Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 (@sagetyrtle.bsky.social)

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:33 AM

*dying laughing* I love this so much

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:30 AM

I'd be so bad at videoing them, the audio would be just me shouting, "EEEE! I WANT TO EAT YOU UP BUT NOT IN A SCARY WAY!" as the parents menaced me

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:28 AM

It really is such a fantastic capture. Looking forward to seeing more of your photos.

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:27 AM

THEIR LITTLE WINGS I CAN'T

@alexanderchee.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:28 AMReposted by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

Coming home tonight a beautiful barred owl flew across my driveway, and sat in the tree waiting for me to finish passing. I’ve never seen a live owl before, despite my great love of them. I’m so happy.

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:19 AM

If today is feeling challenging, I invite you to watch these VERY SILLY ducklings who zoom around on the water like water bugs:

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:21 AM

I've lived here over 20 years and the #TOphoto tag is still capable of making me say, "Oh wow, oh WOW this city is beautiful."

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @sagetyrtle.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,…

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:14 AM

Those babies transcend adorable. They're so fast in the water they look like they're electrically powered.

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:13 AM

Ooooo! I am entranced by this one. It makes me think about how if you take apart almost any sentence you'll find that almost EVERYTHING in it is abstract. Language is endlessly fascinating.

@dellebow.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:53 PMReposted by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

I love picking my son up from school on Friday afternoons. He doesn’t fully understand weekends yet, and I get to break the good news.

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:14 AM

Oh NO and I haven't given him his treats this morning! *runs to get them*

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:13 AM

My #bike and I have gone to:

* The forest.

* Wide open bike/walking only path, grass and sky and sky and sky and not a road in sight.

* Residential roads where car drivers are ASTOUNDINGLY nice. (Possibly the fact that I'm 5 feet tall and my bike is purple make me look like a child? *laughing*)

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:09 AM

I got to work this morning and my office mate was already here, working away! Is he trying to look better than me, and get my promotion?!

@culturesnapca.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:27 AMReposted by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

I Voted today in Toronto’s municipal elections. Advance voting locations are open through this weekend.
Learn more at www.toronto.ca/elections.
#TOphoto #Toronto

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:57 AM

YES! And you don't even begrudge it! It's like paying a toll on a beautiful bridge!

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:57 AM

TOTALLY agree. On the subway yesterday I saw a big bruiser of a teenage boy get a book out of his pack and start reading it. It made me so happy.

@maetangwriter.com Oct 9, 2026, 10:07 AMReposted by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

I see people posting pics without alt text. Alt text makes images accessible for people who need screen readers. I'm less likely to share posts without alt text. You can go into Settings > Accessibility and set a reminder to use alt text on images before uploading. It's not hard to write it (see ⬇️.)

Screenshot of Accessibility in Setting in the Bluesky app, showing the Alt text section. "Require alt text before posting" is toggle on. "Display larger alt text badges" is toggled off.

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:29 AM

Dear Agony Aunt, My office mate with poor boundaries covered half my desk with fabric and declared our desk argument resolved. I've lost half my desk, and am struggling to focus on work as he keeps purring and demanding I scritch his head. What should I do? Sincerely, Struggling in Toronto

Desk with a cat lying on a piece of fabric, taking up half of the desk. Rueful person with black t-shirt, stripped pants, and blue bangs looks up at the camera as does the cat.

@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:33 PMReposted by @sagetyrtle.bsky.social

I know I am about as biased as possible on this but go to an indie bookstore. An indie bookstore's vibes are the opposite of...all of this. You'll be surrounded by memories, stories, brave visions of the future that don't ignore our barbarous present. Your brain can be quiet AND full. Seriously.