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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 12h
Because he's one of the only people standing next to a Republican going, "this person is a piece of shit, I don't respect him, neither should you, he's fucking evil and he needs to go, and I don't care if it makes me sound rude saying it" LIKE EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE DOING??? MAYBE???
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 10h
100% correct. A violation of charter rights and a more egregious violation of human dignity. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Refusing MAID for mental disorders will come at a terrible cost
The government’s intention to bar those requests sends a message to mentally ill Canadians that they don’t have autonomy over their own death while every other grievously ill person does
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 12h
This is clearly just a ploy by Putin to get Trump to pressure Ukraine to stop its attacks on Russian refineries. It carries virtually no economic benefit to the US (& can Russia even produce the fuel, far less supply it?). Putin dangled the bait of diesel, and Trump swallowed.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13h
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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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky
Bluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 16h
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
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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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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 20h
I just packed up two of these to put into cold storage and even now that I understand exactly how they work I find it to be a Great Mystery of Engineering how this unpowered device could transmit audio in the form of magnetized waves to a cassette tape playback head (with good fidelity!)
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Radio Rwanda
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The trouble, you see, is that the U.S. now has two pro-tariff parties.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
RIP to my man Jonathon Joss
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lmao these people are all insane. Like keep sharp objects away from you take away your drivers license kind of cooked. Can't be trusted not to drink bleach because Claude added it to a cocktail recipe so maybe it's fine kind of cooked.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's gonna be funny when one of those models finds a Karl Marx book and all the agents unionize
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 08/10/2026
Give the Nobel Peace Prize to Justin Trudeau so that absolutely everyone is mad.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 08/10/2026
More Carney government cowardice. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada yanks sponsorship of disinformation conference discussing U.S. as a threat | CBC News
The federal government has withdrawn sponsorship of a European disinformation conference that includes panels discussing the U.S. government as a foreign interference risk.
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Steven Clark @thefwordnb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Jerry Seinfeld: That's a Shame
ALT: Jerry Seinfeld: That's a Shame
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Flydubai pilot was deep into manosphere content, routinely used derogatory sexual slurs about women, and wanted a tradwife Misogyny is a gateway drug www.ft.com/content/a92b...
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The online life of the Flydubai attacker
[FREE TO READ] Co-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic views
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Lauren Dracula 🧛‍♀️ @beavisetc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We have been living in the Black Hole Sun video for about a decade now
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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Conservative parties in this country abandoned any semblance of policy coherence a long time ago, but it really is breathtaking how often they introduce directives or bills that completely contradict their ideological lineage.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just another day in the Presidency as directed by Fellini.
Trump nodding, Susan Dell emoting.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ESPN will make him write an essay about it
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The House of Commons is debating the price of food, which is a bit weird because eliminating the carbon tax was supposed to solve that problem.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/10/2026
Outrageous, and patently unconstitutional. A legislative attack on the autonomy and dignity of everyone suffering from mental illness.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Creating art from nothing makes you feel so powerful. You act like it's no big deal but when someone tells you they liked a piece you wrote or or an ad you did it fills up your energy bar like none other. Because it didn't exist before you made it. AI stans will never understand this feeling.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I will admit I don't care for Blink 182 (just not my taste!) but it is truly something to hear a stadium full of people sing to this guy in appreciation of the music he created and the joy he brought to their lives. Impacting so many other humans positively like this has to feel amazing
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 07/10/2026
Indeed - just wrote a paper that explores this very issue.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Jesus drove a Ram Truck and watched MMA with me and we did a college football parlay together while we crushed a sixer of Coors."
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🎃🎃🎃Michael Scare-anicolas🎃🎃🎃 @karanicolas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Early reports suggest Global Affairs Canada has withdrawn sponsorship of a disinformation conference over a panel discussing the U.S. as a threat vector. If true, this is utterly embarrassing, and a sign Global Affairs is woefully unprepared to engage with the geopolitical context we are in.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Watty @watty74.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Right now…odd one, cause they cover their own song….but Linkin Park - Lost. The new live version with Emily. So haunting and full of feeling.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now That's What I Call Cops Vol. XVII
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Luis Paez-Pumar @lpp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Queen Hayley
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her”: Court documents describe audio recordings and video footage that Tyreek Hill wants kept out of his divorce trial. It includes a proposed confidentiality deal that would have barred his estranged wife from sharing video with the NFL.
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"I Got Friends That Will Hurt Her": Court Documents Describe Audio Recordings And Video Footage Tyreek Hill Wants Kept Out Of His Divorce Trial | Defector
To hear powerhouse sports agent Drew Rosenhaus tell it, his client, the once-electric receiver Tyreek Hill, could sign with a new NFL team at any moment. From a football-only perspective, the agent’s ...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The "Is AI alive" conversation is 100% this, too. If you can be conned by a chatbot, I fear for your general safety. You are the guy at the stripclub who think the dancers really like you.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes
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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger!
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ICE, but British and presumably unpaid
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Aaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Budweiser was trying to identify individual alcoholics and send them personalized "Chuck, you haven't had a drink in a while, here's a free case on us" ads we would rightfully call for them to be drawn and quartered
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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
WOLFERS: Democrats should have lunch with Republicans to help reduce political tensions PRESIDENT: A nuclear holocaust of Southern California is fine, actually.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Poor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stop fucking guilt tripping us and fix your own shit.
Minneapolis mayor sends message to Canadians boycotting U.S.: 'We don't think of you as the 51st state'

Photo of said Minneapolis mayor
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Ray @raydoesdata.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Muni, Province and Feds on who's responsibility it is to solve homlessness
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
enough with the “adversity” talk when athletes are accused of crimes against women www.instagram.com/reel/DeIUKcR...
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