I swear the world is filled with misinformation now as journalism declines and all of the other info-nonsense going on. Yesterday a friend on Kauai said she'd heard mosquitoes were being released to "feed the birds" and was horrified some government agency was adding mosquitoes to the island.

The mosquitoes are infected with bacteria that makes their offspring infertile & the project is to save endemic birds from avian malaria. Nobody reads, it's all a game of telephone.

#Hawaii

Live view of the #volcano eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, from the northwest rim of the caldera Kīlauea #Hawaii #HVO #USGS

https://youtube.com/live/tk0tfYDxrUA

I swear the world is filled with misinformation now as journalism declines and all of the other info-nonsense going on. Yesterday a friend on Kauai said she'd heard mosquitoes were being released to "feed the birds" and was horrified some government agency was adding mosquitoes to the island.

The mosquitoes are infected with bacteria that makes their offspring infertile & the project is to save endemic birds from avian malaria. Nobody reads, it's all a game of telephone.

#Hawaii

Massive tree on "road to hana" on Maui. Bring home a photograph for your walls! buff.ly/iRBhBlG #hawaii #maui #nature #travel #vacation #artwork #art #wallart #decor #photography #blackandwhite #Buyintoart #homedecor #homedecoration #homedecorating #interiordecor

Check out video of last month's LGBTQ+ book tour at Honpa Hongwanji Honolulu Betsuin. Congratulations and mahalo to the contributors of "Letters to Home"!
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #lgbtq #queer #hawaii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Jlcem6w1s

Massive tree on "road to hana" on Maui. Bring home a photograph for your walls! buff.ly/iRBhBlG #hawaii #maui #nature #travel #vacation #artwork #art #wallart #decor #photography #blackandwhite #Buyintoart #homedecor #homedecoration #homedecorating #interiordecor

Check out video of last month's LGBTQ+ book tour at Honpa Hongwanji Honolulu Betsuin. Congratulations and mahalo to the contributors of "Letters to Home"!
#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #lgbtq #queer #hawaii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Jlcem6w1s

1500-foot lava fountains! At Kilauea in Hawaii. https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2025/11/05/kilauea-volcano-eruption-update-for-wednesday-november-5/
#volcano #geophysics #Hawaii

My newest garden area on Oct. 11 (pic 1) and today (Nov 4). The pumpkin is going bonkers!

I suspect the impressive growth is because this area used to be the compost area for our composting toilet.

The stuff growing in here is:
* Yellow lilikoi (passion fruit)
* Pumpkin of some sort
* Pigeon pea (nitrogen fixing)
* Ice cream bean (nitrogen fixing)
* Malabar chestnut (not nitrogen fixing as far as I know, but I had a lot of them in pots, so I decided to plant a few here)
* A tomato (not sure how this snuck in)

I also stuck a few Lima beans and long beans (sometimes called foot long beans) in the soil, but I'm not sure if they've come up.

This area is basically solid rock + whatever was left from the composter + some soil I mixed up and brought in. The ice cream bean and pigeon peas are meant to provide some solid structure for the soil so it doesn't just get used up in one plentiful burst of growth then disappear. (It's also on a local high spot with a bit of a slope, so this area really won't hold anything unless there are roots to anchor the soil and help build more of it.)

We'll see if anything happens here beyond this initial growth spurt.

PS - can you spot the 2 cats in the first photo? 😸

#plants #gardening #hawaii

A #folklore question: Do you of any "Wild Hunt"-type phenomena from outside of Europe?

With this, I mean processions of spirits that roam the land at night. So far, I have found the "Night Parade" from #Japan and the "Nightmarchers" from #Hawaii , but I am curious how many others are out there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakki_Yagy%C5%8D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmarchers

A #folklore question: Do you of any "Wild Hunt"-type phenomena from outside of Europe?

With this, I mean processions of spirits that roam the land at night. So far, I have found the "Night Parade" from #Japan and the "Nightmarchers" from #Hawaii , but I am curious how many others are out there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyakki_Yagy%C5%8D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmarchers

A tiny bit of the crowd at #NoKings in #Hilo #Hawaii -- we stretched down the street for nearly a mile.

Just getting started at #NoKings in #Hilo #Hawaii

A tiny bit of the crowd at #NoKings in #Hilo #Hawaii -- we stretched down the street for nearly a mile.

Just getting started at #NoKings in #Hilo #Hawaii

#Hawaii #USA #US

Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly

Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/teens-who-sued-hawaii-say-states-climate-plan-for-aviation-doesnt-fly/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtermination #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#Hawaii #USA #US

Teens Who Sued Hawai‘i Say State’s Climate Plan For Aviation Doesn’t Fly

Interisland flights are Hawaiʻi’s biggest transportation carbon producer, making up more than half of all emissions related to civilian travel in the state

https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/10/teens-who-sued-hawaii-say-states-climate-plan-for-aviation-doesnt-fly/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtermination #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

I just learned that #TextureTuesday is a thing.
#Hawaii

Intro:
I'm Susie, a nerd/mother of cats (Mara, Leia, Hugs &, Obsidian.) I love Star Wars, Hawai'i, geology, Outlander, books, movies, MinCup.
My husband & I are in the Rebel & 501st Legions for Star Wars costuming, though I haven't been able to do that recently because I have a bad back that has left me disabled.
I still dream of going for a Master's in Geology. But I'm not exactly young, lol.

#introduction #TwitterMigration #cats #geology #Hawaii #Outlander #MinCup #RebelLegion #501stLegion