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Creatures Like Us LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! 🏳️‍⚧️@circlea.co.uk · 3w ago

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Coming soon: Creatures Like Us - Be Gay, Do Anarchy!

A radical queer video game about squatting, mutual aid, and system change. Balance individual & community needs to smash capitalism!

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Patroll @patroll.me · 2w ago

THIS IS THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY In 24 hours - 300 worlds, 120 creators Worlds totaling 70M visits, 1.5M favs

big@b1g.monster · 3w ago

I will not be creating for a platform that both uses and promotes AI generated content. #VRChat please join me in placing this poster in your worlds. share it and edit it freely, spread it as far as you can. nothing is going to change if we don't put our foot down now. vrc.group/NOAI.3843

Poster advocating against VRChat's use and promotion of content utilizing generative AI that can be used

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2w ago

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,…

big @b1g.monster · 3w ago

Cute Monster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · last mo.

A week ago at Dragoncon I met Richard Garriott at a panel about his new Ultima game. Long story short he wants to use AI. He already has for concept art and ChatGPT generated fantasy language. I wrote an account with the hope that this could spread to the right people. Please pass this along.

Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 2mo ago

Die rechtsextreme AfD ist viel zu stark geworden. Wir sind genau so fassungslos wie du. Was jetzt emotional hilft, wer vor Ort kämpft, und warum Aufgeben keine Option ist. Vielleicht hilft dieser Text dir jetzt: volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/sa...

Demokraten in Sachsen-Anhalt: Ihr seid nicht allein

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BubbleWolf ❤️➡️NFC @bubblewolf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'TOGETHER' - Conbook cover for #Eurofurence #EF30! ✨

The Conbook cover for Eurofurence 30! Featuring my wife Greeny and a whole bunch of other party animals!

Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo ago

Twitch says quiet part out loud: Amazon AI is opt out because "nobody would opt in" aftermath.site/twitch-ai-amaz...

Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Und jetzt alle zusammen: TAX THE RICH! 🤑

Erben ist keine Leistung!

Deutschland will Leistungsgesellschaft sein, aber 75 % der Milliardär*innen sind Erben. Weltrekord!

Darya Noghani @sketchylogic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm not sure if I said this explicitly here, but as well as being the Switch launch date, August 14th is also the date we'll be releasing a big PC patch with hard mode, new extras, and just a ton of polish and bug fixes. So if you're thinking of replaying the game, that would be a good day to do it!

PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸@b0tster.yeag.gay · 7mo ago

updating the meme for current times

bunlith lounging on the ground with the speech bubble 'i want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and im NOT KIDDING' scribbled out in red with a giant "DESTROY CAPITALISM" written over it in bold yellow letters

Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Es wird höchste Zeit für den einzigen wahren Tankrabatt: Das 9€ Ticket. Es hat weder Ölkonzerne & Diktatoren finanziert, 1,8 Mio.T. CO2 eingespart, in 23 von 26 Städten Stau reduziert, höhere Umsätze fürs Gewerbe gebracht und 30 Mio. Menschen entlastet. Es muss wieder reaktiviert werden💪

Niccy 🏳️‍⚧️@niccymarten.bsky.social · 9mo ago

hit 'em where it hurts!! 🥰✨

The Verge@theverge.com · 9mo ago

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · last yr.

Bluesky isn't a place where trolls come to get mocked and insulted. They love that. Bluesky is a place where trolls come to be blocked and isolated and ignored — which they hate. If you're seeing a lot of shitty people in your feed, you aren't blocking enough people.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2y ago

Lot of bigots showing up. Remember, don't interact. Just report and block block block.

Blue image with white text reading "KEEP CALM JUST REPORT & BLOCK" with a white bluesky butterfly at the top. Spoof of the "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" poster.

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 9mo ago

IllinoisResister@gottadance64.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Yes because then they’d have to face the reality of what people think of them

Cashew 🔜 FUVE @mintcashew.bsky.social · 9mo ago

underneath the watchful stars ✨

Shaaloani Roadhead 🔜 Claws Out @hyenablood.yeen.world · 10mo ago

the way the part I highlighted in my response here actually makes me so mad lol

You know that clip of Charlie in It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia where everyone is arguing around a restaurant booth, he has a meltdown and screams "STOP. SHUT UP OH MY GOD I DON'T CARE"? That's how I feel constantly having AI offered to me. I don't want it, I've never wanted it, millions of people make it clear every day online they hate it and don't want it and we still have to keep hearing about it, being asked "are you sure?" like we're toddlers refusing to try food that tastes good. Bestie I am an entire whole grown adult with anxiety and debt, I am capable of deciding I don't like or want this. Our education system is constantly eroded, now more than ever, and every company ever is like "would you like to use your atrophying brain even less than you already do?" No actually, I probably should use it!

You listed reasons you knew I would give for disliking AI yourself including environmental impact, loss of jobs for people, the erosion of trust in things being made by actual people, power concentrating in the hands of corporations like... you obviously already know so do you know how comically evil and antagonistic towards your users you're going to look if you implement AI after listing every reason NOT to use it YOURSELF? You clearly already know what the correct choice is, why do I have to be here to tell you that you already know it? Everyone I know taking this survey is saying they're going to just stop using Discord if you fill it with AI so if you don't actually care what I think and need a motivation for yourself, consider how NFTs went. When the AI bubble finally pops and you're left holding an enshittified service people left en masse because you myopically chased a trend most of your users are telling you they don't want, are you going to have made enough money? Or do you want something
sustainable that people will continue to use? You can make the right choice and stick around or go jump into the ground with Skype in the messaging app graveyard.

Patrick Perini @pcperini.com · 10mo ago

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 10mo ago

Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour • Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world • Women who speak out become targets by users (via business)

✨🔹🦋⟣ NEO ⟢🦋🔹✨@tokyozilla.bsky.social · 2y ago

Trans is Beautiful #Trans #TransRights

JoCat is slow at making videos @jocat.net · 10mo ago

happy crimus

a doodle of Gobbo with a small christmas tree decorated with copper/silver/gold pieces, a tiny sword/shield/lyre, and a little bow, topped with a small wiggler head. Gobbo also has a little santa hat on

C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 11mo ago

every author in the class action, please file the claim.

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · last yr.

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 11mo ago

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"

PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸@b0tster.yeag.gay · 12mo ago

It's Bunlith: The Witch Upstairs 📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER! Watch Now!! 📺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

⚔️ Blanksword ⚔️@blanksword.bsky.social · last yr.

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️ Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW! Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/... Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283... Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · last yr.

Junge Menschen sollen ihre Bildung in der Pandemie opfern, sie sollen ihr Leben beim Militär riskieren & sie sollen die immer steigende Rente bezahlen, aber man will ihnen keine lebenswerte Zukunft hinterlassen wegen des Klimawandels & beschimpft jeden zweiten davon als nicht in Stadtbild passend.

Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · last yr.

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.