Sean Hoyer
@seanhoyer.bsky.social
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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When a crime becomes big enough, it indicts the entire structure of society and the institutions that allowed it, not just the guy who did it.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When a crime becomes big enough, it indicts the entire structure of society and the institutions that allowed it, not just the guy who did it.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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New Epstein emails from 2011 indicate that Trump "spent hours at [Epstein's] house" with an alleged victim. Epstein called him the "dog that didn't bark."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...
House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump
Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that an alleged victim had "spent hours at my house" with Donald Trump, according to emails released by Democrats on Wednesday.
abcnews.go.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New Epstein emails from 2011 indicate that Trump "spent hours at [Epstein's] house" with an alleged victim. Epstein called him the "dog that didn't bark."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/hou...
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I'm old enough to remember one month ago when Comerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the powerful men who spent time with Epstein didn't just know about the child sex trafficking, but they "participated."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFg8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFg8...
Epstein Coverup Blown!
YouTube video by Jen Taub
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm old enough to remember one month ago when Comerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the powerful men who spent time with Epstein didn't just know about the child sex trafficking, but they "participated."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFg8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFg8...
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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Saying, "we didn't suspend her because she researched authoritarian states, we suspended her because she talked about her research"....that's a bizarre distinction.
If you suspended her because of something else, it would be useful to know.
If you suspended her because of something else, it would be useful to know.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Saying, "we didn't suspend her because she researched authoritarian states, we suspended her because she talked about her research"....that's a bizarre distinction.
If you suspended her because of something else, it would be useful to know.
If you suspended her because of something else, it would be useful to know.
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Have to say banning someone like Sarah is already political, and it undermines trust in your moderation when you don’t provide an explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Have to say banning someone like Sarah is already political, and it undermines trust in your moderation when you don’t provide an explanation.
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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It is deeply insulting to Brianna Ghey's memory to pretend that a campaign backed by the likes of Rosie Duffield is doing anything to help children like her.
We've seen her reaction to a trans person discussing their suicidal ideation.
We've seen her reaction to a trans person discussing their suicidal ideation.
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It is deeply insulting to Brianna Ghey's memory to pretend that a campaign backed by the likes of Rosie Duffield is doing anything to help children like her.
We've seen her reaction to a trans person discussing their suicidal ideation.
We've seen her reaction to a trans person discussing their suicidal ideation.
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can you name an actual difference between the beliefs of the killers about trans people and labour's health secretary?
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
can you name an actual difference between the beliefs of the killers about trans people and labour's health secretary?
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Postscript: they wouldn’t let us run this poster, even after we cut all our photos of SUVs up and re-composited them into new frankencars.
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Postscript: they wouldn’t let us run this poster, even after we cut all our photos of SUVs up and re-composited them into new frankencars.
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
We got them on the digital screens in the end but only as silhouettes
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“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
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today outside immigration court someone said to the gaggle of photographers “thank you for the work you’re doing.” and one of the agents replied with “thank you” and the guy looked at him and said “not you.” 😂
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
today outside immigration court someone said to the gaggle of photographers “thank you for the work you’re doing.” and one of the agents replied with “thank you” and the guy looked at him and said “not you.” 😂
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AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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It moves one to ask if she cares at all about the actual causes of her daughter's death.
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It moves one to ask if she cares at all about the actual causes of her daughter's death.
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Was this piece written by my sister's worst ex-boyfriend, who lasted maybe a day after saying "y'all read?!?"
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Was this piece written by my sister's worst ex-boyfriend, who lasted maybe a day after saying "y'all read?!?"
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Trans women are already banned from all of the sports at an international federation level already. This framing is a lie aimed at hiding the fact they're now going after other women that they don't like.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trans women are already banned from all of the sports at an international federation level already. This framing is a lie aimed at hiding the fact they're now going after other women that they don't like.
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congress is a russian nesting doll of counter-majoritarian structures. seems to me that there's no need for a supermajority rule on top of that!
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
congress is a russian nesting doll of counter-majoritarian structures. seems to me that there's no need for a supermajority rule on top of that!
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Didn't this same guy commit the largest Medicare fraud in history?
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Didn't this same guy commit the largest Medicare fraud in history?
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Non-binary godparents: how are your honorifics styled?
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Non-binary godparents: how are your honorifics styled?
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I mean your organization literally filed a brief in defense of people’s right to publicly harass lgbtq people in schools, Ari. And that’s hardly the first anti-LGBTQ thing you’ve done.
Let me guess, you’re gonna pull the Milo Yiannopoulos defense now.
Let me guess, you’re gonna pull the Milo Yiannopoulos defense now.
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I mean your organization literally filed a brief in defense of people’s right to publicly harass lgbtq people in schools, Ari. And that’s hardly the first anti-LGBTQ thing you’ve done.
Let me guess, you’re gonna pull the Milo Yiannopoulos defense now.
Let me guess, you’re gonna pull the Milo Yiannopoulos defense now.
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I mean, it's kind of shitty that FIRE is constantly going "No, no, bullying trans kids is good!"
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I mean, it's kind of shitty that FIRE is constantly going "No, no, bullying trans kids is good!"