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.
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ok this is like, quite far off in the future for me atm but i want to upgrade/get a standing desk and ergonomic chair i know social media loves flexispot and they actually even have show rooms in DE but does anyone have them at home & are they actually good? or any alternatives you personally use?
How Medieval people clean their rusty chainmail
A revealing account about how scholarship, archaeology, and popular consumption of religious narrative works, from one of the most creative thinkers in our field.
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Hallo Leute ich brauche mal #FollowerPower: ich fange bald einen neuen Job in Mainz an und suche in der Stadt eine Wohnung für 1 Person (30, berufstätig, keine Kinder, allerdings wär es toll wenn der Vermieter Katzen als Haustiere akzeptiert)
Idealer Weise wär es eine 1,5-2 ZKB mit Balkon
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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
Books readers love but don't recommend (or warn people away from even while recommending): A thread. Hi, I'm AK, and I write a series people love (privately, in my inboxes) which has won multiple awards and accolades. Here's why people generally don't recommend it. đź§µ
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
this is fantastic and I learned something new
letters to the vampire queen launching soon :)
Omg, so many things in this cover
That last panel is so adorable
Personally I would not pick this fight with the youtube guy who demonstrates all the ways he can nail you with an arrow at 200 yards using his feet while wearing 12-inch Pleasers, whose wife can also kill you with her bare hands, and has 9 billionteen followers who are all trans women with swords.
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Bonne journée de la Fierté TDS à toustes celleux qui vivent le stigmate de putain. La journée de la fierté pute célèbre notre autodétermination, les accomplissements et la résilience de notre communauté en dépit de la stigmatisation et de la répression.
The original version of this was posted on my FAisDM (felicitousArtisan is Darth Mongoose) Tumblr many years ago. I drew it at about 11pm right before going to bed, trying to express something I felt about art. When I woke up it kinda blew up.
