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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 48m

Didn't take it that way at all, no worries!

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 1h

That is a better version of what I was trying to say, yes!

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 1h

I've said it for years: rainbow capitalism is not a goal, but it is a bellwether. We WANT to be a profitable marketing demographic, because that means people probably don't hate us!

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 3h

As a Lebanese-American Southerner, I've never seen "habibi" weaponized as effectively as "bless your heart," but this man has done it. Y'all PLEASE elect him.

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bossk baby @bonnnt.bsky.social · 7h

I have always wanted to be one of the actors that plays a sleazy American thug in a 1990s Hong Kong action movie. I now have a new role I would like to add to my repertoire

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 3h

The only crime worse than being overrated is being a hypocrite while you do it, ugh.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 5h

I kept trying to tell people that it wasn't a goal in itself but instead a bellwether of how well we were doing, and nobody listened I saw a Pride themed display of Goldfish crackers in my Kroger several years ago (in Mississippi!!) and almost BAWLED

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 21h

"You couldn't make a Mel Brooks movie today!" Of course not, nobody would give a Jewish veteran with a controversial Black comedian co-writer, both of whom have overt anti-fascist politics in their acts, a budget to make a parody of a genre nobody watches anymore.

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Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 11/10/2026

This. Coming out isn't a thing we do once. Even if we are already out in well parts of our lives—as in openly identifying as queer and not caring who knows it—there will still be people we know or meet who don't know. You can "be out" and still have to navigate coming out again and again and again

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Can we be honest that so called 'wokeness' meant Black people demanding full social personhood and refusing to be silent about getting murdered/harmed by the state? So yes, that is more threatening to many in this country than is fascism. I think that's been clear.

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diana @dianasroom.org · 11/10/2026

I'm still sorting through these but like this thing has folders which contain hundreds of joel valentine's original sound effects for powerpuff girls and this is like fucking christmas for sound effects artists. this is like finding the ark of the covenant

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It's a riot, especially if you like golden retriever dudes who are just a little stupid for their girl.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You know that old meme about "ska music is what plays in a 12-year-old boy's head when he gets free mozzarella sticks"? It's like if that was a movie.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Watched The Fall Guy last night with friends and the complete lack of irony was so refreshing. It was full of cool stunts because stunts are cool! There were explosions and cars flipping and guys falling off shit! It was awesome!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Dads taking their daughters into women's restrooms are considering that their daughters don't need to see peckers at urinals. These are dads who care. Women throwing fits about this are saying children seeing peckers is okay if they personally aren't uncomfortable. Those women suck.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I feel exactly the same wrt Fastball and "The Way".

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

(Closing Time *is* an all-timer though)

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

From a RAPPER?! The ignorance!

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Damn, next you'll be a pleasure to have in class!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

most people i know have a hard time accepting a compliment, let alone an award, and this man is out here begging for the nobel peace prize. GET A GRIP!!

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently

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The Lox and Schmear @byepoleher.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026

I know for a lot of people. It’s about making their parents proud, but I really do wonder how many parents are out there worrying about making their children proud.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

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🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The thing many people don't understand about discrimination is that it means you can never count on anything. When straight white cis people order a cake, they get a cake. When I order a cake, I might get a cake or I might waste hours and get nothing.

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Scary Soulaan 👻🎃🐈‍⬛ @venusiangoddess92.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Everything reminds me of her 😮‍💨🥺🫠

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Want to leave the house Check the website of the board game tavern I've never checked out in town Six trillion pics from their Harry Potter birthday party Ah well.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Let's try something different this afternoon, everybody be sufferable

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Used my trusty Hearthstone wallet until it went to shreds. Thank you for your service, little dude.

A trifold wallet designed to look like a pack of Hearthstone cards. It's worn completely through to threads.

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Blood River Flow @pearlriverflow.com · 09/10/2026

so Fox Mulder is basically RFK. Why did I do this to myself.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 09/10/2026

We're back. 💫

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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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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I need a spooky season display name. I had good ones for my old handle but no good ones for Rae yet.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 09/10/2026

Why does Korea have a holiday for the alphabet? Because unlike other writing systems that evolved over centuries, Hangul was the work of one dude who solved mass illiteracy by sitting down and creating a brand new fully-formed system from scratch that anyone can learn almost instantly.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Finally got around to doing this! my9games.net/en/edit

A collage of 9 games:

Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Ristar - Mario Kart 64
WoW: Wrath of the Lich King - Portal 2 - Overwatch
Hades - Saints Row the Third - WoW: The War Within

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

Might be a bit of a long shot here, but I need a divorce lawyer (based in the U.S.) who also has knowledge of immigration law, would anyone have any recommendation? Bonus points if they work with low income clients. 👀

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

[going through the desert] ME: what’s your name? HORSE: don’t have one ME: I’m gonna call you Clippy Cloppy HORSE: you will not

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sickorax @ripeteeth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

queen shit

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yep. Long, pin-straight hair was "in" for about twenty minutes in my 20s and I killed it. Not a damn thing since.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The other half of the inspiration is THIS glorious motherfucker but don't worry, I know better than to actually try to achieve that shit, lol.

photo of puppeteer/queer millennial goals incarnate James Ortiz and his ludicrous fucking hair

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

(I'm going for a version of my dad's dark hair + gray streak -- I spent decades wanting to inherit it and have decided to tell my genes to fuck off.)

A Lebanese-American man in his 50s in a red T-shirt, with dark brown/black hair with a silver streak over his right eye.

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It's Rae @raeconteur.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hilariously, the first date available to do something outlandish with my hair color is the day before Pride. Let's fucking go.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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