Lorene
@lorene9.bsky.social
sports and culture
libraries and Disney parks
Keynoter who went to ISU and USC
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 who went to ISU and USC
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
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We’re getting ready for Giving Tuesday—a day to preserve the stories, voices, and victories of women in baseball. Your support:
⚾ Keeps history alive.
⚾ Inspires the next generation.
⚾ Builds the future of the IWBC.
Join us tomorrow!
Donate here: www.iwbc.org/donate/
#GivingTuesday #IWBC
⚾ Keeps history alive.
⚾ Inspires the next generation.
⚾ Builds the future of the IWBC.
Join us tomorrow!
Donate here: www.iwbc.org/donate/
#GivingTuesday #IWBC
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We’re getting ready for Giving Tuesday—a day to preserve the stories, voices, and victories of women in baseball. Your support:
⚾ Keeps history alive.
⚾ Inspires the next generation.
⚾ Builds the future of the IWBC.
Join us tomorrow!
Donate here: www.iwbc.org/donate/
#GivingTuesday #IWBC
⚾ Keeps history alive.
⚾ Inspires the next generation.
⚾ Builds the future of the IWBC.
Join us tomorrow!
Donate here: www.iwbc.org/donate/
#GivingTuesday #IWBC
The 7th post in my series, "The Twelve Days of Lorene's Favorite Independent Places to Spend Your Money This Holiday Season," highlights a woman in the male dominated field of video games.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The 7th post in my series, "The Twelve Days of Lorene's Favorite Independent Places to Spend Your Money This Holiday Season," highlights a woman in the male dominated field of video games.
Anyone who has ties to this woman, what are you doing?
Her poor kids.
She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Anyone who has ties to this woman, what are you doing?
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Admiral Bradley can take the hit for an administration that doesn't give two shits about him or the military in general, or he can drop his retirement papers and out every single political appointee involved. We'll soon see what kind of officer and leader he is.
REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Admiral Bradley can take the hit for an administration that doesn't give two shits about him or the military in general, or he can drop his retirement papers and out every single political appointee involved. We'll soon see what kind of officer and leader he is.
The awesome @timmiller.bsky.social doing the hard work. Where did they find these people?
WATCH: “I would say Trump is both anti-Christian and anti-American values.”
@timmiller.bsky.social tells Gen Z conservatives how Trump attacks democracy, the rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, basic decency, etc
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRulgIs...
@timmiller.bsky.social tells Gen Z conservatives how Trump attacks democracy, the rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, basic decency, etc
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRulgIs...
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The awesome @timmiller.bsky.social doing the hard work. Where did they find these people?
Wearing that jacket should be constitutional malpractice.
"She hates Christianity" -- Trump rants on Mike Johnson's phone at a Van Epps rally
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Wearing that jacket should be constitutional malpractice.
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I love this story, for so many reasons.
Texas volleyball coach Jerritt Elliott is bald, but he solved the sport's ponytail problem with the invention of a unique hair-tie that has taken over the NCAA.
How a bald coach solved volleyball's ponytail predicament
The NCAA volleyball tournament will feature dozens of stars wearing a hair-tie solution invented by none other than three-time champion Jerritt Elliott.
spr.ly
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I love this story, for so many reasons.
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It's December 1 - today, start practicing leaving your job on time so you have the habit established by January 1, 2026. If that's not possible, start taking your lunch on time (and as soon as you can - start leaving on time). Stop giving these workplaces your free time.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's December 1 - today, start practicing leaving your job on time so you have the habit established by January 1, 2026. If that's not possible, start taking your lunch on time (and as soon as you can - start leaving on time). Stop giving these workplaces your free time.
Very similar to my Information Services Manager contract at my public library. Eerily similar.
here is the rundown of new Auburn HC Alex Golesh’s contract:
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Very similar to my Information Services Manager contract at my public library. Eerily similar.
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No matter what *someone* says, it's still World AIDS Day. Member University of Chicago has the ACT UP Chicago records because history cannot be covered up or whitewashed.
explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/uchicago...
explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/uchicago...
explore.chicagocollections.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
No matter what *someone* says, it's still World AIDS Day. Member University of Chicago has the ACT UP Chicago records because history cannot be covered up or whitewashed.
explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/uchicago...
explore.chicagocollections.org/ead/uchicago...
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We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
November 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
I saw HBO Max has a Black Friday deal for $3 a month. Sure. I'll do that. I download the app, create an account. Up comes the home page with old stuff. I click on Movies and up comes 20 year told titles. What's with the old stuff? Why aren't they promoting the new stuff? It makes no sense to me.
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I saw HBO Max has a Black Friday deal for $3 a month. Sure. I'll do that. I download the app, create an account. Up comes the home page with old stuff. I click on Movies and up comes 20 year told titles. What's with the old stuff? Why aren't they promoting the new stuff? It makes no sense to me.
The 6th post in my series, "The Twelve Days of Lorene's Favorite Independent Places to Spend Your Money This Holiday Season," is about journos. Women, especially black women, do not get the opportunities men get. Supporting journalism by black women shows advertisers they can build an audience.
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The 6th post in my series, "The Twelve Days of Lorene's Favorite Independent Places to Spend Your Money This Holiday Season," is about journos. Women, especially black women, do not get the opportunities men get. Supporting journalism by black women shows advertisers they can build an audience.
Oh, he knows.
Trump’s top economic adviser doesn’t know the price of gasoline.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh, he knows.
Will never happen.
Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Will never happen.
Same except I live in the midwest.
I shouldn't have to know what Lane Kiffin is or isn't doing. I have a lot of problems of my own and live in the northeast. Get it together dude.
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Same except I live in the midwest.
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The best thing about this administration is that they can’t stop confessing
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The best thing about this administration is that they can’t stop confessing
This is one example of why I haven't watched the Sunday morning news shows in years. They used to be so informative, but now....
WELKER: “Trump & the DHS feed posted about ‘remigration’, a far right term meaning to mass deport non-white immigrants. What does he mean?”
NOEM: *avoids answering*
White supremacist ideology coming from their own DHS feed, and they don’t care. Any questions?
NOEM: *avoids answering*
White supremacist ideology coming from their own DHS feed, and they don’t care. Any questions?
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is one example of why I haven't watched the Sunday morning news shows in years. They used to be so informative, but now....
NYC getting after it.
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NYC getting after it.
All of this.
The time to ask this was in 2016, & again in 2020, & again in 2024. But Hillary Clinton wrote emails, & Joe Biden was old, & Kamala Harris wasn't answering enough detailed policy questions from the press, so here we are.
Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All of this.
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"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Imagine being so far gone into Trumpism/Republicanism that you would say this to someone who was shot in the head in an act of political violence.
MAGA legal world, man…
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
Gorsuch and Grassley should be so proud.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Imagine being so far gone into Trumpism/Republicanism that you would say this to someone who was shot in the head in an act of political violence.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop