As @jahwaiian.bsky.social (Dr. Johnson) said in the online panel “Our Oceans in Peril,” this push is less about nickel & cobalt than power,exercised over territories whose people have no vote in Congress. #Colonialism #OceanJustice
Hauʻoli Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea! Some tunes for the day ✊🏽
paʻi aʻa: n. root system, rootlets, small branches (Pukui-Elbert); incipient arteries or veins of an embryo branching out from the heart (Andrews)
#Hawaii #SovereigntyRestorationDay #UaMauKeEaOKaʻĀinaIKaPono
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I completed my 1st week of training for the 2025 #NewYorkCityMarathon! I'm running on behalf of @surfrider.org whose mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches for all to enjoy! This work is critical as the ocean faces unprecedented challenges due to policy backsliding.
is.gd/8JYTSF
Sāmoan: talofa (who we're supporting)
Chamorro: håfa adai (the US territory I grew up in)
Hawaiian: aloha (my genealogical ancestry)
I am Oceania. Oceania is me.
Hafa adai bsky! There is one week left to speak out against the push to advance deep-sea mining in American Samoa. As a U.S. territory, American Samoa lacks the political leverage to oppose this federal action alone. Please support #PacificVoices #OceanJustice
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sailing on a parallel intellectual path, @taotaotasi.bsky.social beautifully shares insight on how the embodied knowledge of Indigenous Pacific Islanders is non-negotiable in stewarding the ocean. It has and continues to make space for other ways of knowing.
news.mongabay.com/2025/06/star...
As #UNOC3 approaches its end, I want to highlight two important perspectives from the Pacific Islands.
First, a note on the threat #deepseamining poses to the Pacific and our planet's wellbeing. Beautifully written by the President's of Mā’ohi Nui and Belau.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I'm honored to be fund-running for one of my favorite organizations. The work @surfrider.org is doing has never been more important. Our coasts and oceans are facing challenges like never before. Help me raise $3K by race day (Nov. 2)! Mahalo for loving the ocean!
www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...
Happy #WorldOceansDay! Almost all my friends are descending or have been in Nice for #UNOC and #OOS, which is giving me big time FOMO. To combat that, I've decided to announce that I'll be running the 2025 NYC Marathon to support @surfrider.org!
www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...
"The best way to protect coral reefs is to address the root cause of climate change. And that means reducing the human emissions that are mostly from burning of fossil fuels." apnews.com/article/cora... @apnews.com
Such a joy to be in conversation with #scicomm LEGEND @samanthayammine.com to chat climate change, Moananuiākea, and relationality!
Full blown triage mode. Keep leading with love!
Another blink, and example of corruption—the biggest firms able to get exemptions. Small/medium sized businesses—SOL.
“Institutions that stood up are remembered for standing up to that power & that coercion, they're remembered for their acts of bravery. Institutions that capitulated are remembered for their willingness to cave to autocratic demands.”
— Risa Lieberwitz, president of the Cornell chapter of the AAUP
Essential read, especially given the gutting of GCRP and the attacks on NCA6 this week.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read the #ScientificAmerican op-ed: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
#StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
So,
1. POTUS tariffs via Trade Act of '74 only apply to goods entering US customs territory
2. CNMI is outside US customs territory, so customs laws don't apply in same way as the 50 states + PR
3. CNMI can be used as a place of transshipment, circumventing tariffs
Your move, POTUS.
Colonialism is a messy business.
US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Ch 1, Part 7.2b:
"Importations into...the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are not governed by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or the regulations contained in this chapter"
www.mvariety.com/news/local/u...
Amazing sneak peek of upcoming book from Juliana Hu Pegues. Unsettling the American feminist narrative.
#CornellAIIS
Calm in the storm: such insightful lessons from Stephen Henhawk and Kurt Jordan on the importance of place names for decolonizing and unsettling space.
#CornellAIIS
This is not a drill. This is not just Sunday. This is the ’dictator for a day’ guy publicly announcing on a storied legacy media outlet that he plans to overturn the US Constitution and American democracy as we know it.
Aloha kakahiaka! For those of you at #AAG2025 looking for an engaging chat on inclusive climate adaptation, @lbnaylor.bsky.social is facilitating an awesome panel discussion on the topic (230 in 413A). Honored to be one of many voices on this topic.
I'm speaking at #IAmTiakiMoana in a few minutes
In my remarks I reference this paper I wrote with @jahwaiian.bsky.social
www.angelovillagomez.com/2022/11/john...
Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go
South Carolina has 175 fires roaring.
Let's check to see what the President is doing about it....
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)?
A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
