Lorene
@lorene9.bsky.social
sports and culture
Free people read freely.
libraries and Disney parks
Keynoter
Redbird and Gamecock
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.
Free people read freely.
libraries and Disney parks
Keynoter
Redbird and Gamecock
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
We had a World Cup! 15 games in 5 days. What's better than spending 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. at a ballpark everyday for 5 days. It was the most fun. I got to meet the coolest people. We saw some great games and some blowouts. Can't wait for next year. @wbht.bsky.social @iwbc4me.bsky.social
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🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.”
October 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
🔥 @anandwrites.bsky.social on Bill Maher: “Cities are unfairly labeled. A large % of (LGBTQ youth) homeless who end up in cities were failed in other parts of 🇺🇸 . Many families choose a verse in a Book over their child… cities are holding a lot of people you failed to love & take care of.”
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never the wrong time for this classic
October 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
never the wrong time for this classic
Yorkville is half an hour north from where I grew up. I hope he never rests in peace.
Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert died this morning.
For 16 years, while he was a coach and government teacher at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois, Hastert sexually abused at least four boys (and likely more).
(thread)
For 16 years, while he was a coach and government teacher at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois, Hastert sexually abused at least four boys (and likely more).
(thread)
October 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Yorkville is half an hour north from where I grew up. I hope he never rests in peace.
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On this World Architecture Day, take a minute to take in our campus: not a collection of standalone buildings, but a place where design, nature and community life are inseparable.
October 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
On this World Architecture Day, take a minute to take in our campus: not a collection of standalone buildings, but a place where design, nature and community life are inseparable.
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Nobody’s making fun of your braces anymore. You are literally a billionaire or a TV star. Grow the fuck up.
October 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nobody’s making fun of your braces anymore. You are literally a billionaire or a TV star. Grow the fuck up.
Happy Banned Books Week to all who celebrate and all should celebrate. We must stand up for this freedom to read. We must speak up for those standing up for the freedom to read. Let books be!
Let books be.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar?
Find ways to get involved and spread the word: https://bit.ly/4yvixbB.
October 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Happy Banned Books Week to all who celebrate and all should celebrate. We must stand up for this freedom to read. We must speak up for those standing up for the freedom to read. Let books be!
Sharing a new WPBL reading list created on WorldCat.org. WorldCat is a great resource for finding specific books in libraries near you. View the entire list here:
search.worldcat.org/lists/357c553d-58c7-4e0e-85b6-73e9dc2894a8
#SearchWorldCat #ReadBaseball #WPBL
search.worldcat.org/lists/357c553d-58c7-4e0e-85b6-73e9dc2894a8
#SearchWorldCat #ReadBaseball #WPBL
October 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Please get off your ass and vote.
Indifference is what the billionaires hope you’ll display. If you want to weigh in as a citizen, show some gumption. It’s not a perfect system, it never will be, but that doesn’t let you off the hook from trying your best.
Please and thank you.
Indifference is what the billionaires hope you’ll display. If you want to weigh in as a citizen, show some gumption. It’s not a perfect system, it never will be, but that doesn’t let you off the hook from trying your best.
Please and thank you.
Robert De Niro has a message to share. The November is our time to shine at the polls. Fuck those ICE goons and just get there.
October 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Please get off your ass and vote.
Indifference is what the billionaires hope you’ll display. If you want to weigh in as a citizen, show some gumption. It’s not a perfect system, it never will be, but that doesn’t let you off the hook from trying your best.
Please and thank you.
Indifference is what the billionaires hope you’ll display. If you want to weigh in as a citizen, show some gumption. It’s not a perfect system, it never will be, but that doesn’t let you off the hook from trying your best.
Please and thank you.
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I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
Trump: "I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood I guess ... They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!'"
October 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I know this isn’t useful but it’s weird how “the president should be coherent” was a Very Important Thing just a few years ago and then suddenly wasn’t.
Let s go, Hogs! Hockey is back!!
October 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Let s go, Hogs! Hockey is back!!
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Dartmouth provost who admitted to using AI in his published work no longer giving a keynote address at an "Ethics and Culture" conference at Notre Dame.
This needs to be become the new, widely-publicized standard for anyone found to have tried to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.
This needs to be become the new, widely-publicized standard for anyone found to have tried to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.
Schnell withdraws from conference at Notre Dame
Santiago Schnell, who previously was set to deliver a keynote speech at the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture’s annual fall conference on Friday “has indicated he is regrettably unable to join u...
ndsmcobserver.com
October 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Dartmouth provost who admitted to using AI in his published work no longer giving a keynote address at an "Ethics and Culture" conference at Notre Dame.
This needs to be become the new, widely-publicized standard for anyone found to have tried to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.
This needs to be become the new, widely-publicized standard for anyone found to have tried to pass off AI-generated writing as their own.
Warmish fall day in the Midwest.
October 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Warmish fall day in the Midwest.
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I don't understand why Alter doesn't want his business to succeed.
Sky coach Tyler Marsh will return for a third season in 2027, a decision that general manager Jeff Pagliocca confirmed.
Pagliocca said Marsh has “full support” from the Sky front office and will not be “on the hot seat” next year.
Pagliocca said Marsh has “full support” from the Sky front office and will not be “on the hot seat” next year.
Tyler Marsh will remain Chicago Sky coach in 2027 despite 26-62 record over his 1st 2 seasons
www.chicagotribune.com
October 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I don't understand why Alter doesn't want his business to succeed.
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Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
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The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
October 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs.
@columbiasipa.bsky.social
share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
w/ @regret.bsky.social
w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty (flipped, detail), by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1746, 📸 by @madelinepcarter.bsky.social
October 2, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty (flipped, detail), by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1746, 📸 by @madelinepcarter.bsky.social
Must read.
“We swim in rape culture in the United States to the point where it doesn’t even register anymore. It simply floats by with the rest of the news, barely a blip in our consciousness.”
Everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls
Losing My Perspicacity, October 2, 2026
losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com
October 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Must read.
Eight years ago, Illinois faced the nation's biggest fiscal challenge — budget turmoil, unpaid debt, and a credit rating downgraded 24 times.
Now, we're in the strongest financial position in decades — 8 balanced budgets, 12 credit-rating upgrades, and no overdue bill backlog.
Now, we're in the strongest financial position in decades — 8 balanced budgets, 12 credit-rating upgrades, and no overdue bill backlog.
October 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Smash the patriarchy.
Listening to Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit wave away the sexual assault charges against DeShaun Watson — even saying “winning is the best deodorant” — was pretty jarring, especially this week.
'TNF' looks at Deshaun Watson's season 🏈 📺
Al Michaels: "If you follow football, you know the story ... we don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing."
Kirk Herbstreit: "When you convert on 3rd downs, you hit passes, you lead this team to victories, those boos turn into cheers."
Al Michaels: "If you follow football, you know the story ... we don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing."
Kirk Herbstreit: "When you convert on 3rd downs, you hit passes, you lead this team to victories, those boos turn into cheers."
October 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Smash the patriarchy.
Thread.
So I’ve got this right:
While the whole country is talking about the Cornell 7 the folks behind TNF decided to run an interview w/ a QB accused of sexual assault & harassment by two dozen women.
An interview that never mentioned the crimes and had (clearly) pre-approved questions & no follow-ups.
While the whole country is talking about the Cornell 7 the folks behind TNF decided to run an interview w/ a QB accused of sexual assault & harassment by two dozen women.
An interview that never mentioned the crimes and had (clearly) pre-approved questions & no follow-ups.
October 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Thread.
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THEE G'OAT and THEE POINT GAWD
October 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
THEE G'OAT and THEE POINT GAWD
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Girl nobody gives a fuck. Jade Melbourne gets her front tooth knocked out every other game. She tapes that shit up and keeps it moving
October 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Girl nobody gives a fuck. Jade Melbourne gets her front tooth knocked out every other game. She tapes that shit up and keeps it moving
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They’re saying “Indy defense” and it’s just Raven Johnson and MHA running directly into people.
October 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
They’re saying “Indy defense” and it’s just Raven Johnson and MHA running directly into people.
THIIIISSSSSSS...
If you are upset with how these men are covering Deshaun Watson, you are free to change the channel to the WNBA playoffs.
Aces vs. Fever is far more entertaining. And so far, no one has mentioned Deshaun Watson.
Aces vs. Fever is far more entertaining. And so far, no one has mentioned Deshaun Watson.
'TNF' looks at Deshaun Watson's season 🏈 📺
Al Michaels: "If you follow football, you know the story ... we don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing."
Kirk Herbstreit: "When you convert on 3rd downs, you hit passes, you lead this team to victories, those boos turn into cheers."
Al Michaels: "If you follow football, you know the story ... we don't have to go through the whole Deshaun Watson thing."
Kirk Herbstreit: "When you convert on 3rd downs, you hit passes, you lead this team to victories, those boos turn into cheers."
October 2, 2026 at 2:54 AM
THIIIISSSSSSS...