Ana Liss
@anajeanliss.bsky.social
Economic developer & public servant. Mom.📍Rochester, NY, USA.
“Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” - Marcus Aurelius
“Vagueness breeds trepidation, perhaps the desired result. […] ‘You get a lot of anticipatory compliance, which is cheap. And vagueness is part of the tool kit.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...
In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“Vagueness breeds trepidation, perhaps the desired result. […] ‘You get a lot of anticipatory compliance, which is cheap. And vagueness is part of the tool kit.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...
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AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
Everything is so expensive. It costs me >$75 per week just to buy basic household groceries (milk, eggs, produce, etc.) Not including miscellany. You might assume it’s more affordable to be dead, but families of the recently deceased in my social network have had to launch GoFundMe campaigns. 😳😱🇺🇸
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Everything is so expensive. It costs me >$75 per week just to buy basic household groceries (milk, eggs, produce, etc.) Not including miscellany. You might assume it’s more affordable to be dead, but families of the recently deceased in my social network have had to launch GoFundMe campaigns. 😳😱🇺🇸
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
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What's so unfortunate about @anajeanliss.bsky.social's well-founded concern here is that the "toxic strongman political ecosystem" is usually what enables the "apocalyptic new developments."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
June 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What's so unfortunate about @anajeanliss.bsky.social's well-founded concern here is that the "toxic strongman political ecosystem" is usually what enables the "apocalyptic new developments."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
👀sharing because I wish I could be there next week and hope many of my Finger Lakes brethren turn out to hear from the inimitable @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
👀sharing because I wish I could be there next week and hope many of my Finger Lakes brethren turn out to hear from the inimitable @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
This inhumane deportation spree will wound New York’s farmers and critical agribusiness sector, as well as impact big industrial projects like fairlife and Chobani in Monroe and Oneida counties www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
May 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This inhumane deportation spree will wound New York’s farmers and critical agribusiness sector, as well as impact big industrial projects like fairlife and Chobani in Monroe and Oneida counties www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/n...
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I have noticed that everyone from Rogan to Chappelle to Zuckerberg have a marked decline in empathy inversely proportional to the diameter of their necks.
May 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I have noticed that everyone from Rogan to Chappelle to Zuckerberg have a marked decline in empathy inversely proportional to the diameter of their necks.
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The @economist.com celebrating the economic and political success of Poland...hope it's not premature
May 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The @economist.com celebrating the economic and political success of Poland...hope it's not premature
“Collect them like gems, so that when your arms are finally free and your eyes are a little clearer, you can turn them over in your hand.”
Older parents are constantly telling those in the early days to cherish it. But that can be very hard advice to follow when you’re in the thick of it. In the Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal rounds up stories on the gems and the challenges of parenting:
Nostalgia for the Early Days of Parenting
“Cherish it while you can” is hard advice to follow for many new parents.
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May 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“Collect them like gems, so that when your arms are finally free and your eyes are a little clearer, you can turn them over in your hand.”
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Older parents are constantly telling those in the early days to cherish it. But that can be very hard advice to follow when you’re in the thick of it. In the Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal rounds up stories on the gems and the challenges of parenting:
Nostalgia for the Early Days of Parenting
“Cherish it while you can” is hard advice to follow for many new parents.
bit.ly
May 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Older parents are constantly telling those in the early days to cherish it. But that can be very hard advice to follow when you’re in the thick of it. In the Wonder Reader, Isabel Fattal rounds up stories on the gems and the challenges of parenting:
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I try so hard, but sometimes, it all just makes me feel sad. Hug the people you love!
May 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I try so hard, but sometimes, it all just makes me feel sad. Hug the people you love!
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as a medievalist, STAY IN YOUR LANE CPSC
May 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
as a medievalist, STAY IN YOUR LANE CPSC
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Discovered a “huh” stat today: Household spending by Americans on newspapers and periodicals is now back at its highest point since 2007, relative to overall spending.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Journalism’s super-spenders and the new subscription economy
It'll take a lot more than direct subscriber support to save local news.
mattdpearce.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Discovered a “huh” stat today: Household spending by Americans on newspapers and periodicals is now back at its highest point since 2007, relative to overall spending.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
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This is a great place to note that Greaves Strawberry-Rhubarb jam, from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada is the single greatest jam ever made by human hands anywhere ever, and if you eat it once, you will never want to eat another jam, jelly, or preserve for the rest of your life
October 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
This is a great place to note that Greaves Strawberry-Rhubarb jam, from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada is the single greatest jam ever made by human hands anywhere ever, and if you eat it once, you will never want to eat another jam, jelly, or preserve for the rest of your life
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In case you missed it... WIRED talked to *actual* federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
www.wired.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In case you missed it... WIRED talked to *actual* federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
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God Bless Daniel Berulis
April 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
God Bless Daniel Berulis
I’d be interested in an update on this story in light of the tariff situation, @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto
Among the ways being discussed to force faster delivery of two presidential planes are relaxing security clearances for Boeing workers and even purchasing a temporary luxury plane and retrofitting it.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’d be interested in an update on this story in light of the tariff situation, @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Fox News attacking Obama for golfing during a market crash but make the footage Trump
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Fox News attacking Obama for golfing during a market crash but make the footage Trump
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Goodyear was upgraded earlier this week on the notion they will more than offset a loss from lower auto sales with higher tire *replacement* sales.
We all keep our old cars for longer.
$GT
We all keep our old cars for longer.
$GT
April 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Goodyear was upgraded earlier this week on the notion they will more than offset a loss from lower auto sales with higher tire *replacement* sales.
We all keep our old cars for longer.
$GT
We all keep our old cars for longer.
$GT
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This infamous Mencken quote is misanthropic and reactionary and kind of the opposite of my politics, and yet on a day like today….
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
April 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This infamous Mencken quote is misanthropic and reactionary and kind of the opposite of my politics, and yet on a day like today….
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
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