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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 1h

Saw this in the MKE airport parking, and even the great color choice couldn’t save it

Cybertruck in a really good sea foam green, but it’s still a Cybertruck yuck

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 5h

Because he's one of the only people standing next to a Republican going, "this person is a piece of shit, I don't respect him, neither should you, he's fucking evil and he needs to go, and I don't care if it makes me sound rude saying it" LIKE EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE DOING??? MAYBE???

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 3h

I was at a location that I didn’t have access to the usual books I read them, had The Constitution in my Apple Books App Library, and asked it that was ok and they said yes 🤷‍♂️

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 9h

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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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 7h

Good writing, don’t like that it’s on substack

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 8h

This is basically saying "I'll try it, I won't like it, I won't inhale" to public executions

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 7h

The last couple days, I have been in a different place for me with my kids, and they asked to be read to before bed. The most relevant thing I had available was The Constitution. They loved it. Reading works no matter what it is

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 7h

OH NO! I totally did not but it’s too funny, gonna leave it up

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 8h

Radiohead for me is Kid A, just blew my mind

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EL-P @el-p.bsky.social · 9h

The execution will be televised

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 9h

I just lived with 4 days without a guitar or bass readily available to play: I don’t recommend it

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 9h

You are totally correct on this

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 10h

I went to DC and encountered national guard, they were friendly but it was so jarring

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emily s. @emily.news · 10h

post. not too much. mostly jokes.

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Milwaukee's DrAwkward @hotshotrobot.bsky.social · 11h

I think I managed to spit out the lyrics this morning for the song I have been wanting to write about going back in time to kill Bill Clinton before he can sign the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Don't worry, bandmates, it will still be called "Slap Em Deadly"

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 23h

The ads do write themselves.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Love that my opponent is trying to paint me as someone who wants political violence and meanwhile her party is going to execute someone on live tv (after already murdering multiple citizens in the streets and fishermen in boats)

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 22h

Jeez, just buy a 15 second ad on MLB/NFL streaming commercials of the screenshot with a real person reading the words would do numbers ( @kluweoc.bsky.social people call me I can do voice work)

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 09/10/2026

i am mesmerized

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

At this stage it doesn't matter to me if this guy is cosplaying. I want a person who talks like this and then promises to back it up to be the next president. If there's somebody who winds up being more convincing than him in the next year or so, I'll vote for that person instead.

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey, I worked on that! Highly recommended!

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Jimmy Lonetti @djgloverepair.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like the third one in row two which is a variation on a well known late 60's anti war poster.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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PolkPanther @polkpanther.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't understand why the Epstein connections aren't being blared on every commercial break from July to November. It's the easiest slam dunk ever.

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

First time seeing one of these on Lake Michigan

Stork on rocks looking into a Lake Michigan marina

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I had to mute the Ted Lasso subreddit because I can’t watch the finale until next week with my gf, and because they are a bunch of adult babies 😂

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Aaron Nagler @aaronnagler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Put it in the entrance of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you again for this resource, in the process of finishing this process

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/10/2026

Looks like OP covered all the legal bases really well! I do have The List for organizing all your ‘where’s my stuff and how can you access it’ for logistics though! www.realsesmith.com/the-list

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

OH, YEAH! I am so sorry you never got the green light on that one. Just wore my Modern Rouge injury reset t-shirt yesterday, that was probably how I followed you originally < >

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Sam @sodazen.cryptoanarchy.network · 08/10/2026

They’re basic, but it’s a place to start, and they’re done. We tried doing them on our own during COVID but fell at the last hurdle of getting them notarized & witnessed. I feel a lot better now. Just one piece of mental baggage that’s gone. 😅😮‍💨 ❤️

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Sam @sodazen.cryptoanarchy.network · 08/10/2026

Our community association has a monthly Will seminar. My wife and I went tonight and walked out with medical & financial powers of attorney, HIPAA allowances, and wills, notarized & witnessed where needed. Get your shit done, folks. Take care of those people in your life you care about.

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good to know, long time Weird Things follower

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Justin O’Brien @reject69187.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I had not understood what the criteria for a novella was until “How to write a Novella in 24 Hours (2015)” by Andrew Mayne. Now there is a novelette? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella

en.wikipedia.org

Novella - Wikipedia

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