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Mikael

@solitary.social
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Existence precedes essence. Fediverse: florp.social/mkl Matrix: @mkl:woof.rip Signal: signal.me/#eu/MLXhzA73Y5tS6gztQZ2O8…

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Mikael @solitary.social · 2h
“Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism based on Thin Slice Judgments” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism based on Thin Slice Judgments
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including those who otherwise require less support, face severe difficulties in everyday social interactions. Research in this area has primarily focus...
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The C Programming Language @c-official.bsky.social · 5h
In C23 variables have pronouns and misgendering is undefined behavior. And no you can't just always use they, smartass. It literally won't compile
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Mikael @solitary.social · 6h
生意気な猫耳男子。
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Mikael @solitary.social · 6h
英語がわかりません。
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Mikael @solitary.social · 7h
If you hold on for a little longer, I might be around.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 7h
Parane pian!
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Cypher @alxm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
TCP and UDP are the two most commonly used protocols to send/receive data on the Internet Protocol (🎨 by me) #furryart #furry #computerscience
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Mikael @solitary.social · 21h
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham...
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Chatham House Rule - Wikipedia
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Mikael @solitary.social · 23h
Australia and New Zealand mostly.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 23h
I might be somewhere around Oceania in the next weeks, if anyone is interested.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.
Use of Placebo

    The benefits, risks, burdens, and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention(s), except in the following circumstances:

    If no proven intervention exists, the use of placebo, or no intervention, is acceptable; or
    If for compelling and scientifically sound methodological reasons the use of any intervention other than the best proven one(s), the use of placebo, or no intervention is necessary to determine the efficacy or safety of an intervention; and the participants who receive any intervention other than the best proven one(s), placebo, or no intervention will not be subject to additional risks of serious or irreversible harm as a result of not receiving the best proven intervention.

Extreme care must be taken to avoid abuse of this option.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 10/10/2026
Why enjoy the real thing, when you can substitute it with a mediocre imitation?
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Revolutionary Jason @jason.revolutionarygames.co · 10/10/2026
"A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
Free-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme
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Mikael @solitary.social · 10/10/2026
Strategically?
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Dash Silva @dashsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Melville’s editor checking in and touching base:
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When Edward Teller was chair of the early AEC Reactor Safeguards Committee, he was considered extremely conservative in his safety demands. His reasoning was that even one catastrophic accident could destroy all public enthusiasm for a technology he believed was important.
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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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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
What information?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Maximising a number might also entice one to appeal to a broad audience and give up on being authentic, with all the individual quirks one might have, which compromises the wish for acceptance.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Most people long for recognition and appreciation by others and chasing follower numbers can produce an illusion of that. But it’s ultimately superficial and meaningless. One can certainly find true connection through social media, but that’s not representable by a number.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
What’s a little exploding among friends?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Quality matters more than quantity.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Why bother with follower numbers?
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Skye 💜 @skye.codes · 08/10/2026
jumpscare
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Why didn’t you tell us earlier?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 09/10/2026
Glue it back on.
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
salad
 painting of a skeleton in a red cape eating a salad at a beach kiosk with a capybara looking at it
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nutti (SHOP IS OPEN) @nuttimeister.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i hope i dont get a dmca from a bank
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Mikael @solitary.social · 05/10/2026
Cruel world.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 05/10/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacl...
“Pseudocopulation: the acorn barnacle uses its long penis to reach across to transfer sperm to another individual nearby.”
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「Bescreamoth」 @begemot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh yeah it's all <strong> and <em> now. Semantic HTML is the future! *average website is still composed of 100 nested divs* Well, nevertheless.
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least informed nerd @leastinformednerd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Be gay do crime: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_S...
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Mikael @solitary.social · 05/10/2026
Covertly feeding you carrots.
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Jay 🐟 @vapore.online · 03/10/2026
thespinoff.co.nz/society/03-1... god bless aotearoa
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Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot
But for every lustful post killed by a legal threat, another 10 take its place.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 03/10/2026
voidfriend
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Mikael @solitary.social · 03/10/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_r...
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LGBTQ rights in Antarctica - Wikipedia
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Mikael @solitary.social · 03/10/2026
You have arrived inside your destination.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 03/10/2026
-1 days
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
Is that a lie?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
Is that a lie?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
Is that a lie?
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
Being kept alive by the fantasy of having a secret admirer.
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
An action taken in bad faith could still have a positive effect.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
your third moment of calm
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Mikael @solitary.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t make up my mind on whether that is sweet or cruel.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seals in action
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Chubmarine so cute. Chubmarine have no cares.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
chubmarine cute so chubmarine yawning must be cute
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Mikael @solitary.social · 01/10/2026
Hildegard.
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