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🌱 Moku o Keawe || 📍 Guåhan || 🇫🇲 Waqab
In 2016, I flew to DC as a summer intern. It was my first time seeing the endless patchworks of land of the continental US. I was a kid born and raised in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, from Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, and often the only Micronesian in the room.
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
so millennials really just fell off SC huh
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
america is not a meritocracy 🗣️

youtu.be/nhvL48LgmT8?...
Eliza Filby: Hard Work Is a Lie, This Is What Rich People Never Tell You
YouTube video by Trevor Noah
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The same U.S. administration Palau relies on for its security is openly dismissing the climate crisis that threatens Palau’s very existence.
Palau’s Climate Paradox in the Age of Trump 2.0
The same U.S. administration Palau relies on for its security is openly dismissing the climate crisis that threatens Palau’s very existence.
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
if you're not committing crimes, are you really an anarchist
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Increased deportations and unequal and growingly restrictive visa policies in the United States are jeopardizing the trust built by decades of hosting Pacific Islanders – while China moves in the opposite direction.
Trump’s Deportations Threaten the US Relationship With the Pacific, and China Seeks to Capitalize
Increased deportations and unequal and growingly restrictive visa policies are jeopardizing the trust built by decades of hosting Pacific Islanders – while China moves in the opposite direction.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I really have words for the wording in this op-ed, particularly as if Yap is not a part of FSM, FSM is not a single entity but a linkage of Micronesian states, and that the U.S. paternal oversight into freely-associated COFA states COMES WITH meeting obligations with trust, and they do none of that!
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
🇬🇺 Our brightest leave home to further their aspirations. But knowledge finds purpose when it returns to the land that raised them.

NSF Navigating Home Short-term Fellowship: roundtrip airfare + $7k stipend for STEM graduates to serve Guåhan.

Fall 2025. Come home.
navigatinghomeproject.com/guam-hub
July 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Do you want a big overview of NSF, explaining things like the fact that 24% of all federally funded academic fundamental research comes from NSF? And that 94% of its budget goes out the door in grants/awards? Here you go. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Factsh...
February 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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My. God.

These people are idiots.
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm fundraising for CAPAL to empower Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth! As a board member, I've seen the impact of our programs firsthand. Join me in supporting their journey in public service! #CAPAL #NHPIEmpowerment
December 13, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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"Whether it’s Australians facing a #climate fuelled cost-of-living crisis or a Pacific islander watching their country be washed away, ordinary people understand we don’t have this under control" @leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol

www.theguardian.com/environment/... @australia.theguardian.com
Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond UN commitments
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 AM
🧵 1/10 The NSF Navigating Home Fellowship at the University of Guam is now accepting applications. This thread explores the critical context of our scientific leadership program.
Håfa adai! 🇬🇺 Advance your career with the NSF Navigating Home Fellowship. Hands-on experience, mentorship, and competitive pay await. Apply today! tally.so/r/meejbe

#Guam #NSFNavigatingHome
December 4, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Håfa adai! 🇬🇺 Advance your career with the NSF Navigating Home Fellowship. Hands-on experience, mentorship, and competitive pay await. Apply today! tally.so/r/meejbe

#Guam #NSFNavigatingHome
December 4, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Infinite Growth Forever:
global-tetrahedron.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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BREAKING: #Hawaii passes ballot measure protecting same-sex marriage #NOH8
November 8, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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"World-first monitor lizard eradication program aims to protect endangered turtles nesting on Micronesian island"

#InvasiveSpecies #FederatedStatesOfMicronesia
This tiny island in Micronesia is attempting a world-first eradication, and they're winning
On an isolated island in the Federated States of Micronesia, community and invited scientists are attempting a monitor lizard eradication program to protect nesting turtles.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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🪶🌎🧪We’re hiring experienced bird banders (experience with MAPS protocol preferred) to work March 1 through May 30, 2025 on Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Job posting here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/IB...
October 30, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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The Pacific Remote Islands are Micronesian islands
May 10, 2023 at 8:55 PM