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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 14m

"What an astonishing coincidence that 63% of you have developed asthma at the same time." - Jurgen Klopp, 2020

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 45m

Fucking hate him. He used to get dog's abuse whenever he'd rock up to present a match from Tranmere.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 59m

Very disappointing that they don't call it The Big Match any more. At least it isn't hosted by Elton Welsby.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 2h

I saw this in a gallery once and its portholes followed me round the room, but I couldn't get a trace on it.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 3h

Some hope here that, when WW3 reaches these shores, we may see an improvement from Royal Mail.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 16h

Not much in the way of aurora here, but the local church does appear to be headed for orbit.

A church steeple, with fluffy white clouds around the base

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 16h

Red alerts, but it's cold and windy, and I'm old and tired.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 18h

I'm going to have to start watching his press conferences live again, just in case.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 18h

He looks worse than ever, too. His face is like one giant bruise and his eyes are swollen almost shut.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 18h

Spurs are absolutely determined to finish with fewer points than even Man City this season, aren't they?

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 18h

And clear skies over Wirral currently. Come on!

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Crochet Bandit has been at it again.

An orange cat wearing a crocheted pumpkin hat and a matching vest

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 19h

"Ah. There's a man over there being eaten by a tiger. Let me just whip my phone out for the socials."

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 23h

Elvis Presley, August 16, 1977 I hate my brain.

Elvis Presley, with his back to the camera. Homer Simpson, stuck in a water slide, is superimposed over his bumhole.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 23h

I will stick the entire thing up my arsehole and then mail it back to them.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 23h

Great job, everybody - the crowds are literally nones deep.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

He's just lying there purring away. He really is the most docile creature I've ever met.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I hope they left enough for that poor little boy to get the hand unfusing surgery.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 10/10/2026

Let me show you a little bit of the work being done at Hazel Wood, the ancient woodland @protect.earth acquired to extend Warleigh Nature Reserve. How do we go about coppicing, and wtf is a Frankenhedge?!

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Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Happy Banjax a Fascist Day to all who celebrate.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Another record City are taking from Everton, thanks to their cheating.

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Emma Williams @emanemz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Please can you give this a boost as I’m getting very little traction on my posts. im working hard every day to improve my skills, learn new techniques and research what I need to know. I really want to be proud of myself. www.instagram.com/p/DeTp_q8tAa...

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Stupidly talented son decided to make a hat last night.

A middle aged, bespectacled white man, wearing a red crocheted hat with yellow and blue eyes, and a black nose and tentacles. It looks like the very hungry caterpillar.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There's a noodle place in Liverpool called Kokoro that I sing the Totoro tune at, every time we pass, much to the delight* of my son. Absolute hatred.

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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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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It provided weeks of entertainment for me though 😆

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My brother bought one of them and the little blue bit snapped off in his ear, and the hospital spent ages (a few appointments over about two weeks) having to dig it out because it was stuck fast in his mucky lug hole.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"They must also be able to speak and write English to a satisfactory level." While I welcome anything that limits Nadine Dorries' return to Westminster, it's a no from me, Alice.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"You won't see this in the mainstream media" *Posts a screenshot of a BBC graphic* I'm not actually sure if it's me or them that are cut out to be a member of a political party.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Time for Sir Paul to put all that Beatles money to good use.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Zio" is a term coined by David Duke, Grand Wizard of the KKK. Please stop using it.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'd rather have some Roses or Quality Street, if I'm honest.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Made some art for my wife's Bookstagram account. I am a 43 year old man.

A wooden plaque in non binary flag colours (yellow, white, purple and black) with "Stitch's Addiction" in black script and a cartoon bumblebee in yellow and black, with white wings. It has a little smiley face.

Behind the plaque are various pots of stationery and a Blue microphone. The microphone is red.

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈 @thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's only allowed to be called that if it comes from the Banter region of France. This is just sparkling misogyny, lads.

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