US environmental agency puts 139 employees on leave after they criticized Trump's policies The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on administrative leave after they signed a letter critical of President Donald Trump's policies, with the EPA saying it has "zero-tolerance" for those sabotaging the government's agenda.

US environmental agency puts 139 employees on leave after they criticized Trump's policies reut.rs/4nMg3AK

What if we as authors/actors/culture creators just--collectively decided that the NYT is no longer the paper of record? Stopped submitting books for review? Stopped giving interviews? Stopped using their pull quotes on our dust jackets and in our advertising? Stopped submitting op-eds?

Every once in a while I suddenly remember that just two men, Louis XIV and Louis XV, ruled France for *130 straight years*

Really underscores that if ever a nation lets a king take power there's really no guarantee that they and theirs won't reign through the lives of your great-great-grandchildren

Please, some very kind hearted and wealthy person in California, buy out all the street vendors for a year so they can stay home.

Stole Sticker - frickenstickers's Ko-fi Shop Howzit. This is a 3in. white, vinyl, waterproof sticker. Text reads "THE UNITED STATES Stole HAWAIʻI, with a design inspired by an infamous fruit comp...

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Apparently I have to charge *something* so they're 1¢ each.

lol 👊🏼

Germany's water balance benefits from renewables expansion, fewer thermal plants – UBA Germany's renewable power expansion, the finalised phase out of nuclear, and the ongoing decommissioning of coal and gas power plants have had a positive effect on the country's water balance, both…

Germany’s water reserves benefit from phaseout of nuclear and coal. Germany’s growing reliance on wind and solar is reducing water withdrawals once used for cooling coal and nuclear plants. This shift is easing pressure on rivers and aquifers during droughts. buff.ly/gnzUd7Y
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BREAKING: New COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Detected in California; Health Officials Warn It's More Transmissible Than Previous Strains.

Peru court rules in favor of Kichwa territorial rights in the Amazon A civil court in Peru has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area of the Amazon.

Peru’s Supreme Court has upheld the land rights of the Kichwa people, affirming their legal claim to ancestral territories in the Amazon. The case is a major precedent for Indigenous land tenure and will protect thousands of hectares of primary rainforest.
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Well fuck.

Truck with outrigger canoe on roof rack in a background of ti plants and coconut trees

Truck with outrigger canoe on roof racks at harbor in Kawaihae

Five OC1s in smooth open ocean outside Kawaihae breakwater pausing for a picture

Five OC1 paddlers posing for a picture in thigh deep water at Kauna ‘Oa Beach

Keep learning

Keep experiencing

Stay true

Keep moving

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6 mile recovery paddle with friends

image shows confident basenji named Humu on an elevated couch in a comfortable living room

Image shows gray catahoula ridgeback mix reclining comfortably on a couch

After several years effort

Humu & Lilo have finally taught me

how to care for them properly

😂😂😂

1. Humu likes digging & parkour
2. Lilo likes telling on her brother & snacks

lots of snacks

oh hell yeah! the security company lost its business license and the men are being charged with battery, false imprisonment, and other violations

First page of a U.S. District Court document titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STAY AGENCY ACTION AND FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION" from the District of Massachusetts, case number 1:25-cv-10313-JEK. The plaintiffs include several individuals representing themselves and others, and the defendants include Donald J. Trump in his official capacity, the U.S. Department of State, Marco Rubio, and the United States of America. The text discusses the history of passport policies for transgender Americans, noting changes from 1992 to 2021 regarding documentation requirements to reflect gender identity.

HUGE WIN! A preliminary injunction was granted in the trans passport case.

For now, it only applies to the plaintiff but they can seek class certification soon and extend it to everyone seeking to change gender markers on passports.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623...

So YouTube just rolled out an Auto-dubbing feature, which takes spoken audio, translates it, and uses your voice to make you say it.

It’s an AI audio bank.

Be cautious as to where your voice goes and who uses it on the platform. This is a major issue of voice autonomy now.

Picture shows surfing outrigger canoe pointing towards a setting akua moon at Kawaihae Harbor just before 6am

e nana kakou i ka po mahina akua

Akua moon is setting just before 6am at Kawaihae Harbor

There are about as many intersex people in the world as there are redheads— ~1.7% of the world's population.

So claiming there are only two biological sexes is like claiming there are only two hair colors: Brown & Yellow.

Now consider how you'd regard someone who loudly & repeatedly insisted that…

“The Trumpists are no longer in their majesty. They control the executive, the Parliament, the Supreme Court and social networks. But in American history, the freedom fighters have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their heads.” — Claude Malhuret, to the French Senate (March 4, 2025).

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If you’re a federal employee—current or recently laid off—Slate Plus is free for six months. Thousands of federal employees are facing job cuts—or working under growing uncertainty. Slate is offering them six months of Slate Plus for free.

Slate is offering free Slate Plus access to federal employees who lose their jobs. Here's how to sign up. @slate.bsky.social has lots of relevant career advice, money advice, smart news coverage & entertaining distractions from all the chaos and cruelty. slate.com/fed-plus

Creating a decentralized bathroom (powered by the AT Protocol) As many of you know by now, I am a Lexicon enjoyer. So much so that this week I created the world's first bathroom that is connected to the AT Protocol. Yes, you read that correctly...

New blog + atproto experiment 🧪

I recently hooked up *my bathroom* to the AT Protocol (the thing powering Bluesky) & created what I'm calling Personal Lexicons...

Also, I committed heavily to this bit, so you might want to check out the end of the blog (hint: it's my 1st AppView + public lexicon)

I laughed out loud! 😂

It's incredible that people still believe that all intelligence and talents are reduced to be smart in maths/physics... 🤦

And that according to them is the only thing needed to excel at anything 🤦...

DOGE isn't saving us money. DOGE is forcing us to DIY society--to manage all the costs, risks, and problems that government is best poised to solve.

Get two more informational meetings this week for Kawaihae Canoe Club

Tonight’s one is in Waimea at Kanu O Ka Aina—see picture for details

Kids Program
Adult Program
Recreational Program

Come learn water safety & ocean safety basics together

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Kawaihae Canoe Club is having an info meeting in North Kohala, Kamehameha Park (Concession Stand) tomorrow, Wed 29 January 2025

Youth ages 9-18
Adults all ages

All skill levels welcome

There is recreational program all year long

There is competitive program all year long—beginners welcome

How to see the planets align: We show when and where to view Not all of the planets will align. We show which ones and where to look.

there’s a planet parade tonight 🪐🌍

“When looking in the southern sky about 90 minutes after sunset, the planetary alignment will be visible almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere [..] Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus should be visible to the naked eye” www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...

Scientists at NIH can’t purchase supplies for their studies after Trump administration pauses outside communications | CNN Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies f...

Every person alive today has benefited in some way from work conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health. Blocking NIH research is malicious and dangerous www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/h...

what they said

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