Amber Hoover
@neversent.bsky.social
Traveler, eater, reader. Hudson Valley/Catskills wanderer + newbie gardener.
I don’t get carsick on the really winding mountain roads if I am driving, and perimenopause hormonal bs means I basically can’t have more than one drink if I want any hope of sleeping through the night anyway, so I am the official holiday season designated driver, and I’m not mad about it.
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I don’t get carsick on the really winding mountain roads if I am driving, and perimenopause hormonal bs means I basically can’t have more than one drink if I want any hope of sleeping through the night anyway, so I am the official holiday season designated driver, and I’m not mad about it.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
I Talked To 50 Dads at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour
YouTube video by DARK WEB | Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
youtu.be/R9XN1iOungs?...
I see that Not Enough Moisturizer In The World season has come early this year. (I am a husk.)
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I see that Not Enough Moisturizer In The World season has come early this year. (I am a husk.)
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An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
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1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1/ It was the height of the pandemic, but Phoebe Putney Memorial had good news: At 99 years old, Maude Burke was the oldest COVID-19 patient they were discharging.
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
In a video, staff waved balloons, celebrating Burke beating the disease.
There was one issue: It wasn’t true. 🧵
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Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Remember, as Sean Duffy keeps telling us his ideas for air travel -- dress up nice for your flight! do a little workout before you get on too! -- this is an actual Good Thing We Wanted that Democrats secured for us before these assholes took it away
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this is not real publishing do not agree to this
It’s so nuts that some indie publishers make u crowdfund ur own book tho like what service are they providing in that case
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
this is not real publishing do not agree to this
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but is not a selfie.
First snow that is actually sticking is beautiful, first barometric pressure-triggered migraine since the thunderstorms of summer… not so much.
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
First snow that is actually sticking is beautiful, first barometric pressure-triggered migraine since the thunderstorms of summer… not so much.
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ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
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"“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was,” he told me when we first spoke on the phone in late October. “They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"“The first time I caught up to them, I could tell that they already knew who I was,” he told me when we first spoke on the phone in late October. “They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
I feel like new records for absolutely abhorrent and appalling things to come out of one (orange) person’s mouth in a short timeframe are being set right now. It’s truly astonishing.
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I feel like new records for absolutely abhorrent and appalling things to come out of one (orange) person’s mouth in a short timeframe are being set right now. It’s truly astonishing.
Wait… is this how the British spell hodge-podge?
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wait… is this how the British spell hodge-podge?
Did women ruin the workplace, my ass, etc etc
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Did women ruin the workplace, my ass, etc etc
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In his victory speech, Zohran Mamdani shouts out Richard, a taxi driver he went on a hunger strike with.
“My brother, we are in City Hall now,” he said.
Revisit the story from Nov. 2021, including Mamdami’s quote which is quite striking in this moment.
www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/n...
“My brother, we are in City Hall now,” he said.
Revisit the story from Nov. 2021, including Mamdami’s quote which is quite striking in this moment.
www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/n...
Taxi Drivers Savor Victory as Medallion Debt Bailout Deal Ends Hunger Strike
Cabbies danced outside of City Hall, chanting “No more suicides,” after the de Blasio administration agreed to restructure the crushing debt that’s devastated many taxi medallion owners. Some went hun...
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
In his victory speech, Zohran Mamdani shouts out Richard, a taxi driver he went on a hunger strike with.
“My brother, we are in City Hall now,” he said.
Revisit the story from Nov. 2021, including Mamdami’s quote which is quite striking in this moment.
www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/n...
“My brother, we are in City Hall now,” he said.
Revisit the story from Nov. 2021, including Mamdami’s quote which is quite striking in this moment.
www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/03/n...
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
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A massive result: Maine voters have rejected Question 1, a ballot measure that would have restricted mail voting and put into place strict new voter ID requirements. This outcome was no sure thing heading into tonight. The measure’s failure preserves current voter access in Maine, as 2026 looms.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A massive result: Maine voters have rejected Question 1, a ballot measure that would have restricted mail voting and put into place strict new voter ID requirements. This outcome was no sure thing heading into tonight. The measure’s failure preserves current voter access in Maine, as 2026 looms.
Mamdani!!!!! I have to be in NYC for an event tomorrow evening and right now I deeply regret not going a night early to dance in the streets of the city I called home for 20+ years and still deeply love.
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Mamdani!!!!! I have to be in NYC for an event tomorrow evening and right now I deeply regret not going a night early to dance in the streets of the city I called home for 20+ years and still deeply love.
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Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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Zohran Mamdani’s campaign closed out the final nights before Election Day with visits to LaGuardia taxi lines, hospital night shifts, and late-night diners—meeting the workers who’ve powered his run for NYC mayor.
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign closed out the final nights before Election Day with visits to LaGuardia taxi lines, hospital night shifts, and late-night diners—meeting the workers who’ve powered his run for NYC mayor.
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Read @lfelizleon.bsky.social’s report:
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...
Just inject the hope straight into my veins.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Just inject the hope straight into my veins.
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...