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Amber Hoover

@neversent.bsky.social
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Traveler, eater, reader. Hudson Valley/Catskills wanderer + newbie gardener.

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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am just liking this whole thread even though I don’t like it at all, but because I have been there and remain astonished at how physically exhausting even the most banal aspects (appointments, transport, waiting) of elder care are. Let alone the anticipatory grief.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I hate the heat but love the light so this time of year before the days aren’t yet super short but the air is cooler is my season.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton knew what it was like to struggle as she fought for working families her whole career. From providing free books to kids to giving working women our "9 to 5" anthem, she was an icon and an inspiration. Rest in power to our union sister. We will always love you.
A photo of Dolly Parton sitting at a desk and talking on the phone in a scene from the movie 9 to 5.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I do not usually feel any real way about celebrity deaths but this one hurts. As a working class kid and a firm believer in the power of literacy and access to books, what a loss. RIP Dolly, national treasure.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This happens a fair amount in the Hudson Valley/Catskills too. I am baffled by it. I also see people straddling the shoulder on two-lane roads.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It was quite a scene in here.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Nothing like a bat in the house to get the hear rate up. (It’s gone now thanks to us opening doors and windows.)
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It’s appalling.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The number of in-network therapists who were taking new patients when I last looked (some years back now) was nil, and I tried dozens. Ended up paying out of network because I am lucky enough to have reasonable deductibles/out of network reimbursement. The process is completely broken.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sending sympathy from day two of my migraine. Barometric pressure is evil.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Earl Shorts
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sending sympathy from the Hudson Valley—also hot, I also have a summer cold, and Canadian wildfire smoke moving in. Wishing you a nice evening at home!
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
PSA: I am in search of a new agency to handle our audio and subsidiary rights. Obviously a small volume of books per year, but I do think we've had great success with audio in the past and always have commercial-leaning projects that we keep audio rights for. If that's you or your agency, lmk?!
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi, I am also one of these weirdos!
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Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/07/2026
harpers.org/archive/2018...
21 Grahams

From descriptions of Donald Trump, stated between 2015 and 2018, by Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina.

A race-baiting, xenophobic bigot
The Islamic State’s “man of the year”
The death of the GOP’s relationship with Hispanic voters
A death blow to the GOP’s relationship with women
The world’s biggest jackass
A wrecking ball
A salesman of fear
A politician whose ideas are gibberish
A politician who is incapable of representing a mattress company
A poor representation of a Republican
A president who is unfit for office
A president who sometimes crosses the line
A Twitter user whose tweets are sometimes beneath the office of the presidency
A man who has a blind spot
A thoughtful person
A good person
A strong person
A golfer with an accurate drive and an athletic swing
A president doing a great job
The best hope in decades for peace
A potential recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I trust my local farmstand a lot more than I would grocery store produce, esp the pre-bagged kind. A lot of these outbreaks come from contaminated water sources used in processing on big commercial farms. local farms aren’t even washing the dirt off—I do that myself—so I feel like risk is lower.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Makes total sense. I don’t like foods that jiggle (like panna cotta is disgusting to me), and it’s totally a texture thing!
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Cat tv!
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Ha, I agree with you on many things, but I will drink the tomato, olive oil, burrata juice mixture straight from the bowl at home. But I will say that burrata absolutely does NOT belong on pizza, which is a thing I see happening—no thank you to soggy crust and too $$$ for pizza use anyway!
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Real feel of 107 at 10:30 am in the Hudson Valley. The AC at the Pilates studio broke this am so we had unintentional hot Pilates class at 9am. About to take the pups to our friends’s pool for respite. Stay safe and hydrated, my northeast peeps.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I hate penalties, but I am so excited for Paraguay! 🇵🇾
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Insert rant about state of women’s healthcare support/if this were viagra, etc here.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Love playing pharmacy bingo to get HRT patches refilled. After 2 days of calls/online research I’ve managed to secure the next 3 months’ supply. In Manhattan. I’ll be in for a day for work this week. None to be found within 2 hrs drive upstate and it’s a huge luxury to make a NYC trip for meds. 😡
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20/06/2026
The Zlatan and Thierry just VIBING, with Lalas only featured long enough to get got. I love it. Right into my veins.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
😂😂😂😂😂
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Oh noooooo. I’m so sorry and hope you’re able to get Servpro or someone in asap.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/06/2026
The Knicks won their first NBA championship in more than 50 years, and the city welcomed it in true New York fashion: extravagantly. See more photos and videos of the celebrations here. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/n...
A crowd of Knicks fans cheer together. Photo by José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
And Puerto Rican day parade today (bet there are a lot of Alvarado jerseys!) NYC is the best.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I’m spending a chunk of this coming week in NYC, heading in tomorrow, and cannot wait to soak up the Knicks championship energy. Best city on earth. 💙🧡
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Yessssssssss! 💙🧡
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Yessssssssss! 🧡💙
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My nerves are FRAYED. #knicks
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The WORST.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is now a Karl-Anthony Towns stan account.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
She was spiky, but also incredibly kind to a curious young editorial assistant still learning so many things about the world. She had a huge impact on me and so many others with her work and her friendship.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
When we met she told me my name had made her think I’d look like Heather Locklear, and she jokingly called me that in our correspondence. I have fond memories of smoking at her book party at the French consulate in NYC, and visiting the Paris studio when she was making the film version of Persepolis
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I’ve been thinking of Marjane Satrapi often lately, and am heartbroken that she is gone. I had the privilege of working on Persepolis as an editorial assistant. She was brilliant and very funny, and I’m deeply sad that we don’t get to hear more of her voice. What a loss.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
LET’S GOOOOOO! (This is a Knicks skeet.)
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It is great to be in NYC when the Knicks are on fire. Everyone is wearing gear and strangers are talking to each other and fist bumping. Good energy and good antidote to all the other mess.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My dad died of pancreatic cancer at 65. 7 weeks from diagnosis until he died. This is an amazing breakthrough, and I hope it leads to even better treatment (and that the government starts funding research again someday when TFG and Brainworms are gone) : www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
‘Landmark’ pancreatic cancer drug keeps patients alive for twice as long
The highly anticipated results of a clinical trial for the pill, daraxonrasib, have been released, giving doctors hope for treating the stubbornly lethal disease.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Does that help? I learned by osmosis because my husband played soccer his whole life and is a massive Arsenal fan.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The championship they won a couple of weeks ago was for English teams only (Premier League), the one today is international (Champions League). For World Cup some Arsenal players will probably play on the English national team but others will play on the team from their country of origin.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I would like for no newspaper to write any story about how we are ‘nearing a deal’ with Iran ever again. I’ve been reading a version of this headline in every major paper every other day for months and it’s some real Lucy pulling the football away shit they’re participating in.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My Arsenal fan husband cannot even be happy about the win yet because of how stressful that match was.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
There are piles and piles of it being solarized on our driveway. My back also screaming at me. That shit is prolific.
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Amber Hoover @neversent.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is so well said. It’s all fandoms, and also just that the social contract of how to behave in public spaces is utterly broken.
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