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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Zelensky’s approval rating with AMERICANS is already higher than Trump’s. And my guess is the gap will become even bigger. Zelensky here speaking bravely and clearly (both factually and morally)

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But not Putin? Who has been reducing entire Ukrainian cities to rubble and killing innocent civilians every single day for years? THAT hasn’t gone too far?

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dear Ukraine, do not stop, accelerate. The only way to respond to bullies is to thumb your nose at them.

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh yes, sure, let's worry about Trump's midterms and not defend ourselves against russia's repeated attacks on our energy infrastructure for almost 5 years lol gtfo you orange f*ck don't you have any more casinos to bankrupt or Epstein files to hide?

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Surely Putin, or is he well beyond an asshole?

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I never thought I would write this… but she is absolutely right 👍

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Jim 🔥 @jim.chat · 10/10/2026

Just thinking out-loud here but, if Russia halted its illegal invasion, maybe Ukraine would stop bombing the refineries?

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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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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Guy who harms global markets by stupidity attacking and then failing to beat Iran 10 times blames country holding out against invasion.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Because this loser never had control of anything outside of America. He is all mouth, which is a winning strategy in US politics, but fails more widely.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

❗️🇺🇦 Operation Vivaldi is even more successful than Kyiv officially reports: Ukrainian troops foiled Russia's plan to encircle Donbas, — Euronews + maps from ISW 📍Ukrainian forces foiled Russia's plan to seize the rest of the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Donetsk region this year.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maybe the most amazing aspect of the Russo-Ukraine War is that Russia is getting backing from both China and the USA, the two largest powers of the moment--and Ukraine could still emerge triumphant as long as Europe backs it stoutly.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump is a dangerous idiot. I am sorry that you have to deal with Putin and are now getting less help and indeed help is going to the Russians.

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Putin has bought Trump with Russian diesel. Just before the US elections. Meanwhile, Russia keeps killing our children while they sleep at night. So Americans are now funding Russia’s war machine? I’m sorry, guys, but WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No children? Or perhaps with foreigners. Putin and those who have been cheering him on are directly responsible for the rapid long term depopulation of Russia.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They are all high angular momentum stellar debris.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No doubt RFK Jr will invite any other cases to come on a tour of the USA.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

👀🇺🇦❗️ 97% of jet Shaheds launched by Russia were destroyed today, - monitoring channels

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A heart attack or stroke, or a bad cup of tea or a misstep near a high window may save many lives.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A few years ago there was a small film festival of Chinese films shown partly in Edinburgh but with a few in Bo’ness. I also have taken my parents on the Bo’ness steam railway. At work most of the metal ground covers for water etc, were made and labelled from Bo’ness.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/26 In August 1942, an island was weeks from surrender, and everything depended on one tanker. She was torpedoed, bombed, had two aircraft crash onto her, broke her back, was abandoned twice, and arrived with her decks awash, lashed between two destroyers. The SS Ohio. A🧵 #maritimehistory

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unfortunately he is damaging places beyond the USA.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Remember, Jenrick is not stupid. He's a trained lawyer, he knows the difference between police and court bail. He's just a turd.

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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Police specifically told everyone not to speculate on the incident at RAF Fairford. So what does the moron Farage go & do? Post on X speculating.

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026

I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh, and also, Section 1 of the Terrorism Act defines Terrorism as an action which (amongst others) "involves serious damage to property" and/or "endangers a person's life" and the action is for the purpose of advancing a political cause. Ergo, this is terrorism by definition of UK law.

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So, just to be clear, Daniel Thomas was: 1- Carrying a knife contrary to section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 2- Used that knife to commit criminal damage (Criminal Damage act 1971) 3- likely engaged in the criminal offense of endangering Life at Sea (Merchant Shipping Act 1995)

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A copper disk. Before bronze was invented we had to put all our information onto copper disks, but copper bends to easily, so they were often called floppy disks.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With the midterm elections shaping up to be a massive reckoning for the Republican Party, it's worth remembering that they had a fairly easy offramp from Trumpism in the immediate aftermath of the January 6th riot but they completely chickened out.

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I didn’t know any during my childhood. I started using websites in 1994 when I was a student. Http was fairly new then, although there had been websites for longer, but few people used them before then.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 15/09/2026

“As a result of exquisite planning by our orbital dynamics team, brilliant execution by the operations team, and a precise launch from SpaceX, Roman has fuel for at least 22 years of potential science operations,” said Jamie Dunn, center director at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. #NASARoman 🔭

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Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASA's Roman Mission - NASA Science

The results are in: NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's very accurate first mid-course correction, along with other fuel savings, are expected to more

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 15/09/2026

#NASARoman activated the Wide Field Instrument—a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow it to explore wide swaths of the cosmos quickly. This test image captures the very first photons of starlight to reach the instrument—taken as an initial performance assessment: go.nasa.gov/4rg4qEc

$At the top, a grid of 21 panels shows a series of blue images with tiny neon green and yellow circles. A larger image highlights a section of the grid with circular patterns, and an inset presents a detailed star-like diffraction pattern. The colors consist of blue, green, and yellow.$

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sounds much cheaper than most investigations.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Indeed it has been 20 years since I went observing, but I did see a telescope launched into space 3 years ago.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Is that your first observing in more than a decade or you have been going to the telescope in person each time? I have been involved in large survey collaborations, so all the observations are done remotely but usually by telescope operators not astronomers. 1/2

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

He will probably say that Ireland should be completely British, until next week when a British politician annoys him and then we should all be American territories.

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Nicholas Cross @wfastronomer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I remember being in Baltimore when the 2003 Rugby World Cup was on. A colleague said we could see the final on a cable channel at 3am (it was played in Sydney). We got there and found the channel had cancelled it for lack of interest.

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