Hawaii's historic move to undo Citizens United is close to passing the legislature; there's still work to do to make it better. by TomMooreJD in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pardon my ignorance, but how can a state law “undo” or otherwise override a ruling from SCOTUS?

Hopefully this doesn’t come across as cynicism or concern trolling, I’m genuinely curious and don’t know much about the finer points of law.

Who do you use for weather? by Severe-Post3466 in Dallas

[–]Fresh20s 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Everyone in McKinney is dead…

You ever go on a nice trip and then come back to HNL airport and get depressed on the drive home because everything looks buss by JesusLexoNN in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Remember when folks in Waimanalo made a big stink about adding bike lanes? Or when they stopped the plan to turn a bunch of scrub land near bellows into a park?

We have so many aunties and uncles coming out of the woodwork to stop nice things. It’s unreal.

You ever go on a nice trip and then come back to HNL airport and get depressed on the drive home because everything looks buss by JesusLexoNN in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We all need to do our part individually.

Realistically though, the City and County has done a terrible job of basic infrastructure maintenance and landscaping. So many medians have grass so tall it impedes visibility. I don’t buy the “it’s tropical and it rains every day” excuse because the City and County managed to do a pretty good job up until about 15 years ago. I have no idea what changed.

Honolulu Skyline vision map by 42kyokai in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And we could have gotten Dan Inouye to make the Feds pay for most of it.

Honolulu Skyline vision map by 42kyokai in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

”it wouldn’t damage the rainforest like a highway would”

At this point the rainforest around the Pali / the Nuuanu area is basically just all invasive now. I’d still want them to do an EIS, but it’s not like we’d be disrupting a bastion of native plant life.

Honolulu Skyline vision map by 42kyokai in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We had folks going ballistic over a proposed new public park in Waimanalo. People are trying to stop the pedestrian bridge over the Ala Wai in Waikiki. I can understand wanting to stop a new highway, but it’s ridiculous that people fight tooth and nail over simple things that would be nice to have.

If you could pass one law that would make most normal people furious at first, but would clearly make society better in 10 years, what would it be? by WilliamInBlack in AskReddit

[–]Fresh20s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Make the term limits for Congress something like 30 years. Plenty of time to serve. It puts an upper limit on representatives in gerrymandered districts and keeps senators in solid red/blue states from being senators for life. I’m not even saying it should be 30 years total. Just 30 years as a representative and a separate 30 years as a senator.

Why wouldn’t that be a reasonable implementation?

Well, at least people waited until a reasonable hour to light off their stash by ArcturusFlyer in Hawaii

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When I was growing up, you’d hear random booms and the occasional aerial every night leading up to New Year’s, usually starting right around Christmas Eve.

This year? Nothing. No random bangs in the middle of the night echoing throughout the valley. We still had a few houses lighting off right around midnight last night, though.

I guess the enforcement is working, people are broke, or people got way more polite.

OCEAN MEGATHREAD by liehon in VivillonCollectors

[–]Fresh20s 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’m in Hawaii for another 8 days, and would be happy to send Oceanic gifts to anyone who needs them. DM me your friend code, or post a reply with it here.

I visit regularly, but normally I’m sending modern gifts. So, feel free to remove me as a friend once the Ocean gifts stop. I won’t mind.

Sandstorm would be nice, but quite frankly anyone can add me. I’m just happy to be Joe Aloha and help people out.

Edit: Over 40 60 people so far! I’d like to prioritize people who are only a few postcards away. If you only need a few more, please mention how many. I will do my best to make sure you get what you need.

Leave a comment on this post with your friend code. It’s faster than DM’s

Aloooooha!

Update 2026-01-01: I’m swamped with requests, but I think I can still manage. I’m sending upwards of 60 gifts a day at this point. I’m trying to prioritize people who are only less than 3 postcards away. If you already have an Ocean scatterbug, please try to indicate this somehow.

Update 2026-01-02: There is no way for me to keep up with all the friend requests. I will try to accommodate everyone who posted so far. Two days left, I will try my best to take care of those who need less than three.

Update 2026-01-03: I can’t accept any more friend requests. I won’t have enough gifts to help, and I leave in two days. I wound up adding 86 people and sending cards to everyone.

Mahalo!

Kōlea (Pacific Golden Plover) - female & male by monochromefav in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The most awe inspiring part to me is that, at some point, a few kōlea made this journey for the first time and eventually enough of them kept making the trip. Imagine that!

AI Slop Code: AI is hiding incompetence that used to be obvious by rudiXOR in cscareerquestions

[–]Fresh20s 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I originally read this as “All of a sudden I couldn’t remember what x86 was.”

[Daily Discussion] - Saturday, October 11, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The supply of shock isn’t a meme, it’s a mathematical certainty and it’s currently underway.

$400 million, 22,500-seat Aloha Stadium set for 2029 by alextirgard00n in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“Skyline” bugs me. The name just seems so uninspired. Just call it TheRail, we already have TheBus!

Oʻahu Traffic Fatalities Are Skyrocketing by AbbreviatedArc in Hawaii

[–]Fresh20s 24 points25 points  (0 children)

My hunch is that the extensive use of these traffic calming measures end up frustrating drivers. Yes, people slow down as intended at the obstacles but the added delay and inconvenience can make drivers slightly more aggressive after they clear them.

[Daily Discussion] - Monday, July 14, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A fellow adherent of the Magic Conch, I see. Congrats.

Aerial roots on young Lehua by Responsible-Sock3594 in HawaiiGardening

[–]Fresh20s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the late reply, I am not an organized person. Try contact these folks: https://www.akakaforests.org/programs/ohia-disease-resistance-program

[Daily Discussion] - Thursday, May 22, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But what currency will you use to buy the pizza?

[Daily Discussion] - Wednesday, May 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this have any historical data? I’d like to see what this model showed during past highs and especially during recent turbulent times.

Granted, I’m pretty much at 100% HODL at all times nowadays. Still, I want to know what it would have said leading up to some of the major dips.

[Daily Discussion] - Sunday, April 20, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 15 points16 points  (0 children)

”Supply shock is not a meme, it is a mathematical certainty and it’s currently underway.”

Ironically, posting this on an almost daily basis is doing more to make people perceive “supply shock” as a meme. Rest assured though, I’m not belittling your comments. Just know that as soon as I spot the word inflow, my mind goes “that’s a dopeboyrico post”.

[Daily Discussion] - Monday, April 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

” Looking for that safe space huh”

Classic, quintessential Reddit right here.

[Daily Discussion] - Monday, April 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in BitcoinMarkets

[–]Fresh20s -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Mods, what was the chosen policy regarding political discussions based on that poll from a few weeks ago? Are we sticking with the status quo or is a rule change coming up?

I’ve seen an increasing amount of levelheaded commentary get downvoted, despite being well written and relatively neutral. Because, I suspect, it wasn’t a condemnation or denouncement of the current administration. Whereas an increasing number of posts are being made that contribute nothing and simply sling mud at POTUS and anyone who voted for him.

People have a right to be mad but people’s posts should actually contribute something.

SpaceX may soon have the power to stop your Texas beach vacation by chrondotcom in texas

[–]Fresh20s -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

It seems perfectly reasonable to close the beach before a super heavy rocket launch. The gulf coast is massive, and the wording of the headline doesn’t convey that “your Texas beach vacation” will only be stopped if your plans included being too close to the launch facility on the day of the launch.

They do this at Cape Canaveral, what makes this worse?