makaʻāinana
Kanaka educator & musician who can do “science” if forced to, they/them queer/māhū #LandBack NSFW-ish
Read my thesis on the moʻolelo of Keaomelemele, western science, wai, & me 🙃: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/cb443b1…
- I have a lot of queer ex-Mormon friends. I know hawaii has a lot of Mormons but im curious as to what it is specifically about me that draws queer ex-Mormons (not that I care, I love my friends lol)
- My students want me to go to their paddling tournament tomorrow but it’s Saturday and I want to sleep in but it’s literally 5 minutes from my house I have no choice 😭
- Check out this absolute unit
- I have to drive some students in my car to the fishpond every week and one student found my box of CDs and went, “Are these records?” 😭😂
- We attempted to build uhau humu pohaku. Was way harder than I expected lol
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaOh shit, people are out there open carrying their own hands
- I got called mom by a student today lol but it did make me wonder, do any guy teachers ever get called dad? Or do the kids always kind of default to mom lol
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- Reposted by makaʻāinana“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
- idk why I thought I could watch the green knight while grading, that movie requires full attention lol
- Sorry it took me awhile, but I have sent out thank you cards! For those I didnt get an address for, I compiled your cards in a slide deck here (w/last names and student names blocked). If you see this and would like me to mail your card, please DM me an address! Mahalo again for all your support!
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- It’s only February and I’m already done with the school year, I‘m so exhausted
- Finally picked these up. I’m kinda mad I forgot the question mark lol
- Did someone see me at Pai ka leo and say my name? My coparent said that happened and if so, I’m sorry, I was rushing to get my daughter in and also I’m really bad at making the online to in person connection 😭
- Watched easy A yesterday then started sharp objects and got whiplash from Patricia Clarkson being an awesome mom to a horribly awful mother
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaIndependent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
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- Man, I really love her, her humor was so unique and subtly genius
- Im shocked… www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/c...
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- Went to get ice cream and it was $7 for a single scoop on a regular cone, we can’t be serious here
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaFolks I know it takes a little extra time and there's a lot going on, but please try to use alt text. It's hard if you're otg but otherwise just do it. It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
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- SAME student got stung by a jellyfish again, i am going to get fired
- I drove for 3 hours in traffic and I’m trying to find the will to do the work I was planning to have done by the time I got home
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- Mongoose ate all of the treatment plants for my students research project 😭
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaI commissioned the wonderful brainrotdotorg (www.tumblr.com/brainrotdotorg) to add another Panda Kim to my ever-growing pile. #discoelysium
- Students have a magical radar for sensing when i want to use recess to get stuff done and decide that’s the time they want to hang out in my classroom and ask me a million personal questions
- What is the number of cops per capita in Hawaii bc why do I feel like I know so many people with cops in their family? Or is there a disproportionate number of Hawaiian cops so my sample is skewed? And if so, why?!?
- Students harvested the mala then gave me this to make salsa. So I guess I will be making 3 tablespoons of salsa lmao
- The headline made it seem like they were going *against* KS and I was like whoa, wtf did KS do?! Lmao
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- She told me, “next time, check your prescriptions before you leave,” like ma‘am this is *not* a wendy’s. I‘m relying on *your* expertise. Idk that kind of scared me 😭
- She spelled it right, no ”huh?” or “what?” just said it and she punched it in without even flinching lol
- They told me it’s cuz the prescription says ”substitutions permitted” but the point of a substitution is it’s supposed to work…it said what they are for so that’s your job to know what works…I’m so annoyed, I’m fighting with the pharmacist every other month istg
- Why is the pharmacy so inconsistent with needles? How the fuck am I supposed to draw up testosterone with a 31g insulin syringe?
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaA coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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- Reposted by makaʻāinanaI am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
- I got the scholarship for the sex educator certificate program I applied to 🥳. Still not nearly enough to cover tuition but I’ll figure it out lol
- Reposted by makaʻāinanathis photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
- You ever think our dogs/cats are like, I’m about to die of old age and your kid is still a kid? wtf is up that that?
- This dude won’t shut the fuck up
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaYOU - Suffering will only make me stronger. ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.
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- I think Im gonna save up for a neck tattoo but idk what I want
- Reposted by makaʻāinana"Almost violently" is another way of saying "non-violently." They don't give out tickets for "almost speeding."
- Reposted by makaʻāinana"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...
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- Reposted by makaʻāinanaoh you’re a european who hates americans? what are you gonna do about it, drown us in the ocean if we try to claim asylum in your country?
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaIncapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaThis is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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- Sometimes students tell you things that have you lying awake at night
- I thought I had a mild cold that was mostly over but these past 2 days at work have been brutal, I feel like a slug, I should’ve called in
- My old job still has pics of me in their content, I guess, bc some of my students are in that program and were telling me they saw me in the slides. I wish I could cut off all association w/that program
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- Reposted by makaʻāinanaJust because big tech invests billions in a thing does not make said thing an inevitable future.
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaA close up of a recently finished Coral Garden, lovingly made from teeny tiny glass beads 💖 #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Corals #JanuArty 🦑🐡
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaI do have to point out that even with a more-accepting society, there is a gulf between "I am okay with queers" and "I am okay with my kid being a queer". People can support LGBT rights in the abstract and then get spooked when their own precious cinnamon roll makes them a "non-traditional family".
- Reposted by makaʻāinanaElectrochemistry: Oh man, he looks so devastatingly cool with that cigarette [ #myart | #art | #DiscoElysium | #KimKitsuragi ]
- Honestly, my students are what keeps me going. I think w/o my teaching job, I’d completely crumble as a person in this society.
- never underestimate my ability to come up with a classroom activity on the fly
