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Lorene

@lorene9.bsky.social

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sports and culture libraries and Disney ISU and USC reading freely Keynoter The Librarian Linkover podcast Bon Jovi Forever 🎶Got a fistful of friends that'll stand up for me.🎶 Location may vary. I start in Illinois.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · Jul 27

The best way to end Women in Baseball Week @wibw.bsky.social is Peaches' night at the Rockford Rivets and joining in the excitement for the Women's Baseball World Cup next summer. How cool are these banners?! First pitch is in one year. Set your alarm. @iwbc4me.bsky.social @sabrchicago.bsky.social

International Women's Baseball Center Rockford. The cup comes home t-shirt promoting the women's baseball World Cup in Rockford next year.

Women's Baseball World Cup banners outside Rivets Stadium.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 4h

💯 this! I knew exactly how & where I could hide up to 30 kids to protect them from a shooter in the library. Not only did I work in fear of a shooting, but dreading that it would happen during lunch, when 120+ kids would be there. And parents dared to call me a pornographer, pedophile & groomer.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 6h

The grooming accusations are even more offensive because of the epidemic of school shootings.

Every educator in this country has decided if, when, and how we'd give up our very lives to shield your children. Some of our colleagues around the nation have paid the ultimate price...

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 5h

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 6h

Opening night. Let's go @rockfordicehogs.bsky.social (I have a Cub tshirt on under my Ice Hogs sweatshirt.)

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 8h

Paging @karenattiah.bsky.social .

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 8h

Tony Fitzpatrick offered to design this book cover, for free, for a fledgling press. Then he made and signed 100 posters we offered with preorders. RIP to a man who lived such a generous and meaningful life.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9h

BREAKING: National Guard troops in Illinois can stay in the state, but can't be deployed for now, an appeals court ruled.

Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now

National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals court ruled Saturday.

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maitreyi anantharaman @maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 11h

thank you Aces for sweeping so I can go home and pick up my library holds before the deadline 🙏 such a neat team to watch and cover this postseason! defector.com/the-aces-mad...

The Aces Made Their Season From The Muck | Defector

PHOENIX — Now they were just showing off, treating the crowd to an encore. Jackie Young zigged and zagged to the rim. Chelsea Gray’s strange-looking heaves swished in. NaLyssa Smith pulled down all th...

defector.com

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 11h

Exactly what I was thinking. When will we stop minimizing women's accomplishments?

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Absolute legend.

But really, *those* are the movies we're naming? She won an Oscar for ANNIE HALL and more than held her own with an all-star cast in the GODFATHER films.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 11h

RIP

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11h

RIP Diane Keaton, I know The Godfather is easy to dismiss as For the Boys but it doesn’t work without an actress who can wordlessly sell this moment

Kay Corleone having the door closed on her at the end of The Godfather

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 11h

I'm so glad everyone's filming everything but what is it getting us.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

Manly men brutalize, terrorize a teen girl

Redsky @redsky.pirhoo.com · 14h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams Im 15! as Man Kneels on Her Neck

Link | Subreddit

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 12h

How terrifying for this boy and his family. There really is no bottom for these despicable pieces of garbage. Video of the Freedom Riders, photos of Emmett Till's murdered body, etc spurred on the Civil Rights movement. What else do we have to see before we stop this? What else has to happen?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 13h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 13h

15 hours later, I get this email. The W is sure on top of their social media.

Announcement that the Aces won the championship last night

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 13h

#NationalComingOutDay 🏳️‍🌈

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 15h

Many of those compositions were penned overseas and dumped in our country without sufficient tariffs collected. A city that isn't a Democratic hellscape would have played more Copeland and John Phillip Sousa. #MAGA

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 18h

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific. A 50-year old black man had a stroke & was confused from it. Cops didn’t want to “waste time” doing a thorough evaluation for a medical emergency, assumed it was drugs, & simply threw him in jail. He died

A tragic example of the cruelty of structural racism

www.kare11.com/article/news...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

No leader with the best interests of the people comes for the library

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:
Office of Science - CDC Library

They have helped SO many of us with their expertise & guidance so we can do efficient & quick research.

You don’t need us toiling in Pubmed for days at a time during an outbreak. The library helps us get what we need quickly so we can continue our work.

About Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library

The CDC library provides resources and services to support research, communication, and learning.<br></br>

www.cdc.gov

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Reminder: Trump vaccinates himself 👇🏽

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 18h

Don't come for Chicago.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Do ICE have MRE provisions? Oh, no. That’s a damn shame. All that income and no place to buy a meal. Hey, I know what they can eat… 1/2

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine dressing like a Temu Richard Petty and criticizing anyone’s appearance

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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