More than 50 years later, some Houston families still wait for confirmation that their sons and brothers were among the victims of serial killer Dean Corll.

Out this month, the new book from Lise Olsen: https://www.texasobserver.org/the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer/

“Sometimes their last words speak not only for the victim but for society and we ignore them at our peril.”

Now out from Lise Olsen: A forensic anthropologist spent decades identifying the victims of a notorious serial killer.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer/

The new book from Lise Olsen traces a forensic anthropologist’s decades-long attempt to restore the identities of the victims of one of #Texas’ most prolific serial killers—and explores the shocking reasons why so many boys who were kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a murderer trolling #Houston neighborhoods in the early 1970s remained anonymous for so long.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer/

#history #CriminalJustice #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #GulfCoast

Mississippi restaurant gives out straight-couples-only offer and is roundly lambasted for it.

https://www.advocate.com/news/mississippi-restaurant-lambasted-for-homophobia #LGBTQ #Hate #Bigots #GulfCoast #Discrimination #Homophobia

Happy family. #GulfCoast #SheepOfMastodon

From the @texastribune: Two people have been arrested and charged with performing illegal abortions at a Houston-area health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total #abortion ban. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-first-abortion-arrests-attorney-general-investigation/

“Friends, we indicated that if we had the House, the Senate and the presidency, there were certain things that we would do. Well in 2021, we had the House, the Senate, and the presidency.”

During his #Austin visit on Wednesday, Congressman Al Green was sharply critical of the failures of the #Democrats and called for mass protest in Washington, D.C. in response to #Trump and #DOGE's attack of vital social services and government agencies. https://austinfreepress.org/no-capitulation/

New today from me at Austin Free Press: Congressman Al Green visited #Austin on Wednesday afternoon, to talk about getting kicked out of the House and censured for protesting Donald #Trump.

He called for millions of people to march on Washington, D.C. to protest cuts to vital services, #DOGE, and our current constitutional crisis. https://austinfreepress.org/no-capitulation/

#Combing #GulfCoast #Wool #CombedTop #Roving #FiberArts

https://youtu.be/2oTOPdAuN5k

https://www.europesays.com/1892767/ U.S. Buyers of Mexican Crude Trim Purchases #CrudeOil #CrudeOilPrice #demand #exports #GulfCoast #MexicanCrude #OilImports #OilPrice #Pemex #petroleum #quality #tariffs #USRefiners #WaterContent

#HandSpinning #GulfCoast #Wool #Yarn #Knitting #Crocheting #FiberArts

https://sandhill-thicket.com/2025/02/19/hand-spinning-the-first-30-days/

A Houstonian recalls #Lebanon's wartime counterculture: “I was just so blown away by the politicized nature of the population, how aware they were about the world and even U.S. history and how incredible the #music scene was.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-lebanon-seeking-truth-music/

https://www.europesays.com/1838500/ Gulf Refiners Shun “Watery” Pemex Crude #CrudeOil #CrudeOilPrice #GulfCoast #imports #MexicanCrudeOil #OilPrice #Pemex #petroleum #production #quality #refiners #SupplyChain #tariffs #WaterContent