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Max, my heeler and I walk lots of miles most days, I still work part-time, live on 20 acres in the desert of Central Washington State, near Ellensburg. Native plant enthusiast, gardener, LGBTQ friend, political junkie... I block a lot of junk here.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Norway has removed all of its $2tn Investment Fund from Israel linked banks, as it continues its policy of BDS against Israel. Well done Norway.
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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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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 20h
This session of The Daily is terrifyingly scary and makes me feel as if my heart is breaking... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/p...
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When A.I. Comes for Your Purpose in Life (Gift Article)
In the span of just a few months, A.I. systems have solved some of the biggest outstanding problems in math — adding mathematicians to the list of those terrified of losing their job to the technology...
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 20h
This entire episode of "Insanity In America" is just so awful! 🤬🤬🤬 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth’s Bloodlust Doesn’t Hide His Military Failures (Gift Article)
The secretary of defense is banking on a sadistic public.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
UPDATE on Trump’s violation of a court order to stop airing taxpayer-funded campaign-style tv ads: the Govt’s excuse - "our lawyers accidentally missed the email.” It's beyond time for contempt in all cases where the Trump Regime is giving the middle finger to the courts. youtu.be/2pg_33uqafs?...
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Trump DOJ CAUGHT Making SHOCKING Excuse After IGNORING Court ORDER!?!
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
And too much Botox in their faces!!!
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 12/10/2026
Third DATA Center has been hit! Slava Ukraine!
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Third Yandex Data Center in Four Days, Idling AI Supercomputer Hub | SOFX
Takeaways Up Front 1. A Ukrainian drone strike suspended Yandex’s data center in Vladimir early October 11, the third hit on the Russian firm’s server
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/10/2026
🚨 Our DC Chief Scott MacFarlane was INSIDE the courtroom as federal Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Trump's DOJ lawyers. “I've never seen anything like that before.” Scott describes the judge screaming at the top of her lungs after the gov cut down hundreds of trees despite assurances to the court
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The lesson we learn from the Trump Administration: Dont be timid with your corruption. Grift *billions* off your position and you are safe, but try to grift a mere $100,000 off your position and you are fired.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Liar 💥🙄
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is the Social Security Election. Senators who get elected this fall will decide the future of YOUR Social Security. SO… Remember that, and go VOTE! 😎🇺🇸✨
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Trump isn’t fooling anyone about his corruption. The newest AP/NORC poll shows “about 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal.”
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More Outrageous Weaponization of the Justice Department
They can’t contain their fascism.
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Just for giggle this AM
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
10/12 - VC Defensa team and the community kicked ICE out of Ventura today. The community showed up ✊🏽 Call us at 805-296-1119 ☎️ if you need support.
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Defenders of Our Republic @defendersofourrepublic.org · 13/10/2026
#Trump #Hegseth
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Used "contemptuous words" against the president. "Even if he gets an hour to eat or to exercise, he's alone," his attorney said. "He's looking at having his liberty potentially taken away, being removed from the military, losing his benefits & potentially spending significant time in jail."
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Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s Impeachment
Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
stalking a woman, kidnapping her dog, and sexually assaulting her, among other crimes. Now he's a de facto operative of the campaign team of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Christopher Hale: Here is the dream team behind the fake story that Talarico secretly went to an Ohio mental health center. Nick Sortor has an open warrant for his arrest back home in Kentucky for violating probation. He was convicted of driving while intoxicated, harassing a police officer,
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🚨GOP NIGHTMARE: Democrats are surging in the battle for the Senate. NC Cooper +8.8 GA Ossoff +8.1 NH Pappas +5.9 MI El-Sayed +3.1 OH Brown +3.1 TX Talarico +3.0 MN Flanagan +2.2 AK Peltola +1.4 ME Jackson +1.0 IA Turek +0.5 But polls don’t vote — PEOPLE DO. No complacency. Turn out. Fight back. 👊
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump is a liar. Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund www.npr.org/2026/10/12/n...
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Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund
Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.
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rich cawley @rcawley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Dems should tell these contractors they will be seeing court time after orange man is gone. I am good with my tax money being used for that purpose over propaganda messages from the president.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A must read op-ed by @johnvaillant.bsky.social detailing how modern fires are burning faster and hotter, changing the future of firefighting. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire? (Gift Article)
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Defections from the authoritarian coalition are crucial to the success of pro-democracy movements.
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Crazy old man talking with a loud voice on Aisle 20!
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
As he should, and so should every other religion! So wrong!
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is how all Democrats should speak to Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/10/2026
"What Metro Surge showed the world is that people do not want to watch their neighbors be brutalized, shot, and torn from their homes, and no amount of Trump posting on Truth Social is ever going to change that"
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Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait.
We love our Somali neighbors.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12/10/2026
RFK Jr: "Native health is not a footnote in my administration—it’s a top priority." And yet CDC's Healthy Tribes program was gutted last year. This older article (post April 1 RIFs) is still relevant. How can you do the important work when you've fired all the staff? #ZombifiedCDC
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RFK Jr. wants American tribes to get healthy. Trump gutted a program that was helping
Native leaders say they are having trouble grasping the dissonance between Kennedy's words and his actions
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russia struck an apartment building in Kharkiv. It partially collapsed, there is fire‼️ Its late evening in Ukraine, everyone was at home...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump hates me personally. Now he’s taking it to the Supreme Court
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.
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pekki63.bsky.social @pekki63.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The end of the party? More and more the technocrat juggernaut seems to be stumbling toward the ugly end of their politicized fight to end democracy and to control the U.S.A.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 12/10/2026
That, of course, is impossible. But a lot of laws have enacted, both by Rs and Ds, to limit executive power -- including a host of them after Watergate to address the kinds of abuses we are witnessing now. But Trump has violated them and the Supreme Court has greenlighted the violations.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 12/10/2026
The SWAT team like descent on Rep Omar's home weeks before an election, after JD Vance declared an intention to investigate her for some crime, any crime, echoes decades of misuses of law enforcement power for political purposes, starting with J Edgar Hoover's deportation of political opponents.
publicnotice.co
Lessons from a Red Scare
The American people are capable of turning the tide against repression.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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FactPAC @factpac.org · 11/10/2026
Ossoff is a one-man verbal firing squad against bullshit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
"You hired half the Third Reich to staff your office ... If John Lewis were marching today, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" -- here's a supercut of Jon Ossoff SMASHING Mike Collins during tonight's debate
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Derin Denham @derindenham.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October in New Jersey, 2024 🎨 Jeff Stanford
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windlandlady.bsky.social @windlandlady.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not in my book…
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The materials that WSJ has published are probably just the tip of the iceberg. I think the stuff here is perfect for a multipart series on FX or Netflix on the life of Kimberley Guilfoyle, a story of bad moral choices and degeneracy you can track in her face.
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AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibl...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Well, it’s a quick take, and no doubt data will come in, but it sure looks like based on today’s evidence that a lot of pro-Trump and pro-AfD bot work depends directly on Russian data centers.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A+B=C
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Christopher Robin @humanerror62.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Last Fuckable Day” — hilarious skit with Amy Poehler, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Amy Schumer, Tina Fey. 😂🥹😭 youtu.be/Q0Vgdnx4zPg?...
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Last F**kable Day
YouTube video by eanna koltes
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I see Zelenskyy's still got some of that professional comedian in him, responding to Trump's made-up "energy ceasefire" by copying Trump's style with needless ALL-CAPS and a cheeky "Thank you!"

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський
@ZelenskyyUa
I just spoke with 
@MarkJCarney
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@alexstubb
, and 
@SecGenNATO
 Mark Rutte. We discussed the energy ceasefire announced by President Trump. Ukraine supports the ceasefire, and it is important that Russia support it as well. We are awaiting details from the American side. For our part, Ukraine always FULLY supports steps toward de-escalation, the protection of lives, and the decisions needed to end the war and guarantee lasting peace. Thank you!
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel wants a one-year fixed price “sole source contract" with the UFC "to provide defense tactical technical training to special agents." This isn't going to end well. govtribe.com/file/governm...
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JA DTTT Redacted.pdf – Sole Source Justification - Defense Tactical Technical Training (15F06726P0000813) | GovTribe
PDF posted Sep 30, 2026 for the federal contract opportunity Sole Source Justification - Defense Tactical Technical Training (15F06726P0000813).
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.
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Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump campaigned against foreign oil.
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