Kohala
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Resident of the illegally occupied Kingdom of Hawai'i. 🌩️👀 Z9BpiCdO_dwn She/her/old
Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
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Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/alice-wong-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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It’s comforting to be reading the many, many tributes to Alice Wong
@sfdirewolf.bsky.social
. Among her accomplishments was using social media to create the early twitter
#disability
community. Where would we be without her incandescence?
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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger
1 day ago
On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...
position number 0082726
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Kristi Yamaguccimane
1 day ago
THROTUS
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When you’re accidentally caught up in a scary TikTok video and this guy starts knocking on your window.
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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association
1 day ago
The federal government shutdown began on October 1, 2025, and lasted for 43 days. During that time, the
#USGS
#HVO
continued to monitor
#Kīlauea
volcano, and document the eruptive episodes that were occurring at the summit within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
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As Government Reopens, USGS Releases Backlog Of Kīlauea Eruption Photos
HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - Scientists are once again able to share photos of the eruption, taken from within the closed area of the park.
https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2025/11/14/as-government-reopens-usgs-releases-backlog-of-kilauea-eruption-photos/
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Environmental News Bits
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline. Read the full story from the Washington Post (via MSN). After surging through the Pacific Ocean, a massive tsunami crashed into Hawaii in 1946, killing 159 people and destroying hundreds of buildings. It was the…
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
Read the full story from the Washington Post (via MSN). After surging through the Pacific Ocean, a massive tsunami crashed into Hawaii in 1946, killing 159 people and destroying hundreds of buildings. It was the deadliest such event in modern U.S. history — and it sparked a reckoning. The wave was caused by a distant underwater earthquake near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
http://envnewsbits.info/2025/11/14/this-lab-is-key-for-tracking-deadly-waves-its-sensors-are-about-to-go-offline/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Caitlin Rivers
2 days ago
CDC flu data is back! I’m so happy I could cry. H3N2 is predominating, especially the new subclade K. This supports the emerging hypothesis that we will have a big flu season. More to come.
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Linda Nagata - (working on the final Inverted Frontier novel)
1 day ago
BTW, if you're someone who's only recently encountered my Red trilogy, you might be interested in a short story prequel, "Codename: Delphi", available to read online at Lightspeed Magazine.
@lightspeedmagazine.com
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/code...
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Stars and Stripes
1 day ago
A Russian naval spy ship seen two weeks ago in international waters off Oahu was spotted Thursday lurking 17 miles off Hawaii island.
www.stripes.com/branches/coa...
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Coast Guard monitors Russian spy ship off Hawaii’s coast
https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2025-11-14/coast-guard-russian-spy-ship-hawaiis-19760857.html
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Nandita Sharma
2 days ago
ICE/CBP raids are intensifying in Hawaii! Join us to Crush Ice - every Thursday at 5pm!
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Bobbi-Lee Taylor
2 days ago
It's unclear what happened to the 21-year-old whale, which DFO has identified in photos as Polyphemus, a whale that migrates between Hawaii and waters off B.C.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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DFO investigating 3rd whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks | CBC News
Caitlin Birdsall, executive director of the Marine Education and Research Society, says the whale discovered Nov. 8 off Lasqueti Island in the Georgia Strait near the Sunshine Coast and is the third c...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-coast-third-humpback-dead-9.6974456
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Power and phones out in N Kohala. Big winds just came through.
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Mueller, She Wrote
3 days ago
NOW: Voting is underway on the shutdown deal in the House. So far, dems Gluesenkamp Perez, Adam Gray, and Jared Golden have voted yes. So the dems couldn't get unanimity on this in the House, either.
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Elizabeth Warren
4 days ago
Under the Big Ugly Bill, Alphabet gets $17.9B in tax breaks. That could pay for SNAP benefits for 7.5 million Americans. Amazon gets $15.7B. That could lower ACA premiums for 2.4 million people. Microsoft gets $12.5B. That could cover Medicaid for 3.8 million children.
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More to come.
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makana yamamoto
4 days ago
anyone have recommendations for good pens for book signing? my sharpies are NOT cutting it
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Chise
4 days ago
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
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Oh my, bsky
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Wind is ‘way down now. Absolutely quiet outside. The wind was WILD the last 2 days, tho! So many micro climates!
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Hawaii News Now
4 days ago
Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire near Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island. On Tuesday morning, officials said the fire is 65% contained and has not burned any more acres.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/07/crews-battle-wildfire-near-mauna-kea/
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Hawaii News Now
4 days ago
OHA demands seat at table in Gov. Green's military land negotiations with feds. "We do not want to be a token advisory group that ... is not taken seriously."
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/12/office-hawaiian-affairs-says-governor-rushing-deal-over-military-training-lands/
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Peter Vogel
4 days ago
You think maybe this is a biggie as far as solar storms go? You'd be right. It is! One of the five biggest of the current solar cycle, SC25. In terms of rate of energy dissipation though it isn't up to the May 10-11 event of 2024. That was a G5-level storm. Stay tuned for tomorrow.
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Did we lose another elder today?
5 days ago
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Harold Tobin
5 days ago
NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️
wapo.st/4qKvavQ
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This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
https://wapo.st/4qKvavQ
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Maui Now
5 days ago
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by ByHeart Inc. for select lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula product, due to potential contamination of Clostridium botulinum. #recall #ByHeart
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DOH alert: recall of BYHEART Infant Formula due to potential contamination
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by ByHeart Inc. for select lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula product, due to potential contamination of Clostridium botulinum.
https://mauinow.com/2025/11/11/doh-alert-recall-of-byheart-infant-formula-due-to-potential-contamination/
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Dr. Talc
5 days ago
Over a million people died during the pandemic but … “Brian Schatz, sitting in a safe seat in Hawaii nevertheless is going around insisting that public health officials went too far.”
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Big Island Now
5 days ago
Parents and guardians can begin registering keiki for Hawaiʻi County's 2025 Winter Fun Program on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
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Five programs available to keiki during winter break this year
Parents and guardians can begin registering keiki for Hawaiʻi County's 2025 Winter Fun Program on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
https://bigislandnow.com/2025/11/11/five-programs-available-to-keiki-during-winter-break-this-year/
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Chris Baraniuk
6 days ago
"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles" A truly stunning point. This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
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Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
https://www.ft.com/content/7258379d-e424-420e-b651-a018e3e926dd
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Zach Warmbrodt
6 days ago
The Senate is expected to vote around 5 p.m. to approve the shutdown deal.
@jordainc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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sobroquet
6 days ago
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/maui...
#Maui
#Hawaii
#Oahu
#Kauai
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Maui Wildfires Disinformation – China Already Waging ‘Dissipative Warfare’ Against the US | The Gateway Pundit | by Antonio Graceffo
When wildfires swept across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023, pro-China operatives launched an extensive disinformation campaign using AI-generated images and fabricated stories to claim that the U.S.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/maui-wildfires-disinformation-china-already-waging-dissipative-warfare/
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Molly Knight
6 days ago
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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headfallsoff
6 days ago
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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It’s so insulting that Sen Dem leadership thought we wouldn’t see through their fake “rogue senators” bullshit. Of course Neville Schumer and gang orchestrated this.
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Alex
6 days ago
if you genuinely think Schumer and Democratic leadership opposed this & Republicans coincidentally got exactly the number of votes they needed to avoid a filibuster and none of those votes are from Democratic Senators who are up for reelection in the midterms next year, I have a bridge to sell you.
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Greg Pak
6 days ago
i think we have to come to terms with the fact that in the kicking-the-football meme, schumer is not charlie brown he and the other loser Ds in the senate are lucy
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Ezra Levin ❌👑
6 days ago
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
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And Dick Durbin too
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Ana Marie Cox
6 days ago
LESS. THAN. A. WEEK. Took them less than a week to take one of the most visible public repudiations of the GOP in my lifetime and turn it into hog slop. I’m so mad my temperature is higher than my ACA premiums.
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Josh Rosenau
6 days ago
Called my Senators (
@murray.senate.gov
and
@cantwell.senate.gov
) and told them I’m upset about the vote to cave on ACA subsidies and that it reflects a failure of Sen. Schumer’s leadership and that they should replace him. You can call yours too.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾
6 days ago
Alright everybody TIME TO UNLEASH HELL like time to make em sorry they ever existed Illinois ? DICK DURBIN CAN’T KNOW NO PEACE
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Max Kennerly
6 days ago
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Will Bunch
6 days ago
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Molly Crabapple
6 days ago
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
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DC
7 days ago
The Mana Road fire is now 50% contained at 2,100 acres, per the County of Hawaii Hazard Impact Map.
#Hawaii
#Fire
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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby
https://share.watchduty.org/i/68841?ts=1762723498000
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Ezra Levin ❌👑
6 days ago
The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats!
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Jon Cooper
7 days ago
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Chad Loder
6 days ago
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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