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Denis Agar (he/him)

@denisagar.bsky.social

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Transit polls well. We use that popularity to push for more reliable & abundant transit. Let's make it better than driving. I'm in Vancouver, unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land. ED @movementyvr.bsky.social cohost @dwelltime.ca pod

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@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 4:44 AM

Interesting that the ferry icon is an exact rendering of Metro Vancouver's SeaBus, even out there!

@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:34 PM

When will Toronto fix its streetcars?

@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:52 PM

Ottawa transit ridership is down because it's slower than it used to be, with more transfers. Oh and less reliable.

@trainswoman.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:28 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Riding EVERY transit route in Metro Vancouver! Route: R5 Hastings Street RapidBus Vehicle: New Flyer XDE60 Duration: 48min Connecting downtown to SFU, the R5 is a RapidBus route on Hastings Street, providing valuable express service to Downtown, Strathcona, Hastings-Sunrise, and Burnaby Heights. +

an articulated bus in RapidBus livery on the R5 Hastings Street RapidBus to SFU Exchangeroute map for the R5 Hastings Street RapidBus, traveling from Burrard Station via Burrard Street, Hastings Street, Burnaby Mountain Parkway, Gaglardi Way, University Drive East, and East Campus Road to SFU Exchange. The bus continues westbound via University High Street, Tower Road, South Campus Road, Gaglardi Way, and University Drive West before returning to Burnaby Mountain Parkway. Westbound trips turn from Hastings Street onto Howe Street and Dunsmuir Street to Burrard Station
@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:26 PM

His car:

@miss604.comOct 11, 2026, 6:07 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Bye bye, Pattullo 👋 Shout out to those who worked tirelessly over the weekend to cut out the arch and lower it to a barge on the Fraser River, what a feat!

Video: www.instagram.com/reels/DeXNH8...

@alexpaknadel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:59 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much.

@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:03 PM

Sometimes we think of Metro Vancouver as small, but like, we're as big as Metro Rome or Athens

@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:48 PM

And on the footbridge from the Seabus terminal in Vancouver to waterfront station!

@nicksattele.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:46 AMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

“The modules sit right on top of the ground so the one I rode went in with no digging in just two and a half days”

@ryancalkins.bsky.social @portofseattle.bsky.social can we get this between the light rail and airport??

@emveezee.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:13 AMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

2 Line 2 furious.

@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:01 PM

Preach!

@athul.acharya.ccOct 10, 2026, 8:26 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Holy shit they disenfranchised nearly ten percent of the population. It’s like a GOP wet dream

nytimes.comIndia Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against ModiPublic anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
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@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:29 PM

There's no way that's good for the longevity of that train

@neil21.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:45 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Bare minimum democratic participation - Check! #newwest

Photograph of a water bottle with “I Voted” sticker
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:30 AMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Ottawa voters overwhelmingly choose transit as top municipal election issue

@norton.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:10 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

Cleveland 1961: Within seven weeks, Max James, 6, and Belinda Drummond, 11, were both killed walking home from school along South Miles Road. They had no sidewalk to use. Demanding sidewalks, mothers formed a human wall to protect children. Jane Martoncik was there to lend her support to the cause.

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

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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@denisagar.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:28 AM

the character grum from tim and eric
@jasonparis.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:08 AMReposted by @denisagar.bsky.social

While other global cities thrive on proven solutions, too much of our political class seems determined to ignore them. www.thestar.com/news/gta/bra... #TOpoli

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