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Broadcast highlight: “You think any of these fans are gonna drive down to Milwaukee for the Brewers game after this?” *cut to a guy in a Packers jersey and Brewers hat holding what is obviously his 7th beer of the day

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lol Ben Johnson shook Matt’s hand and then looked at the camera like it was an episode of the Office

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Woof Smack. Not a good day, kid.

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It’s very blustery there today. You can hear it on the parabolic mics. He’s gotta learn to kick in this though.

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What the ever loving fuck was that sequence to end the half. What a mess man.

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As long as you’re in the UK your nickname is “Pe’er Innit?”

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hi I am collecting signatures for a petition to refer to Pierre Strong as Strong Peter

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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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Do you love the Dark Crystal too or was your childhood normal

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The UnPack @theunpackpod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There are two kinds of fiancés on Say Yes To The Dress: 1) A mashed potato sandwich of a white guy 2) A pro athlete you’ve never heard of

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is similar to when he was obsessed with the word “groceries” because he’d never been in a grocery store before. He doesn’t know what health insurance is. Never needed to interface with it.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...

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FBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train Agents

The contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC.

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You saw it too? I was like wait are we not going to talk about the obvious medical emergency happening on live tv right now? And then they cut back to him 10 seconds later and he was fine obviously

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Todd Bowles always looks like he’s in pain. There was a shot of him after last night’s game taking a knee on the sideline and I legit thought he was having a cardiac event but I guess he just has resting pain face?

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Oh yeah AJ is full on Door County, WI Trumper. That said, comparing him to Lloyd doesn’t really make sense to me. Lloyd is like if Aaron Jones wore a blindfold and went down on first contact. Kaleb is like if AJ Dillon was blind and went down on first contact.

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Welcome back to Bluesky, the official app of sports™️

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The Packers were good that year

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The UnPack @theunpackpod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Don’t worry, I’ll triple up on sleep aids tonight to make up for it

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New ep! The Packers left us thoroughly whelmed in Tampa. Now it’s on to shirtless Ben Johnson and the Chicago Bears. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Ben Johnson shirtless in a trenchcoat

Podcast Episode · The UnPack Podcast · October 7 · 1h 5m

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The UnPack @theunpackpod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why is this week’s episode called “Ben Johnson shirtless in a trenchcoat?” Probably gonna have to listen to find out. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Ben Johnson shirtless in a trenchcoat

Podcast Episode · The UnPack Podcast · October 7 · 1h 5m

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New episode ready for the ol ear holes

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“I’m changing the name of North Korea to North America.”

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Dez didn’t catch it. Peace!”

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If only there was a very specific law designed to prevent exactly this, oh well nevertheless

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I use the inside out method. Works great! It’s just that it’s king size so it’s very unwieldy and heavy and it gets sucked into itself and the buttons are annoying and and and 😂

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Oof sorry. I’ve been recovering from golfers elbow (I don’t golf!) for about a year and there were a few weeks at the beginning where doing things like putting away dishes became a one-armed activity

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lol ah going for the “no see but I HATE this recreational activity I’ve opted into” defense. Clever.

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