Amy W. Ando
@awando.bsky.social
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
Classic.
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Classic.
I’ll believe AI is useful when it solves the digital accessibility problem for educational materials that are not simple text.
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’ll believe AI is useful when it solves the digital accessibility problem for educational materials that are not simple text.
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I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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This is lovely, honestly
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is lovely, honestly
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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To be fair, Neal wrote "The Baroque Cycle" longhand after a computer backup disaster ate the first five hundred pages or so.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
To be fair, Neal wrote "The Baroque Cycle" longhand after a computer backup disaster ate the first five hundred pages or so.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
Then he transcribed it himself in EMACS and formatted it for submission using a homebrew set of Elisp macros he wrote—
Yeah nope, that's just deranged.
These journalists shine light on the behavior of monsters who have gotten rich by irresponsibly encouraging women to put themselves and their babies at risk - even pushing the idea that it could be better to let a struggling newborn baby die than to help it start breathing.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
These journalists shine light on the behavior of monsters who have gotten rich by irresponsibly encouraging women to put themselves and their babies at risk - even pushing the idea that it could be better to let a struggling newborn baby die than to help it start breathing.
Pay attention to these efforts. Don’t blink.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
By @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Pay attention to these efforts. Don’t blink.
The text of the Endangered Species Act says about decisions to list species on the endangered species list: "1)(A) The Secretary shall make determinations required by subsection (a) (1) of this section solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available to him"
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The text of the Endangered Species Act says about decisions to list species on the endangered species list: "1)(A) The Secretary shall make determinations required by subsection (a) (1) of this section solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available to him"
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
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"The researchers estimated the effects of the reinsurance shock on home prices in the ZIP codes most vulnerable to catastrophes... rising insurance premiums weighed down home values by ~ $20k in the top 25% of homes most exposed to catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires, and by $44k in the top 10%."
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The researchers estimated the effects of the reinsurance shock on home prices in the ZIP codes most vulnerable to catastrophes... rising insurance premiums weighed down home values by ~ $20k in the top 25% of homes most exposed to catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires, and by $44k in the top 10%."
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Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
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Nipplewort,Meadow buttercup,Ragwort & Gorse. #wildflowerhour
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Nipplewort,Meadow buttercup,Ragwort & Gorse. #wildflowerhour
I appreciate all the light that is now shining on the dark cesspools of power
How she was bullied to protect Dershowitz
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I appreciate all the light that is now shining on the dark cesspools of power
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
Enjoy this splash of late fall color.
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Enjoy this splash of late fall color.
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What We Lose as USDA Household Food Security Reporting Ends
A conversation with Norbert Wilson, Emily Engelhard, and Lauren Fiechtner. Nov 20.
duke.is/r/at78
A conversation with Norbert Wilson, Emily Engelhard, and Lauren Fiechtner. Nov 20.
duke.is/r/at78
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What We Lose as USDA Household Food Security Reporting Ends
A conversation with Norbert Wilson, Emily Engelhard, and Lauren Fiechtner. Nov 20.
duke.is/r/at78
A conversation with Norbert Wilson, Emily Engelhard, and Lauren Fiechtner. Nov 20.
duke.is/r/at78
Wow
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Wow
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Paul G-P with the public goods provision
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Paul G-P with the public goods provision
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Cool show in the sky tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Cool show in the sky tonight.
Mine too! Sad we only have clouds here in Ohio
Damn!!! My old town.
Big red pillar clearly naked eye visible to the northwest from Urbana, IL #Aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Mine too! Sad we only have clouds here in Ohio