My 12 year old heart was absolutely shattered earlier today. RIP Rob G, condolences to the Ginyard fam. Your music was an anthem to my generation. Seminal addition to the hip hop world and to music. Rap star Rob Base, known for hip-hop classic It Takes Two, dies aged 59 share.google/zSHF2r6uRcsh...

My Maori nieces are teaching me emergency waiata (songs, chants) now that I called manuhiri (visitors) onto the marae. It was an emergency karanga- no Maori woman was available. And I'm partner to the Kaikōrero and Kaumātua- i should learn anyway so I can sing for him when we travel outside together

I quite like this kind of moxie.

🧵 The House is back for the floor amendments. They are continuing on amendments to SB 24, the bill that would formally raise the age for tobacco to 21 while also raising some taxes on vapes. A previous version was vetoed because it included a tax.

Mfers... www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8pCL3Rs/

Starting my 100 days of creativity with these two pictures. Life as art is one of my favorite things. My coffee mug is so beautiful. Utilitarian things should be beautiful. So should your food.

Tomorrow's primary election in Kentucky is a test: can Republicans defy Trump and still win? Rep. Thomas Massie has angered Trump so much this last year, the president has forced him to a primary. But if Massie pulls this off, more Republicans may follow his lead.

My sis's daughter is unbelievably badass ♡

Beautiful cold night on te awa tupua ♡

You're entitled to your own opinion. You're NOT entitled to your own facts. #BelieveTheScience What he said 💯 👇 👇 👇

I need James Harden's turquoise kicks that he's using in the playoff game with the Pistons

Those mfers are at it again. Please sign the petition to stop aerial bear gunning www.akwildlife.org/mulchatnapet...

“.. This is an insane amount of trades,” he said, adding that it looks more like something done by “a hedge fund with massive algo trades” that buys and shorts securities than a personal account. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Oh so close but no cigar. Truth be told 💯 👇

What a play by who I call "Luscious" on the Warriors-Broncos game!!! Dallin Watene-Zelezniak with 90 metre run and try!!!

Māori Queen meets with King Charles at Buckingham Palace

My two fave typos from today's grading -- "pirate universities" [PRIVATE universities) and "killing as they wait" [killing TIME as they wait]. Just a delight. (At least it's not the other "public")

Here's what the US National Science Board wanted to say about competing with China before its members were fired www.science.org/content/arti...

They can't seem to stay away from ICWA. They hate all children, especially black, brown and Indigenous children and always have

Han Solo. Indiana Jones. Rick Deckard. They don't got nothing on THIS version of Harrison Ford

Tuall' (and then) it was almost winter... I have invested in fleece lined joggers. My partner is also getting some. I'm getting pair of black ones next w/my now almost signature blossom pink. Making some wild pig mince for lunch and figuring out the rest of the kai for the weekend and next week.

“Then it got – somehow – worse. Everlee has disappeared. As I write this, she is no longer listed on ICE's online detainee locator system.” NZ media pls urgently ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs what he’s doing about the US kidnapping of a NZ citizen.👇 Choosing not to act is unacceptable. #nzpol

Ha! I was at the parliament event yesterday with my tāne and his people. There's a tea (as expected) after mihi wakatou. I get up for the wharepaku, come back to my seat and there's some guy sitting in it. "You're in my seat." He makes noises like he didn't know and gets up and moves.

I finished the series of videos for my Environmental Security class. I broke the final lecture into two parts. This first one is on climate security risks in the United States and the Arctic. youtu.be/AZ8nRvPwLZ4

At Parliament for the first reading of the Whanganui Land Settlement

YOU GUYS...

I am mostly desensitized to american racism but when trump uses palestinian as a slur...it still shocks me

Had a little friend visiting this morning. Maori consider them good luck in/around a house. I brought 'em back outside so they could eat some bugs

Saw Michael tonight. Loved it!

My favorite is when we have events with tamariki ♡

I think the way I feel about When It Happens must be similar to how some Christians feel about the Rapture. Like yes we live in a fallen world, a place of no justice and needless suffering, and yet Someday the golden door will open

Ha! My tāne and I don't drink. He said when it happens, he's going down to Bottles and getting two bottles of french champagne so we can toast while making reservations so I can go home to my family in the states! Lol

"F&ck the planet" by the New York Times

Accurate. Danny Boy isnt exactly well loved

Travelers Disrupted at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport as Alaska Airlines Faces Eight Flight Cancellations and Multiple Delays Affecting Utqiagvik, Bethel, King Salmon, Seattle, Taipei and More - Travel And Tour World share.google/GtVWDnb7fDVm...

For everything Trump does or says, you have to stop and ask, “how would this benefit a criminal or group of criminals” to get the real meaning or intent.

I get homesick for familiar American flavors at times, so I introduced the marae & the community we serve to black eyed peas & bacon at our community dinner last night. Having leftover on toast for breakfast this morning. I'm surprised they don't eat beans more. They're tasty, cheap & nutritious.

"Across-the-water" zoom meetings mean getting up and working before the birds have even stirred. The four hour time difference (and a day ahead) is brutal. Tell me again why daylight saving time is relevant still?!? Lol My fish commission work is important to lose sleep over. ♡ it's my favorite hui

Alaskans rocked by Halong plead with feds for help relocating: ‘Our land is no longer safe’ share.google/rMQtBMbddUND...

Another pho night. My tāne has a cold-from the change in season, I think. Pho makes everything better ♡ It's empowering to be able to make truly authentic cultural foods in your own home. (The kiwi restaurant food is geared for a blander palate, methinks). I can make pho like the pho I know & love