Lorene
@lorene9.bsky.social
sports and culture
libraries and Disney parks
Keynoter
Redbird and Gamecock
Free people read freely
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.
libraries and Disney parks
Keynoter
Redbird and Gamecock
Free people read freely
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
This is medieval level violence. This poor person will have a long recovery from this. Who knows what else happened to them here?
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is medieval level violence. This poor person will have a long recovery from this. Who knows what else happened to them here?
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Ooh here's a season full of WNBA games that WE MAY NOT BE PLAYING
Start booking your flights and planning your game day fits and KEEP PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE
Hope you got in your season ticket deposits EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HOLDING YOUR MONEY HOSTAGE & THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY GAMES AT ALL
Start booking your flights and planning your game day fits and KEEP PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE
Hope you got in your season ticket deposits EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HOLDING YOUR MONEY HOSTAGE & THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY GAMES AT ALL
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Ooh here's a season full of WNBA games that WE MAY NOT BE PLAYING
Start booking your flights and planning your game day fits and KEEP PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE
Hope you got in your season ticket deposits EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HOLDING YOUR MONEY HOSTAGE & THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY GAMES AT ALL
Start booking your flights and planning your game day fits and KEEP PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE
Hope you got in your season ticket deposits EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HOLDING YOUR MONEY HOSTAGE & THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY GAMES AT ALL
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I guess he got partly there
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I guess he got partly there
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New trailer for THE LIBRARIANS broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens Feb 9 @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens
The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.
www.pbs.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New trailer for THE LIBRARIANS broadcast premiere on PBS Independent Lens Feb 9 @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 PM
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
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This is one of the ten people in the country who could put an immediate stop to ~90% of the things. Today. Just absolute Profiles in Cowardice.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM
This is one of the ten people in the country who could put an immediate stop to ~90% of the things. Today. Just absolute Profiles in Cowardice.
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Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
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"History will not look kindly upon______"
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"History will not look kindly upon______"
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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Pointing out that Ice agents are being sent into the field with very little training is useful. It shows just how unserious the whole organization is.
It does not mean that more training would actually help.
It does not mean that more training would actually help.
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Pointing out that Ice agents are being sent into the field with very little training is useful. It shows just how unserious the whole organization is.
It does not mean that more training would actually help.
It does not mean that more training would actually help.
Thread.
Also crucially we get paid when libraries buy our books! There is nothing to be sorry about ever in borrowing a fave author’s books from a library! It is one of the few “everybody wins” situations in life!
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Thread.
While I was eating breakfast this morning, I emailed my senators Durbin and Duckworth that it's time to proceed with the 25th amendment. I chose the subject of Homeland Security. It's very easy to do. I recommend you contact your electeds today.
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
While I was eating breakfast this morning, I emailed my senators Durbin and Duckworth that it's time to proceed with the 25th amendment. I chose the subject of Homeland Security. It's very easy to do. I recommend you contact your electeds today.
This is what the interwebs are for.
January 20, 2026 at 4:06 AM
This is what the interwebs are for.
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If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
Why tf do you need to know what marker was on my birth certificate for employment?
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30
You will have anonymity.
You will have anonymity.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
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Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
January 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Every time Trump breaks the clear letter of the law, the NYT and WaPo write a story about how he’s “pushing boundaries” or “testing the limits of his authority”
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
He's not Chuck Yeager, guys. He's a crook.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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In honor of Dolly Parton’s 80th birthday today, here are some screenshots from the 1992 film Straight Talk, set in Chicago. Harry Weese Church! Sun-Times Building! Wabash Bridge!
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
In honor of Dolly Parton’s 80th birthday today, here are some screenshots from the 1992 film Straight Talk, set in Chicago. Harry Weese Church! Sun-Times Building! Wabash Bridge!
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I do not want to see any mealy-mouthed MLK remembrances from any Minnesota company that’s not doing shit about this ICE occupation.
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I do not want to see any mealy-mouthed MLK remembrances from any Minnesota company that’s not doing shit about this ICE occupation.
Fossils on display outside of my department!
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Fossils on display outside of my department!
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This is really bad.
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This is really bad.
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.