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
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I don’t think you should make ambulance roofs out of plywood. #MITB
I like how the Notre Dame lost two 1st round running backs... and still have the best running back room in college football?
People forget that the Broncos offense straight up wasn't that good last year under Payton. The reason they had so many comeback wins was because - just like this year - they were always trailing heading into the 4th quarter despite the defense being elite.
Andrew Siciliano@andrewsiciliano.bsky.social · 2d agoSean Payton: "We'll make a change offensively. I'll call the plays."
For this year's color coded Dining Out issue, I wrote about some pink, orange, and blue foods. (Scroll down to see each color specific story.) www.inlander.com/food/diningo...
Color plays an important role in making any restaurant dish an appetizing choice
Before food meets the tongue, your other senses indulge first. It might be the aroma wafting from the kitchen, the clink of dishware as a server approaches, or finally a
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@dannybkelly.bsky.social @dannyheifetz.bsky.social While I normally side with DK in dumb arguments, no one in their right mind would say the Browns are in 1st the AFC Central (even though they have the division record tiebreaker) while Ravens are in 2nd. In common sports parlance, they’re “tied.”
Had a nice little chat with Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal about how legit stoked the company is to return to Spokane with a diverse tour program. www.inlander.com/culture/paci...
Pacific Northwest Ballet enthusiastically returns to Spokane
As someone who covered the arts in Seattle for a decade, it was always a treat to catch a performance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet at McCaw Hall. A truly
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BlueSky trending would be better if I manually did it, Part 1,000,000.
It’s a bummer that the Great Grandpa movie bombed at the box office last weekend, but in fairness it’s a very niche band.
“Seth, what did you do to earn a Medal of Honor?” “I said that Digger was merely a 2.5 star movie where a lot of stuff doesn’t work, but some of it does.” “Wow.” 🤯 “Brave.” 🫡
The Broncos have had 2 TDs entering the 4th quarter in 1 of the last 9 games. Davis Webb is gonna get all the heat, but it was the same thing late last year with Sean Payton calling the plays. Because Bo Nix is not a starting quality QB.
Hey you know how the Chargers have been an abject disaster? They have 3 first half TDs this season. The Broncos have 1.
UNC’s pass defense is “I looked up the single game Notre Dame receiving yards record” bad.
From the people who've only seen like 20 movies that brought you "Saltburn is such a shocking movie" comes "Avengers: Doomsday is one of the darkest movies ever made."
Can confirm it’s too cold to be seated at an outdoor show season.
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
When your Spider-Man wall calendar has months dedicated to Doctor Octopus and the pumpkin bomb-throwing Green Goblin, but neither is October.
Miley (Cyrus) teaming up with MODEL/ACTRIZ is sick, even if this new album isn't...
I have never been more right about anything than Dan Wilson should’ve been fired after he blew the ALCS last year. But the Mariners are gonna Mariners, so instead he blew two seasons.
In case you’re wondering if I know ball… I benched Drake Maye for Geno Smith in fantasy.
I’ve been basically spending the last 24 hours thinking about if it would be feasable for me to actually write a whole book about the psychology of ethical film consumption.
Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 2w agoHas anybody written the piece about how movies like Heart of the Beast and Good Dog now have to pre-announce "It's ok, audiences, the dog doesn't die!" Huge cultural shift from just 10-15 yrs ago when audiences who--I promise--LOVED DOGS JUST AS MUCH were perfectly fine with Marley & Me or whatever?
To be honest, I don’t love the optics of a football stadium full of people in Montana yelling, “COOOOOOOON!”