Viola Gaskell

Reporting is a blast when it means hanging out with mushroom farmers and amazing chefs.. | How Hawaiʻi Farms Are Bringing Local Food to Diners’ Plates 🍄 eater.com/23678119/hawai… via @Eater #sourcelocal #mushrooms #hawaiifood #sustainability

Update: Nearly TWO HOURS. At 1:55:00 I finally gave up. #whatiswrongwithhealthcare

I have been on hold with @hmsahawaii for over 90 minutes because I got a letter from the hospital saying HMSA was denying payment and I'd be responsible if it is not paid in 14 days. No callback option. Truly insane. #healthcareproblems #HMSAHAWAII #problematichealthcare

#unitetheleft #progressivepolitics #timeforthepopularvote

We cannot let America become another country where a power hungry minority uses outdated tactics to preside over a more progressive populace that wants change.

They want dominion over women’s bodies, to disregard the environment and let corporations reign, for Christianity to be law, and they are willing to further corrupt our democracy to do this.

@elonmusk @RonDeSantis Does @elonmusk not care that @RonDeSantis wants to restrict abortion, widen gun rights, and ignore climate change? In what world does that make sense for someone who is so obsessed with "freedom". What about reproductive freedoms and the right not to get shot?

Spaces with @RonDeSantis in ~2 hours!

Beneficial after-school programs received millions in pandemic-relief funding, but more than 1,000 Oahu families are still waitlisted because of staffing shortages. civilbeat.org/2022/11/after-… @violaJgaskell #HInews

Hawaii schools continued to operate a popular alternative diploma program from 2014 to 2019, despite it not meeting federal standards. Now some of those graduates are unable to access financial aid. civilbeat.org/2022/11/adult-… @violaJgaskell #HInews

Data says Hawaii’s English learners need more support. Story here on why that is and what the DOE / schools are doing about it. civilbeat.org/2022/10/hawaii… #education #Hawaiieducation #Englishlearners #ESL #ELL

Hawaii’s only charter school authorizer is charting a path to progress, but some school leaders remain skeptical about the commission’s ability to both regulate and support the schools. civilbeat.org/2022/10/charte… @violaJgaskell #HInews

Schools across the state showed modest gains in test scores, but it will likely take years for students to fully recover academically. buff.ly/3VBy2f8 @violaJgaskell #HInews

First story for @CivilBeat went up yesterday 🤙🏼 In November, thousands of Hawaii’s teachers will see a pay fix that was, for many of the state’s most experienced teachers, a long time time coming. civilbeat.org/2022/10/hawaii…

Excellent words / thoughts @hautepop on the iphone sexiness + luxury. “This excess is, he believed, inherent to both eroticism and economy, in fact to life itself: it is integral to the condition of living on a planet powered by an endlessly exploding sun.” @Dirty_Furniture

@LeaderMcConnell Not horrified enough to do anything about it. Disgraceful.

Horrified and heartbroken by reports of the disgusting violence directed at innocent schoolkids in Uvalde, Texas. The entire country is praying for the children, families, teachers, and staff and the first responders on the scene.

New story on the #Maui lei makers and #flower farmers rejecting the prioritization of convenience and unchecked supply for a sustainably foraged, locally grown genre of #lei making—the way it used to be. @FLUXhawaii #sustainable #forage #sustainableflorals fluxhawaii.com/on-maui-these-…

How @HFUUHawaii , SNAP, @CountyofMaui, Project Ho'omana, and @MauiUnitedWay came together to increase #foodsecurity for Hāna. #increasefoodsecurity #Hawaii #supportyourfarmers #eatlocal #HanaMaui #sustainablehawaii #eatlocalhawaii #Hanafarmersmarket mauitimes.news/the-mana-of-a-…

“I wouldn’t want anyone to be in our shoes. I went blind living down here.” -Donnel Pua. Life expectancy in Hawaiʻi is 81 years; For the homeless population, which is disproportionally native Hawaiian, it is only 53.. #homelessnes #Maui #HI #Kanaha mauitimes.news/homelessness-o…

If the phrase “Japanese food” doesn’t conjure images of soft, gooey loaves of white bread, or crusty baguettes with perfectly pinched tips, perhaps it should.. Story for @whetstonemagazine whetstonemagazine.com/journal/a-plet… #shokupan #sando #Japanesebread #Japanesefood #kashipan #kyotobread

@naval A president who does not win the popular vote he does not speak for the majority.