Amy W. Ando

@awando.bsky.social

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Personal account only. Professor and Chair of applied econ department at Ohio State; AERE Fellow and AAEA Fellow; studies conservation, restoration, valuation. Fan of cats and nature. Former X handles: AmyEcon and AndoAW

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

The news this week at the federal, state, and local level has me like...

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A white cat with grey splotches on her head is lying like a loaf with her face down on the bed, eyes covered by her paws.

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Chris Bennett @chrisbennettedu.bsky.social · 1d

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking about this 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship bio from Harry Bernstein, who published his first novel at age 96, which was written shortly after the death of his wife of almost 70 years.

I’m crying, you’re crying, we’re all crying.

From Harry Bernstein’s 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship biography: “I have proven with all this that age need not be a barrier to a useful and creative life. I hope to be able to reach one hundred. I hope to write more books. But with all of this I will never lose the memory of the one thing that gave me the strength and inspiration to accomplish what I have done thus far, my wife Ruby. Memories are supposed to dim with the passing of years. But my memory of her grows richer and deeper each year. I can still see her as vividly as I always did, her lovely, oval face with the smile always on it, her soft, dark eyes looking up at me with such love in them. Her presence will always be there with me until I too am no longer here.”

https://www.gf.org/fellows/harry-bernstein/

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

This Ilia Malinin graphic bit might be the greatest thing NBC has ever done

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

This is so so so sad

MPR News @mprnews.org · 5d

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer

Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

AI is not magic

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Remember last week how Dr. Oz called AI the best solution for rural healthcare shortages?

Well, a new study finds that when patients turn to chatbots for health advice, they end up taking the wrong steps and getting the wrong diagnosis more than half the time.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...

Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 5d

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Health Advice From A.I. Chatbots Is Frequently Wrong, Study Shows

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 5d

From NYT Health:

"We want to hear from readers who are trying to manage their medical bills and their health insurance costs."

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...

How Are Health Care Costs Affecting You?

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

What a gift! Thanks for helping us folks who are not from Puerto Rico to see the richness showcased in last night’s show

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.

The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.

Follow along!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 6d

THIS. This is why Bad Bunny evoked power distribution in the show. Tremendous racism against PR during 45

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6d

Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Oct 5

During his Administration, Hurricane Maria knocked out power to 1.5 million people in Puerto Rico and it didn’t get restored for ABOUT A YEAR! It was the largest blackout in U.S. history. This should be line one of any hurricane recovery political coverage. www.vox.com/identities/2...

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 6d

Bad Bunny ends his Super Bowl halftime show in front of a sign reading "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE"

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 6d

When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.

Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 6d

Ugh ugh ugh

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 6d

Just awful.

Now that Bad Bunny is done, we are signing off. The game is weak and the commercials are all terrible

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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 6d

Closing jumbotron Super Bowl Halftime Show message from Bad Bunny: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 6d

Remember that under the first Trump administration, Puerto Rico had to suffer through the longest power blackout in U.S. history bsky.app/profile/cost...

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Oct 5

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 6d

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 6d

SO CRINGE

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Deep Singh Badhesha @deepnotshallow.bsky.social · 6d

Wait hold up...
Did Bad Bunny just give his Grammy to Liam Conejo Ramos the poor kid who was kidnapped by ICE? If so amazing

The sign beforehand said "Conejo" on it too