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Sneaky clean finish by Caldeira #MNUFC

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Uh, González, you know you got subbed in right? #MNUFC

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Did we get a Romain Métaire regen in Cherrion Valerius? #MNUFC

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Oh did I speak too soon, but oh whyyyyy?

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Why are we always on the receiving end of dumb reffing decisions? #MNUFC

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Boxall just got beat for step, positioning, and speed. Uh not good. #MNUFC

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Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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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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I am a tree @shortlived.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump listening to his capo’s instruction

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

A list of things Rebecca Good says USG has never returned after seizing the car she owned with Renee. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A list of items including last year's Halloween costume, 12-foot jumper cables, and a metal dog kennel.

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last week I stumbled across a once-classified report from 1971 that listed the actual times for SLBM attacks and warning systems. What hooked me from the onset was that all the times are listed in *seconds*. This week for DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I try to unpack all that a bit...

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The speed of war

The short times of nuclear warning and attack (1971)

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I am a tree @shortlived.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Question, Answer, question mark

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 05/10/2026

My client and I to MPR about this phenomenon. Two other attorneys are quoted talking about their client as well. We're not going to let ICE get away with making a mockery of court orders like this. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...

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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic

Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Men: “Jane Doe is lying! That’s why the Cornell 7 weren’t charged! Won’t you think of the reputations of the rapists?” Reality: Cornell lied. Not Jane Doe. They withheld crucial details of her story when they gave the information to police and prosecutors. They protected the men:

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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped

Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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I am a tree @shortlived.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The sanctity of life people sure have a brainless/heartless way of showing it

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If ever there was a moment to understand who owns Manchester City and why things have gone the way they have, now seems as good as any. The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...

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The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords (Gift Article)

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City, a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars...

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 29/09/2026

Am I also reading a bias in the language on the page? And a lack of chronological consistency?

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617 days into his 2nd term, Trump's Department of Transportation has *still* not approved a single new transit project for full funding. The problems I highlighted in March—how this lack of funding only makes projects cost more & delays completion—have only worsened www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

There have been no approvals for new transit projects in the entire 2nd Trump Administration. This graph, produced in March 2026, remains accurate now, in September 2026.

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Idk, maybe I am reading it wrong?

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Fuck, I have anger Which is probably why when I read the sentence I quote above, it itches like a contagious whataboutism rash, ‘The victim is not immaculate, let’s make sure to get that in there, spread it around’

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And after reading the DA statement, specifically the quotes from JD chosen to be used within, it is absolutely clear to me, a layperson, consent was not given at multiple times, nor was JD capable of providing it. And that is without reading or knowing ever bit of JD statement, experience, evidence

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District Attorney statement re: Jane Doe v. Cornell University, et al

Because when I read the DA statement, which reads as if it was written by a man who has committed SA before, it includes parts of Jane Doe’s statement. PARTS THE DA SELECTED The DA cherry-picks quotes from JD statement to support their actions and choices. www.tompkinscountyny.gov/News-article...

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On Sep. 18, 2026, I learned of the civil complaint filed in New York County Court alleging a series of heinous and despicable acts committed by members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University ...

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𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐠 @ruleo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This sentence bugs me: “To be sure, Jane Doe’s original statement to the Cornell police described more of the activities that night as voluntary, including her consumption of alcohol and ketamine.” Sure of what? Sure on behalf of who? “More of”, than what? Half? Am I reading the sentence correctly?

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hell yeah found my old GitSe edit

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.

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Adam Scott Glancy @adamscottglancy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Once again, Snake Plisken is on point.

Kurt Russell as Snake Plisken dropping the line "Get a new president."

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darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I remember how in the early 90s after the dissolution of the USSR we were going to teach the Russians about capitalism and instead they taught us about corrupt oligarchy

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Speaking of, the amount of Folk / Demuth combo signs I’ve seen in Hennepin is at 4. Which say a lot.

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Senate candidate signs I think are the ones I see the least of right now. Flanagan signs tend to be the DFL ones I see the most. But I still see Craig signs up (usually paired with Folk)

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This tells me, MN Republican think they can get a large enough turn out in Carver, Hennepin, & Scott Counties elections to win seats in the MN legislature, county races, and governorship.

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Correspondingly, little to no MAGA signage is with these signs for this midterm. It is almost 100% focused on making it about the State elections. Places where I have seen MAGA signage before it has been moved/removed.

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But then I would just point to I am driving on the main/sub-main roadways of the West/South West metro area, which is where the VAST majority of other drivers are driving, so they see the same thing as me.

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I don’t drive on all the residential streets, so maybe if you get off any of the main, or sub-main roadways, you would end up with a different observation on number of signs presented.

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