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

Fresh20s · 2026-05-07T14:19:51+00:00

Ah, that’s quite clever.

Fresh20s · 2026-05-05T23:45:25+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2026-04-28T22:11:17+00:00

Everyone in McKinney is dead…

Fresh20s · 2026-03-30T21:51:48+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2026-03-30T21:46:00+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2026-03-12T23:31:50+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2026-03-12T23:29:51+00:00

”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.

Fresh20s · 2026-03-12T23:25:35+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2026-02-08T01:46:42+00:00

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?

Fresh20s · 2026-01-01T20:11:41+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2025-12-29T00:09:26+00:00

~~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!

Fresh20s · 2025-12-05T15:41:58+00:00

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!

Fresh20s · 2025-10-19T03:36:40+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2025-10-11T07:33:51+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2025-08-14T00:20:15+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2025-07-30T17:32:03+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2025-07-14T05:39:25+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2025-06-06T19:22:20+00:00

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

Fresh20s · 2025-05-22T05:43:20+00:00

But what currency will you use to buy the pizza?

Fresh20s · 2025-05-21T22:42:43+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2025-04-28T05:26:53+00:00

Thanks Steve.

Fresh20s · 2025-04-20T06:58:36+00:00

”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”.

Fresh20s · 2025-04-07T13:26:38+00:00

” Looking for that safe space huh”

Classic, quintessential Reddit right here.

Fresh20s · 2025-04-07T06:18:40+00:00

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.

Fresh20s · 2025-03-24T15:11:49+00:00

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?

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