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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 21h ago

involuntary hold facilities really put the 'health' part of 'mental health' in small font. called to deliver pertinent medical information about a patient and the receptionist basically hit me with "Nah". the fuck do you mean "Nah"? "we got a doctor on it" a doctor of telepathy? a fucking cleric???

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · yesterday

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 2d ago

"La Femme-Escargot" circa 1900

stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · yesterday

working for an older Japanese couple and the lunches, the lunches!

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d 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,…

Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · yesterday

The orange goddess has appeared

Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · yesterday

#SpookyMonth64

George from Seinfeld playing the Nightmare Before Christmas GBA game with Oogie Boogie saying the dialogue "Me? Give up? Never in a million years, Pumpkin Pussy"

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 2d ago

nothing is better than buying a shirt on a whim, completely forgetting you did it, and having it show up a week later

Naadir @randomvariable.co.uk · 2d ago

Centrists were ok with sanctions on the ICC when it involved their favourite role model ethnostate Israel to the point of the UK freezing the bank account of the chief prosecutor, so don't go crowing now

Shane Darcy@shanedarcy.bsky.social · 2d ago

'US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize' US is no longer sanctioning individual judges and prosecutors, but the Court itself. Bans transactions with the court "cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate". www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d ago

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · yesterday

Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sharing the links of Palestinian families in need of personal support. Thread below.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d ago

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d ago

Gourdo! 🎃@posting.fan · 2d ago

we have refused to properly fund mental health care for decades but, as you can see, it’s actually your fault for seeking diagnosis in the first place

REwadent Evil@ewacat.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pleased to announce that ADHD is being overdiagnosed again according to the BBC and pathetic skidmark Wes Streeting, so now - during ADHD Awareness Month no less - it's time to give it up and just be normal. Let it go. Just turn it off and get on with things www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d ago

Big Immigrant Naturals.@shinery.bsky.social · 3d ago

hey babe are you okay, you've barely fucked your pumpkussy

A large pumpkin that looks like someone with a firm and plump bum and vagina bent over

dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 3d ago

Thomas A. Fine@thomasafine.bsky.social · 3d ago

And yes, 10/7 is Israel's 9/11. Except that 10/7 was in many ways far far worse than 9/11. One way to understand this is to observe that 48,000 Americans being murdered is the proportional equivalent to 1100 Israelis being murdered.

Sam Frantics @dsoart.com · 2d ago

Posted this month's sticker design on Patreon 👀 www.patreon.com/dsoart/posts...

Medieval style rendering of Godzilla's face.

LiLBazula 👻 🎃@lilbazza.bsky.social · 2d ago

I've lost a massive amount of respect for Lucas since she stepped down as leader of the Greens. She's engaged in precious little else than briefing the anti-Green, anti-left, media against her own party & it fucking stinks. No different from the toxic shenanigans of the Labour right

BBC NEWS@bbcnewsunofficial.bsky.social · 3d ago

Polanski failed to show leadership over Zionism motion, ex-Green leader says Caroline Lucas tells the BBC Zack Polanski should have taken part in a vote on a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d ago

Fat Cat the primary antagonist in Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers with a speech bubble

USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST@blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 3d ago

Macho macho mice. Where is the accountability? Fuckin' kunts

Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have a Prime account and that that's what defines me lmao

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"

@iwasalover.bsky.social · 3d ago

Mine is mostly wrong but consistently boring: I got a "builds comprehensive tool collection gradually" to give an idea (for any data brokers out there, I'll give you that one for free ;^))

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"