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Malafunkshun808

@malafunkshun808.bsky.social

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I love History, Video Games, Swimming, and Yuna Kim! (God Save the Queen! ❤️🌸👑) I also love my adopted home (Hawai’i Nei) and my home Island (Guåhan).

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1h

May God always bless you, and may God always bless your husband.

Aloha Nui,

Ollie 😊🩷💍🙏🏼

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#YunaKim
#김연아  #WoorimKo
#고우림
#HappyAnniversary
#MyInspiration🩷

Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1h

To the Woman that I Love:

I am happy - and grateful - that you have chosen a man who is as kind and joyful as Woorim is.

I pray that the two of you will always be happy, together and forever.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 9h

😎🤙🏼

#BacktotheFutureDay

Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 15h

“Broken Trust”

Aloha 🙃🇺🇸

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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 16h

The White House hasn’t looked this bad since the War of 1812.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 15h

Sundown 😊🌅🤙🏼

#Sunset
#Hawaii
#Manoa

Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 16h

At Gettysburg today, there is a monument to the 151st Pennsylvania, near the site where they made their famous stand on July 1st.

There is also a plaque dedicated to the Regiment at the Pennsylvania Memorial.

Aloha 🇺🇸🙏🏼

#History
#AmericanCivilWar
#Gettysburg

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 16h

After the battle, General Abner Douleday, interim commander of the I Corps, had this to say about the regiment:

“At Gettysburg, they won, under the brave M’Farland, an imperishable fame.”

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 16h

For this, the regiment paid a heavy price.

By the end of the three day battle, the 151st had lost 367 out of 478 officers and men, a 75 percent casualty rate.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 16h

On the afternoon of July 1st, 1863, the 151st found itself defending the shattered remnants of the Union Army of the Potomac’s I Corps as it pulled back to new defenses south and southeast of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 16h

Regimental Colors of the 151st Pennsylvania, today preserved by the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee in Harrisburg (state capital of Pennsylvania).

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Literally

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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 1d

Healy, Alaska on Saturday. Population 723.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 21h

“What will happen when being in debt all the time is the normal way to live?”

- James Burke (1978)

Aloha 💳🤙🏼

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#History
#Technology
#Internet
#Amazon
#CreditCards
#AmazonOutage

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 21h

“As the data on you and your credit flows from bank to shop to employer to police to tax inspector, what happens to privacy?”

“And if you don’t want credit, how do you live in a world where they don’t take cash?”

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 21h

“The question is:”

“Is any security tight enough?”

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

And until Americans see that for themselves, this can - and very easily - happen again.

Aloha 🇺🇸🙏🏼

#History
#CurrentEvents
#America
#Guam
#Hawaii
#Military
#Militarization
#Democracy

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

But what happened today in California could have easily happened in any other State in the United States.

This is no longer a “blue state” or a “red state” issue.

It is an American issue.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

They continue to gamble on the ignorance of the American people.

They continue to gamble on their skepticism and their cynicism, particularly for those in state and local political office.

They continue to gamble on division.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Administration will do what it seems to do best whenever it is in a bind:

Blame others and then move on.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

But sadly, that is changing today.

Today’s news from Southern California only underscores that.

But it also underscores one other thing:

Sheer Incompetence.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans do not live in these communities.

They hardly see an American soldier on their streets. They have never seriously had to think about the impact of the U.S. military, or of militarization, on their own lives.

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Malafunkshun808 @malafunkshun808.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up on a Pacific island surrounded by U.S. military bases.

I currently live on another Pacific island filled with U.S. military bases.

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Laura La @laurala.bsky.social · 1d

Expect more "exercises" in blue states.

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