Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson
@jahwaiian.bsky.social
kanaka ʻōiwi-jamaican-jewish hapa | 🇲🇵 born | Asst Prof Cornell | VP Tåno Tåsi yan Todu | people+ocean+climate | roots radical
Reposted by Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson
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
August 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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
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.
Chamorro: håfa adai (the US territory I grew up in)
Hawaiian: aloha (my genealogical ancestry)
I am Oceania. Oceania is me.
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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.
Chamorro: håfa adai (the US territory I grew up in)
Hawaiian: aloha (my genealogical ancestry)
I am Oceania. Oceania is me.
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...
news.mongabay.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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...
news.mongabay.com/2025/06/star...
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...
www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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...
www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...
Reposted by Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson
"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.
apnews.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"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
Full blown triage mode. Keep leading with love!
May 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Full blown triage mode. Keep leading with love!
Reposted by Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson
Read the #ScientificAmerican op-ed: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...
#StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction
#StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction
Science Organizations Should Protest Loudly against Trump Cuts
Similar to other professions, science has organizations that represent scientists and the research they do. Too many are staying silent as Trump dismantles research
www.scientificamerican.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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.
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.
April 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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.
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.
