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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gambling addiction is a real problem. This is a chilling story showing how companies promote dangerous gambling behavior

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The bumblebees are very happy that these little goldenrods have self seeded all over our back yard

A small branching plant with tiny yellow flowers sits in brown mulch

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wisdom. Demand for specific job skills will evolve over a student’s lifetime. We need to teach them capabilities that are robust to such disruption.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One of my favorite things is the book group I now co-lead which is full of people of many stripes who don’t really know each other otherwise but want to connect in person over a drink to talk about books.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Over the five years following a sexual assault, victims’ employment falls by 6 percentage points and annual earnings decline... These effects persist for at least a decade and correspond to a 15% decline in employment, 17% earnings loss, and 28% rise in anti-depressant use"

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Rep. Shontel Brown @repshontelbrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you need some good news on a Monday – baby sturgeon are thriving in the Cuyahoga River. It’s a great sign for the health of our river. signalcleveland.org/lake-erie-ba...

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Lake Erie’s baby sturgeon are thriving a year after release - Signal Cleveland

Ahead of Saturday's Sturgeon Fest, we checked in on the little babies released last year. How are they doing? Early signs are promising.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There is someone in this flight wearing red plaid pajama pants and a red terry bathrobe with bright yellow Tweety Birds, and honestly, respect

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The snake oil business is alive and well in America

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would not like an AI summary, I would not like it on a boat, I would not like the email bloat, I do not like it on a chair, I would not like it anywhere! I do not like them on a phone, I do not like them in my home, I do not want them on a search, I do not like them in a church

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I remember this vividly. My sister-in-law and her family lived in fear because they were Lebanese and haters viewed them as enemies.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lost a kitten today due to excessive curiosity and a string of very bad luck and we are absolutely gutted. RIP Calvin

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fascinating. Such a simple intervention - I had no idea iodized salt had such broad and important benefits

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fellow Ohioans, voting starts soon. In-person early voting starts Tuesday October 6 if you don’t want to mess with USPS absentee vote shenanigans. www.ohiosos.gov/elections/vo...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Useful for those of us with cats

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

And more beautiful things that are not AI slop

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Remember the Berlin Wall taught us that monstrous structures can be torn down.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tonight I went to the new bookstore in my town and bought a book, dropped by the bar next door to have a beer and say hi to the friendly bartender, and met a new friend talking about the book I was carrying. Life is not all bad

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The cost of utility-scale solar power and onshore wind dropped 90% and 70%, respectively, between 2010 and 2024.

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I told a few graduate students today about the saying, “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”

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Sarah Jacobson @sarahjacobson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Econ depts! @aeacsmgep.bsky.social invites self-nominations (due Oct 9): - Seed Grants for Innovation in Diversity & Inclusion: up to $5K to start a bridge / training program - Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion: to recognize successful efforts www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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AEA Initiatives for Diversity and Inclusion

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Sarah Jacobson @sarahjacobson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

CSMGEP ASSA Travel Grants! Individuals can apply (by Oct 9) for grants of up to $1K to cover travel expenses for attending ASSA 2027 in DC. This award is open to junior economists from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of economics. Info: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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Travel Grants

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is so exciting! Ever since reading Prodigal Summer I’ve dreamed of American Chestnut revival

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just because AI can pretend to write a lesson plan doesn’t mean a person with no expertise can teach it.

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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading."

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Coyote vs Acme was wonderful. Too-notch fast-paced humor. Great craft. Nostalgia for the cartoons of my childhood. And effective bits of philosophy I may think more about later than I expected.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/08/2026

COYOTE VS ACME is legitimately great

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This example of LLMs used for "editing" is so powerful as it explicitly shows that genAI does not only deaden language and erase authorial voice, but actively revises an author's intended meaning too. bsky.app/profile/disa...

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A bit of #Caturday peace courtesy of Calvin and Bear

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I have a nice pieced quilt, but for some reason I'm not currently using it on the bed.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton covers Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

cool things Dolly Parton did that you may not have known: a thread. supported families after the Gatlinburg fires:

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ok now I’m crying. What a joyful icon

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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A lovely personal example of the impact Dolly Parton had on so many people

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