Amy W. Ando
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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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Enjoy this splash of late fall color.
Small maple leaves rustle in the breeze, popping with warm shades of red and orange
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Thank you for that.
Here a my very cute purring cat
An orange tabby cat is sitting in a white fuzzy blanket. His ears are large. You can feel the purring
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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This little orange boi is now quite clingy since the cat he would play chase with is gone
An orange tabby cat with white face and throat is sitting on a lap, looking eager and anxious
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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This week our beloved 18yo Foggy cat died. He lived a good life, constantly friendly to his people and cat friends.

We miss him
A long haired grey cat is looking at you Someone in a blue jacket is cradling a long-haired grey cat like a baby. The cat looks content A grey cat in a harness is going for a walk down the sidewalk with a person in blue jeans and brown shoes. It’s to to sniff and eat the grass Foggy, the grey cat, is curled up napping with his brother Rascal, a white and grey cat. They are sleeping soundly on e red blanket in a gold chair. Rascal is using Foggy as a pillow
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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A graph shows that insurers are charging premiums that are 26% higher, but costs to people will go up an average of 114% because of lost subsidies
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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My copy of The Double Tax arrived by @itsafronomics.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to read it
A hand holds a copy of a yellow book titled “The Double Tax: How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Ageyman
September 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Being on the chair provides a view of our neighbors and much entertainment
An adult female deer lounges in the dry grass of a yard. She is not concerned about the people and cats watching her trough the window
September 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Our oldest cat is staring down the deer that are lounging in our yard. #caturday
A grey cat with long fur is resting on a heated comfy bed in a chair, staring out a window that you can’t see.
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Charging the solar powered battery
An orange cat sits like a loaf in a bright square of sunshine on a wood floor
August 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Hangin in there.
A large bee clings to a fluffy white hydrangea blossom A large bee is crawling along a white hydrangea blossom
August 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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We have clay soil and too many deer, but a few things planted are blooming
Small puffy purple flowers sit on top of short green plants White turtlehead flowers are starting to bloom A be visits some orange cosmos flowers
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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For example: the COVID vaccines, including mRNA based, saved many lives. They just did.
This graph uses CDC data to show weekly death rates from COVID during the first years of the pandemic. Death rates are much much much lower for people who were vaccinated.
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A break of floral beauty to get through the day
Bright purple flowers in front of shocking red and orange flowers One giant hot pink flower with five big petals surrounded by greenery Rust-red ornamental leaves hover over a thick carpet of lime-green ground cover Poofy white hydrangea blossoms
August 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Similarly, the M is invisible and silent in Alaska and California.

Wtf
A screenshot of ChatGPT listing the names of states with M in them. It is correct except it lists California and Alaska
August 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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We’ve been hearing hawks in the back yard. My neighbor just took this photo. Any idea what it is?? Terrifying. I hope the neighborhood chipmunks are hiding
A fierce large hawk with white chest, black back, and a sharp black beak is striding across a patchy yard towards you.
July 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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An early morning walk in High Banks Metro Park here in Columbus.
A creek with low water winds over stones through a shady forest Three wild turkeys are walks toward you on a gravel trail through the shady woods Morning sunshine casts dramatic shadows over a bright meadow with trees in the distance against a bright blue sky
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Such peaceful little guys
A cute orange tabby cat naps, showing his pink toe beans and handsome stripey face An old grey cat is asleep
June 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Happy #Caturday. Rest and recharge - the work can wait.
Two cats sleep peacefully on a grey carpeted cat tower. Above, an orange tabby, below, a long haired grey. They are enjoying the sun from the window, and recharging for the week to come.
June 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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These memories were triggered by seeing buttercups in a lawn for the first time in years. Was so tempted to hold one under my chin
Yellow buttercup flowers nod over green grass. Their petals are shiny
June 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Sorry - I just learned the moss I remember is called haircap moss

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Fuzzy green moss sits in the sun. It has tall shoots that stick up like tiny trees.
June 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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So does my orange tabby cat.
An orange tabby cat stands next to a black chair with one ear flattened, lifting one paw to reach out and swat another cat. He looks slightly deranged.
June 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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And one last piece of art from Montreal.

Jan Lievens
“Elderly Scholar in His Study”
About 1630
An old man with a full, wispy white beard sits at a document, quill pen in his hand. His robe and floppy hat are black and luxurious and he wears a thick gold chain with a cross. The setting is dark, but warm light illuminates his face and hands. At this moment, his hand is paused, his mouth is slightly open, and he looks off to the side instead of at his work. He seems… tired? Surprised? Maybe he just learned or realized something wonderful or terrible.
June 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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2 sides of 1 work in Museum of Fine Art:

Abraham Anghik Ruben
1951-
Inuvialuk from Inuvialuit Nunangat
Active in Paulatuuq

Sedna with Animals
1989

The One Down There (known to some as Sedna) goes by many names, and holds great influence over the sea creatures born from her once severed fingers.
A stone carving has a person’s face wrapped by a bird’s head and other animal forms… … the other side of the stone carving shows that the bird’s head was somehow the flowing hair of a kneeling woman
May 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The ceiling of the Basilica.

Just breathe.
The domed ceiling of a Catholic Church has gold trimmed ribs framing a purple-blue ceiling with gold lattice across some areas. It is peaceful here.
May 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This view of the city of Montreal from high up on Mont Royal itself shows a lovely mural in tribute to Montreal-born artist Jean Paul Riopelle - a stulized white bird flies in front of a reddish sphere
The city of Montreal lies below you in the distance, tall buildings under a bright blue sky. Further away water sparkles. And a painting graces the building in the front of your view, with a white bird soaring over a red sphere
May 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM