Kevin Knodell
@kjknodell.bsky.social
Staff Reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering defense and diplomacy in Hawai’i and the greater Pacific. Tips and hate mail to [email protected] http://SeeDisclaimer.com
I cover a lot of stories from Hawai'i with international dimensions. Covering the military, discussions of Ukraine come up a lot.
I hadn't bargained on doing a story on Ukrainian veterans though, but recently a group visited the islands
www.staradvertiser.com/2026/10/03/h...
I hadn't bargained on doing a story on Ukrainian veterans though, but recently a group visited the islands
www.staradvertiser.com/2026/10/03/h...
Ukraine war vets stop in Hawaii to speak about experiences | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Mykola Melnyk never expected to go to war. He was a lawyer working in the Ukrainian parliament with a promising career ahead of him. But in 2014, everything changed when along with thousands of young ...
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October 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I cover a lot of stories from Hawai'i with international dimensions. Covering the military, discussions of Ukraine come up a lot.
I hadn't bargained on doing a story on Ukrainian veterans though, but recently a group visited the islands
www.staradvertiser.com/2026/10/03/h...
I hadn't bargained on doing a story on Ukrainian veterans though, but recently a group visited the islands
www.staradvertiser.com/2026/10/03/h...
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Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
September 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
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Hawaii has been hit by five natural disasters in 2026, generating roughly $1 billion in costs so far as hurricane season continues.
Read more: https://www.khon2.com/wake-up-2day/gov-green-planning-ways-to-bring-hawaii-more-money-as-disasters-pile-up/
Read more: https://www.khon2.com/wake-up-2day/gov-green-planning-ways-to-bring-hawaii-more-money-as-disasters-pile-up/
September 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Hawaii has been hit by five natural disasters in 2026, generating roughly $1 billion in costs so far as hurricane season continues.
Read more: https://www.khon2.com/wake-up-2day/gov-green-planning-ways-to-bring-hawaii-more-money-as-disasters-pile-up/
Read more: https://www.khon2.com/wake-up-2day/gov-green-planning-ways-to-bring-hawaii-more-money-as-disasters-pile-up/
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Hurricane #Nolo is easily within radar range from #Hawaii now. It should be making a sharp west turn soon, but not before bringing destructive wind, waves, and rain to the Big Island.
Updated version of this loop is available at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/ (currently some server issues)
Updated version of this loop is available at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/ (currently some server issues)
September 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Hurricane #Nolo is easily within radar range from #Hawaii now. It should be making a sharp west turn soon, but not before bringing destructive wind, waves, and rain to the Big Island.
Updated version of this loop is available at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/ (currently some server issues)
Updated version of this loop is available at bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/radar/ (currently some server issues)
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser is looking for a new reporter to join our team. Good opportunity for a Hawai'i-based reporter or any other journalist anywhere interested in reporting in the islands here in the heart of the Pacific.
www.journalismjobs.com/1693837-loca...
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September 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser is looking for a new reporter to join our team. Good opportunity for a Hawai'i-based reporter or any other journalist anywhere interested in reporting in the islands here in the heart of the Pacific.
www.journalismjobs.com/1693837-loca...
www.journalismjobs.com/1693837-loca...
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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great art articulates eternal truths
![script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read
ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]
CURTAIN](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64mdicpo7sq4k5bx2z3m2jo6/bafkreia7vy7yqqyb7ytslx43odsuqsi4etojsjjntlqcrsguwncynwrfpm)
September 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
great art articulates eternal truths
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After reading the article: headline and lede are far more provocative than the article itself. The writer came to Taiwan in April at the peak of Cheng Li-wun's "para-diplomatic" efforts. It shows.
A lot can change in 5 months. Pandering to China remains a losing strategy for politicians in Taiwan.
A lot can change in 5 months. Pandering to China remains a losing strategy for politicians in Taiwan.
September 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
After reading the article: headline and lede are far more provocative than the article itself. The writer came to Taiwan in April at the peak of Cheng Li-wun's "para-diplomatic" efforts. It shows.
A lot can change in 5 months. Pandering to China remains a losing strategy for politicians in Taiwan.
A lot can change in 5 months. Pandering to China remains a losing strategy for politicians in Taiwan.
The inclusion of Pendleton, named after the Pendleton roundup rodeo, is particularly interesting here
Its supply chain is interwoven between the U.S. & Canada and the brand has been unabashedly pro U.S. military/veteran
It’s a quintessentially north American product whose logo is a literal cowboy
Its supply chain is interwoven between the U.S. & Canada and the brand has been unabashedly pro U.S. military/veteran
It’s a quintessentially north American product whose logo is a literal cowboy
So it would appear that the White House has banned the importation of Crown Royal, Canadian Club, and all other Canadian whiskeys/scotches.
Stock up if they're one of your favorite brands, because the U.S. might not get any new supply for the next couple years...
Stock up if they're one of your favorite brands, because the U.S. might not get any new supply for the next couple years...
September 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The inclusion of Pendleton, named after the Pendleton roundup rodeo, is particularly interesting here
Its supply chain is interwoven between the U.S. & Canada and the brand has been unabashedly pro U.S. military/veteran
It’s a quintessentially north American product whose logo is a literal cowboy
Its supply chain is interwoven between the U.S. & Canada and the brand has been unabashedly pro U.S. military/veteran
It’s a quintessentially north American product whose logo is a literal cowboy
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not what the report said, at all, but clickbait gonna clickbait
"Data centers can be bombed with conventional munitions."
Former Obama Admin Official Says It's Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI
A new report by a former Obama-era national security advisor calls for the US to begin preparing drills in response to China's AI development.
trib.al
September 4, 2026 at 10:34 PM
not what the report said, at all, but clickbait gonna clickbait
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"We are at a recruiting high that we haven’t seen since the early '90s. We are at capacity."
After years of recruiting shortages, the Coast Guard's largest training center is preparing to keep up with a rise in recruits.
From Stars and Stripes' Kaylyn Barnhart Batista:
After years of recruiting shortages, the Coast Guard's largest training center is preparing to keep up with a rise in recruits.
From Stars and Stripes' Kaylyn Barnhart Batista:
‘We are at capacity’: Coast Guard’s largest training center prepares to keep up with rise in recruits
The Coast Guard is seeing a surge in new recruits, putting pressure on the service’s largest training center, which is already at capacity.
www.stripes.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:26 AM
"We are at a recruiting high that we haven’t seen since the early '90s. We are at capacity."
After years of recruiting shortages, the Coast Guard's largest training center is preparing to keep up with a rise in recruits.
From Stars and Stripes' Kaylyn Barnhart Batista:
After years of recruiting shortages, the Coast Guard's largest training center is preparing to keep up with a rise in recruits.
From Stars and Stripes' Kaylyn Barnhart Batista:
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Over the past 8 years, Jeff Schogol has been a steadfast and reliable teammate, a trusted voice for our audience, and the heart of Task & Purpose. Today is his last day, and as he leaves, we want to take a moment to reflect on his incredible contributions and the impact his work has had.
August 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Over the past 8 years, Jeff Schogol has been a steadfast and reliable teammate, a trusted voice for our audience, and the heart of Task & Purpose. Today is his last day, and as he leaves, we want to take a moment to reflect on his incredible contributions and the impact his work has had.
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The collective shrug in Washington to news that the national debt has passed $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed in recent years. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
In Trump’s Washington, Ballooning National Debt Stirs Little Action
The relative indifference to the news that the U.S. government now owes $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The collective shrug in Washington to news that the national debt has passed $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed in recent years. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
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Ontario Lacus is a lake on Titan. A Moon of Saturn. Saturn, a faraway planet. But who knows what the limits are for this WH 🤦
Sigh, I just had to have a conversation about whether the EO covers the reference to Ontario Lacus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature on the USGS-Flagstaff website.
August 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Ontario Lacus is a lake on Titan. A Moon of Saturn. Saturn, a faraway planet. But who knows what the limits are for this WH 🤦
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Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music who was also much cherished for her philanthropy, has died aged 80.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
August 25, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music who was also much cherished for her philanthropy, has died aged 80.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed
“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
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August 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”
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man, this was a really depressingly common view even among non-pedophiles if you go back and look at stuff.
also if you ever want to be truly 'what the fuck' read reviews of Lolita from the time, a book where Nabokov is Not Subtle.
also if you ever want to be truly 'what the fuck' read reviews of Lolita from the time, a book where Nabokov is Not Subtle.
On the day of Gajdusek’s release, friends, including the neurologist Oliver Sacks and the physicist Freeman Dyson, met him at the jail, along with four of the children he had brought up. “Whatever he may or may not have been doing, it was clearly not bad for the kids," Dyson said
August 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
man, this was a really depressingly common view even among non-pedophiles if you go back and look at stuff.
also if you ever want to be truly 'what the fuck' read reviews of Lolita from the time, a book where Nabokov is Not Subtle.
also if you ever want to be truly 'what the fuck' read reviews of Lolita from the time, a book where Nabokov is Not Subtle.
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The most bombed McDonald's in the world is in my old neighborhood. It has withstood at least nine bombardments.
It is also Ukraine's first McDonald's, opened in 1997 to hours-long lines.
Since then, it has become an island of normalcy in the wartime:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
It is also Ukraine's first McDonald's, opened in 1997 to hours-long lines.
Since then, it has become an island of normalcy in the wartime:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Russia struck this McDonald’s at least nine times. It’s still open.
The walls are pockmarked from shrapnel and the golden arches melted at Ukraine’s first McDonald’s. But the restaurant, a symbol of the country’s Western aspirations, still serves as a refuge in Kyiv.
www.nbcnews.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The most bombed McDonald's in the world is in my old neighborhood. It has withstood at least nine bombardments.
It is also Ukraine's first McDonald's, opened in 1997 to hours-long lines.
Since then, it has become an island of normalcy in the wartime:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
It is also Ukraine's first McDonald's, opened in 1997 to hours-long lines.
Since then, it has become an island of normalcy in the wartime:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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For those of you who might wonder, USS Midway, now a fabulous museum in San Diego, holds the record for the longest deployment by a carrier at 332 days in 1972-73 off Vietnam. Still, Midway split her deployment into 4-5 week line periods bookended by (gasp! clutch pearls!) periods of liberty ashore.
August 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
For those of you who might wonder, USS Midway, now a fabulous museum in San Diego, holds the record for the longest deployment by a carrier at 332 days in 1972-73 off Vietnam. Still, Midway split her deployment into 4-5 week line periods bookended by (gasp! clutch pearls!) periods of liberty ashore.
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We only report what we can prove. Information that has been credibly corroborated and we believe would stand up under legal scrutiny
Even if the news you're reading is blowing your mind, there's probably much wilder information that wasn't reported because it couldn't be vetted to that standard
Even if the news you're reading is blowing your mind, there's probably much wilder information that wasn't reported because it couldn't be vetted to that standard
What’s a thing from your area of expertise (or special interest) that you think it would behoove everyone else to know?
August 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
We only report what we can prove. Information that has been credibly corroborated and we believe would stand up under legal scrutiny
Even if the news you're reading is blowing your mind, there's probably much wilder information that wasn't reported because it couldn't be vetted to that standard
Even if the news you're reading is blowing your mind, there's probably much wilder information that wasn't reported because it couldn't be vetted to that standard
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totally plausible and incredibly ridiculous. I can write three pages on the trials and tribulations of a matchbook salesman. be curious about everything. see the world before you leave it
We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.
August 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
totally plausible and incredibly ridiculous. I can write three pages on the trials and tribulations of a matchbook salesman. be curious about everything. see the world before you leave it
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We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.
August 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.
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it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
Regardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.
August 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything
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TVs. I don't know if any single consumer product has improved as rapidly (while going down in cost) as the TV.
Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
August 5, 2026 at 2:53 AM
TVs. I don't know if any single consumer product has improved as rapidly (while going down in cost) as the TV.