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Will Caron @willcaron.bsky.social · 1d

Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm's office can't investigate an employee for witness tampering because he never signed the pinky-swear form promising not to commit crimes.

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A court room scene, brown wood paneling covers everything. On the left, Steve Alm stands at the defense table with his arm on the shoulder of his employee, investigator Chris Moon. In the center, Steve Alm sits in the judge's box, black judge robes on, banging his gavel. On the right, Steve Alm stands at the prosecutors table, snapping his briefcase shut and preparing to leave the courtroom.

DEFENSE ALM: Your Honor, my client was never *told* he couldn't impersonate his boss to tamper with a witness...

PROSECUTOR ALM: The defense is correct, your Honor. Besides, we determined this was an administrative matter the moment it was reported to... well, to us.

JUDGE ALM: case dismissed! I find the defendant unsubstantiated. This court lacks jurisdiction over any crime we'd rather not investigate.

Some Background: Moon was accused of witness tampering by his ex-girlfriend after he allegedly manipulated her into recanting domestic abuse allegations, including by posing as his superior in a text message exchange in which he implied she could lose custody of her keiki.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 1d

Weʻre in early stages of getting this going here in Hawaii

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 1d

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba released a long-awaited personal statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II Friday, offering his own perspective on the outbreak of the conflict.

Ishiba statement explores Japan's failure to avoid World War II

Ishiba’s message was released in a personal capacity, without the formal approval of his entire Cabinet.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 1d

These days most people would t even know what malihini means

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 3d

Love this rock, paper, scissors diagram of how it all works

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Shane Liesegang, SJ @sjml.bsky.social · 3d

Sarah Jeong remains very smart and I wish this wasn't such an insightful breakdown of Where We Are™ but it sure is

Media really needs more analysis that actually *understands* the internet, as in what things are like for people who are immersed in it, because they're increasingly driving everything

sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 3d

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

As the procession reaches Broadview, priests have been denied access to ICE detention facility in order to bring the Eucharist to detainees.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

At Broadview detention center, organizers say ICE detainees “have been snatched away from their dining room tables, and now they have been taken away from the Eucharistic table.” The crowd shouts: “Shame!”

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 3d

Ua hoʻolohe au i kekahi kanaka no Samoa ke noho o Aotearoa a me himeni mele “country” e pili ana no ka kalaka nui, f150ʻs, city chicks, country boto etc. Weird world.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 4d

@khon2news.bsky.social answering their own weird framing just seconds earlier

makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 4d

Was he ever in the running this year? what stupid framing.

the ceasefire in Gaza is a big deal but that just happened. if that holds and we see a true Palestinian state because of the framework then I’m sure he’ll be in the running. but we’ll see.

khon2news.bsky.social @khon2news.bsky.social · 4d

Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan political leader, White House calls it "politics over peace":

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 4d

We’re incredibly vulnerable out here in Hawaii but a part of me hopes these folks bail and the harvest rots.

It might take a few food riots and soviet style queues at the grocery store before 🇺🇸 realizes we need to root out the insane, corrupt, & parasitic oligarchs from Wall St to Silicon Valley.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 4d

My hot take is they should build this out to Makana Ali’i and even ko’olina before they bother with UH. id go Kapolei way more even if just hopping on from middle street.

Also prolly easier meaning cheaper meaning we look competent for a second.

Hawaii News Now @hawaiinewsnow.com · 4d

The second segment of Skyline will open a week from Thursday with officials promising more convenience and efficiency for commuters across Oahu.

Added miles to Skyline rail could be game changer for commuters

For the first time, long-distance commuters traveling by rail may finally get to work and home faster than they can in their cars, according to city officials.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 5d

ℛℰℛ𝒰ℳ 𝒩𝒪𝒱𝒜ℛ𝒰ℳ bitches

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 6d

The reasoning doesn’t really hold. I don’t think anyone is confused by the displays.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 6d

We could spend $ on healthcare and education and whatever if we could get off the drug that is cars
signed,
a driver

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 6d

Just another monopoly monopolizing

East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 7d

This is of niche industry interest, but here goes:

The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%.

Why does this matter?

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 7d

this shit is just horrifying. it’s both difficult and critical to push them out from behind their thin veneer of inclusivity when really they are very intentionally claiming the power to exclude everyone but white people.

sixmile.bsky.social @sixmile.bsky.social · 7d

"They frequently appeal to an idea that only some Americans are truly legitimate—and often this means Americans of European ancestry—while leaving room for enough plausible deniability to avoid seeming straightforwardly racist."

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Are You a ‘Heritage American’?

Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War

www.theatlantic.com

makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 7d

I’m not sure either! But theoretically a state that is say 80% blue moving to a state that is 80% red dilutes that red states firewall to some degree. I have no idea. apportionment just seems a slightly unrelated issue to housing

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 8d

I find this a weird line cause arguably sending blue voters to red states is also an effective way to turn those states blue.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 8d

Understand Higher Education Enrollments in Economic Recessions | EAB

Discover why not every institution benefits from increased higher education enrollments with economic dips and why 2020 differs from the Great Recession.

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 8d

Believe this is generally a recession indicator lol 😭

Big Island Now @bigislandnow.com · 8d

Enrollment on Big Island campuses was mixed, with Hawaiʻi Community College's up and the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo's slightly down.

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#UHHilo
#HawaiiCommunityCollege

University of Hawaiʻi enrollment across 10 campuses exceeds 51,000 for first time in 8 years

Enrollment on Big Island campuses was mixed, with Hawaiʻi Community College's up and the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo's slightly down.

bigislandnow.com

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 9d

I do love this mural. So prominent. Can see it from h1 if you pay attention

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Nina Wu @ecotraveler.bsky.social · 9d

www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/04/h...

Funding for 6 Hawaii energy projects terminated | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

At least $67 million in federal funding for six Hawaii energy projects appears to have been pulled by the Trump administration over qualms about worthiness.

www.staradvertiser.com

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makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 10d

I found it interesting but irrelevant? Like who is seriously arguing for something like enforced birth control here?

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