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Karl Saint

@saintrufus.bsky.social
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Atheist Christ following Communist. Bikes. Busses. Trains. (formerly @LostBoyRaskal on twitter)

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Revenge of the Man-Thing’s Menagerie of Marvelous Monsters @adventurin2fear.bsky.social · 20h
He already had his face used by someone else, he’s not about to do that all over again.
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The goat
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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 09/10/2026
Carshare is a critical part of our transportation system. People rely on HOURCAR and Evie. The sudden sunset is devastating. Let decision-makers know you support emergency bridge funding to save carshare. savecarsharemn.org
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Keep carshare in our neighborhoods
HOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city council member, county commissioner, and the governor about keeping carshare running.
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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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Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thinking about how the revenue from modest parking rate increases in both cities would be more than enough to save Hourcar bit.ly/47emeq6
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Car-sharing service is shutting down operations in the Twin Cities
Hourcar service had been around for 21 years, but the nonprofit said it could not close a $625,000 funding gap.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 09/10/2026
Every time I pass through 35th/Blaisdell I see a driver turn into the bikelane. Even the Shimano van driver doesn't know how to navigate this intersection without the trusty tactical urbanism cones that someone removed last week. Seems like the city should fix this issue.
Shimano van in a curb protected 2 way bikelane
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Cops are great www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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Woman claims correctional officers drugged, beat and raped her at Downtown Detention Center
Lisa Travis, a school administrator from Salt Lake City, claims the incident happened after she was booked into the facility on a trespassing during a trip to Nashville in October 2025. According t…
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Diplomatic cable leaked to me shows Marco Rubio order embassies to bar people from the US for speech-related reasons. Hours later, Rubio gave a speech at the Acropolis celebrating "free debate and public discussion": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-speech...
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The Speech That Gets You Banned From America
Leaked Rubio cable details “far-left” speech that bars people from entering the U.S.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bicycle parking at the Zurich railway station ca. 1944
Photo of the inside of a train station with six long racks for bicycles, holding them upright on both sides of each rack. The racks appear to be nearly full.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mobility Lanes.
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Nicole @nicamsterdam.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
Morning traffic in Amsterdam.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 05/10/2026
Kalshi, Polymarket and the Coalition for Prediction Markets have spent at least $3 million this year on lobbying and campaign contributions across the federal and state levels.
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Prediction markets spend millions to influence state, federal governments • Minnesota Reformer
Kalshi poured more than $300,000 combined into the two major political organizations dedicated to electing and supporting AGs: The Republican Attorneys General Association and the Democratic Attorneys...
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
City centers should not be a drive through, they should act as a shared living room.
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nycfemm.bsky.social @nycfemm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
May your bike lanes always be protected and never end.
A painted bike lane with the words Ends
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry.
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Avocadoplex (Matt) @avocadoplex.bike · 05/10/2026
The twin cities are a haven for trans people and we should make sure they can afford to live here
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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"A man riding a bicycle was struck by a Waymo on 4th & Market in San Francisco today. First responders arrived and treated him at the scene before he was taken to the hospital with injuries." OP: tiktok.tl2active Waymo has reported 39 crashes w cyclists to NHTSA, inc at least 12 w injuries.
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 03/10/2026
We can’t pedestrianize a plaza. How will the businesses get deliveries?
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them. Meanwhile:
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 03/10/2026
Obviously horrible & more of Stephen Miller’s evil but I remember more than a few local urban Dems humming a few bars of this the last time crime surged. Included a few Strib letter-writer frequent fliers. Had to unfollow more than a few on Twitter.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/10/2026
The median of the wealth held by 65-plus Americans is 47x that of the 18–34 cohort. Yet, most old Americans are living modestly or struggling because just 20% of senior households control nearly 90% of senior-held wealth. trib.al/O6QCWDN
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fuck Hulk Hogan always and forever
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 02/10/2026
Holding every NFL commentator at gunpoint until they specify what that adversity was that Watson went through
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fine, if people on bikes are expected to follow the same rules as cars, then I guess we're gonna have to start acting like motorists.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 02/10/2026
Someone (not sure if it was the city or Michels contractors after finishing work here) removed all of the tactical urbanism cones on Blaisdell last week. Since then, 75% of the time I’m on this street (4x/day) I see drivers pull into the bikelane.
MPRB landscaping truck in a protected bikelane Blue sedan also in protected bikelane behind MPRB vehicle
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/10/2026
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action aje.news/zjyo4q
Jewish human rights barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our Enough poster as seen in a hotel in Dublin last week while I was in town for a talk. 🔥🔥🔥 C/o the awesome @peteer-ie.bsky.social
Black-and-white poster in a frame that says there will never be a bell that enough, a helmet, strong enough for clothing, bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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abcdef 🕶️ @onecaliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The NFL is owned by rapists and genocide supporters.
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Karl Saint @saintrufus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
listened to this episode earlier today and i'd been wondering why tebow wasn't all over nfl broadcasts and apparently it's because he's making bank touring as the main attraction at makeshift megachurch events where he very christianly leads people into scams from a gemstones-esque pulpit
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 24/09/2026
"A car fell into an open hole" more passive voice from the media, anything to not blame the driver! cars don't "fall into" holes... it was driven INTO the hole lmao
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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He didn't vote for Amidala because she and his step-brother stole a protocol droid when they left. A droid he had to buy back from Jawas 20 years later.
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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 25/09/2026
If it fits, I sits… in the painted bikelane bc paint isn’t enough to keep drivers from illegally and unsafely prioritizing their convenience over others’ safety again and again and again. (Zoom in to see a 2nd driver doing the same just a lil further down the block.)
Two drivers have parked their cars in a painted bike lane. Nissa rides around them on a bike
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There's always space for better. Just look under the cars.
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Sharkmeister77 @sharkmeister77.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...
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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is there even one statue of Gavin Newsom anywhere in a homeless camp?
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Ben @bseahawk14.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just laughed out loud seeing this
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/09/2026
Bennoune: I was skeptical when I started thinking about this whether "crimes against humanity" applies. But as I came to Minnesota and talked to people here, it became clear that it applies. The federal govt turning against its own population. Connects to other actions around the country.
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)
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Freezer @freezer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The one upside of every movie company buying another one is soon we'll have just one streaming service with everything on it again. The bad news is it'll be $80 a month and have ads every minute.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Anyone who wants to understand how policing works in the U.S. needs to read this incredible local investigation about what Minneapolis police did after feds killed Renee Good.
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