Kevin Knodell
@kjknodell.bsky.social
Staff Reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering defense and diplomacy in Hawai’i and the greater Pacific. Producer at the Angry Planet Podcast. Tips and hate mail to [email protected] http://SeeDisclaimer.com
We live in fascinating times
- #Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa & Foreign Minister @AsaadHShaibani playing basketball with @CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper & @CJTFOIR Commander BG Kevin Lambert.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We live in fascinating times
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LOL at Cuomintang holy crap.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
LOL at Cuomintang holy crap.
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Scoop: In digging into the AI slopification of the White House, I’ve learned that the president of the United States is capable, from time to time, of posting generative AI videos on his own, per a senior WH official.
More in this week’s Inner Loop @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/donald...
More in this week’s Inner Loop @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump Is the First AI Slop President
How do AI videos end up on Donald Trump’s social media accounts? WIRED investigates.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Scoop: In digging into the AI slopification of the White House, I’ve learned that the president of the United States is capable, from time to time, of posting generative AI videos on his own, per a senior WH official.
More in this week’s Inner Loop @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/donald...
More in this week’s Inner Loop @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/donald...
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Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
@tokuda.house.gov & @hirono.senate.gov say Trump is risking war in Latin America w/ escalating strikes on alleged traffickers and threats of land strikes as a carrier group sails to the Caribbean www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/26/h...
Tokuda, Hirono warn Trump risking war in South America | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
As President Donald Trump ramps up his lethal campaign against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America, Hawaii lawmakers say he risks dragging the U.S. into a new war and alienating allies as the Pe...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@tokuda.house.gov & @hirono.senate.gov say Trump is risking war in Latin America w/ escalating strikes on alleged traffickers and threats of land strikes as a carrier group sails to the Caribbean www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/26/h...
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I suspect the next few weeks of living in a Dorothea Lange photo are going to shatter a lot of Americans' preconceptions about who's using SNAP and WIC.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I suspect the next few weeks of living in a Dorothea Lange photo are going to shatter a lot of Americans' preconceptions about who's using SNAP and WIC.
The lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific widens the Trump Admin's war on alleged drug traffickers. The military buildup in Latin America had already begun pulling in some U.S Navy assets from the Pacific
Now, some question the wider implications in the region
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/23/h...
Now, some question the wider implications in the region
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/23/h...
Trump’s drug war using the military has come to the Pacific | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Trump administration’s controversial and deadly campaign targeting alleged drug traffickers at sea has now expanded from the Caribbean into the Pacific Ocean.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific widens the Trump Admin's war on alleged drug traffickers. The military buildup in Latin America had already begun pulling in some U.S Navy assets from the Pacific
Now, some question the wider implications in the region
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/23/h...
Now, some question the wider implications in the region
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/23/h...
As tensions with China continue to simmer and drug war operations ramp up in the Americas, the Coast Guard’s duties continue to expand — with largely bipartisan support.
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/20/h...
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/20/h...
Coast Guard’s Pacific mission continues to expand | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The ocean can be a lawless place. Far from shore, the vast seas have become plagued with everything from piracy, rampant illegal fishing and environmental crime, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As tensions with China continue to simmer and drug war operations ramp up in the Americas, the Coast Guard’s duties continue to expand — with largely bipartisan support.
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/20/h...
www.staradvertiser.com/2025/10/20/h...
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
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On the positive side of there being no fleet at Fleet Week, I got to learn more about my family’s military service at the Presidio’s new Military Intelligence Service History Learning Center.
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
On the positive side of there being no fleet at Fleet Week, I got to learn more about my family’s military service at the Presidio’s new Military Intelligence Service History Learning Center.
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Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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what? what are you talking about?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
on.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
what? what are you talking about?
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The dude sang songs about running cocaine and shooting multiple people live IN one of the most notorious prisons in the country while hundreds of prisoners hooted and hollered at his audacity.
Dylan could never.
Educate yourself Jon Fasman.
Dylan could never.
Educate yourself Jon Fasman.
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
on.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The dude sang songs about running cocaine and shooting multiple people live IN one of the most notorious prisons in the country while hundreds of prisoners hooted and hollered at his audacity.
Dylan could never.
Educate yourself Jon Fasman.
Dylan could never.
Educate yourself Jon Fasman.
This year has been deeply weird, but nothing has been more baffling than the collection of words below.
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This year has been deeply weird, but nothing has been more baffling than the collection of words below.
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“There will be no more mercy.”
“No one deserves pity. Spare me your whining.”
Those are captions to videos of Russian drone operators attacking civilians in Kherson city and region.
Living in Kherson means risking execution from the sky.
www.wsj.com/world/russia... (read free)
“No one deserves pity. Spare me your whining.”
Those are captions to videos of Russian drone operators attacking civilians in Kherson city and region.
Living in Kherson means risking execution from the sky.
www.wsj.com/world/russia... (read free)
Russian Drones Turn the Streets of Kherson Into a Civilian Kill Zone
The attacks on Kherson are part of Russia’s growing strategy to terrorize civilians in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ strength to resist in the fourth year of war.
www.wsj.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
“There will be no more mercy.”
“No one deserves pity. Spare me your whining.”
Those are captions to videos of Russian drone operators attacking civilians in Kherson city and region.
Living in Kherson means risking execution from the sky.
www.wsj.com/world/russia... (read free)
“No one deserves pity. Spare me your whining.”
Those are captions to videos of Russian drone operators attacking civilians in Kherson city and region.
Living in Kherson means risking execution from the sky.
www.wsj.com/world/russia... (read free)
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ANOTHER WAPO SCOOP:
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
ANOTHER WAPO SCOOP:
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The officer so enthusiastically introducing Hegseth in his partially unbuttoned shirt here is Naval Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, the Marine aviator Hegseth installed after cutting short the term of USNA’s first woman superintendent, Vice Adm. Yvette Davids
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The officer so enthusiastically introducing Hegseth in his partially unbuttoned shirt here is Naval Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, the Marine aviator Hegseth installed after cutting short the term of USNA’s first woman superintendent, Vice Adm. Yvette Davids
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@mjgault.bsky.social was interviewing a ABC correspondent about new podcast on the murder of US solder Vanessa Guillén. When brought up Hesgeth's recent speech, ABC PR interrupted, asked not to talk about that. Then asked Matthew to cut that part. Wild, wild stuff
angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...
angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...
Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up
Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.
angryplanetpod.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@mjgault.bsky.social was interviewing a ABC correspondent about new podcast on the murder of US solder Vanessa Guillén. When brought up Hesgeth's recent speech, ABC PR interrupted, asked not to talk about that. Then asked Matthew to cut that part. Wild, wild stuff
angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...
angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...
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Sign of the times: @mjgault.bsky.social interviewed ABC's John Quiñones re: his podcast about Vanessa Guillén, a soldier who was murdered at Ft Hood in 2020. When Gault asked how Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth could roll back reforms made in response to Guillén's death, a PR person cut in to shut it down.
Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up
Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.
angryplanetpod.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sign of the times: @mjgault.bsky.social interviewed ABC's John Quiñones re: his podcast about Vanessa Guillén, a soldier who was murdered at Ft Hood in 2020. When Gault asked how Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth could roll back reforms made in response to Guillén's death, a PR person cut in to shut it down.
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I think these IR theories are neat because they all functionally ignore that violence is actually real and you can just kill people in international relations to make them do what you want.
No I am sorry Mr. PhD but a Tomahawk conveys both a message and an actual warhead.
No I am sorry Mr. PhD but a Tomahawk conveys both a message and an actual warhead.
In IR undergrad I had a VERY post-structuralist prof who argued that it was words and construction all the way down. I asked: but do you really think that’s useful to a kid living in war-torn Iraq? He can’t change his own reality. He said “Well, maybe he could” and that was just too Matrix-y to me.
“Okay, so how should we actually formulate policy around the strategic threat of thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at NATO?”
“First of all, using words to concisely convey concepts makes you a bad person, so write that down…”
“First of all, using words to concisely convey concepts makes you a bad person, so write that down…”
October 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think these IR theories are neat because they all functionally ignore that violence is actually real and you can just kill people in international relations to make them do what you want.
No I am sorry Mr. PhD but a Tomahawk conveys both a message and an actual warhead.
No I am sorry Mr. PhD but a Tomahawk conveys both a message and an actual warhead.
Depends on the definition of “woke.”
Both are actively tracking how climate change will change the map and change strategic outlooks. The self styled Secretary of War has said we’re done with “climate crap.”
Both are actively tracking how climate change will change the map and change strategic outlooks. The self styled Secretary of War has said we’re done with “climate crap.”
Rep. Andy Harris: "I guarantee you China and Russia do not have woke policies in their military."
October 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Depends on the definition of “woke.”
Both are actively tracking how climate change will change the map and change strategic outlooks. The self styled Secretary of War has said we’re done with “climate crap.”
Both are actively tracking how climate change will change the map and change strategic outlooks. The self styled Secretary of War has said we’re done with “climate crap.”
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Holy shit, this is bad.
Bad enough that it's possible. But why in the hell would you boast about it online?
Bad enough that it's possible. But why in the hell would you boast about it online?
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Holy shit, this is bad.
Bad enough that it's possible. But why in the hell would you boast about it online?
Bad enough that it's possible. But why in the hell would you boast about it online?
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BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles
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EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles
The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection
lastcampaign.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...