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<p><a href="https://www.usluck.com/622462/passengers-aboard-a-boeing-307-of-pan-american-world-airways-1940s/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.usluck.com/622462/passengers-aboard-a-boeing-307-of-pan-american-world-airways-1940s/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.usluck.com/622462/passenge</span><span class="invisible">rs-aboard-a-boeing-307-of-pan-american-world-airways-1940s/</span></a> Passengers aboard a Boeing 307 of Pan American World Airways, 1940s. <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/thewaywewere/" rel="tag">#TheWayWeWere</a></p>

<p>&quot;In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today&#x27;s standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megaby</span><span class="invisible">tes-of-computer-data.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/techhistory/" rel="tag">#TechHistory</a> <a href="/tags/vintagetech/" rel="tag">#VintageTech</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/punchcards/" rel="tag">#PunchCards</a></p>

<p>“The simple act of walking through a schoolhouse door that had been barred to me, and all people of my color, by the governor of this state - that simple act represented an end to legal segregation in the American South.”</p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 11 June 1963, Vivian Malone defies the Governor of Alabama to become the first Black female student at the University of Alabama.</p><p><a href="/tags/womeninhistory/" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistory/" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a></p>

<p>Let’s celebrate <a href="/tags/frescofriday/" rel="tag">#FrescoFriday</a> with as much verve as this lady who, given she’s riding a dolphin, may well be an incarnation of Venus (who had a penchant for such activities though usually in a greater state of divine undress).</p><p><a href="/tags/ancientrome/" rel="tag">#AncientRome</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>On Juneteenth, here&#x27;s a new Surf feed from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Flipboard</span></a></span> that focuses on America&#x27;s Black history, today and every day. </p><p><a href="https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jy4yj0jmq7jcek145g0s0j0a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jy4yj0jmq7jcek145g0s0j0a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom</span><span class="invisible">%2F01jy4yj0jmq7jcek145g0s0j0a</span></a></p><p>If you&#x27;d like to try Surf, sign up for the beta here, using the invite code SURFSHARES. </p><p><a href="https://waitlist.surf.social/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>waitlist.surf.social/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/juneteenth/" rel="tag">#Juneteenth</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> @histodons @blackmastodon</p>

<p>&quot;The key to [Beverly Hills Internet]&#x27;s initial growth over 1995 was helping people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build a web page on the internet. It offered a “Personal GeoPage Generator” that enabled homesteaders to easily create a home page.</p><p>But more than that, and as the name for its users implied, Bohnett wanted to give people the sense that they had a home on the internet.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybercultural.com/p/geocities-</span><span class="invisible">1995/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/geocities/" rel="tag">#geocities</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internethistory/" rel="tag">#InternetHistory</a></p>

<p>On this day in 2000, Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, and predecessor of Wikipedia, was launched.</p><p>&quot;Unlike Wikipedia, Nupedia was not a wiki; it was instead characterized by an extensive peer-review process, designed to make its articles of a quality comparable to that of professional encyclopedias.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia</a></p><p><a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/wikipedia/" rel="tag">#wikipedia</a> <a href="/tags/nupedia/" rel="tag">#nupedia</a></p>

<p>It was on this day 36 years ago when <span class="h-card"><a href="https://w3c.social/@timbl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timbl</span></a></span> submitted his proposal to CERN for an &quot;information management system&quot;, precursor to the World Wide Web. </p><p>&quot;In the proposal, Berners-Lee modestly spoke of wanting to use hypertext, a.k.a. links, to help CERN deal with information storage issues.</p><p>[...]</p><p>His boss’s response?</p><p>“Vague, but exciting.”&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.vox.com/2019/3/12/18260709</span><span class="invisible">/30th-anniversary-world-wide-web-google-doodle-history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/vaguebutexciting/" rel="tag">#VagueButExciting</a></p>

<p>Hey history fans, you can watch PeerTube videos about historical topics on this playlist:</p><p>📜 <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5UwA3WZM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5UwA3WZM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/rJFrNNvXysAm4o5</span><span class="invisible">UwA3WZM</span></a></p><p>- If you&#x27;re watching on a phone: Swipe the first two video titles at the bottom to browse the rest of the playlist, click on a video to watch it.</p><p>- If you&#x27;re on a computer: Choose a video by scrolling through the playlist on the right of the screen.</p><p>- If you&#x27;re watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.</p><p>cc @histodons </p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>

<p>Hey all! My name is Tyler. I want to share a little <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post. It&#x27;s so nice to be here! My interests include <a href="/tags/airquality/" rel="tag">#airQuality</a> <a href="/tags/buildings/" rel="tag">#buildings</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a> <a href="/tags/construction/" rel="tag">#construction</a> <a href="/tags/darkskies/" rel="tag">#darkSkies</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#design</a> <a href="/tags/historicpreservation/" rel="tag">#historicPreservation</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/placemaking/" rel="tag">#placemaking</a> <a href="/tags/stainedglass/" rel="tag">#stainedGlass</a> and more. Can you recommend accounts to follow? In any case I&#x27;ve heard good things about Mastodon and the fediverse so I&#x27;m looking forward to connecting with folks.</p>

<p>&quot;Fascism: Here To Stay? How Do We End It?&quot; </p><p>W/ <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#DavidShuster</a>, an &quot;Amped Up!&quot; INTERVIEW w awesome historian/scholar on <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a>, Ruth Ben-Ghiat!</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-to-stay-how-do-we-end"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/fascism-here-</span><span class="invisible">to-stay-how-do-we-end</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/world/" rel="tag">#world</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#middleeast</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>In Georgian London, a young Scotswoman purloins a handful of handkerchiefs to buy food.</p><p>235 years later, her several greats-grandson sits at a computer in the Antipodes, trying out <a href="/tags/daggerheart/" rel="tag">#Daggerheart</a> via Discord in the morning’s ungodly wee hours.</p><p>They told the Scotswoman her actions would have far-reaching consequences. She could never have imagined time zones, let alone how they’d affect her distant descendant’s sleep deprived taste in entertainment.</p><p><a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a>’s weird like that.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>

<p>Dear Canada - a love letter composed by # by <a href="/tags/timthompson/" rel="tag">#TimThompson</a>, sports video editor.</p><p><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/canadianculture/" rel="tag">#CanadianCulture</a> <a href="/tags/canadianhistory/" rel="tag">#CanadianHistory</a> <a href="/tags/canadianmusic/" rel="tag">#CanadianMusic</a> <a href="/tags/canadianart/" rel="tag">#CanadianArt</a> <a href="/tags/dearcanada/" rel="tag">#DearCanada</a> <a href="/tags/tommydouglas/" rel="tag">#TommyDouglas</a> <a href="/tags/annemurray/" rel="tag">#AnneMurray</a> <a href="/tags/michaeljfox/" rel="tag">#MichaelJFox</a> <a href="/tags/gordonlightfoot/" rel="tag">#GordonLightfoot</a> <a href="/tags/painters/" rel="tag">#Painters</a> <a href="/tags/groupofseven/" rel="tag">#GroupOfSeven</a> <a href="/tags/firstnations/" rel="tag">#FirstNations</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlhTmwDU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlhTmwDU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiKlh</span><span class="invisible">TmwDU</span></a></p>

<p>An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">stitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.<br>—</p><p>Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mor</span><span class="invisible">e-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> &#x27;s <a href="/tags/billion/" rel="tag">#Billion</a> Dollar <a href="/tags/ballroom/" rel="tag">#Ballroom</a> Will Cost You Your <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> care! </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmsRqHEvnw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmsRqHEvnw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmsRq</span><span class="invisible">HEvnw</span></a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/straitofhormuz/" rel="tag">#straitofhormuz</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>

<p>If you need something to celebrate today, the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a> in 1966.</p><p>&quot;It took [U.S. House of Representatives member John E. Moss] 12 years to get the FOIA through Congress [...] The Moss Committee took it upon itself to reform confidentiality policy and implement punishments for the overuse of classification by officials and departments.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_</span><span class="invisible">of_Information_Act_(United_States)</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/foia/" rel="tag">#foia</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofinformation/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfInformation</a> <a href="/tags/anniversary/" rel="tag">#anniversary</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Franz Schubert<br>25 Lieder</p><p>Hermann Prey, baritone<br>Helmut Deutsch, piano</p><p>Live rec. Salzburg Festival, August 5th 1982</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFhjqoBHnU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFhjqoBHnU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFhjq</span><span class="invisible">oBHnU</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/lieder/" rel="tag">#lieder</a> <a href="/tags/songs/" rel="tag">#songs</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Johann Sebastian Bach<br>German Organ Mass (&quot;Deutsche Orgel-Messe&quot;, Clavier-Übung III)</p><p>Ton Koopman, <br>Riepp organ in the Closter Church of Ottobeuren (D)</p><p>Rec. 1977</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znGWuiIBL0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znGWuiIBL0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znGWu</span><span class="invisible">iIBL0</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/barock/" rel="tag">#barock</a> <a href="/tags/organ/" rel="tag">#organ</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> <br>Ernst von Dohnányi<br>Four Rhapsodies</p><p>Rhapsody in G minor <br>Rhapsody in F sharp minor <br>Rhapsody in C major <br>Rhapsody in E flat minor (&quot;Dies Irae&quot;)</p><p>Ernst von Dohnányi<br>1951</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnDYHKKjlvM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnDYHKKjlvM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnDYHK</span><span class="invisible">KjlvM</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/classic/" rel="tag">#classic</a> <a href="/tags/piano/" rel="tag">#piano</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adapalmer</span></a></span> straight from this year <a href="/tags/bazyliszek/" rel="tag">#Bazyliszek</a> convention, now available as a <a href="/tags/solarpunkprompts/" rel="tag">#solarpunkPrompts</a> special!</p><p><a href="https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcast.tomasino.org/@Solarpun</span><span class="invisible">kPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#scienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/rome/" rel="tag">#rome</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/purity/" rel="tag">#purity</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/imagination/" rel="tag">#imagination</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a> <a href="/tags/apocalypse/" rel="tag">#apocalypse</a></p>

<p>New today: It’s a different camp, different year, different creek, but the same story. This story—the one where the Hill Country experiences devastating and unexpected flash <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#floods</a> following an intense period of extended drought—is a familiar one for those of us who grew up in the area. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/hill-country-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/hill-cou</span><span class="invisible">ntry-flood-family-home-fourth-of-july-2002/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/kerrville/" rel="tag">#Kerrville</a> <a href="/tags/kerrcounty/" rel="tag">#KerrCounty</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/centraltexas/" rel="tag">#CentralTexas</a> <a href="/tags/flooding/" rel="tag">#flooding</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#weather</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

<p>A re-<a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> </p><p>I deleted my account here 2(?) weeks ago in an act of frustation and depresssion and now i restart again.</p><p>I&#x27;m a mid 30&#x27;s <a href="/tags/metal/" rel="tag">#metal</a> and <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> Fan and dad from <a href="/tags/austria/" rel="tag">#austria</a>, likes <a href="/tags/pcgaming/" rel="tag">#pcgaming</a>, <a href="/tags/boardgames/" rel="tag">#boardgames</a> and <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a>. Also playing <a href="/tags/bass/" rel="tag">#bass</a> and want to make music.<br>Sometimes I go <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#hiking</a> and <a href="/tags/running/" rel="tag">#running</a>.<br>I toot, retoot and quote things i like, i follow people, who i think are interesting.</p><p>What Else?<br>Well essential i think, people shouldn&#x27;t be cunts to each other </p><p>Love you all :)</p>

<p>What makes this moment distinctive is not the violence, but the audience encountering it. When white Americans describe this behavior as “what dictatorships do,” they are not wrong but they are late in recognition. America has long depended on techniques commonly associated with authoritarian regimes, while insulating much of white America from their routine application. That insulation is now thinning. The shock is real. The surprise is telling. But neither is unprecedented.</p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>