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Income tax expiry description.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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A brief description of status of the tax examination, significant findings to date, and the entity's position with respect to the findings.

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Description of the likelihood that an uncertainty in income taxes will not be sustained as a result of the examination by the taxing authority.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to tax credits. Including, but not limited to, research credit, foreign tax credit, investment tax credit, and other tax credits.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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The amount of cash received during the period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Income Taxes (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2018
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Minimum tax credit refundable				$ 2,200,000
Income tax refunds	$ 600,000
Net cash paid for income taxes		$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Valuation allowance		157,200,000	$ 231,900,000
Deferred tax liability valuation allowance		200,000
Operating loss carryforwards		$ 146
[custom:IncomeTaxExpiryDescription]		2029
Income tax examination likelihood ownership percentage		This limitation could result if there is a more than 50 percent ownership shift in the GlassBridge shares within a three-year testing period.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income Tax Examination, Description		The Company’s $142.1 million in federal net operating loss carryforwards generated through 2017 continue to be subject to historical tax rules that allow carryforward for 20 years from origin, with the ability to offset 100 percent of future taxable income. Subsequent year tax losses have an indefinite life.
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		$ 303,700,000
Federal Capital [Member] \| Expire Between 2022 And 2026 [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		142,000,000
U.S. and Foreign Tax [Member] \| Expire Between 2024 and 2032 [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating loss carryforwards		$ 3,600,000