When we first ran the annual list of Project Censored’s top stories last year, I lamented the loss of journalist lives. The year was deadly, and 56 journalists worldwide were killed in 2018 for doing their duty to report current events and inform communities. So far 2019 has been less marked by lethal violence toward […]
Quizunderstood: Which Maui legislator had to deal with a fake Facebook profile?
1. On April 20, Hawaii News Now reported that someone had created a fake Facebook profile of a Maui legislator and scammed at least one of the legislator’s friends out of $500. Who is the Maui legislator? A. Sen. J. Kalani English B. Sen. Roz Baker C. Rep. Angus McKelvey D. Rep. Kaniela Ing E. […]
Senator Brian Schatz talks with Bill Maher on HBO
Fresh off interviewing Mark Zuckerberg for the Senate’s Commerce and Judiciary committees, Senator Brian Schatz talks with Bill Maher on his HBO Show Real Time. Schatz discusses Syrian bombing campaigns, long war authorization from Congress, and taking in as many refugees as possible.
NOTW: Crayfish clones, goat caddies and canine candidates
THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES Frank Lyko is a biologist at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg with a narrow field of study: the marbled crayfish. But as Dr. Lyko and his colleagues report in a study published Feb. 5, there’s more to the six-inch crustacean than meets the eye. Until about 25 years ago, […]
Drew Toonz says Santa needs to quit ranting on Facebook at Walmart
Illustration: Andrew Miller
Will the County of Maui’s plan to provide public WiFi help destroy human civilization?*
Chances are this sentence you’re reading right now is printed on a piece of paper. Maybe it’s a quirk of Maui, or just an accident of history, but even in our so-called “Digital Age,” most of MauiTime’s readers still pick up our print edition each week. Of course we publish online, and distribute our stories […]
Women are posting #MeToo on social media, but it’s men who need to stop sexual harassment and assault
If you consume any sort of social media, this weekend you probably noticed the #MeToo hashtag or saw women posting the words “Me Too” on Facebook. Doing so signifies that the woman has at some point in her life been the victim of sexual harassment and/or assault. I really started to see the trend on […]
NOTW: Trump-shaped ecstasy pills, Buddhist robots and China’s military recruit problems
By the Editors at Andrews McMeel WAIT WHAT? The People’s Liberation Army Daily, a Chinese state-run military newspaper, has declared on its WeChat account that fewer Chinese youth are passing fitness tests to join the army because they are too fat and masturbate too much, resulting in abnormally large testicular veins. The web article cited […]
NOTW: Container Spotting, golf cart chop shops and people who watch ‘Friends’ way too much
By the editors at Andrew McMeel DIGITAL COCKTAIL If you visit Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory, you can’t skip one of its famous traditions: sipping on a Sourtoe Cocktail at the Sourdough Saloon. The drink, conceived in 1973, comprises the cocktail of your choice garnished with a pickled amputated human toe. (“You can drink […]
NOTW: Targeted Facebook ads, nude bombs and trendy rats
ADVERTISERS ARE COMING FOR YOU The New York Times reported in May that the “sophistication” of Google’s and Facebook’s ability to identify potential customers of advertisements is “capable of targeting ads… so narrow that they can pinpoint, say, Idaho residents in long-distance relationships who are contemplating buying a minivan.” Facebook’s ad manager told the Times […]
Anthony Pignataro reflects on MauiTime’s 20th anniversary
I hate starting stories with “I.” Some curmudgeon reader probably snapped at me years ago for doing that, and I’ve subconsciously winced every time the thought popped into my mind when presented with a blank screen. But when writing about the scrappy paper I’ve called home for half my journalistic career that has somehow survived […]
Finalists announced in Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Congressional Art Competition
A gallery of the finalists’ artwork in the Kaha Ki`i Second Congressional District Art Competition is now on display in the halls of the Hawaii State Capitol. Each spring, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard sponsors the contest to recognize and encourage creativity across Hawaii as part of a nationwide high school art competition with other Members of […]
NOTW: Open Carry idiocy, helpful salmonella and the crime of excessive snark
EXPLOITING VILLAINS In February, two teams of South Korean researchers announced cancer-fighting breakthroughs–by taking lessons from how two of medicine’s most vexing, destructive organisms (diarrhea-causing salmonella bacteria and the rabies virus) can access often-unconquerable cancer cells. In journal articles, biologist Jung-joon Min of Chonnam National University described how his team “weaponized” a cancer-fighting invader cell […]
NOTW: Rhino dung science, rogue brain cells and the Krispy Kreme black market
WORK OF A RESEARCHER “Field work is always challenging,” explained Courtney Marneweck of South Africa’s University of KwaZulu-Natal in a recent journal article, but studying the sociology of a white rhino’s dung meant developing a “pattern-recognition algorithm” to figure out “smell profiles” of 150 animals’ feces–after tracking them individually to observe them in the act. […]
Drew Toonz has harsh words for Hawaii land-owner Mark Zuckerberg
Illustration: Andrew Miller
South Maui Rep. Kaniela Ing calls out Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg over Kauai lawsuits
By now, everyone in Hawaii has undoubtedly heard that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who owns a lot of land on Kauai, filed eight “quiet title” lawsuits on Dec. 30, “seeking to force owners of 14 small properties to sell their stakes in their land at public auction,” according to this Jan. 19 Honolulu Star-Advertiser article. […]