Show threadCory DoctorowJul 31, 2023

#5yrsago Chicago’s ‘#AlohaPoke Co’ wants Hawaiians to stop using the words ‘aloha’ and ‘poke’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/07/30/a-midwestern-chain-told-hawaiians-to-stop-using-aloha-with-poke-igniting-a-heated-debate

#5yrsago #Koch thinktank inadvertently proves that America would save trillions by switching to #SocializedMedicine https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/30/koch-funded-hit-piece-backfires-shows-medicare-all-would-save-whopping-2-trillion

#5yrsago #FDA warns companies: stop selling quack “#VaginalRejuvenation,” adds, “People, please don’t do this to yourselves” https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/dont-try-to-rejuvenate-your-vagina-the-fda-warns-after-scolding-companies/

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A Midwestern chain told Hawaiians to stop using ‘Aloha’ with ‘Poke,’ igniting a heated debate

The news that the chain, which doesn't count any native Hawaiians among its founders, was sending cease-and-desist letters to threaten small poke restaurants around the country has set off a cascade of raw anger.

The Washington Post
Boing BoingJul 31, 2018
Chicago's "Aloha Poke Co" wants Hawaiians to stop using the words "aloha" and "poke" https://boingboing.net/2018/07/31/settler-colonialism-2.html #OlsonandCepuritisLtd #settlercolonialism #ZachFriedlander #alohapoke #Copyfight #trademark #language #notfood #hawaii #haole #Post
Chicago's 'Aloha Poke Co' wants Hawaiians to stop using the words 'aloha' and 'poke'

Chicago's 'Aloha Poke Co' wants Hawaiians to stop using the words 'aloha' and 'poke'

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