Ben
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Hawai’i at the British Museum review: dazzling display of royal razzmatazz.
The relationship between Hawaii and Britain is explored in an exhibition that is heavy on history but equally packed with marvelously flamboyant artefacts
https://archive.ph/MLFGs #globalmuseum #museums #Hawaii #exhibitions
Two events in Mexico and stops in Japan and Bermuda highlight the U.S. PGA Tour's eight-tournament fall schedule announced on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/10/more-sports/pga/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #pgatour #hawaii #yokohama
A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the Island of Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/japanese-tourist-death-hawaii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hawaii #tourism #marineaccidents
Ross Gayler
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RIP V3 - This video was recorded by the V3 camera, located on the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i. The camera, located in a hazardous closed area of Hawai‘I Volcanoes National Park, was buried by tephra from an inclined lava fountain between 9:55 and 9:57 am HST on December 6, during episode 38 that began this morning at 8:45 am.
Andres
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#Hawaii > After days of precursory activity, Episode 38 fountaining has begun on Kīlauea volcano.
Webcam [2] https://www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA7YkA?si=aeMk_PN8FQZqjJff
Webcam 3 has been hit by the fountain and isn't working 🤔
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Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm
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Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through a Small Business Administration program are a “fraud magnet.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/sb8a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
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A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Hawaii #Indigenous #Native #Nonprofit #Government #Law
Chip Butty
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Does anyone get tired of watching 1000-foot lava fountains? I don't. Happening now: