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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 6h

A cent or so off a gallon of diesel for the US consumer versus not fuelling Putin's war machine to crush Ukraine. A tough call for a moral coward. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Trump agrees deal with Putin for Russia to release diesel on to global market

Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical midterm elections in the US

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 16h

Navi Pillay last year: "The commission finds it is genocide" Pillay has just won the Nobel peace prize.

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silverranger.bsky.social @silverranger.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you. Can we have another Looshkin as well please….?

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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
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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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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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Jacques Gallagher @1olddemocrat.bsky.social · 8h

Thank brexit, as far as is known, this China/EU deal doesn't cover the UK. This is great, because UK not being in the EU, China can continue to dump its electric cars in the UK and finish off the what's left of the UK's mass car producers. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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China agrees to ‘halve’ hybrid car exports to EU in landmark deal

Brussels says Beijing’s shipments could fall by more than half over four years, cutting millions of vehicles amid fears for European jobs

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I cannot stand by and see Muslims treated this way when I have a privileged platform. And it’s telling who offers support, who justifies being a part of the hate and who allows their careers to benefit from it. This isn’t just a test for Muslims. It’s a test for all our humanity.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?

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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We should go all in, don't waste tiem negotiating silly things. Take on The Euro, join Schengen, become a FULL member of the Union. Done dusted!

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Pirate Redux @pirateredux.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tell me again how it's the Iran war pushing up the price of your petrol and diesel. Because it looks very much like it's the greed of the petrochemical companies... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made

Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

As Zionists mark October 7th in remembrance to those who lost their lives, the Prime Minister makes a statement that government and authorities will not tolerate any attacks on the Jewish community in GB. But their silence about the attacks on the Muslim community in GB, means they’re okay with that

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026

there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not

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wrendarr @handle.invalid · 05/10/2026

Another fucking Tory wanker looking for a government handout. Benefits for he, not for thee!

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There's more outrage at a motion from a Green Party conference than there has been about men, women and children being relentlessly bombed for three years in Gaza. The British media monolith prioritises concern for two groups above all others.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Caller on LBC saying: “We can’t do x because there is no money.” How quickly people seem to have forgotten how this lie was exposed during Covid, when the UK government found a magic money tree and conjured up between £310 and £410 billion to tide us over. Ask the politicians to explain that.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, and the husband of Dido Harding, who lost all those billions, was the Tory ant-corruption Czar. You couldn’t make it up.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“A Polish official has pitched a straightforward bargain: 1,000 long range strike drones for Kyiv for every proven drone incursion into NATO territory - making provocation/response neatly linked and jolly clear.” - Caolan Robertson Good idea?

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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There have been strong words of support for Palestine and protestors from Ed Miliband and the Labour govt. On arms, he has said the UK is not supplying bombs or bullets. A Channel 4 investigation found that the UK had supplied 110,000 bullets to Israel as well as £400k worth bomb and missile parts.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026

The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.

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

We hear you, but we still arrest you….

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

That’s so good, it could be performance art!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.

Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 28/09/2026

‘~9% of Japan’s utility-scale solar capacity is on former golf courses, includes arrays with capacity of 0.9 megawatts or greater…At least 1 gigawatt of solar projects either announced or under construction are located on Japanese golf courses — roughly 10% of the current pipeline’

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rachel Shabi rightly points out that by allowing the US to use RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to bomb Iran, the UK has been dragged into their illegal war

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026

Trump: "We have the best, uhh, I guess you could say poverty. They talk poverty. We have the best poverty numbers ever in the history of our country."

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minx159.bsky.social @minx159.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wes Streeting would have us believe he's keeping us safe. Send the Americans packing - maybe THEN we'll feel a bit safer.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...

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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries

Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Exactly. If you or me hacked into a company, the law would prosecute us. How come an AI can do this and nobody responsible for the AI is prosecuted? One law for us, one law for AI companies. This cannot be right.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'll never forgive journalists' complicity in Israel's genocide. Honoured to be interviewed about my new book The Fall of the West: How They Really Lost It by the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social's Oli Dugmore

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The US represents a growing threat to UK national security with its alignment with Russian interests. Russian operatives are running rampant. “We are now in a space between peace and war”

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Mother of British Aid Worker James Henderson who was murdered by an Israeli airstrike while delivering food in Gaza has demanded a ban of all weapon sales to Israel. His killers will never be brought to justice so this is the only justice James Henderson will ever get. Justice for Henderson.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Genocide.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Israeli Colonel who murdered British Aid Worker in War Crime strike said he's "Not Sorry." If he were from any other country he would spend the rest of his life waiting for a bomb to drop on HIS head. But he is from Israel so it doesn't even get mentioned, just silence.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Don't fight back", says sexual predator

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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026

I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit. British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit. Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit. It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing

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