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Botany, geography, natural history, humans, and the arts. Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Hawai'i. Thomas R. Belfield - MA - Department of Geography - University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Nānā ao.
📍Yakama lands.
📍Yakama lands.
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So he appoints Kanaka Maoli to this committee but really doesn't want input? Colonization at its finest.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
Members of Gov. Green’s advisory group feel 'shut out' of military land negotiations
Members of an advisory group set up to guide ongoing lease negotiations with the Army feel like they’ve been sidelined by Gov. Josh Green just weeks after he created the group. Green sent a letter to ...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So he appoints Kanaka Maoli to this committee but really doesn't want input? Colonization at its finest.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...
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They banned Elatsoe in Florida 😭 My mystery about a girl and her ghost dog!!!
November Is the Month to Celebrate Native American Culture, but the Stories That Do So Are Getting Banned
Here are some #BannedBooks to read this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://pen.org/banned-native-american-books/
Here are some #BannedBooks to read this #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://pen.org/banned-native-american-books/
November is the Month to Celebrate Native American Culture, but the Stories That Do So Are Getting Banned
The list below includes a portion of the books written by or about Indigenous people removed from school libraries and classrooms since 2021.
pen.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
They banned Elatsoe in Florida 😭 My mystery about a girl and her ghost dog!!!
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Looking like Trump has eaten, just like Mr Creosote, one dinner mint over his limit.
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Looking like Trump has eaten, just like Mr Creosote, one dinner mint over his limit.
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Despite taking over 10 months to produce, the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document does little to outline how the United States will manage any of the existential threats humanity faces.
Ignoring these risks is a disaster in the making, writes Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.
Ignoring these risks is a disaster in the making, writes Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.
A National Security Strategy with no strategy for managing existential risks
Even though it took over 10 months to produce, the Trump administration's 29-page National Security Strategy document does little to outline how the United States will manage any of the existential…
thebulletin.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Despite taking over 10 months to produce, the Trump admin's National Security Strategy document does little to outline how the United States will manage any of the existential threats humanity faces.
Ignoring these risks is a disaster in the making, writes Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.
Ignoring these risks is a disaster in the making, writes Alexandra Bell @atomicbell.bsky.social.
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Current issue of Natural History Magazine has a huge TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES spread, an excerpt from the book! 🌍
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current issue of Natural History Magazine has a huge TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES spread, an excerpt from the book! 🌍
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Arctic in Disarray!!
An Extremely Extreme pattern builds this weekend. Surface Temps as much as 60°F below normal in Canada (lows -60°F) and 70°F above normal (Highs 40°F in Arctic Circle) in Russia… 1/
An Extremely Extreme pattern builds this weekend. Surface Temps as much as 60°F below normal in Canada (lows -60°F) and 70°F above normal (Highs 40°F in Arctic Circle) in Russia… 1/
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Arctic in Disarray!!
An Extremely Extreme pattern builds this weekend. Surface Temps as much as 60°F below normal in Canada (lows -60°F) and 70°F above normal (Highs 40°F in Arctic Circle) in Russia… 1/
An Extremely Extreme pattern builds this weekend. Surface Temps as much as 60°F below normal in Canada (lows -60°F) and 70°F above normal (Highs 40°F in Arctic Circle) in Russia… 1/
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Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.
Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández
The country’s attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump.
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Mahalo to our awesome team for the collective work today in Waimānalo. We focused our time on the increased micro plastics debris that are reaching higher onto the beach following this past high swell. I continued to gather data on the Pōhuehue seeds being impacted by the weevils.
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Mahalo to our awesome team for the collective work today in Waimānalo. We focused our time on the increased micro plastics debris that are reaching higher onto the beach following this past high swell. I continued to gather data on the Pōhuehue seeds being impacted by the weevils.
There is a growing list of names here in the US that is in need of being brought before the ICC.
The International Criminal Court has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the catastrophic conflict in Darfur more than 20 years ago.
International court sentences Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for Darfur atrocities
Judges at the International Criminal Court have sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the catastrophic conflict in Darfur more than 20 years ago.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There is a growing list of names here in the US that is in need of being brought before the ICC.
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Advocates seek to limit cooperation with ICE and to rein in the agency's actions amid a major increase in immigration arrests locally.
As Arrests In Hawaiʻi Climb, Immigration Advocates Push Protective Legislation
Advocates seek to limit cooperation with ICE and to rein in the agency's actions amid a major increase in immigration arrests locally.
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Advocates seek to limit cooperation with ICE and to rein in the agency's actions amid a major increase in immigration arrests locally.
In very local news someone blew up a truck at 4am, Sunday morning, in the parking lot of elementary school directly across the street from where I live.
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In very local news someone blew up a truck at 4am, Sunday morning, in the parking lot of elementary school directly across the street from where I live.
IJN Shōkaku. December 7, 1941.
December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
IJN Shōkaku. December 7, 1941.
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A tsunami that starts in Alaska can reach the Washington coast in less than four hours.
Nine Alaska seismic stations to go dark in January, slowing West Coast tsunami alerts
www.kuow.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A tsunami that starts in Alaska can reach the Washington coast in less than four hours.
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Good lord. This article is excellent, deftly drawing together many criticisms of generalized LLM-AI, damning it all. This is the claxon warning with flashing red lights.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good lord. This article is excellent, deftly drawing together many criticisms of generalized LLM-AI, damning it all. This is the claxon warning with flashing red lights.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
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The triple fountain is an extremely rare event, and this was the first time during the ongoing episodic eruption at Kīlauea volcano's summit it has been observed.
Triple lava fountain appears during Episode 38 of ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu Crater eruption
The triple fountain is an extremely rare event, and this was the first time during the ongoing episodic eruption at Kīlauea volcano's summit it has been observed.
bigislandnow.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The triple fountain is an extremely rare event, and this was the first time during the ongoing episodic eruption at Kīlauea volcano's summit it has been observed.
water
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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The island served as a secluded place for activities too dangerous to do elsewhere.
The remote island near Hawaii with a dark past
The island served as a secluded place for activities too dangerous to do elsewhere.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The island served as a secluded place for activities too dangerous to do elsewhere.
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"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."