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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson

@jahwaiian.bsky.social
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kanaka ʻōiwi-jamaican-jewish hapa | 🇲🇵 born | Asst Prof Cornell | VP Tåno Tåsi yan Todu | people+ocean+climate | roots radical

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Jessica Blythe, PhD @jessicablythe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🐳 Equity is often overlooked because it's seen as too complex to engage with – the Ocean Equity Index seeks to address that. Thank you @mongabay.com for the thoughtful coverage of our new paper: news.mongabay.com/2026/02/ocea...
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Ocean Equity Index aims to measure justice at sea
Ocean projects and governance systems abound globally— everything from offshore energy to coastal aquaculture and fishing treaties — yet there is no standardized way to measure how equitable they are....
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Jacob Eurich @jacobeurich.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New paper 🐟 Ever wonder how blue nutrients found in #seafood flow through international #supplychains? We explored how trade redistributes blue nutrients across borders blogs.edf.org/edfish/2026/... @envdefensefund.bsky.social @keikonomuraa.bsky.social @jahwaiian.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social
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Trading Away Blue Nutrients
In Pacific Island Countries, blue foods play a central role in diets, culture, and livelihoods. However, global trade patterns often redistribute seafood - and thus blue nutrients - away from where th...
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Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · 13/08/2025
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
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Hauʻoli Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea! Some tunes for the day ✊🏽 paʻi aʻa: n. root system, rootlets, small branches (Pukui-Elbert); incipient arteries or veins of an embryo branching out from the heart (Andrews) #Hawaii #SovereigntyRestorationDay #UaMauKeEaOKaʻĀinaIKaPono open.spotify.com/playlist/7KU...
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I completed my 1st week of training for the 2025 #NewYorkCityMarathon! I'm running on behalf of @surfrider.org whose mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves, and beaches for all to enjoy! This work is critical as the ocean faces unprecedented challenges due to policy backsliding. is.gd/8JYTSF
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Hafa adai bsky! There is one week left to speak out against the push to advance deep-sea mining in American Samoa. As a U.S. territory, American Samoa lacks the political leverage to oppose this federal action alone. Please support #PacificVoices #OceanJustice docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Petition to Oppose Imposition of Deep Seabed Mining on American Samoa/Petición para oponerse a la minería de los fondos marinos profundos en Samoa Americana
This petition is organized by Right to Democracy and America the Beautiful for All Coalition in support of leaders and communities from American Samoa and all U.S. territories. When signing the petiti...
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
As #UNOC3 approaches its end, I want to highlight two important perspectives from the Pacific Islands. First, a note on the threat #deepseamining poses to the Pacific and our planet's wellbeing. Beautifully written by the President's of Mā’ohi Nui and Belau. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A message from island leaders: protect the Pacific Ocean from deep-sea mining
As heads of Pacific island nations, we urge governments worldwide to avoid irreversible environmental damage to the region as well as the needless economic and geopolitical risks.
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Happy #WorldOceansDay! Almost all my friends are descending or have been in Nice for #UNOC and #OOS, which is giving me big time FOMO. To combat that, I've decided to announce that I'll be running the 2025 NYC Marathon to support @surfrider.org! www.surfrider.org?form=FUNTVWN...
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
"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
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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.
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Such a joy to be in conversation with #scicomm LEGEND @samanthayammine.com to chat climate change, Moananuiākea, and relationality!
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🫠 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump team’s science cuts threaten tenure hopes for early-career academics
As funding dries up, US universities will need to reconsider traditional tenure requirements.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 30/04/2025
Another blink, and example of corruption—the biggest firms able to get exemptions. Small/medium sized businesses—SOL.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 18/04/2025
“Institutions that stood up are remembered for standing up to that power & that coercion, they're remembered for their acts of bravery. Institutions that capitulated are remembered for their willingness to cave to autocratic demands.” — Risa Lieberwitz, president of the Cornell chapter of the AAUP
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'It’s a time to be brave’: Cornell professor talks federal funding freeze
Risa Lieberwitz, president of Cornell’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, says Cornell should stand up against potential demands from the White House.
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Essential read, especially given the gutting of GCRP and the attacks on NCA6 this week. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Projections of future climate for U.S. national assessments: past, present, future - Climatic Change
Climate assessments consolidate our understanding of possible future climate conditions as represented by climate projections, which are largely based on the output of global climate models. Over the ...
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Faculty Call on Trustees to Oppose Political Interference in Higher Education
Over 500 Cornell faculty members signed an open letter to the Board of Trustees urging the University to defend academic freedom amid growing political attacks on higher education. Released on the Nat...
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 17/04/2025
Read the #ScientificAmerican op-ed: www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum... #StandUpForScience #SciencePolicy #AGUAction
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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
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Colonialism is a messy business. US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19, Ch 1, Part 7.2b: "Importations into...the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are not governed by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or the regulations contained in this chapter" www.mvariety.com/news/local/u...
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US companies eye NMI, governor says
U.S. manufacturing companies that import components of their products are looking at relocating to the CNMI in response to President Donald Trump’s imposition of higher tariffs on foreign countries su...
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Amazing sneak peek of upcoming book from Juliana Hu Pegues. Unsettling the American feminist narrative. #CornellAIIS
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Calm in the storm: such insightful lessons from Stephen Henhawk and Kurt Jordan on the importance of place names for decolonizing and unsettling space. #CornellAIIS
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
This is not a drill. This is not just Sunday. This is the ’dictator for a day’ guy publicly announcing on a storied legacy media outlet that he plans to overturn the US Constitution and American democracy as we know it.
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Aloha kakahiaka! For those of you at #AAG2025 looking for an engaging chat on inclusive climate adaptation, @lbnaylor.bsky.social is facilitating an awesome panel discussion on the topic (230 in 413A). Honored to be one of many voices on this topic.
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'm speaking at #IAmTiakiMoana in a few minutes In my remarks I reference this paper I wrote with @jahwaiian.bsky.social www.angelovillagomez.com/2022/11/john...
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Johnson and Villagomez: More Work Needed on MPAs
Angelo Villagomez Saipan Mariana Trench Guam Ocean Conservation Culture Chamorro Indigenous
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go
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Brock Lee 🇺🇦🌻🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 #NAFO @brocklee97.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
South Carolina has 175 fires roaring. Let's check to see what the President is doing about it....
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 26/02/2025
Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/02/2025
Three decades after legislation pushed for the return of Native American remains to Indigenous communities, many of the nation’s top museums and universities still have thousands of human remains in their collections. Check on institutions near you with our database (just updated):
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Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?
Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13/02/2025
The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching *defenses* against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years
Elon: Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for “large scale social deception”. 

That is literally what it says on the purchase order! They’re a total scam. 

Just wow.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/02/2025
I put this into a post. Please feel free to share. Call your R reps and tell them "I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER!" - and demand they restore funding to the N.I.H. now. 202-224-3121 gregpak.net/2025/02/08/c...
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Call your Republican reps and tell them "I DIDN'T VOTE FOR CANCER!" - gregpak.net
Folks often say they have Republican reps so there’s no point in calling them. Well, today’s your day to shine! Under Trump and Musk, the National Institutes of Heath just announced that they’re cutti...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Folks are getting worked up about my recent claim that U.S. National Weather Service costs $3-4 per person/year. Well, some math: NWS budget of ~$1.3 billion, ~160 million tax returns, & ~345 million Americans means ~$8/taxpayer, or (indeed) ~$3.75/person. That's...quite a deal.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If you can go, go. 5pm today. Last night's cutoff of federal funding by 47 doesn't just mess with the recipients, it violates the Constitution and seizes powers that belong to Congress. It's a dictatorial attempt at consolidation of power in the presidency. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...
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WHITE HOUSE RALLY · VizEvents
The White House has just frozen federal funding, a move that could halt payments within days to states and households relying on essential programs like SNAP food aid, housing assistance, education, h...
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Grist @grist.org · 28/01/2025
10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands. Here’s a thread: grist.org/indigenous/p...
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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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Caroline Juang @carospace.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIIG) will be at #AGU24. We welcome all community members who self-identify as AAPI or individuals of Asian- and/or Pacific Islander-descent working in US-based institutions. Pod discussion Tues/Thurs, & offsite mixer on Wednesday Dec 11!
Poster advertising events hosted by the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIIG) at the 2024 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. On the left: Join us in our pod! Location is Pod 7 (in Hall D, near Registration), on Tuesday December 10th at 11:00-11:30 Eastern Time. Same pod 7, on Thursday, December 12th, at 11:30-12:00 Eastern Time. On the right: Join our offsite mixer! Location is Astro Beer Hall, address is 1306 G Street NW. Time is Wednesday December 11, at 7:00pm to about ~9pm Eastern Time. An RSVP form is made available in QR code. A casual gathering to mingle with your fellow AAPIIGs! Food and drink for purchase. Questions: email Caleb Walcott, ckwalcot@buffalo.edu. New Member? Sign up at aapigeosci.org/getinvolved/joinus/. We welcome all geosciences community members who self-identify as Asian American and/or Pacific Islander, as well as individuals of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent working in United States-based institutions.
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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The US claims "about one third" of the ocean is protected -- but 40% of that number is in the Pacific Remote Island monument Designated in 2009 -- it still lacks a final management plan @jahwaiian.bsky.social and I attribute this to colonialism and racism www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....
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Disavowing the Doctrine of Discovery: Indigenous Healing, Decolonization, and Implications for Environmental Justice in the Pacific Remote Islands Area | Environmental Justice
Anti-Micronesian bias and colonialism are harming efforts to protect and manage waters surrounding U.S. overseas territories in the Pacific Islands. The Biden administration’s proposal to designate a ...
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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Shekóli, Bluesky! New here + wanted to introduce myself. I’m Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, an Oneida & Seneca PhD student at Cornell with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. My research explores impacts of Cultural Fire + prescribed burns on insect diversity & Indigenous data sovereignty in ecological research 🐜🔥
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/12/2024
speaking of pardons.... President Biden still has the power to free Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
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This Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Amnesty International has campaigned for Peltier’s release for decades. The group recently sent a letter to President Biden, reiterating their demand.
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Mark Andrachuk he/him @markandrachuk.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you! go.bsky.app/AdXdpZd
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Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson @jahwaiian.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
He lā hauʻoli kēia no ka lāhui! #lākūʻokoʻa #ea #eiaaʻenokākou #kūʻē
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/03/2024
Exciting news! The 7th International Marine Conservation Congress #IMCC7, which will be held in October in Cape Town, is now accepting abstracts! If you're not a member and not getting our emails, details on how to submit are on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/whysharksmat... 🦑🌎🧪🐟
Logo for the upcoming International Marine Conservation Congress
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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Problem with academia is that people talk like they're on an episode of Planet Earth, but behave like they're in an episode of Succession.
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
I am excited to announce that the 1st-ever US Nat'l Nature Assessment is accepting author nominations! This is an amazing opportunity to lean in and contribute to a landmark assessment that will make a difference for nature and people. Consider nominating yourself & spread the word! t.co/hvfRT0jnhB
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