...
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Vaccins contre la COVID-19
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Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 17h
📰 Find information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada: stillcoviding.ca/en/resources...
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COVID-19 vaccines
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 22h
But at least in the UK they did have a successful coalition gov't not that long ago (2010-2015), so it's not considered to be as "foreign" a concept as it is here in Canada (unfortunately for us Canadians).
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 23h
I just received updated info about Nuvaxovid pharmacy ordering in Ontario from Sanofi so I have redone part of this thread and made a document available to download/print (thanks @penelopejmorrow.bsky.social for the idea).
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: TikTok creators seeking affiliate kickbacks are promoting cheap Meta AI Glasses dupes by claiming that the knockoffs don't feature "annoying" indicator lights that signal when wearers are filming. “I’m recording you right now and you probably can’t even tell..." futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Influencers Are Promoting Cheap Dupes of Meta AI Glasses that Don't Have the "Annoying Blinking Light" When They Record
Creators are promoting cheaper dupes for Meta smart glasses. Often, the lack of any recording light is central to their pitch.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dave sounds like an absolute cunt.
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Australia could adapt airline and bank laws for AI safety
The federal government is looking to banking and aviation regulation as it develops laws that would make AI companies demonstrate they can identify and manage risks.
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Heather @radicallabgeek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We should be banning any product of #ElonMusk from #Canada ‘s markets. This isn’t “free speech,” it’s an attack on #Canadian social cohesion and against a backdrop of larger #cogwar efforts.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What is still not clear is the sudden reversal. Was there US pressure involved. And what kind of precedent does this set for other organizations that Canada funds? You can’t criticize the US as a condition of support?
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
But this is the official guidance: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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Ontario Newsroom
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My past experience here in Toronto is that many pharmacists at Shoppers Drug Marts don't really care and will vaccinate anyone at any time, even if not "officially" eligible yet. Does depend on the pharmacy, however.
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not in Ontario -- starts only Oct 26 for general population. Has been available for high risk groups since Sept 28.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.
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Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Article with more detail: www.conspirator0.com/p/the-curiou...
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The curious case of @DemsForMike
Despite the name, the “Democrats for Mike Rogers” X account gets almost all of its engagement from conservative accounts
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James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fascinating to read that a Senedd member used a pair of smart glasses to read his speech - autocue style - in a chamber debate last week. Suspect it’ll be something the Westminster authorities have to confront soon too.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 06/10/2026
What a landscape.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/10/2026
Good to see LibreOffice leaning into "no AI" as a software feature. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20261006...
techcrunch.com
LibreOffice says 'no AI' is now a software feature | TechCrunch
The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Spit on our sacrifice’: Canadian veterans fume after Trump and allies take jibes at military
Military families say Trump officials ‘owe us an apology’ after disparaging remarks by JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and others
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you put Trump on the spot and told him to name all his accomplishments not only would he struggle to articulate a single one in a way that made any sense but he'd be done talking in 5 to 10 seconds Anyone who thinks this man can convince anyone of anything is on every level kidding themselves
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Everything about her and everything about the way he interacts with her and everything about their relationship and everything about the US president going around the world with arm candy decades and decades younger than him is just thoroughly grotesque before you even consider that she's a cultist
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
gizmodo.com/metas-muse-i...
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Meta's Muse Is Collecting Information on Everyone in Your Life
Meta’s AI agent creates profiles of people in users’ lives even if they don’t use Muse.
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Allison Dieppa @amdieppa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No technology is inevitable.
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, sweet jeebuz, CLEAN THE AIR already. 🤬 It's not rocket science. Ventilation (even open windows). Air filtration at building scale (e.g., higher MERV in HVAC), room scale (portable air cleaners), and even personal scale (masks). Maybe also stop withholding pediatric virus testing 🤬
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 05/10/2026
With pneumonic plague threatening, it reminds us that we are in a worse place if another pandemic strikes: 🔸Mitigations has been minimised 🔸Masks are political 🔸'Normal' has been pushed at all cost 🔸Compliance with public health is lower 🔸Disinformation is prominent AND the immune damage from Cvid
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, for me, being "on time" means at least 15 minutes early.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I honestly struggle with the head to toe coverage and gaping medical masks. I don't understand what the adivce-givers are thinking. How much more cost to the outfit to wear a respirator and prevent inhalation of bacteria? Source; www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...
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Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎ @ennievegan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Folks just can't let go of the idea 'social movement' means 'left progressive.' False, egotistical, dangerous. I need to make a sign to tap.
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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 05/10/2026
Mac users on mac OS 27 - we can get our disk space back and remove Apple AI! Somebody has made a tool: www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/a...
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Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who among us...?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm a biographer of Trump and Musk, and wrote 5 books—several bestsellers—in which Putin is a key figure. My assessment: it's a three-way tie between these men for Most Dangerous Person Alive. No one else comes close. Stunning, given that Thiel, Altman, Karp, Luckey, Hegseth, and Xi Jinping exist.
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No idea what the indoor temp is (no indoor thermometer in the apt.), but we still sleep with the air con unit on in the bedroom and I was doing a workout just now and had to put the air con on in the main room -- I have very low heat tolerance.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Would slashing migration tank the economy or reset Australia’s living standards? Canada may offer clues
Annual population growth for the North American nation has slowed to just 0.5% – and the economy is ‘adjusting’
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 03/10/2026
Elephant in the room - Alberta separatists have gone to DC offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support & Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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The elephant in the room
Alberta 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
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I understand why they're doing this, but fuck them. These mayors can't guarantee the safety of their own citizens from ICE, and they sure as hell can't guarantee the safety of Canadian visitors. Also, North Dakota, where 2/3 of voters voted for Trump, wants foreigners to come back? Fuck them twice.
globalnews.ca
U.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 03/10/2026
The "clashing work styles" being privacy and security, from the company that's suppose to self-regulate its AI models
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 02/10/2026
This shit is so god damn annoying. Fix your country. Stop waging unprovoked economic war. Close the concentration camps. globalnews.ca/news/1208422...
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U.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.
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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 01/10/2026
Don't use chatbots ever. The monsters behind the curtain can and will fill in any answers they prefer you believe.
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Business 101: Don't threaten to murder your biggest customer.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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🐶🐙Dr. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you or people you know aren't sure who to vote for in the upcoming NZ election, this handy resource has been created by some awesome people I know. www.onthefence.co.nz
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On the Fence 2026
On The Fence helps Kiwis get started on their political journey. Answer a series of questions on the issues that matter most to you, and we'll show you which political parties share your values.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 30/09/2026
I'll just say that I think this "too dangerous for an IPO" is just code for "openAI's books are a complete disaster and an IPO at this time would fail miserably"
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Radical Centrist @procedurepols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The MAGAfication of British politics... ☹️
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