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Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · Aug 12

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

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jul 31

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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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jul 22

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.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jul 10

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.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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Petition to Oppose Imposition of Deep Seabed Mining on American Samoa/Petición para oponerse a la minería de los fondos marinos profundos en Samoa Americana

This petition is organized by Right to Democracy and America the Beautiful for All Coalition in support of leaders and communities from American Samoa and all U.S. territories. When signing the petiti...

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jun 13

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.

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Stars & lighthouses: Marine conservation that blends Pacific Islander wisdom and Western knowledge (commentary)

I’m in Nice, France, this week attending the U.N. Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for su...

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jun 13

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...

A message from island leaders: protect the Pacific Ocean from deep-sea mining

As heads of Pacific island nations, we urge governments worldwide to avoid irreversible environmental damage to the region as well as the needless economic and geopolitical risks.

www.nature.com

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jun 9

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!

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Jun 9

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!

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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · May 30

"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

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · May 16

Such a joy to be in conversation with #scicomm LEGEND @samanthayammine.com to chat climate change, Moananuiākea, and relationality!

Science Sam @samanthayammine.com · May 14

“With the climate crisis, it's really a relational question of how are people's deep, intimate relationships with the natural world being impacted.”

- @jahwaiian.bsky.social, expert guest on the latest ep of Curiosity Weekly

An insightful & timely conversation 🌊🧪 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...

Climate Change in the Pacific Islands

Podcast Episode · Curiosity Weekly · 2025-05-14 · 31m

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · May 16

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www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump team’s science cuts threaten tenure hopes for early-career academics

As funding dries up, US universities will need to reconsider traditional tenure requirements.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · May 6

Full blown triage mode. Keep leading with love!

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Apr 30

Another blink, and example of corruption—the biggest firms able to get exemptions. Small/medium sized businesses—SOL.

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AAUP @aaup.org · Apr 18

“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

'It’s a time to be brave’: Cornell professor talks federal funding freeze

Risa Lieberwitz, president of Cornell’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, says Cornell should stand up against potential demands from the White House.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 18

Essential read, especially given the gutting of GCRP and the attacks on NCA6 this week.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Projections of future climate for U.S. national assessments: past, present, future - Climatic Change

Climate assessments consolidate our understanding of possible future climate conditions as represented by climate projections, which are largely based on the output of global climate models. Over the ...

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 18

www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Faculty Call on Trustees to Oppose Political Interference in Higher Education

Over 500 Cornell faculty members signed an open letter to the Board of Trustees urging the University to defend academic freedom amid growing political attacks on higher education. Released on the Nat...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Apr 17

Read the #ScientificAmerican op-ed: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

#StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction

Science Organizations Should Protest Loudly against Trump Cuts

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Apr 15

Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create

From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 14

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...

US companies eye NMI, governor says

U.S. manufacturing companies that import components of their products are looking at relocating to the CNMI in response to President Donald Trump’s imposition of higher tariffs on foreign countries su...

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 11

Amazing sneak peek of upcoming book from Juliana Hu Pegues. Unsettling the American feminist narrative.

#CornellAIIS

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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · Apr 11

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

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 30

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.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Mar 30

President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so

President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”

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