“The Alliance for Texas History was created from our own messy reality of history at a time when war appears to have been declared on our profession. We have already faced a difficult truth and started something new in the world, so that we will not repeat the past.”
texasobserver.org/new-mccarthy…

#politics #USpol #Texas #news #history

Amid New McCarthyism, the Alliance for Texas History Embraces Diverse Scholarship

“It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a really full, inclusive accounting of our state or national past.”

^{Josephine Lee (The Texas Observer)}

PSA: After getting duly sanctioned last month by the EU for being a conduit for Russian disinformation and cyberattacks, the people behind the massive bulletproof hosting service known as Stark Industries Solutions Inc are rebranding.

Stark's two sanctioned owners -- the Neculiti brothers -- have operated Stark via a related business called PQ Hosting, which is now changing its name to the[.]hosting.

"The PQ.Hosting project no longer exists — neither as a legal entity nor as an operational structure. From the moment of transition, full control over all operational and technical activities has passed to new owners with no connection to the previous management or beneficiaries."

Uh huh.

the.hosting/en/news/pqhosting-…

Wow, might change my plans about working today, can't see the warehouse from where I am because of the rain. Ok, can't really see the warehouse from my window, but normally you can see the road going there from here. Seriously, this year's rain is ridiculous, can't find it, but last I knew, we'd gotten more rain this year than Seattle.

#STL #rain #weather #stlouis

I learned a lot writing this, and there is a lot more here to pick at.

Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates large chunks of Ukrainian Internet address space are now in the hands of shadowy proxy and anonymity services that are nested at some of America’s largest Internet service providers (ISPs).

"...A cursory review of all Internet address blocks currently routed through AT&T — as seen in public records maintained by the Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric — shows a preponderance of country flags other than the United States, including networks originating in Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Mauritius, Palestine, Seychelles, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

Asked about the apparent high incidence of proxy services routing foreign address blocks through AT&T, the telecommunications giant said it recently changed its policy about originating routes for network blocks that are not owned and managed by AT&T. That new policy, spelled out in a February 2025 update to AT&T’s terms of service, gives those customers until Sept. 1, 2025 to originate their own IP space from their own autonomous system number (ASN), a unique number assigned to each ISP (AT&T’s is AS7018).

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/06/pr…

The Star Fleet Technical Manual (Franz Joseph, Ballantine, 1975) was a constant companion of mine a kid, starting, maybe in 1977. For example, the page below was my first instruction on the Greek alphabet.

I ran across a PDF for anyone interested. I think you can also find vintage hard copies on eBay or wherever used books are sold near you. (If you're bloody lucky.)

I may post some more screenshots here in a thread. Some are just gorgeous & until this morning I'd forgotten them for more than 40 years.

archive.org/details/star-trek-…

@allstartrek
#StarTrek #StarTrekTOS

"I'm the kind of person who says hi to dogs."

via masterxdanx

#quotes
#dogs
@photography

"Perhaps somebody might explain to me the moral difference between: herding people into "food distribution points" then shooting them,
and herding people into "shower rooms" then gassing them?"

(Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg )

Heya technical folks! My partner has a Pixel 3a, and is finding that it's getting clunky and behaving oddly. I've been thinking of suggesting an install of a different OS, and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for phones of that vintage?

She doesn't use it for much: mostly Signal and phone calling, a shared Note app, occasional YT scrolling, email, and the like. Not a power user by any means, but things behaving oddly -- especially Signal of late -- are very irritating for her.

"Amid a wave of campaign cash, senators put a line in the new crypto bill that could require banks to drain money from your savings account & give it to crypto investors to reduce their losses.

🚨The bill says crypto gets "priority" over deposits."

Yet another potential economic crisis to protest: #NoKings #June14 #Resist. #Crypto #Bill #Economy #Banking #Sabotage #Republicans #Regulations #USPol levernews.com/cryptos-new-bail…

Crypto’s New Bailout Fund: Your Savings Account

The GENIUS Act would require banks to prioritize stablecoin owners over customers if there’s a financial collapse.

^{The Lever}

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Hej, hello 👋🏻

New server so here is a little introduction.

I’m Ida, a developer. I like the web and I want it to a be a good place.

I’m organizing @t12t, a Swedish Meetup focused on digital accessibility, that has spawn into a network over the last decade.

Other things I like: birding, genealogy, geeking all kinds of drinks and making really long slow tv threads.

🦉👵🏻🍺🧵

From Summer 2017.

We’ve collectively memoryholed everything, because we’ve internalized our timeline measured in Scaramuccis.

Pete Hegseth Notified That He Is Breaking The Law By Accepting Plane From Qatar

#HouseJudiciaryCommittee #BreakingTheLaw #DefenseSecretary #PeteHegseth #Politics

politicususa.com/p/pete-hegset…

Pete Hegseth Notified That He Is Breaking The Law By Accepting Plane From Qatar

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) advised Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that he is breaking the law by accepting Trump's "Bribe Force One" from Qatar.

^{Jason Easley (PoliticusUSA)}

Hegseth wants to rename the USNS Harvey Milk because it doesn’t fit the “warrior ethos” he’s pushing. He served, was forced out for being gay, and still came back to fight for the country that tried to erase him.

THAT is a warrior.