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@swelljoe @kfury If Amazon sold fake eclipse glasses and thousands were injured as a result, I hope they get hit with a class action lawsuit.

@davew @aral Perhaps; there are certainly issues with ActivityPub. But correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that the BlueSky approach to federation keeps BlueSky as the central authority. While that can simplify some issues, given previous experience with billionaire owners of social media platforms it isn't comforting.

@dcjohnson Also, hardly anyone paid that top rate on the majority of their income, because corporate execs didn't get astronomical compensation back then.

@AlisonW @lauren Many of his businesses lost money, so it is possible. I also noticed that in many years he has zero ordinary taxable income but a big alternative minimum tax. AMT has a separate set of rules with fewer things that can be deducted, this kicks in for wealthy taxpayers.