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Hate crime charges in Brisbane, school choice push in Tennessee, Pritzker–Trump tariff spat, NPS panel reinstall, Microsoft Gaming CEO retirement, UT speech limits, citizenship-stripping bid, and .NET DNS dispute
Brisbane synagogue gate crash leads to hate crime charges
A vehicle slammed into the gates of Brisbane’s largest synagogue on Margaret Street Friday evening, knocked them down, then drove off. Police quickly found the car and arrested the driver without incident, nobody was injured. A 32-year-old man faces charges including wilful damage, serious vilification (hate crime), dangerous driving, and drug offences, and is due in Brisbane Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. Authorities say he likely acted alone and there is no ongoing threat, but the incident is being treated seriously, as it should be.
GLENN JACOBS: Tennessee must expand Education Freedom Scholarships
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is urging Tennessee lawmakers to at least double the state’s Education Freedom Scholarships program, pointing to 54,000 applications for 20,000 slots. He frames expansion as fairness for lower-income families and says more school choice pressures schools to improve through competition. Translation, politicians discovered “supply and demand” and would like a ribbon-cutting for it.
Pritzker tells Trump to “cut the check” after tariff loss
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says President Trump should refund taxpayers after the Supreme Court struck down a key piece of Trump’s tariff push, calling the tariffs illegal and improperly imposed. Nothing says “economic genius” like lighting people’s money on fire, then acting shocked when a court suggests maybe do not.
National Park Service reinstalls panels at the President’s House site
With a legal dispute still ongoing, National Park Service crews began reinstalling some exhibit panels Thursday, restoring parts of the display above the former slave quarters at the President’s House. Bureaucracy remains undefeated, but at least history is being put back where visitors can actually see it.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer retires, Asha Sharma to lead
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years at Microsoft. Asha Sharma will take over leadership of the company’s gaming division, inheriting the easy job of keeping gamers calm and corporations humble, so basically an impossible task.
UT System adopts policy limiting “unnecessary controversial subjects”
The University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously approved a policy telling universities to ensure students can graduate without studying what it calls “unnecessary controversial subjects.” It also requires faculty to pre-list planned topics in syllabi, stick to the plan, and present controversial issues in a “broad and balanced” way. A bold strategy, turning higher education into an itinerary, because nothing prepares you for real life like never encountering surprise complexity.
Trump administration seeks to strip citizenship from former North Miami mayor
The Trump administration filed a civil denaturalization complaint aiming to revoke the U.S. citizenship of former North Miami mayor Philippe Bien-Aime (also known as Jean Philippe Janvier). Prosecutors allege he used two identities, entered with a fraudulent passport, dodged a removal order, and obtained benefits through false statements and a sham marriage before naturalizing in 2006. Investigators cite fingerprint matches tying the identities, and his attorney says they will respond in court.
.NET TLD glue record dispute reported on NANOG
A NANOG post says the .NET TLD servers are serving an incorrect glue record for one specific domain, while other domains using the same nameserver have correct glue. The reporter claims Network Solutions refuses to change it, insisting the IP is correct. Nothing inspires confidence like “the internet is wrong, actually,” from a company whose job is to make the internet less wrong.
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