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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

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Annaliese Paulson@annaliesep.bsky.social · 8h ago

New Working Paper with Micah Baum and Joaquin Endara: Students tend to become more liberal during college. We study whether individual faculty make their students more liberal. We find no evidence that faculty affect student partisanship. Working Paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1538 1/

Do Faculty Affect Student Partisanship?

We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal. We link voter data to salary records from 33 state flagships and show that faculty skew Democratic, especially in the h...

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Amy W. Ando@awando.bsky.social · 2d ago

There is pressure for universities to offer degrees that promise students higher incomes than they could have with a high school degree. This is problematic for several reasons 1/n

Amy W. Ando@awando.bsky.social · 5d ago

It was heartbreaking to lose Karen Carpenter to an eating disorder. Can we please stop the unhealthy social pressure and influencing that leads to that tragedy? Can we not lose another beautiful human to this?

Amy W. Ando@awando.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is deeply depressing. Time to start haunting thrift stores to buy quality items left behind as older people downsize

Louisa@louisathelast.bsky.social · 2w ago

Well, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

Maggie Astor@maggieastor.bsky.social · 3w ago

A really nice thing you can do for neighbors, if you have extra masks, is to put some in a bag and leave it with a "free masks" sign in a common area of your apartment building

The City Reporter@thecityreporter.nyc · 3w ago

Experts say a tight-fitting, high-quality KN95 or N95 mask is a good defense against the microscopic particles distributed by wildfire smoke. Free masks will be available at public library branches across the city. Find a location near you here ⬇️

John Voorheis@johnvoorheis.bsky.social · 3w ago

The NWS Air Quality Guidance forecast product is predicting a very severe wildfire smoke event over the next few days -- if this verifies, could be the worst air quality event since the Canadian wildfire smoke events of 2023/2025

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

A federal judge ruled on Monday that President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS was an improper exercise in self-dealing and barred him from claiming that the extraordinary tax protections he received were part of a legitimate settlement agreement.

Judge Denounces Trump’s I.R.S. Suit as Improper Exercise in Self-Dealing

The decision also recommended disciplinary action against the lawyers involved, including the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.

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Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sharing a gift link to this because I know when I was caretaking my mom every ounce of validation that I was doing something emotionally, physically, professionally and financially impossible helped me feel less alone

Opinion | This Is One of the Hardest Jobs in America. Millions Are Doing It Alone. (Gift Article)

Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents.

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Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 4w ago

Last year, I heard of a retired teacher who wanted people in hospitals who may not have family visiting for whatever reason to know that someone cared about them. He connected with hospital administration and said that he could write 50 cards a month if they could distribute to people. They said yes