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Poor man want to be rich, Rich men want to be king and a king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything. (Springsteen explains things)

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 3h
It’s a hilarious thing to focus This much national attention on when you can just glance at her Pizzagate style posts
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"The bulk of the increase stemmed directly from energy prices, which have shot higher this year because of the war with Iran". www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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CPI Report Live Updates: Inflation Rose 3.7% in September as Fuel Prices Increased
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.7 percent in September from a year earlier, faster than a month earlier, as gas prices surged 34 percent.
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What could go wrong? www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/e...
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Even more borrowers choose riskier mortgages, as higher interest rates crush affordability
Interest rates on mortgages continue to rise, leaving some buyers to choose riskier, adjustable-rate mortgages to find savings.
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Brian Kane @briank3387.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not a bad idea
A Twitter post reads: "Today I'm coining a new internet slang term: ai;dr. AI, didn't read. Start using this to reply to comments that are obviously written by AI and watch what happens."
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries, literacy, and books! #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
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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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you can donate to your local food bank now is the time
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We are watching in slow motion the things that happen before ethnic cleansing happens. People get that, right?
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
Senate Banking just launched the Trumpflation Tracker. The affordability crisis is not a “hoax” like Donald Trump says. See for yourself how much more you’re paying because of Trump’s failed economic agenda
Trumpflation Tracker. Cumulative inflation since Dec. 2024: 5.2%, approximately $3,388 more for the average household. Real wage growth since start of Iran War: -0.7%. Wages aren’t keeping up with Trump’s inflation. 30-year mortgage rate up from 5.99% before the war to 7.6%, or $4,330 more per year for a typical household. Household debt, Q1 ’25 to Q2 ’26: +$56B. Families going into more debt just to get by. Total cost to American borrowers of Trump’s broken promise to cap credit card interest rates: $94.9B. Share of each extra dollar of income going to household debt: 52¢. Take-home income up $109/month since 2022; debt payments up $57. Cost of Living Basket Since Dec. 2024: Electricity +12.7%, approximately $222 more for the average household. Rent +5.1%, approximately $256 more. Gasoline +43.7%, approximately $758 more. Groceries +3.7%, approximately $211 more. Child Care +7.6%, approximately $852 more. Health Care +14.6%, approximately $929 more for average family coverage.
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This… so much this.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
can’t think of a better example of AI being mostly a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist also it can’t help when this is your user base
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@nic_carter
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this is about me and i'm not sorry! i don't have time
to autistically read forums and random team news
or whatever.
i'm sure spending hours and hours running your
fantasy team is a good ROI if you're unemployed but
some of us have jobs
also my team is stacked so that's another point in
the Al columnAndrew Weiner • @DickeyNate • 18h
What's the point if playing fantasy football if
you're just going to automate it

nic carter
@nic_carter • 17h
there's no point to fantasy football, it's grown ass
men pretending to draft NFL players

OpenWindowManiac @Cit_rusK •17h
Then just don't do it?

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@nic_carter
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social obligation
8:41 PM • 10/5/26 • 880 Views
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How is this not the lead story everywhere??
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Ryan O’Connell @ryanoconnell79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
File this one under: Pretty Bad Ass. Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tom Morello & company at Power on the People last night, ripping “Fortunate Son.”
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.
LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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The Martin Sheen Podcast @themartinpod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A great read! If you're a fan of #TheWestWing, you'll love "What's Next" by my dear friends Melissa FitzGerald & Mary McCormack. All things West Wing! Have you read it yet? #TheMartinSheenPodcast 💙
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This “$5,000” thing is fooling no one. But it has made one thing clear: Republican desperation at the 1-month-out mark.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yeah, so what happens with our only job growth when a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts begin to kick in?
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Stats @redsoxstats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Red Sox in the 2000s 14 years with Ortiz as primary DH 45 playoff wins, 3.2 per season 5 years with Martinez as primary DH 17 playoff wins, 3.4 per season 8 years with neither of the two as primary DH 2 playoff wins, 0.25 per season
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This game is over. O-V-A
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A run! A run!
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Throwing Ben Rice out at home is the highlight of the whole series so far…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👀 🔥
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s especially galling to be beat by a kid who somehow grew up in Cohasset as a Yankee fan (I mean where were his parents?)
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ugh…
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let’s Go Red Sox!!
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Payton Tolle will be 23 years and 332 days tomorrow He will be the 3rd-youngest pitcher in Red Sox history to start the first game of a playoff run, behind only: 1912 WS G1 Smoky Joe Wood 22y 349d 1918 WS G1 Babe Ruth 23y 211d
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you’ve never told a man you were in a relationship and he still wouldn’t stop texting you or leave you alone, even after you said stop or walked alone at night with your keys between your fingers
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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the sixth time Dave Roberts has managed the Dodgers to 100+ wins That’s tied for the most 100-win seasons by any manager in MLB history, with Bobby Cox and Joe McCarthy
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Seriously, what the fuck
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hello Fenway
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/09/2026
Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day.
bit.ly
It's officially Dolly Parton Day, with parades, pink lights and book drives
Communities worldwide are dedicating Friday to honoring Dolly Parton. The day falls on Sept. 25, a wink at her hit song “9 to 5.”
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow. Sounds like we should just shut down these companies and stop using it?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docket Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: Over half a million voters registered in a single day last week
At least 550,000 voters registered or updated their registration last week, according to final tallies the nonpartisan nonprofit National Voter Registration Day shared exclusively with Democracy Docke...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media. This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries. See the problem?
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FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
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Amy @snarkinfested.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
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This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump's approval on inflation is -61% — the worst of any president in American history.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Whoa
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It's been a hot minute since we promised a close reading micro-course on keeping a reading journal, but we've finally pulled it together! So if you've ever considered keeping a reading journal, uh, read on!
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston (@portersqbooks.bsky.social)
Working on another close reading micro-course, this one about why & how to keep a reading journal. If there's something about close reading you'd like us to dive into, let us know! [contains quote…
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