I'll certainly go see Taika Waititi's "Next Goal Wins," but the original documentary that its based off might be one of the best documentaries I've ever seen, and certainly the best soccer doc.

#MastodonFC #NextGoalWins #AmericanSamoa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRH5u5lpArQ

Confirmed cases rise
Measles outbreak declared
No health safe for some

#measles #americansamoa #publichealthemergency #haiku #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/measles-outbreak-american-samoa-declared-public-health-emergency/story?id=98826831

🇦🇸 Happy Flag Day, American Samoa! 🇦🇸 #AmericanSamoa

Paul Karrer: Why I went to a drag show with my students and my grandmother from Florida

"Each year in American Samoa, a Fa’afafine beauty pageant takes place. They also are held in major hotels of independent Samoa just over 130 miles away. I taught in both places and neither event was ever to be missed.

These pageants were major social events, widely advertised months ahead. Tickets were difficult to get. Friends, family members, cousins, offspring, chieftains, priests, ministers and politicians attended. In my case, my school staff colleagues and several students came to support one contestant: our librarian.

Yes, students attend the pageants with their teachers."

#Samoa #drag #americansamoa
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/drag-queen-pageant-florida-17862812.php

Pacific Territories Are Getting Millions To Address #ClimateChange. Is It Enough? https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/04/pacific-territories-are-getting-millions-to-address-climate-change-is-it-enough/ #AmericanSamoa

"A San Francisco Samoan Christmas, far from the island... You know how Union Square is during the Christmas time, and how there’s a big Christmas tree? Samoa is like that, times 10, everywhere on the island.” https://missionlocal.org/2022/12/a-san-francisco-samoan-christmas-far-from-the-island/

#AmericanSamoa

"A San Francisco Samoan Christmas, far from the island... You know how Union Square is during the Christmas time, and how there’s a big Christmas tree? Samoa is like that, times 10, everywhere on the island.” https://missionlocal.org/2022/12/a-san-francisco-samoan-christmas-far-from-the-island/

#AmericanSamoa

Fascinating report by Natasha Frost NYT on the people of #AmericanSamoa US nationals, but not citizens

#WithOutBirthRightCitizenship - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/world/australia/american-samoa-birthright-citizenship.html

#EarthquakeReport #TsunamiReport for M 7.3 #Earthquake Tonga trench

I missed this since the gage is on the nodal plane for the earthquake. BUT there was a #Tsunami recorded on the Pago Pago #AmericanSamoa tide gage.

Here is a screenshot

report here: https://earthjay.com/?p=10493

A small number of people are U.S. nationals without citizenship. I study a pair of 1970s BIA decisions on visa petitions filed by noncitizen nationals.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/noncitizen-nationals-as-immigrant-visa-petitioners/

#immigration #law #bia #eoir #americansamoa