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Shameful and Evil Leopard on Parade @leopardonparade.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How is this real?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
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Man named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
The left-wing candidate won a narrow victory in a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, exit polls show.
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Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Currently at the bathroom at NYCC having the worst shit of my life and someone outside of my stall says "Erica Henderson is here" and it takes me a few seconds to realize they mean the con and not the toilet
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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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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Okay how in the Hello Dolly is everyone else pronouncing raspberry.
A cheat card for learning musical note durations and timing which seems to indicate that raspberry has four syllables?!
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Starbucks’ rollback of its climate commitments is just the latest example of why voluntary climate standards like net zero are only useful when coupled w/ credible threats of regulation or (gasp!) *actual* rules on climate action. Mini 🧵
ft.com
Starbucks retreats from green goals amid drive for $2bn in cost cuts
Early corporate champion of climate action scales back or reviews targets to halve emissions, waste and water use
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Elizabeth DeLoria II: THE GHOST DIMENSION @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭
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Matt Hewes @stellarhewes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Count Duckula
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Matt Hewes @stellarhewes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Don't stop there, keep shelving!
reuters.com
OpenAI shelves new AI model release over safety concerns
OpenAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model planned for an October debut, after ​internal testing found the system did not meet the company's safety ‌and alignment sta...
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27/09/2026
SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing: A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves. 🪶 🐦‍⬛
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

@mt ... . 1d

@Anth ... . 1d
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Eliot Miller | he/they 🏳️‍🌈 @itszebulon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"I'm just playing the devil's advocate" and "but it's what my character would do" is the same sentence.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Jamie McCarthy @jamiemccarthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We have a new contender for saddest six-word story
Samantha's previous two tweets, screenshotted together
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all-hallows-eve-ison steele, organic human person 🎃 @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
timeline cleanser
Tumblr screenshot

(poster name not shown): knock knock
dismembered-jackalope: who's there
justsomeguycore: deez 
dismembered-jackalope: sigh. deez who?
justsomeguycore: deez are the voyages of the starship enterprise
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The Man Who Would Be Damn Hell Ass King @weirdnoirmaster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Democratic consultants are frantically trying to figure out how to prevent a blue wave
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MTCougFan @mtcougfan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can own the libs or your farm. Can't own both.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026
When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.
Google	
Sorry...
We're sorry...

... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
See Google Help for more information.
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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026
to start: -a decade of Clean Air Act violations at Tesla's Fremont plant -multiple stealth recalls and other auto safety law violations -a long record of systematic workplace abuse -blatantly buying votes to throw the last presidential election -DOE loan fraud -interference in US foreign policy
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026
investigating Elon Musk, subpoenaing him, making him testify under oath, and working toward significant prosecutions should be one of the leading Democrat campaign promises right now not just for DOGE, for a decade of self-driving fraud that has killed more than 60 Americans, and many other crimes
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Drop your NYT subscription, tell your friends why enjoying Harry Potter in 2026 isn’t okay, actually … so many ways to support trans rights, if you are cis.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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RuNoMai @runomai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Daily Pokemon art practice #1025: Pecharunt I can't believe it's over. I can't believe I *did it*. 1025 Pokemon, 1025 days, an unbroken streak. This was such an amazing journey for me, and I honestly couldn't have done it without everyone who followed this account, liked/shared, and encouraged me
This is a pencil sketch of Pecharunt. The text at the bottom reads "#1025, Pecharunt, 9/15/2026"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Damn
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Matt Hewes @stellarhewes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really wanna see a crocodile take the gold for this one. Mostly I wanna see them trying to put the medal on.
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Paul Pakler @notwallaceshawn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Always has been!
Shel Silverstein's Homework Machine poem, with the illustration showing that the 'machine' is powered by a hidden person inside writing the homework.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 13/09/2026
Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier’s Mothers of Invention gives the nine Greek muses new voices – and lets them loose on creativity. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan enjoys a fun, if acerbic, new history
newscientist.com
Can the Greek muses of ancient myth explain modern society? | New Scientist
Astrophysicist and folklorist Moiya McTier’s Mothers of Invention gives the nine Greek muses new voices – and lets them loose on creativity. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan enjoys a fun, if acerbic, new history
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/09/2024
Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)
ON TV TONIGHT (columns for 8:00, 9:00, 10:00)

ABC: Attack On America
America Attacked
America In Crisis
America Still In Crisis

NBC:
A Nation Looks Around For Someone To Hit
America On The Verge Of Flying Off The Handle
America's Time Of Trial: Who Fucking Wants Some? You? Do You? How 'Bout You?

CBS
Dan Rather's 83rd Straight Hour On The Air
Dan Rather Seriously Loses His Shit
Medicating Dan Rather

BET
Wartime At The Apollo
Tavis Smiley Presents: Terrorists Strike America-The
White Man Finds Somebody Else To Fear And Demonize For A Change

MTV
The 100 Greatest, But, In Light Of Recent Events, Not As Important As Being Good To Our Loved Ones, Videos Of All Time
Yo! MTV Extends Its Condolences
Talking To Blink 182 About The Tragedy
Carson Daly In Way Over His Head

Lifetime
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls

History
Last Tuesday In History
Two Weeks Ago, As Told By Those Who Lived It
Last Tuesday In History (rerun)
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TakuroSpirit @takurospirit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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• You can also look up your charge directly on the ActBlue Contribution Lookup page.
ActBlue +3
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
argument from authority is often presented as a fallacy, but the truth is the much more dangerous fallacy right now is the, "all the authorities are morons and I can refute them based on vibes" fallacy
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Sunsette / Cynthia Skye @sunderedmarches.com · 09/09/2026
- this is very plainly torture - no crime could ever justify any of this - immigration is not a crime or a wrong - only 13% of the known torture victims have *any* record of a serious crime anywhere - everyone involved in facilitating this should be in prison Worth sharing even though it's NYT
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ez mode solidarity opportunity you might not have been aware of. No Starbucks till the union gets a contract.
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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.
chair with a "face"
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