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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Okay so we're reaching a time of year where I think you could broadly set British discourse on fire with this:

A remembrance poppy in trans flag colours

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/10/2026

Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hashtag Influenced 🥬 (I was too lazy to drive to Abbeydorney for the bacon so Dunnes is as good as it gets)

A plate of bacon and cabbage and floury spuds with a bitta parsley sauce.

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

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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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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Parents are poisoning their children because they know what's best for them. People are selling poison to children because it comes from an animal, how can it be dangerous, it's natural? The state is abdicating its prerogative to regulate food because the cranks cannot stop poisoning children.

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Sam Tranum @samtranum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Just thinking about these two stories next to each other: 1. In Darndale Park, a football club and a parkrun have been displaced by horses, and some locals have been asking for stables. Nothing yet. 2. In D2, the council is spending €7.5m on a new tearoom in Merrion Square, an area short of cafes?

dublininquirer.com

What to do with the horses of Darndale?

Grazing in public parks means other uses are being pushed out, and adding momentum to calls for an equine centre and stable club to properly support horse culture in the area.

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 08/10/2026

Leinster House could be a casualty of public sector strikes next week… no agreement today at the Business Committee on whether to schedule any Dáil sittings, with some in opposition say they will refuse to come in if it means passing pickets of Oireachtas staff. An unusual second meeting now planned

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jesus. My thoughts are with this poor woman and her family

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Open letters aren’t supposed to actually be delivered by posties.

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m enjoying all the Irish people (myself included) learning about the British Triple Lock

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Paul Cooke saying the decision was taken by “the football community” just shows how out of touch he is with football people in this country.

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Aideen Blackwood @aideen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

feels like a very Twitter-brained over estimation of the importance of this absolute rando tbh!

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pauric drank so much of his water there. HOW ARE THEY NOT VOTING FOR HIM NOW #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anna taking any tension out of the final in one swoop there #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I know we know, but Jesus Pauric and Carla are being so obvious! #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah fuck. Kayleigh! Just great telly all round with her #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sorry lads. WHAT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO JANET?!?! #TraitorsIRL #Justice4Janet

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You’re right Pete . The woman has no agency at all #TraitorsIRL

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m just accusing you, no need to get defensive #traitorsirl

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sorry Anna being mad at Diego for days for taking a shield and then pilfering €2000 from the prize pot is so funny #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Was this task thought up on a friday at 4pm? #traitorsirl

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the karyn in the woods 🎃 @karynmoy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the round tables are such a mess this series I wouldn’t be surprised if Anna somehow managed to take herself out with the dagger #traitorsirl

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Let’s see the war mongering “sensible defence” crowd stand up for ordinary members of the defence forces who face cuts YET AGAIN! There’s no point in getting big new weaponry if we can’t even feed and house the recruits.

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is Carney making this EU Associate Member move the month before a right wing separatist referendum the brightest idea? #canada #eu

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I always imagine Ian has those tiny hands #TraitorsIRL

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s actually impressive they’ve fucked it up this badly. How did you have someone tell you they were murdered in plain sight and by who and still STILL fuck that up #TraitorsIrl

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nobody deserves a penny in this godforsaken game. Give all the money to Siobhan so she can buy more elaborate headwear #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

DJ has single handedly ensured Janet won’t get justice here #traitorsirl

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Frankie [they/them] @frankiegolucky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watch the lads only listen to the lad, who’s lying, over the woman who’s telling a truth. #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pauric helped by poor faithfuls here but he’s doing well with the hand he’s dealt #traitorsirl

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is this fucker pozier gonna get away with it????? #traitorsirl

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Still thinking about that traitors ending #traitorsirl

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Deborah @deborahhh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was SO suss to everyone when Pauric called Carla out (idiotic move). But this could play in Carla’s favour as Janet knows she’s been murdered by Pauric and will tell everyone it was him. Carla could say he was going for her until Janet interrupted the murder in plain sight??? #TraitorsIRL

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oooo a late plain sight murder. How are they gonna pull this off #traitorsIRL

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."

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Shane Folan @shanefoland5.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fair play Janet . This is your time! #traitorsirl

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