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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 17h
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie
Small blue crab on beach
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23h
For this.weekinsecurity.com: I recently learned that if you get a suspicious call, email, or text message purportedly from Amazon, you can find out in a flash if it was real or a scam by checking your account's message center online.
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PSA: How to check if that Amazon call, email, or text message is a scam
The message verification feature lets you check if outreach is real — or a scam.
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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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Blue the Science Dude @science-dude.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Technosignatures: signs that something artificial or engineered is out there in the cosmos. But where should we look? #SETI Inst. is searching where, from an alien perspective, Earth would transit the Sun. First results are published! 🧪🔭👽 arxiv.org/abs/2610.07065
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 09/10/2026
Want to help discover an exoplanet? 🪐 Planet Hunters Cheops is a new #CitizenScience project that invites you to search for planet transit signals hidden in light curves from our Cheops mission. Join the hunt on @zooniverse.bsky.social 👉 www.zooniverse.org/projects/bme... 🔭 🧪 #Exoplanets
This artist impression shows a planetary system with four planets circling around a star. In the foreground, a large reddish-brown rocky planet with craters is visible. Behind it, there are three smaller planets: one with blue and white colours, another with blue and brown bands, and the third with a rocky surface. In the top right corner of the image, a small but bright red star illuminates the scene, with space dust and distant stars visible in the background.
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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Whenever women point out all men need to do more to stop the abuse of women ... some men respond “NOT ALL MEN!” Those men are confessing and should be treated accordingly. Men who center themselves over women suffering abuse are telling on themselves." www.qasimrashid.com/p/cornell-un...
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Cornell University, Systemic Sexual Abuse, and the Men Responsible
Content Warning: This is a post about men, rape, and women
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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a fantastic brief essay in how news media & pundits turn upside down who is who is being punished for speaking freely--in the case of Kraft, Macklemore, & Sheeran--when rich elites want things to go one way, but unruly peasant masses refuse to go along. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
In much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as...
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Share a TV show that raised you.
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Blakes 7 Blake'S 7
Alt: A zoom into Avon's face - Blakes 7
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I spoke with @afp.com about the Nepal disaster and some of the conspiracy theories swirling around the cause (also feat @kristencook.bsky.social @glaciocook.bsky.social). ⚒️🧪 factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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How an ice-rock avalanche caused the deadly China-Nepal floods
At least 1,400 people were killed and more than 5,300 missing after catastrophic floods swept through the Himalayas in late August, according to Chinese and Nepali authorities. As emergency response t...
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Markus Pössel @mpoessel.de · 14/09/2026
Tonight‘s aim: another image of Supernova 2026aaiv, which is currently happening in NGC 7331. 🔭🧪
Spiral galaxy with a bright extra dot near the center.
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: The Hoodoo Gyros
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
American football at the MCG @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026
Update: This Fantasy, SciFi & more SpecFic Direct From Authors blog is up to 28 authors! Our new additions @caradelaney.bsky.social @typewriterlizard.bsky.social @azlouise.bsky.social @iwaldrom.bsky.social @aspeed.bsky.social @authorkfeller.bsky.social @jolantru.bsky.social @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/08/2026
Launch coverage is live! Launch scheduled for about half an hour from now! 🚀
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The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
I finally finished a #pico8 project. And it's a blast to play. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158977
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Missile in a Mineshaft
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it? That’s what happened at that border crossing: mass murder
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The Reckoning
That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’ve been waiting for this to arrive I am so excited. I can’t wait to make every single thing in it. The recipes are *perfect* for one or two people. Small bread loaves, just two bagels, a single baguette, 4 cinnamon rolls, 5 biscuits @ryeisenberg.bsky.social 👏👏 bookshop.org/p/books/smal...
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 06/08/2026
*yodels*
Submissions Are Now Open
Submit Your Sci-Fi or Fantasy Novella at hornedlarkpress.com
Seeking anti-authoritarian stories with happy endings
(Submission Deadline: August 31 2026)
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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
my column this week is about being unc and chopped www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Change a letter, ruin a movie The Wound Of Music
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Pável Matos @pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️ The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics. DEADLINE: September 11, 2026 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
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Join us
Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Open PhD position (full time) Comparative and Population Genomics of Butterflies at High Elevations. The project aims to understand …
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you're really interested in butterfly's bsky.app/profile/pave...
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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We are hiring a graphics editor at Guardian Australia! This is a great role for someone with a track record in news graphics, cartography, and datavis and will involve working on big, global breaking news stories workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/d...
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Graphics editor
Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award...
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
1,5, 1-5 depending on my mood and what I am having it with
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PseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 02/08/2026
The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).
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Rebecca @bluebec.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm annoyed that these discussions are about numbers going up and down and not people being unhoused or out of work and struggling to exist on way below poverty levels of income #AusPol
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Housing market seeing 'rapid deterioration' as downturn deepens
Australia's housing downturn is spreading across the country, with the latest property price data showing previously resilient markets that had recently set record-high prices are now experiencing a d...
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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/
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Paul Biba @paulkbiba.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all
If you work in or around the film industry, there is a decent chance you have used the work of The Numbers this month, whether you realise it or not.
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Gidget @thatgalgidget.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“But there is another measure: Does a neighborhood allow people to sit down somewhere and claim space for nothing in particular? Do people feel comfortable enough to lie down in the grass and close their eyes? Does it let people simply be, without anyone wondering what they’re up to?“
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The Upper West Side’s Greatest Amenity: Nothing
Photos by Yvonne Vávra By Yvonne Vávra I had a lot to do the other day but decided it was
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“Disordered and delusionary thinking:” Ex-ADF chief calls out Australia’s climate hypocrisy reneweconomy.com.au/disordered-a...
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"Disordered and delusionary thinking:" Ex-ADF chief calls out Australia's climate hypocrisy
Australia's addiction to fossil fuel exports is undermining the "enormous" success of the renewable energy transition and threatening national security, one of the nation's top military experts has warned.
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ESO @eso.org · 28/07/2026
The conclusion of a century-long quest 😲 Our VLT obtained firm evidence that Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the Orion constellation and one of the most famous stars in the night sky, is not alone! 🔭 🧪 1/4
A collage of various astronomical images. The background image shows a wide view of a starry night sky, with blue lines connecting the stars of the Orion constellation. An inset image zooms into the star Betelgeuse, showing its orange surface. A second inset shows a bright companion next to the star. Image by ESO/M. Montargès et al. Background: N. Rissinger (skysurvey.org).
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Rebecca @bluebec.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If you'd like your food to be slavery free, then I suggest avoiding these products until all the investigations are complete. There are plenty of brands without slavery
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They promise you 'grown in Australia'. Here's where tests say they're really from
One of Australia's biggest tomato brands and two major supermarkets are selling products that exclusive forensic testing shows have misleading labelling.
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Jumping Jack Ash #ASongOrMovieForAboutTrees
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'll just leave this here for your perusal. "Meep, Meep." #StreetArt
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I wrote a tribute to Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress whose performance as Jia was the heart of two of the Legendary Pictures Kaiju films, Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla x Kong. Killed at 18 in a car wreck. A staggering loss. www.rogerebert.com/tributes/wha...
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What Could Have Been: Kaylee Hottle (2007-2026)
From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as audiences
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Canadian Wildfires From Pittsburgh, July 17th 2026 bryanwjones.com/2026/07/cana... Check out the sunspot!
A view of the sun in a smoky sky behind trees.
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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Well that sky just went OFF! Stunning, just stunning Aurora Australis, from my front yard here in Tassie. So. Fucking. Lucky. #aurora
Beans of Aurora light, yellow at the bottom, going to peach and pink in streams up the the heavens.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
The CRASH Clock paper is now peer-reviewed! So to celebrate, my co-authors and I wrote an explainer article (because how better to celebrate one article than by writing another... oh academia...) It's now published in The Conversation Canada […]
mastodon.social
Original post on mastodon.social
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Not my Starship, not my troopers
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
In 1997 from memory I was out shopping for appliances for a house. Wind picked up and I had no jacket. 2nd hand store next door had a denim jacket on sale on rack out front. Still use it today
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Alex Santerne @alexsanterne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Together with the iconic system TRAPPIST-1 (@mgillon.bsky.social), this is one of the richest transiting planetary system we know so far, but with much longer orbital periods. For instance, the orbit of HIP41378 f is equivalent to Mars, while transiting its host star ! (5/6)
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D. Paul Angel @dpaulangel.com · 18/06/2026
Why are they flying so hard? Because they peli-cans, not peli-can'ts!
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 17/06/2026
Spotted on Tumblr. (...And PLEASE scroll down the linked post for a masterful take on exactly how Jeeves deals with the One Ring...) www.tumblr.com/dduane/81958...
Tumblr poll (final result). "would jeeves have succumbed to the one ring?" Options:  "no, he would diminish and go into the west and remain a valet" (18%) "yes, he can't resist such power (burn bertie's ugliest trousers)" (17.1%) "the ring has no effect on him, tom bombadil style" (64.9%)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
You Can't Always Catch What You Want #ASongOrMovieForAllAboutFishing
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
no wonder politicians, landlords, and business bosses (but I repeat myself) went into overdrive during lockdowns. Allowing ordinary people to live a simpler and more meaningful life with basic needs met - instead of in subjugation - is very upsetting to them. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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We were happier during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reason is money
Australians felt a greater sense of satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic than they do today, according to government data, when households are grappling with the impact of inflation, rising inter...
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Tqft @tqft.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Clouds to the horizon with a Qantas logo on wing tip visible
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