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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 19h
You guys are a laugh riot… I bet you pat yourselves on the back so hard when you come up with this guff… sad really.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Flu is only free for some. £25 if you don't qualify.
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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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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
argumentum ad verecundiam www.logicalfallacies.org/appeal-to-au... If he has data more than that one graph then show it. Else it is bsky contagion.
logicalfallacies.org
Appeal to Authority - Definition & Examples | LF
Explanation and examples about the Appeal to Authority fallacy.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Amazing cover image. I need to start earning something so I can read what I expect is great writing.
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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I will post on all platforms I have an account! That is none... I have no accounts on these things...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another strat... zen-browser.app
zen-browser.app
Zen Browser
Beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/smoo...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
They where making a joke about how the US Congress is arranged, and the justifications used.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I see.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I imagine 'efficiency improvements' can be pretty widely drawn... ie they will change nothing.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You have winter where you are? I think that it is unlikely here for a month or two... I would say this summer may just never end...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Awful terrible no good. What are you doing... No one wants this trash.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Narwhal tusk seemed to work for this fella www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5087...
bbc.co.uk
London Bridge attack: Darryn Frost on using a narwhal tusk to stop knifeman
Darryn Frost reveals for the first time how he tackled Usman Khan, despite thinking he had a suicide vest.
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danielleri @danielleri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I wrote it in here, but lol, here's the neon sign: I'm OPEN TO WORK. Anything involving writing or editing words, editing video, teaching (I've been teaching college since 2009), and hey, I'm an EMT and got my phlebotomy cert a couple years back. I'm versatile!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Games journalism is poorer with you out of it. What a depressing world! Great luck and what a boon you will be to wherever you end up!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
bdsmovement.net/news/boycott...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It would be easier to listen too if the interviewee would adopt Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie word choice to minimise the anthropomorphisation of these computer programs. It is very tiresome to hear of these things "thinking to themselves"... buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com
How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Video idea: find the salarymen you danced with in Tokyo and have a dance off with them!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As a somewhat active chatter... no longer.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Appeasement seems like a sound strategy (Ed: please check if there is any historical precedent)
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
These clever people are so fucking stupid!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
relatable
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
You Americans have some weird terms for things!
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Saraarrgh Clarke @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you value your shit tier YA fantasy more than the human rights of trans people, I can't stop you, but I also think you're a prick. I'm not going to be convinced to give you special moral licence to be transphobic. What's to discuss?
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Bitwarden need an eye kept on them. They could decide to stop the apps accessing vaultwarden. itsfoss.com/news/bitward...
itsfoss.com
Things Are Quietly Changing at Bitwarden, and People Are Worried
The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled "Always Free" from its pricing page.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New to me... devastating. Thanks for posting, and thoughts to those that knew him.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It is free to start, and has new noobi onboarding missions, and a PvP free starting area. Just try it!
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The "Extra Hot" version is something special, if you like a bit of heat in your curry.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Has some motivated smart person made a labeller to mark the signatories?
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Wow! Imagine an AI maximalist with a blog on the Nazi loving substack platform having bad takes on race. Who could expect it?
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
At least they are asking the one person that would know!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I watched that documentary that shows buses NEED to speed all the time anyway!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Guy in the comments doing the thing in the post ass post.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bye 👋
Cancelling my Economist subscription. The implication that any criticism of Israel is antisemitic is the most extraordinary bullshit.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Trans rights are human rights.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I never got beyond the 2nd book... I forget the exact details but the sex worker meat locker thing did not seem well thought out.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jason Arday I am sure. Though there are infinite examples.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@bluesnews.com I am sure you will... but a link to one of these twitch/amazon are evil posts would be good!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We closed the easy door ourselves... wretched place.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Please guest on @shiftf1podcast.bsky.social! I assume this will be trivial as all my podcast friends are real life friends and live in the same podcast towers apartment building! I am sure this is correct!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This you? The alt text is not showing so it is not clear why you cut it out!
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You should have refused.
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Don't let the bastards get you down! 💪
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am looking forward to the @trangirlismo.bsky.social write up! I would not expect either of them to think it a 'good idea' tho :D
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@garywhitta.bsky.social Look I am sorry Gary... I just need the money! (I assume you backed at a level that got your name in the game! or a crazed fan did!)
A screen shot from the space game Elite:Dangerous. It shows a mission choice screen, the objective of the mission is to kill the notorious pirate "Garry Whitta"
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Sando @sandopan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The best one will be when you rip all the AI junk out.
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