Bort Fintád

tech, city planning, finance. 1/2 american 1/2 swedish and a little dutch.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Hört på strandvägen: ”det hör man på smeknamnet, musslan, är ingen man bjuder på fest”

[Viktor Asp @viktor_asp]

Tänk vad som kunde ha blivit.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Varför serverar sveriges alla pizzerior fortfarande exakt samma kebabrulle som 1995, och exakt samma som konkurrenten i grannkvarteret?

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@mojishakenbake Reminds me of the bird nest harvesters in Borneo, called busyadors. They work a couple weeks a year (harvest season) and it’s enough to make a living out there. People fall and die every season, brutal death rate. Those saliva nests are a chinese delicacy

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@PedrazaCFM_ This is the kind of tweet that makes me finally close the app. The answer is even in the name: windshield??

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Tänk om vi förvandlade Hagalund till det här.
Gamla miljonprogram som blir levande och attraktiva istället

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Fatbursparken på #södermalm är snart uppe för upprustning igen. Idag känns den mest som en öde transportsträcka som bara lockar folk vid soliga sommardagar. Istället för att rusta upp den som den är, borde vi våga bygga in tätare bebyggelse. Caféer och små butiker på bottenvåningarna skulle kunna ge området liv och göra den till en mötesplats året om. Mer grönt öde eller tätare och levande stadsmiljö? #Stadsplanering #Stockholm

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Architecture is healing

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

yes, the american urban revival will require more rooftop loggias

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@TheOceanCleanup Did you also show your catch and educate the locals on this? I see a lot of news and videos like this but haven’t seen anything on educating those communities. Donated!

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

The town of Tønsberg, Norway planned a new modernist building by the main square, but a counter proposal was given and according to the local newspaper. after 5,000 votes the result was firmly—92%—for classical architecture in harmony with the existing town architecture.

Obviously the architects and modernists are upset the people aren't buying their ugly proposal.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

These people should somehow get paid in retrospect by the ai companies

[Sam Altman @sama]

I have so much gratitude to people who wrote extremely complex software character-by-character. It already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took.

Thank you for getting us to this point.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

👇 hade gynnat sverige. Lägre inkomstskatt + återinförd fastighetsskatt. Det är vad de kloka hjärnorna säger, Benson etc

[Fredrik Hjelm 🇸🇪 @FredrikHjelm4]

Sweden: we are a high-tax socialist country, everyone contributes, we take care of each other

The income tax story is real. Starts at 30%, hits 55% at the top, add employer social fees at 31.4% and you're north of 65% fully loaded on senior salaries

Also Sweden:
>inheritance tax abolished 2004
>gift tax abolished 2004
>wealth tax abolished 2007
>property tax capped at $900/year regardless of what your home is worth
>no tax on unrealized gains
>borrow against your holdco personally and live on the loan tax free
>capital gains at 20-30%, only when you actually take money out
>ISK accounts (think Roth IRA but works for unlisted assets too, no capital gains tax on the inside)

I spent years believing the story. Running a company and making some money changed it

The big families didn't build dynasties despite the tax system. They built it, across Social Democrat and centre-right governments alike, because the rules never changed when the party did

I ran the California comparison. Top income is similar pain, roughly 50% combined. But California taxes capital gains as ordinary income, around 37% combined. Federal estate tax hits 40% above $14M. Sweden is more capital-friendly than California in almost every category that matters for building generational wealth

The story Sweden tells about itself is not the real story. It punishes labor and protects capital, same as everywhere else. Just with better parental leave so nobody complains

Look, the low capital taxes are actually good policy. Abolishing inheritance tax brought capital back and the data supports it. But the gap between how labor and capital get taxed is hard to justify on fairness grounds. A flatter, more harmonized rate between the two would be simpler and more honest

It would also save the country billions of hours in admin overhead, for individuals navigating the rules and for the civil services enforcing them

Why not just do a flat level across? Seems easier

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@MKBHD I made a (huge) poll on this a while back. The people support you, Marque!

https://t.co/koxzprBxSY

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

What do you think of the disappeared dislike count on #YouTube? And the cracking down on ”return youtube dislike” extension?

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Barer borde justera priset på drinkar baserat på hur lång kön är. Ingen kö: 125, kort kö 175, lång kö: 250:-

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Vi borde klämma in några protester mot fastighetsnära sopsortering och höjda tomträttsavgälder mellan stockholms alla palestina och iran protester

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Den ljusa sidan är att vi snart kan börja riva dessa vedervärdiga områden

[Adam Danieli @adamdanieli]

På en fungerande marknad hade hyrorna i Eskilstuna sjunkit. Men i Sverige är hyrorna reglerade, och istället står lägenheter tomma.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

Lite vemodigt om vi förlorar många av våra kära iranier. Har inte tänkt på det tidigare

[Dana Pourkomeylian™ @Pourkomeylian]

Vad väst inte förstår om Iran:

- Jämför inte oss med Irak, Afghanistan, Syrien.

Iranier ser er som våra värdar, därför vi visar era länder respekt, omsorg. Vi tror dock på Irans frihet. De islamistiska snyltarna kommer bli kvar här när iranierna återvänder för att återuppbygga.

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

American calling skiing niche only to turn on the tv to watch eggball lmao

[Immortan Joe Mazzulla @normal_jake_]

It’s funny because I (strongly) agree with every single point here as a philosophy for athletic development but the reason for Norway’s winter Olympic dominance is they are a wealthy country who like niche sports lol

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@atronicus @ChrisJBakke Ok maybe it’s not good. Then make it good

[Bort Fintád @bortfintad]

@atronicus @ChrisJBakke Maybe he has a brain and understands what a stupid comment this is. It’s ridiculous to drive to work in such a big city with good public transport
/european