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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet

@hulilimu.bsky.social
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Montana State University c/o '23 | McNair Scholar | UH Biodiversity REU 2023 | FHL REU 2022 #TeamKelp | kanaka ʻōiwi | violist 💜 | she/they 🏳️‍🌈💜🤍🖤

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Happy birthday to #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher and mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science and the first woman or person of colour to become 🧵

My linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
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Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Happy birthday to the “First Lady of Limu”! 🎉 #PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑 www.lowellmilkencenter.org/programs/pro...
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Dr. Isabella Abbott: First Lady of Limu | About the Hero
Dr. Isabella Abbott was an award-winning, groundbreaking Native Hawaiian Scientist who dedicated her life to the study of marine algae, its ecological significance and cultural importance.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Due to the Musk/Trump Administration’s draconian cuts, the National Science Foundation is significantly scaling back its program to provide college students with paid summer research internships. Many of my colleagues attribute their start in science to this program. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Finally worked up the nerve to call my reps (when I knew I would get voicemail lol😅) and it was not that bad. I adjusted the script they had to be more personal but it was helpful to have something to use as a base and all the phone numbers lined up for me. @5calls.org 5calls.org
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Dr. Drew harvell @drewharvell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
A day for chitons on low tides near Ed Rickett’s Great Tide Pool in Pacific Grove. Here's a huge gumboot chiton chillin' with a bat star and lined and mossy chitons below. #marinelife #intertidal #chiton #invertebrates
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Scientists! We are trying to get 1000 of us into the volunteer database by Jan 1. You'll be volunteering to speak with classrooms over video chat about your work, and answer their questions! You can volunteer for up to 5 sessions per semester. Sign up here! www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
a graphic that says Scientists we need you, then an old school rotary phone that has a speech bubble saying "talk with classrooms across the globe" and a bulleted list Volunteer for 1-5 Q&As per semester

Get matched with the right teacher for you via email

35+ categories of scientist, from squid to space

It’s free for teachers" and then "sign up at skypeascientist.com"
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
So cute! I'm not sure if there's a species-specific name, but pāpaʻi iwi pūpū or unauna are Hawaiian names for hermit crabs in general
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Sorry for any accidental spamming, I tried copying over my tweets and apparently it won't preserve the post date so it looks like I posted them all today😬
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
DEI statements really are not for minoritized ppl, literally the way Iʻm contributing to DEI is just being me and for me that happens to incl some DEI-type work but that 100% shouldnʻt be an expectation for minoritized ppl but this prompt very hints it is
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
Hey #SICB2024 👋🏼 come check out my poster tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3:30 and hear about some cute lil endemic Hawaiian marine snails 🐌 (disclaimer they only come in black irl but they're still cute 🥺 x.com/hulilimu/statu…
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
I finally graduated 🥳🎓 #McNairScholar #SacnistaGrad #co2023 @montanastate
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
Very good day to be kanaka, the whole thing just made me so happy ☺️
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
Got to visit Hōkūleʻa in Seattle today and gave a lei I made from Lopez salal💙💚
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 10/08/2023
bit.ly/mauimutualaide Hawaiiancouncil.org/maui
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 10/08/2023
If people are looking to donate to #MauiFire relief efforts, @aina_momona created this list of legit orgs Links: Hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/Mauistrong Lahuifoundation.org bit.ly/kokuamaui
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
This is so heartbreaking 💔 Maui Fire updates: Strong winds fuel Maui fires; Gov: "Hundreds of local families displaced; Some loss of life is expected" | Maui Now mauinow.com/2023/08/08/hal…
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Maui wildfire updates: Death toll rises to 36; 271 structures impacted | Maui Now
Update: 10 p.m., Aug. 9, 2023. As firefighting efforts continue, 36 fatalities have been discovered today amid the active Lahaina fire. The 36 total includes the six deaths reported earlier today.
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
#REU2023 complete ✅ Presented my pipipi 🐌 poster today
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 29/07/2023
Also afterwards a kanaka biology professor came and talked to me about my project and that literally made my day, representation is so important fr 💗
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 29/07/2023
At @bishopmuseum Hōʻike presenting my #REU2023 research on pipipi 🐌
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
I wanted to try drawing my summer research species and had some fun with colors along the way Both species can be called pipipi in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. The spotted guy is Neripteron neglectum and the stripey dude is Nerita picea
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 13/07/2023
💔💔 "Literally, some of these species like ʻakikiki and ‘akeke’e’ on Kaua‘i and kiwikiu on Maui could go extinct within months mauinow.com/2023/07/12/dln…
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DLNR: only five ʻAkikiki left, chances of survival are slim | Maui Now
Only five of the native Hawaiian honeycreeper species, ʻakikiki, are left in the wild and chances of saving them are growing increasingly dire by the day, according to state officials. This revelation was shared by Justin Hite of the Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project during a community open house Tuesday evening.
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 10/07/2023
A new #endemic plant from Maui💗 x.com/PhytoKeys/stat…
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 09/07/2023
But actually tho I love talking to people about science it was so fun 😄
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 09/07/2023
Spent the day talking to kids about our cool endemic marine snails for Seas the Day @bishopmuseum 🌊🐌 #REU2023 (that pesky education degree I've been working on came in clutch 💪🏼
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
ʻAhinahina appreciation 💗 #MaunaKea #Endemic
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
Just finished drawing a new header for my #NativeScience classroom project from this spring 😁 featuring the physics of sound of #Maya pyramids, Indigenous land stewardship and #GoodFire, and Pacific voyaging with the #Hōkūleʻa nativescienceclassroom.weebly.com
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 01/07/2023
My dad was in college by the time ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi was allowed in schools. It's been generations since anyone in my family was fluent. I'm so proud of the work people are doing to keep our language alive, but we are still very much feeling the hurt and loss from this law x.com/SecDebHaaland/…
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 20/06/2023
Rehousing Neritidae 🐌 specimens, featuring some smelly old snail ethanol soup
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 13/06/2023
#EndemicPlants are the best plants 💚🌱 Some #SciArt Iʻve been doing for fun featuring names in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Learning #IndigenousLanguage names is just as important as scientific names 💗
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 09/06/2023
Some invert friends from our collection trip today 🌊🐌
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 02/06/2023
Decided to start drawing again :) Kūpaoa, also called naʻenaʻe (Dubautia menziesii), is endemic to the summit of Haleakalā. It can hybridize with ʻāhinahina, and can be used to scent kapa.
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 28/05/2023
A couple algae friends for #LimuLāpule
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 12/05/2023
It's definitely still a work in progress and I know I have lots more to learn, but I'm proud of what I was able to do and excited that this resource will be used by students in the science teaching methods courses at MSU
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 12/05/2023
I did an independent study project this semester looking at ways to Indigenize science teaching and created this website, geared towards current and future teachers, as my final product nativescienceclassroom.weebly.com
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 09/05/2023
Brining back ahupuaʻa to help care for our ʻāina 💚 news.mongabay.com/2023/05/hawaii…
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Hawaiian communities restore Indigenous conservation, from mountains to sea
Across Hawai’i’s sprawling islands of towering tree ferns in the wet mountains to the night-blooming maiapilo flower on the coasts, down to the vibrant lionfish in the seas, an Indigenous stewardship and conservation system, known as ahupua’a, is being revived. The traditional system divides the islands into long wedges running from the mountaintops down into […]
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 21/04/2023
When my dad was in college, many people thought our ancestors stumbled on Hawaiʻi by mistake In her talk yesterday, @doctoranature shared a video on Pacific voyaging and asked the audience if they thought it was an example of #IndigenousScience. Everyone who answered said yes ☺️
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 19/04/2023
Hālau caring for ʻāina while continuing cultural practices ❤️ bigislandnow.com/2023/04/16/ohi…
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‘Ōhi‘a used in Merrie Monarch lei can be returned to land without spreading disease | Big Island Now
If hālau do have lehua or liko in their lei, the dancers can return it to the ‘āina on their own by leaving it at mile markers 12 and 16 along Daniel K. Inouye Highway on the Big island.
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 18/04/2023
I just found out that Dr. Jessica Hernandez @doctora_nature is coming to MSU this week and I'm so excited to hear her speak!! 😍
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 15/04/2023
Lei made with #limu in the final #MerrieMonarch kahiko performance, by Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala from Kauaʻi 😍😍😍
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 24/02/2023
Pine xylem is so pretty under the microscope 😍
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 15/02/2023
Excited to read this 😍😍😍
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 05/02/2023
Using Polynesian ocean-navigation techniques to teach math 😍 "Although students might be especially interested in examples from their own cultural backgrounds, they also benefit from engaging examples that are rooted in other communities. nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Charting a course to make maths truly universal
Nature - Mathematicians leading decolonization efforts say that building knowledge-sharing partnerships with communities is key.
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 27/01/2023
Getting fingerprinted for something and I have to choose one and I hate it so much for so many reasons
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 21/01/2023
I got to do a #kelp talk last week at the library back home (WA) and it was very cool being able to talk with people from my community about our local ecosystem and bull kelp🌊
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 12/01/2023
Thanks @marcie_c_john for the Nuu-chah-nulth and Hul'qumi'num names and @KyleePaw for pointing me towards a source with additional Coast Salish names
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 12/01/2023
I finally went back and updated my #IndigenousLanguage #kelp drawing to include 100% Coast Salish names 🙂 Hlkyama, Haida ₭O¸EṈ¸ , Saanich Husmin, Nuu-chah-nulth wáwádi, Heiltsuk Q’am, Hul'qumi'num q̕ʷq̕ʷúʔəŋ̕ , Klallam Moox, North Coast Sm’algyax language kwá-ang , Lummi
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 07/01/2023
I'm cheating a lil for #PhycologyFriday bc I actually presented my poster on Wednesday, but I'm having such a good time at #SICB2023 and I've gotten to talk about kelp and biology and education/outreach/comm with so many people 😁🌊🌱
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 04/01/2023
Hi #SICB2023! Come check out my poster on the effects of temperature on the #kelp lifecycle tomorrow (Wednesday)! I'm poster # 126, it'll be up all day and I'll be presenting from 3:30-4:30 🌊. It'll also be posted for SICB+ :
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Naomi Hiʻiaka Vliet @hulilimu.bsky.social · 21/12/2022
Snowy bay ❄️🌊
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