Rachel Vanderbeek

[Wayne State College Cross Country/Track & Field @WSCXCTF]

✍️ Officially A Wildcat!!

Welcome to the Wildcat Track and Field Family, @piperhavel

#WSCXC #WSCTF #CatsNah #RunninWild #ThrowinWild

[Tony Chapman @tony_chapman76]

Coached a lot of youth girls hoops this month. Really watching the concerning trends of participation in our state.

Have a lot of thoughts on “the model” and why girls are quitting.

- No need for second or third grade basketball GAMES. Skill development? Yes. 3-on-3 leagues? Awesome.

- In youth volleyball, guess who refs the games? The other players and coaches. Police themselves. In basketball, girls get knocked over for 5-6 years and decide it’s not worth it in high school. I get it.

- More players would play if we played FEWER GAMES that were better officiated. Just a hunch. “Hey mom, that was fun, I didn’t spend the whole game on the ground.”

- I KNOW we have an officials shortage. But we have to SHUT UP at games at the JV and high school varsity level. Only makes it worse. On the other side….

- JV officials if you are getting paid, call the first HAND CHECK. Just don’t allow it. Then girls won’t get knocked over for 32 minutes and you’ll get a breather while they shoot free throws. I have seen way too many gruesome injures at the JV level the last few years.

- Coaches!! I get the game has turned physical because of the whistle. But we can teach our kids to play without fouling!! I watched Bennington and Norris (on my TV, sadly) on Friday. Same for Elkhorn Valley and Central City. You can play GREAT defense without fouling. Promise.

Ok. That’s enough. If you are playing in a conference tournament this week go have fun. Cut a dang net down. I hope I can watch your team soon.

@PGHNebraska // #nebpreps

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 Q: Why are you pushing out policies that hurt immigrants?!

JD VANCE: ...There's too many people who want to come in. My job as vice president is NOT to look out for the interests of the whole world. It's to look out for the people of the United States.

CROWD: *Erupts* 🔥🔥

[Sassy Devil Dog 🔥 @VinoNStrosGal]

Politics have no place in patient care.

Today at my local infusion center covered by VA community care, a new RN, who was assigned to me, came over, no greeting, no warmth. Just:

“What arm do you want?”

I tried to make the moment human. I asked how her day was going.

Her reply stopped me cold:

“It’s another day in hell because Trump is still president.”

Let that sink in. I’m sitting there, waiting to have fluid pumped directly into my vein, and the first thing out of her mouth is a political insult.

I calmly told her, “I support Donald Trump. And since you already knew that from the other nurses, why would you say that to me?”

She went beet red and started walking away. I didn’t raise my voice. I didn’t curse. I just said:

“I don’t care what your politics are. But we’re in a medical setting now, and I need to be able to trust that you can separate your personal opinions from your professional duty. That’s part of the oath you took as a nurse.”

The charge nurse came over, apologized, and asked if I wanted to write it up.
I said no. I wasn’t there to get anyone fired, I was there to get better.

But this is exactly what’s wrong with our culture right now.

People have forgotten that some spaces are supposed to be sacred.

Healthcare is one of them.

When you’re hooked up to an IV, you’re vulnerable.

You’re trusting a stranger with your safety, your bloodstream, your life.

The last thing anyone should have to worry about is whether their nurse dislikes them because of who they voted for.

It’s not about left or right. It’s about right and wrong.

You can disagree with me on policy, but when I’m your patient, your only job is to do no harm, physically, emotionally, or politically.

And if that’s too much to ask, then the problem isn’t who’s president.
The problem is who we’ve become!

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

Every American should be absolutely furious right now.

Charlie Kirk has never once encouraged violence against any political group, and he was just shot at an event in Utah.

Never advocated for anything except peace.

An absolute outrage. There are no words. Pray for Charlie.

[Ann Vandersteel™️ @annvandersteel]

The Minneapolis Trans Assassin’s mom says her dead son "wishes to be identified as 'SHE,' and that we should use the name SHE prefers."

Sorry ma'am, CHILD MURDERERS don’t get to decide what we call them.

8-year-old Fletcher Markle and 10-year-old Harper Lillian Moyski BOTH wish to be identified as LIVING.

They would like their pronouns to be STILL/ALIVE.

They would have liked to have grown up to fall in love, marry, and start their own families.

YOUR SON ENDED ALL THAT.

Because HE is the BAD GUY.

HE was anti-Catholic.
HE was anti-religious.
HE was antisemitic.

And most importantly:

HE WAS INSANE.

And Mary Grace Westman, what HE did was partially YOUR FAULT.

Because when he came to you AS A MINOR telling you he thinks he's a woman, you should have corrected him RIGHT THEN.

You sould have sought PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE.

Instead you legally changed his name and accepted his pronouns...

...and now 2 kids are dead and 17 others are injured.

So no Mother Westman, we wont be acknowledging his lifestyle choices.

Because his choices rained down death and destruction upon innocent people.

And only LIBERALS like you find that ACCEPTABLE.

We MAGA don't.

[LE Track & Field @LE_Track]

Lainey Wilhelm is a State Qualifier in the 100m dash with her 5th place effort at Districts yesterday. @EastSpartans

[LE Track & Field @LE_Track]

Lena, Kate, Lucy, and Lainey teamed up to qualify for State in the 400m Relay yesterday. @EastSpartans

[LE Track & Field @LE_Track]

A-3 District Champions! Congratulations Ladies! @EastSpartans

[Nebraska Section PGA @NebraskaPGA]

Pretty awesome story and another reminder why this game is so special. #SmileLikeSam 🙂

[Tony Chapman @tony_chapman76]

“You want to know what success is? When your kids want to hang out with you as adults.”

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[NE Coaches Assoc. @NebraskaCoach]

Congratulations to the 2025 graduating senior softball & volleyball players that have accepted invitations to participate in the 2025 @NebraskaCoach All-Star Games. Student-Athlete listings can be found at:
https://t.co/pZRLEi9VY9

[Austin Kingsley @KingsleyATK]

Piper Havel has been a force in the middle for @ThayerCentralVB.

She tucks this one into the corner as we start Set 3 on the south court.

[Kearney High VB @khsvolleyball]

Bearcat Win!! 😼 Onto district finals tomorrow night @ Papillion La-Vista South 6:00pm!

[Ryan Hogue, CAA - Ed. S @ryanhogue24]

Free Admission & Free Pizza

[Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 @CforCatholics]

Why is this so hard for Catholics to understand?

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

Wow. LOVE this new ad called “Dear Nike” by @xx_xyathletics 💗 Tomorrow is #XXDay so please join us in asking @Nike to do the right thing by standing up for girls & women by keeping boys & men OUT of our sports.
Great job @JenniferSey

#SaveWomensSports
#followthescience

[Noah Douglas @DouglasNoha]

S2: Spartans win set two, 25-16.

Sophie Vanderbeek is single handedly keeping Kearney in this match. The 6-foot-2 senior has 10 kills and 5 blocks on the match. #nebpreps