Goose
@gooseegg.bsky.social
International tax policy nerd/lawyer by day, fowl-mouthed sweetheart by night.
Tax policy, law, social security, art, gaming, parenting, geese, politics, life, etc.
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@gooseegg.bsky.social
· Dec 10
I see some myths repeated too often about Social Security, and it’s only going to get worse with the GOP looking to make cuts. We need to defend Social Security with all our might, and it’s important to stay clear-eyed about what the real issues are, and not get distracted by the irrelevant. (1/10)
The thing to understand about Social Security is that no one understands Social Security. That’s why the GOP can lie about needing to cut benefits and Democrats can pretend there’s no problem.
I’ve written about some of the things people get wrong before, but I want to get a bit more basic (1/ ).
I’ve written about some of the things people get wrong before, but I want to get a bit more basic (1/ ).
Yes, if there is anything that accurately describes the current situation, it's that the right doesn't get away with lying.
So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes, if there is anything that accurately describes the current situation, it's that the right doesn't get away with lying.
It's amazing to me that firms are telling their employees that AI is going to enhance their ability to do more work, and expect them to be too dumb to notice that the things they're saying AI can do are the employees' entire current job.
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's amazing to me that firms are telling their employees that AI is going to enhance their ability to do more work, and expect them to be too dumb to notice that the things they're saying AI can do are the employees' entire current job.
Imagine if people getting angry and shouty about folks having replies and quotes restricted spent literally one second on introspection.
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Imagine if people getting angry and shouty about folks having replies and quotes restricted spent literally one second on introspection.
A reminder that Marjorie Taylor Green suddenly being able to express basic empathy does not erase any of the bad stuff she said.
It actually makes it worse, because now we know she knew better.
It actually makes it worse, because now we know she knew better.
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A reminder that Marjorie Taylor Green suddenly being able to express basic empathy does not erase any of the bad stuff she said.
It actually makes it worse, because now we know she knew better.
It actually makes it worse, because now we know she knew better.
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Why are so many mobile game ads like:
Guy sexually harasses woman
She slaps guy
Zombie mauls her
Level 100 maffia boss
Guy sexually harasses woman
She slaps guy
Zombie mauls her
Level 100 maffia boss
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why are so many mobile game ads like:
Guy sexually harasses woman
She slaps guy
Zombie mauls her
Level 100 maffia boss
Guy sexually harasses woman
She slaps guy
Zombie mauls her
Level 100 maffia boss
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December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I need people to get it in their heads that we have many monstrous things in our history AND YET we are behaving uniquely brutishly under this admin compared to any modern admin. Claiming this is 'normal' for us ensures it becomes normal going forward. It isn't.
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I need people to get it in their heads that we have many monstrous things in our history AND YET we are behaving uniquely brutishly under this admin compared to any modern admin. Claiming this is 'normal' for us ensures it becomes normal going forward. It isn't.
The impossible has happened: they found a way to get me to use Calibri
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The impossible has happened: they found a way to get me to use Calibri
This meme is insane. The tax gap isn't nearly big enough to cover all that.
Get over the idea that we can just enforce the existing rules and it will solve problems that were created by letting corporate money drive tax and spending policy for decades. We need to be pushing for fundamental change.
Get over the idea that we can just enforce the existing rules and it will solve problems that were created by letting corporate money drive tax and spending policy for decades. We need to be pushing for fundamental change.
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This meme is insane. The tax gap isn't nearly big enough to cover all that.
Get over the idea that we can just enforce the existing rules and it will solve problems that were created by letting corporate money drive tax and spending policy for decades. We need to be pushing for fundamental change.
Get over the idea that we can just enforce the existing rules and it will solve problems that were created by letting corporate money drive tax and spending policy for decades. We need to be pushing for fundamental change.
Imagine if folks just decided who to support in the primaries based on who they are and what they stand for, instead of trying to compromise in advance with hypothetical general election racists.
Writing off Jasmine because she’s a BW when white men also lose in Texas is wild. The expectation isn’t even a win there
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Imagine if folks just decided who to support in the primaries based on who they are and what they stand for, instead of trying to compromise in advance with hypothetical general election racists.
My brain, in an effort to save itself, substituted “with” for “without,” and it seemed so reasonable.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My brain, in an effort to save itself, substituted “with” for “without,” and it seemed so reasonable.
We need a word other than “rooting for” for what you do for Netflix when it turns out they aren’t Jared Kushner
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We need a word other than “rooting for” for what you do for Netflix when it turns out they aren’t Jared Kushner
In all the talk about Elon Musk being a great big baby about the EU, it’s worth mentioning that $140M for him is the same percentage of his net worth that $40 would be on someone with $100K saved.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In all the talk about Elon Musk being a great big baby about the EU, it’s worth mentioning that $140M for him is the same percentage of his net worth that $40 would be on someone with $100K saved.
Thank you algorithm for bringing this to my attention.
Ghostbusters (SKA COVER)
YouTube video by Ska Tune Network
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Thank you algorithm for bringing this to my attention.
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A lawyer died and went to heaven. When he got to the gates, he asked St. Peter, "Why did you take me so young? I'm only 41!"
St. Peter responded, "I'm sorry, my child. I added up your billable hours and calculated you to be 83."
[Tell a lawyer that joke. They always LOVE a good joke!]
St. Peter responded, "I'm sorry, my child. I added up your billable hours and calculated you to be 83."
[Tell a lawyer that joke. They always LOVE a good joke!]
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A lawyer died and went to heaven. When he got to the gates, he asked St. Peter, "Why did you take me so young? I'm only 41!"
St. Peter responded, "I'm sorry, my child. I added up your billable hours and calculated you to be 83."
[Tell a lawyer that joke. They always LOVE a good joke!]
St. Peter responded, "I'm sorry, my child. I added up your billable hours and calculated you to be 83."
[Tell a lawyer that joke. They always LOVE a good joke!]
You will never convince me that the path from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan didn't pass through Fred Astaire.
youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM?...
youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM?...
Dancing With A Hat Rack 1951 (Fred Astaire)
YouTube video by Bill Green
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You will never convince me that the path from Buster Keaton to Jackie Chan didn't pass through Fred Astaire.
youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM?...
youtu.be/faN0kPOQykM?...
Way too many outlets are calling Trump’s racist campaign to expel legal asylum seekers a “crackdown.”
Adopting that label is endorsing the policy. If you don’t mean to do that, use different words.
Adopting that label is endorsing the policy. If you don’t mean to do that, use different words.
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Way too many outlets are calling Trump’s racist campaign to expel legal asylum seekers a “crackdown.”
Adopting that label is endorsing the policy. If you don’t mean to do that, use different words.
Adopting that label is endorsing the policy. If you don’t mean to do that, use different words.
Oh, nothing, just sitting here getting angry 3 years in advance that just changing the name of "Trump accounts" to something less dumb won't be possible without a veto-proof majority due to Senate budget reconciliation rules.
December 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Oh, nothing, just sitting here getting angry 3 years in advance that just changing the name of "Trump accounts" to something less dumb won't be possible without a veto-proof majority due to Senate budget reconciliation rules.
Trump says stuff every single day that would disqualify him from serving as President in any sane timeline.
I don't understand why folks hunt for breadcrumbs about whether his physical and mental state are deteriorating when every version of him is and has always been horrible.
I don't understand why folks hunt for breadcrumbs about whether his physical and mental state are deteriorating when every version of him is and has always been horrible.
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump says stuff every single day that would disqualify him from serving as President in any sane timeline.
I don't understand why folks hunt for breadcrumbs about whether his physical and mental state are deteriorating when every version of him is and has always been horrible.
I don't understand why folks hunt for breadcrumbs about whether his physical and mental state are deteriorating when every version of him is and has always been horrible.
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Stranger Things 5: Kid plays Ghosts n' Goblins on an NES, but they're depicting gameplay from the arcade version of the game on the CRT screen, with NES audio. Illusion ruined, 0/10 show, do your damn research.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Stranger Things 5: Kid plays Ghosts n' Goblins on an NES, but they're depicting gameplay from the arcade version of the game on the CRT screen, with NES audio. Illusion ruined, 0/10 show, do your damn research.
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Assuming this is a dunk: I think the notion that you need to have a solution to a problem to point out that a problem exists is just wrong. I also believe that social media is the primary reason the world is going insane right now, and I also don't really have an idea of how to stop that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Assuming this is a dunk: I think the notion that you need to have a solution to a problem to point out that a problem exists is just wrong. I also believe that social media is the primary reason the world is going insane right now, and I also don't really have an idea of how to stop that.
As I do research to confirm something that I’m actually an expert in, I can’t help but think it would be nice to have just a bit of the unearned confidence it would take to think I could jump into the role of US attorney with no relevant prior experience.
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As I do research to confirm something that I’m actually an expert in, I can’t help but think it would be nice to have just a bit of the unearned confidence it would take to think I could jump into the role of US attorney with no relevant prior experience.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ever since I was 3, I dreamed of helping people with their taxes…
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ever since I was 3, I dreamed of helping people with their taxes…