Dr. Cindy
@scheopner.bsky.social
Philosophy, law, journalism, Hawai`i. Professional stuff on LinkedIn. FB is for family. 🦋 is for fun.
Christmas is NOT over! Today is the second day of Christmas!
December 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Christmas is NOT over! Today is the second day of Christmas!
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It's a great ruling... Requires police to record interrogations.
Then there is this... 'The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Eddins writes.'
Quite the turn of phrase.
Then there is this... 'The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Eddins writes.'
Quite the turn of phrase.
“State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence white noise,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling that assailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority.
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's a great ruling... Requires police to record interrogations.
Then there is this... 'The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Eddins writes.'
Quite the turn of phrase.
Then there is this... 'The Hawaii Constitution’s due process clause “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections,” Eddins writes.'
Quite the turn of phrase.
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What if Mar-a-Lago was the real Comet Pizza basement all along?
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What if Mar-a-Lago was the real Comet Pizza basement all along?
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AI is a lack of consent machine and it’s design and use are mostly just normalizing us to us ticked cruelty
The VioGén algorithm gave Lina a medium risk score and as a result, the courts refused to give a restraining order.
Within three weeks, she had been murdered.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Within three weeks, she had been murdered.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
An algorithm said Lina would be safe. Then she was murdered
In Spain, police have developed technology to work out how at-risk women might be from domestic violence. Some people have grave concerns about how often the algorithm is wrong.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
AI is a lack of consent machine and it’s design and use are mostly just normalizing us to us ticked cruelty
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Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
December 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
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Mensch.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mensch.
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb. 2025)
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The new UCLA Hollywood Diversity study finds that almost 92 percent of streaming show runners are white, and 85 percent are male. h/t @sorayanadiamcdonald.com
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December 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The new UCLA Hollywood Diversity study finds that almost 92 percent of streaming show runners are white, and 85 percent are male. h/t @sorayanadiamcdonald.com
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A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
A deeply dangerous — and blatantly retaliatory action against Colorado — by the Trump administration.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
NCAR is one of the most renowned scientific facilities in the WORLD — where scientists perform cutting-edge research everyday.
We will fight this reckless directive with every legal tool we have.
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The racism is blindingly white here, friends
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The racism is blindingly white here, friends
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I cried when I heard that Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Muslim man, stopped the shooting. Because that's how we stay safe - through solidarity, not adapting the violence of the oppressor.
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I cried when I heard that Ahmed al-Ahmed, a Muslim man, stopped the shooting. Because that's how we stay safe - through solidarity, not adapting the violence of the oppressor.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Colorado and Hawaii Thursday in the latest lawsuits by the administration seeking to force states to hand over their unredacted voter rolls.
NEW: The DOJ sues Colorado and Hawaii, making them the latest targets of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to force states into handing over their unredacted voter rolls. The lawsuit comes after the department warned just yesterday it would amp up its legal efforts to hunt down voter data.
Trump DOJ Sues Colorado and Hawaii in Latest Attempt to Seize Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Colorado and Hawaii Thursday in the latest lawsuits by the administration seeking to force states to hand over their unredacted voter rolls.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Isn’t this the government overreach GOPers always scream about?!? Good lord this is an evil administration.
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests. n.pr/497P6C4
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Isn’t this the government overreach GOPers always scream about?!? Good lord this is an evil administration.
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An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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Via Andrea Tinker: A University of Alabama alumni group has hit a fundraising goal for two student magazines -- one covering women, one covering Black culture and lifestyle -- to resume publication. UA suspended them last week, claiming they ran afoul of the Trump administration's anti-DEI polices.
University of Alabama alumni organization beats fundraising goal for suspended student magazines | Alabama Reflector
MASTHEAD surpassed the original goal of $25,000 to support Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice in three days. Fundraising will continue until Feb. 3.
alabamareflector.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Via Andrea Tinker: A University of Alabama alumni group has hit a fundraising goal for two student magazines -- one covering women, one covering Black culture and lifestyle -- to resume publication. UA suspended them last week, claiming they ran afoul of the Trump administration's anti-DEI polices.
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Side note: There will soon be more actual academic literature! I invited every academic I know with any interest in Schedule to contribute to this forthcoming symposium issue. I didn't vet anyone's topic or demand any sort of artificial "balance." I just found smart people & gave them space.
Unsealing "Schedule A" - Chicago-Kent Law Review
2025 Chicago-Kent Law Review Online Live Symposium Symposium Editor Sarah Fackrell, Chicago-Kent College of Law Chicago–Kent College of Law September 26, 2025 | 10:00 am – 3:45 pm (CST) Contact: Colle...
studentorgs.kentlaw.iit.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Side note: There will soon be more actual academic literature! I invited every academic I know with any interest in Schedule to contribute to this forthcoming symposium issue. I didn't vet anyone's topic or demand any sort of artificial "balance." I just found smart people & gave them space.
a restaurant tried to ™ “aloha”
An excellent piece by Yasmin Khan in @theguardian.com – and I’m very relieved the preposterous case against her has been dropped. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
a restaurant tried to ™ “aloha”
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Sorry, gonna be spamming this daily. I already buy so much out of pocket for my students, anything helps!
Seeking donations! I work at a Hawaiian immersion charter school. The goal is to get my high school students to science fair next year. They have been researching and designing their own experiments. Anything is greatly appreciated! List is here (and will be updated):
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Sorry, gonna be spamming this daily. I already buy so much out of pocket for my students, anything helps!
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This man spells culture with 3 Ks
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This man spells culture with 3 Ks