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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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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Seen in Chicago

Handmade label sticker on street pole

The scariest thing this Halloween is ice terrorizing our communities

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 12h

"Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is teaming up with local entrepreneurs to create a literary salon in the landmarked Bed Stuy building."

Y'all know I was born for a time where one could discuss the prose of James Baldwin and then messy gossip

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Bookstore to Open in Former Macon Hardware Digs

Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is teaming up with Bed-Vyne's owners to create a literary salon in the Bed Stuy building.

www.brownstoner.com

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 16h

Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans signed an order effective Wednesday that prohibits civil arrests of people while at county courts, though judicial warrants can still be carried out.

Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect

The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authorities.

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Kaitlyn Arford — Freelance Writer @kmarford.bsky.social · 22h

1. If you want indie journalism, you gotta pay for it.

2. Paywalls work. I resisted using a paywall for a long time until I realized I had to if I wanted to pay my bills.

3. Journalism is a public good that doesn't exist without public support. Keep it out of billionaire hands with a paid sub.

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 1d

We do have a paywall, and that's because journalism has a cost. We pay all our contributors 0.50c a word & the founders haven't been compensated for the year, so we do ask for people to pay for our content. We still haven't made a profit this year, so we are unapologetic about that.

Gibbety🎃Flibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 1d

paywalled

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 16h

Truly horrifying. How much longer will this go on?

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 23h

The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.

CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother.

For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities.

"This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 1d

Well... if this is true, maybe they should get off the public streets and go into hiding.

Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 1d

Dear journalists, if your source for "credible intelligence" that conveniently advances a Trump administration narrative is someone within the Trump administration, consider seeking independent confirmation before deeming it, in fact, credible.

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

Cool, cool. Love that this sport sold its soul to legalized gambling

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

Students are *banned from the school library* so officials can go ban books.

This is EXACTLY what advocates warned.

bookriot.com/new-braunfel...

A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

bookriot.com

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

We are all in this together! #nokings

The Weeknight on MSNBC @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social · 2d

"I will not give in, I will not give up!": Attorney General Letitia James of New York rebukes President Trump at a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. It was her first public appearance since she was indicted on federal charges of bank fraud and making a false statement.

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

The W players still getting after it.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

Banger of an article on "Yo Yo" by @ryangw27.bsky.social in the recent SABR publication. I love reading about the All Americans. It's great when they get the coverage and respect they deserve. #readbaseball

Ryan Woodward @ryangw27.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! SABR's Native American Major Leaguers is now out and I am most honored to have my brief bio of Yolande Teillet's included. Check it out: sabr.org/ebooks Dirt Forever in the Skirt! #SABR #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ReadBaseball

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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✨pb✨ gag on it @pbthankyou.bsky.social · 2d

Free whistles on Clark just north of Lawrence out front of the funeral care by Village Discount

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Scotty B @scottyb.bsky.social · 2d

DEI just means giving everyone a chance. Anti-DEI just means we continue giving all opportunities to mediocre white men and their pathetic failsons.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

womp womp.

Appeals court: Trump can't deploy National Guard on Chicago's streets

A ruling Saturday forbids the White House from actively using troops in Illinois.

www.motherjones.com

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

This looks so good!

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

I get it.

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

I will certainly keep that in mind. It's so hard to find a good FT job in a public library. I have a podcast where I talk to librarians who don't work in libraries. Maybe this will give him some ideas of other things he can do with his skills. thelibrarianlinkover.com

The Librarian Linkover

Changing the paradigm on librarian leadership

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

Very generous of you. We have a big, shiny new library building. If you're ever in town, I would be happy to give you a tour.

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

I will pass along your appreciation! I talked to our collections person. We have ordered 16 copies: 10 for a book club kit, 5 for check out, 1 for local history archives. She said if you want to send any, they will go for check out.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

By the time you get to the point where the Transportation Secretary is complaining about political protests, you know the administration is truly scared of the public backlash.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely the lowest common denominator guys here. Why would you treat people this way.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

Lorene @lorene9.bsky.social · 2d

I've lived in Rockford for 2 years and I love it here. The anthology folks used our meeting room to collect submissions, so we've been excited about this book at the library for a while.

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