Reposted by Amber LungNithya Raman @nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026LA is HOT. But does it have to be this hot? Did you know shade from a single tree can drop temps by 20° or more? Yet working-class neighborhoods like South LA, East LA, and the Valley get the least tree coverage and bear the brunt of extreme heat. Let's finally cool things down for everyone. 832524546
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Lolololol as a former big time meat & cheese eater, I'm now eating my vaygun BLAT (tempeh bacon) & never been more proud. Even though Talarico isn't vegan, hope Trump's recruiting more folks to the plant-based life. 030
Reposted by Amber LungZeteo @zeteo.com · 04/10/2026"He's an investor, not an inventor." Filmmaker @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Musk, like Trump, built his name on work he didn't do. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/this-filmm... 16579159
Reposted by Amber LungTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120463123
Reposted by Amber LungJosh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here’s a gift link for this piece, which hits on so many themes I have been struggling with recently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time. 413151
Reposted by Amber LungSage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Read this. Read this read this read this. aeon.co/essays/a-hun...aeon.coA hungry woman is easier to dismiss than a well-fed woman | Aeon EssaysFrom childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it 045
Reposted by Amber LungMemo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A government that creates propoganda to promote the violent treatment of people as sport is not a government for people at all, but a government against all people. 8265
Reposted by Amber LungMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime. 353583830
Reposted by Amber LungAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone. 788178374787
Reposted by Amber LungTodd Achilles | Achilles for Idaho @achillesid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This land is OUR land. I grew up on public lands and I raised my daughters on public lands. They are in an incredibly important part of Idaho's spirit, and they belong to the people. So when I say not one damn acre will be sold under my watch, I mean it. Donate at bit.ly/4fKPQkf 84423
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Omg please. Please Idaho. Please elect a non-Republican please please please. For democracy of course, not bc I'm petty about MAGA-MAHA family there. I am pure. Please. Democracy. 010
Reposted by Amber LungDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026Class solidarity.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 642162613
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Feeling based that I got off all-things Meta on inauguration day 2.0. I was long gone from insta, but still on fb and WhatsApp. Was recently considering getting back on WhatsApp due to comms ease, but gonna hold off. 000
Reposted by Amber LungAndi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 12231331283
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There must be so much Marketplace tea. So. Much. 1130
Reposted by Amber LungAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026Netanyahu after the UNGA emptied out ahead of his speech: "If there any other moral cowards who have not left the hall, please do so now." 4052385583
Reposted by Amber LungKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/09/2026This is going to lead to so much more domestic violence. 27919
Reposted by Amber LungProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 22261132
Reposted by Amber LungKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Again, it’s not just that this Tesla asshole killed a mother and her child with his recklessness. It’s that as his victims were dying, he did nothing to help them and instead sat scrolling through his phone. 731591393
Reposted by Amber LungKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Jesus Christ, this article will enrage you like nothing elsekron4.comTesla driver charged with murdering 2 in San Jose shows no remorse, prosecutors saySAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — When Ivana Balistreri and her baby were trapped inside a “fireball,” a Tesla driver who had just crashed into the victims’ car on Highway 87 in San… 2392480691
Reposted by Amber LungThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The driver’s behavior before and after the crash is sociopathic. But also, no car operated on public roads should be able to go 100 mph, much less 142 mph. 239171
Reposted by Amber LungSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is an EXCELLENT interview. I cannot recommend it enough. 712651
Reposted by Amber LungSam @samd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don’t think people appreciate just how horrific the initial bus crash was too a drunk driver was speeding and plowed straight into a bus, killing two people. it’s almost a parody of how unsafe transportation is in LA, particularly in the valley where almost every street is just a mini highway 1246458
Reposted by Amber LungPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...cnbc.comCar ownership costs an average of $5,851 a year on top of auto loan payments, analysis findsThe cost of insurance, gas, and maintenance or repairs can add thousands of dollars a year to the price of owning a car. 53596182
Reposted by Amber LungPatrick Samphire 🏴 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona. 3767760867
Reposted by Amber LungMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 03/08/2025IMPORTANT: I'M WATCHING SLOW HORSES AND GARY OLDMAN IS A GODDAMNED INTERNATIONAL TREASURE 6086130
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Got into this show only recently and love it. So excited for the new season. Hoping @theferocity.bsky.social picks it up bc his reaction would be a hoot 000
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Omg it didn't register that a senator posted this at first. Wtf. 030
Reposted by Amber LungDr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The United States has a hangover from its 14-year experiment with Prohibition: Alcohol is our fourth leading risk factor for death, but we take almost no action to reduce the harms. Alcohol kills an estimated 178,000 Americans a year, one every three minutes. tomfrieden.substack.com/p/why-alcoho... 1153
Reposted by Amber LungChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.” 12561101622
Reposted by Amber Lung🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/06/2025The whole trans girls in sports discussion is absolutely being used to propagandize people into being transphobic bellends. In K-12, the number of trans girls in sports is five. In college the number is fewer than ten, according to the NCAA President. You're being manipulated. Please stop. 302891969
Reposted by Amber LungPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Cowards can just say: This is a made up controversy and my constituents are asking me about X. Y. Z. which are LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES? Why aren't you asking me about X, Y. and Z? 233874
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not spending it with people I dislike. Sobriety, plant-based living, working on boundaries and saying no, saving money, slowly building strength exercise into decades-long endurance running, and tbh lately - baking vegan muffins lol 0100
Reposted by Amber LungMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026MAHA has been in power for two years. They have decimated basic science, gutted food safety surveillance and kicked millions of people off food stamps. *That* is their ideology, not their polite platitudes about corporate control of the food supply. 212429516
Reposted by Amber LungEd @notdred.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I guess it’s important to communicate that MAHA is fundamentally an movement by individuals to capture health care dollars by lying to people about having products and services that work 594733913
Reposted by Amber LungStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I accept that I am incredibly morbid, but this also goes within marriages, you really are better off using the process of doing your lasting power of attorney to try and have a frank conversation about end of life issues. 1724613
Reposted by Amber LungHellanal Boner-Farter @weedlordmegadoodoo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I have a2002 and a 2007 Toyota. They will outlast religion, humanity, and those that come after. 121
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Lol I share an old corolla and ride and bike and take transit. I just meant spoiled Gen Z-ers scare me 100
Amber Lung @freckledcackler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I feel like it'll be gen z who ethers me while streaming some new song or watches a reel 4290
Reposted by Amber LungJosh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026An incredible example of how institutionalized car culture is The parking lot, and the car they drove, are somehow naturally occurring and completely unseen as choices that engineered away physical activity Instead, it's the electric mobility devices that are threats to our way of life 334544
