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Hawaii-based independent journalist covering human rights, the environment, and the impact of US foreign policy, militarism, and nuclear weapons in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2... #BadBunny #PuertoRico #Hawaii
10.02.2026 21:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.
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Asia’s most iconic species is making an ‘improbable return’ in the forests of Russia and China. But will geopolitics get in the way of conservation?
04.02.2026 23:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"The Doomsday Clock's message cannot be clearer. Catastrophic risks are on the rise, cooperation is on the decline, and we are running out of time. Change is both necessary and possible, but the global community must demand swift action from their leaders." — Alexandra Bell Bulletin President and CEO
“National leaders … must take the lead in finding a path away from the brink,” writes the Science and Security Board in the 2026 Doomsday Clock statement.
“Citizens must insist they do so.”
Watch the announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
After today’s shameful “press briefing” at the WH, here’s a press conference that actually matters. #Minnesota physicians on ICE presence in hospitals. www.youtube.com/live/kNXKBoN... #ICEOUT of #MN
21.01.2026 05:07 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Greenlandic people are obviously very strong and smart if they can survive in such an unforgiving environment. Instead of threatening them, why don't walk talk with them and learn from their culture, history, and wisdom. I am sure they have so much to teach us. #Greenland 🇬🇱
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Peace marchcommemorates the 133rd year since #Hawaiian Kingdom's illegal #overthrow youtu.be/uvv0O2NIuUk?... via KHON2 News
18.01.2026 01:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cc: #Greenland (and the world)
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Today, January 17, is the 133rd anniversary of the illegal US overthrow of the #Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. @ainamomona offers a history lesson and a reminder: www.kaainamomona.org
18.01.2026 01:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Perverse beyond words.
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then detain workers. Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar, Minn., on Jan. 15, hours after four agents ate lunch there www.startribune.com/ice-agents-e...
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Here's some good news: Robert Floyd of @ctbto.bsky.social noted that Wed 1/14/26 marks the longest period without a nuclear detonation since the Trinity test on 7/16/45. It has been 3,055 days since the last explosive nuclear weapons test by North Korea on 9/3/17 youtu.be/1lN7cXxkvHY?...
13.01.2026 18:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I spoke with scientists at @ucs.org @armscontrolnow.bsky.social @thebulletin.org @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and @uchicagopsd.bsky.social about the role the public needs to play in reducing the risk of nuclear war because if we get this wrong, nothing else matters. truthout.org/articles/sci...
29.12.2025 22:32 — 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Merry Jólabókaflóð 📚🎄
25.12.2025 10:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finally, something that reflects his contributions to this country.
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In a tropical island paradise where the world’s wealthiest individuals purchase sprawling private enclaves and entire islands, there is one entity that has scored a land deal that would make even a billionaire blush: the US military.
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#Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of #Latinos. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
01.12.2025 08:12 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Read more at: @environment.theguardian.com
After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights. Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harm.
https://www.europesays.com/2601795/
After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes …
It's refreshing to be able to write about thoughtful, compassionate, competent people dedicated to doing what is right and just. Read about Julian Aguon of Blue Ocean Law, PISFCC, and other recipients of this year's @rightlivelihood.org award. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
29.11.2025 01:50 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
At at time when those with control over nuclear weapons are making all the wrong decisions, this is an important film with a message everyone should take to heart. Take 33 minutes to watch this important film: youtu.be/DhrSXF74SYo?...
11.11.2025 17:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When the Central Asian presidents gathered in Washington DC, their summit was the crowning achievement for a decade-old format.
07.11.2025 08:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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His social media is vague and incoherent but exceedingly reckless nonetheless. I have a hard time believing he actually means explosive nuclear testing. We’ve been warned about this person for years. Was the danger not obvious?
30.10.2025 05:45 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The action speaks for itself.
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As the world marks the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Kazakhstan’s youth and civil society lead the fight for justice and awareness.
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