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Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 7h

Hey friends - Snowy is here to say you are doing a great job, and just hang in there. #Caturday

A white cat with tabby splotches is sitting in your lap, looking at you. Her left paw reaches out to pat you.

Mathias 🕊️🦋 @swaninga.bsky.social · 14h

Eisvogel
#Birds
#kingfisher
#NaturePhotography

Eisvogel sitzt auf einem verzweigten Stück Holz dass aus dem Wasser ragte

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

Me too!
Me: “I’m going to finish my admin work, finish all my grading, and comment on three chapters!”
Brain: LOL

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

Dreamer

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

Last night during the weekly jazz hour at our local brewery, there were elderly folks dressed with Santa hats offering candy canes to everyone who arrived. Not employees - just patrons having a lark. Very wholesome

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

To brighten your Friday…

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”

* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 1d

Would love a link to a paper that’s a good example of that phenomenon. Fascinating

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”

* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 2d

I’m grading. Need the focus of my cats this morning:

Two cats - one orange, one white- crouch side by side staring intently at the space under the kitchen refrigerator.

Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 3d

Some light on Stac Pollaidh from a wonderful roadside viewpoint.

#Scotland #Highlands #CanonR5ii

A pointy craggy mountain in the distance with the peak under shadow. Below is a strip of light illuminating the orange vegetation. Above is a hat shaped a bit like a sombrero.

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 3d

I only use Firefox because it has less AI and snooping. Will drop it if that changes

nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 4d

Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...

A screenshot from the official Mozilla blog that reads: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 4d

Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, @dandrezner.bsky.social, for this tribute to a great creator and human

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 4d

There's a lot going on right now but I decided to write about Rob Reiner. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...

Rob Reiner R.I.P.

A legend leaves too early.

danieldrezner.substack.com

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

this was a weekend of unrelenting horrors, but if you had a small nice thing happen I would like to hear about it

maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 4d

There's a lot going on right now but I decided to write about Rob Reiner. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/rob-reiner...

Rob Reiner R.I.P.

A legend leaves too early.

danieldrezner.substack.com

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve gutted our ability to identify great scientific ideas to invest in. Tragic for America.

Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 5d

NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

www.science.org

Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 5d

NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

www.science.org

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

I’m so sad about the tragic deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. His films are marvelous foundations of our lives and culture, and he was an important political activist.

RIP indeed

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

Slightly longer thoughts on the passing of Rob Reiner, and what a remarkable storyteller he turned out to be.

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/15/r...

Rob Reiner, RIP

I don’t have much to add about Rob Reiner and wife Michelle Singer’s shocking death that other people haven’t said better, likewise any more to add about his career and political …

whatever.scalzi.com

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

Slightly longer thoughts on the passing of Rob Reiner, and what a remarkable storyteller he turned out to be.

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/15/r...

Rob Reiner, RIP

I don’t have much to add about Rob Reiner and wife Michelle Singer’s shocking death that other people haven’t said better, likewise any more to add about his career and political …

whatever.scalzi.com

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

It is lovely watching these two act together.

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Star in a Love Story, Onscreen and Off www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen Star in a Love Story, Onscreen and Off

www.nytimes.com

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

I read this year’s winner of the Booker prize, “Flesh”, all the way to the end so I can say with confidence that it’s a terrible book. I suffered so you don’t have to.

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 5d

We did. Mice are cute outside.

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 6d

Update: the mouse apparently did not survive the encounter. 🤢 ugh

BNO News @bnonews.com · 6d

WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a snowy #Caturday. Vent cat is ready!

An orange tabby cat is lying like a loaf of bread on the floor vent in front of a sliding glass door. Outside, snow is accumulating - but the cat is ready and warm!

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 8d

It’s getting cold, and our orange cat is clearly using the brain cell to protect us from potential mouse incursions

An orange tabby cat is crouched right in front of a dishwasher, staring intently at the gap beneath it

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 8d

I just made plans to travel to a memorial service for two people who were like second parents to me growing up.

Our families drifted later in life, but I serendipitously saw them and caught up a year before they died. Am so grateful for that.

Don’t wait to connect with people.

Amy W. Ando @awando.bsky.social · 9d

This is true. Row-crop farmers - especially those growing soybeans - face dire market conditions mad much worse by tariffs. The belt-tightening ripples through the ag sector and rural America

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9d

Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...

Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns

Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa

www.ft.com

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9d

Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...

Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns

Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa

www.ft.com