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lilithism1848 · 7 months

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queerism1969 · 2 years

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theinconvenientlifestyle · 2 years

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A curious young seal has been returned to the sea after breaking into a New Zealand home, harassing the resident cat, hanging about in the hallway for a couple of hours while the children slept upstairs, and miraculously ruining nothing.

The Ross family of Mt Maunganui were more than a little surprised to find the New Zealand fur seal in their home, which is about 150m from the shore, on Wednesday morning.

Phil Ross, who happens to be a marine biologist, said it was unfortunate he was the only one not home at the time.

#new zealand #animals #wildlife #asia pacific

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fuckyeahmarxismleninism · 8 months

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By Brian Berletic

A series of announcements by the U.S. reflects its large and still growing military presence across Asia-Pacific, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Together, they reflect a continued and increasingly desperate desire by Washington to encircle and contain China.

#China #imperialism #Asia Pacific #Pentagon #Joe Biden #Taiwan #Aukus #antiwar #Struggle La Lucha

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bliphany · 2 years

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The former prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, was shot. It looks very serious. Abe has always been very friendly towards Taiwan. The two countries are friendly allies. I hope everything will be alright.

Consider current world news, I hope people who aren’t familiar with Asia international politics can resist any improper jokes or making this whole situation all about the English-speaking world again (I don’t want to make any example, but, you know those kinds... If you want to joke about your own government that’s fantastic. It’s not necessary to bring every other countries with it.)

#shinzo abe #asia politics #Japan #Taiwan #asia pacific #also some people have to understand some not every county’s parties divided into left and right like English speaking ones do #sometimes Asian countries have one right wing and another pro china ones #the right one can be a dick sometimes but it can be negotiated but the pro china ones are DANGEROUS #and sometimes those progressive policies are pushed by parties not right or left but just ones that’s more connected to the society atm #you can just wiki and decide you want to burn every right parties in the world but how about starting from your own #stop your everyone has to be just like ME attitude for just one second would be nice #some English speaking people are just showing off that they’re as ignorant and self centered EXACTLY like their president or PM #and consider themselves progressive because of that #tbh I find this attitude more colonialism than what they claimed to fight against #making memes online about things you half know won’t changed your own country’s political atmosphere #vote and engage in your local and national social movement are only ways

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workersolidarity · 7 months

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🇺🇲 BIDEN REASSURES PACIFIC ISLANDS HE WILL ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: OFFERS $200 MILLION

At this year's 18-member Pacific Islands Forum, US President Joe Biden told member nations he "hears" their warnings about the impacts of Climate Change and is committed to assisting the Pacific bloc meet the challenge.

Biden told the Forum his administration was requesting $200 Million in new assistance from Congress for the region, including financing to prepare for the impacts of Climate change, natural hazards and improve infrastructure.

The Biden Administration has made the Indo-Pacific island nations the focus of its Foreign Policy in the region, using the Pacific island nations to position a web of US Military bases around China with the intention of containing and controlling growing Chinese dominance in both the economic and military arenas.

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heritagepressnz · 9 months

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What’s that? You like history? You like the French? You think pacific exploration is a topic for further study? Wow, do we have the book for you!

The Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste by celebrated French-Kiwi historian Professor John Dunmore is a classic, now available in English as an ebook for the first time. Intrigued? Go here to check it out and get it (or one of our other fabulous eBooks) half price for a limited time, with coupon code TumblingLikeThat.

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dedheaders · 2 years

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awesome-casuallyfamouscollector · 1 year

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The west has been slow to respond to China spending billions globally to spread poisonous disinformation, including messaging that is completely aligned with Russia on Ukraine, a US special envoy has claimed.

James Rubin, a coordinator for the Global Engagement Center, a US state department body set up to “expose and counter” foreign propaganda and disinformation, made the remarks during a European tour this week(..)

P.S. “The west has been slow to respond to China(..)”??? This is politically correct babbling and not a real description of the problem!

In fact, since 1989, the West completely stupidly invested huge sums of money in the economy controlled by the Chinese Communist regime, and now the West suddenly wonders about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist propaganda and army...The Chinese Communist Party is the same threat as Putler...

#china #russia #ukraine #asia pacific #europe #dictatorship

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kelawar-ungu · 4 months

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Bat Week 2020: A Celebration of Bats in Asia-Pacific Cultures Art by Reimena Yee.

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You may have heard the soft flutter of bat wings at dusk, noticed them flitting around at night, or even seen them sleeping under roof eaves, in trees and caves during the day. But apart from these brief encounters, have you ever wondered how bats may have traditionally held deeper symbolic meaning in various cultures?

This visual map guide celebrates the many positive bat symbols and folklore found across the Asia-Pacific region. Our ancestors recognised the importance and wonder of bats!

Look out for our full write-up and get updates by following rimba.ngo!

Project Pteropus, a project under RIMBA.

India

In India, Hindu devotees of the goddess Kali worship and protect flying foxes which roost in sacred groves. Bats also feature as symbols of love in Tamil Sangam poetry, dating back more than 2000 years!

China / Taiwan / Chinese culture

A tale from ancient China: The gods took pity on Zhong Kui when he committed suicide. They named him King of Ghosts and tasked him to discipline demons, with bats acting as his helpers who scout out demons for him to vanquish.

In Chinese opera, the Zhong Kui character wears a bat motif on his mask.

The Five Blessings (五福 wŭfú) in Chinese culture are health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and peaceful death. They are represented symbolically by five bats (五蝠 wŭfú).

In traditional Chinese culture, bats are lucky symbols because the word for bat (蝠 fú) sounds like the word for blessing (福 fú).

Lucky bat motifs can be found on traditional ceramics, jewellery and textiles in Chinese, Peranakan and other Chinese-influenced communities across East and Southeast Asia.

Vietnam

Locals believe that flying foxes roosting in the Wat Mahatup temple grounds in Vietnam are calling forth blessings from Buddha when they circle the temple during their fly-out every evening.

Malaysia / Indonesia

The indigenous Mah Meri in Peninsular Malaysia perform a traditional dance called 'kuang kuwait', mimicking the graceful movements of flying foxes.

The 'siku keluang' a choreography step in the traditional Malay Zapin dance represents humility and restraint - inspired by the flying fox wrapping up its mighty wings' strength when not in flight.

The 'siku keluang', meaning flying fox elbow in the Malay language, is a zigzag, chevron or herringbone motif used in Malay and Javanese traditional textiles and pottery.

According to a traditional Iban belief from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, bats act as shamanic messengers to the upper-world during the Gawai harvest festival.

The indigenous Iban in Sarawak traditionally featured the flying fox, locally known as 'semawa', as a tattoo motif.

Papua New Guinea / Western New Guinea

In Bowi folklore of Papua New Guinea, Kinjinmbunduo was a mythical giant flying fox female spirit who left thunderstorms and strong winds in her wake, striking terror and awe but also replenishing the river basin with fruit trees by dispersing seeds during her nocturnal visits.

In New Guinea and Papua New Guinea, the indigenous Asmat and Trobriand carved out flying fox motifs on their war shields to represent triumphant head-hunters.

Samoa

Flying foxes are perceived as protectors and saviours in Samoan folklore. According to legend, Samoan Princess Leutogi befriended and warned flying foxes about the king's hunting plans. In return, the bats rescued her from being burned alive and also brought her food when she was stranded on an inhospitable island. She later bestowed the name "Tonumaipe'a" on her son, meaning "rescued by flying foxes".

For Samoan men, the pe'a—the local name for flying fox is a coming-of-age tattoo that extends From the waist to the knee, symbolising protection over a warrior.

The Samoan war god Sepo took the form of a flying fox to guide his people in battle. If they saw a flying fox ahead, it meant victory would be theirs; if it flew back towards them it was a warning to retreat.

Australia

Flying foxes were important animals to the Aboriginal people of Cape York, Australia, and a common feature in their prehistoric rock art.

Folklore of the Aboriginal Wik in Australia tells of two brothers who broke taboo by spearing and cooking flying foxes. The bats escaped and carried the boys up into the sky as punishment, leaving them there to serve as a grim reminder now immortalised in the Gemini constellation!

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captainsublimecollectionene-blog · 5 months

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#australia #asia pacific #thai language #mindfulness #history #heritage

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queer-disability-aotearoa · 2 years

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jacinda declaring a national cimate change emergency riiiiight up until there’s money to be made drilling. we deserve better than business bootlicking libs who refuse to do anything about any of our crises if a ceo says no.

#new zealand #climate crisis #fossil fuels #asia pacific #environment

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anniekoh · 1 year

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Seattle From the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City

Megan Asaka (2022)

"From the origins of the city in the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War II, Seattle's urban workforce consisted overwhelmingly of migrant laborers who powered the seasonal, extractive economy of the Pacific Northwest. Though the city benefitted from this mobile labor force that consisted largely of Indigenous peoples and Asian migrants, municipal authorities, elites, and reformers continually depicted these workers and the spaces they inhabited as troublesome and as impediments to urban progress. Today the physical landscape bears little evidence of their historical presence in the city. Tracing histories from unheralded sites such as labor camps, lumber towns, lodging houses, and so-called slums, Seattle from the Margins shows how migrant laborers worked alongside each other, competed over jobs, and forged unexpected alliances within the marine and coastal spaces of the Puget Sound. By uncovering the historical presence of marginalized groups and asserting their significance in the development of the city, Megan Asaka offers a deeper understanding of Seattle's complex past.

This is EXCELLENT!

Other books referenced by Asaka.

The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle’s Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (Second Edition)

By Quintard Taylor (2022)

Seattle's first black resident was a sailor named Manuel Lopes who arrived in 1858 and became the small community's first barber. He left in the early 1870s to seek economic prosperity elsewhere, but as Seattle transformed from a stopover town to a full-fledged city, African Americans began to stay and build a community. By the early twentieth century, black life in Seattle coalesced in the Central District, a four-square-mile section east of downtown. Black Seattle, however, was never a monolith. Through world wars, economic booms and busts, and the civil rights movement, black residents and leaders negotiated intragroup conflicts and had varied approaches to challenging racial inequity. Despite these differences, they nurtured a distinct African American culture and black urban community ethos. With a new foreword and afterword, this second edition of The Forging of a Black Community is essential to understanding the history and present of the largest black community in the Pacific Northwest.

American Workers, Colonial Power Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941

by Dorothy B. Fujita Rony (2003)

Historically, Filipina/o Americans have been one of the oldest and largest Asian American groups in the United States. In this pathbreaking work of historical scholarship, Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony traces the evolution of Seattle as a major site for Philippine immigration between World Wars I and II and examines the dynamics of the community through the frameworks of race, place, gender, and class. By positing Seattle as a colonial metropolis for Filipina/os in the United States, Fujita-Rony reveals how networks of transpacific trade and militarism encouraged migration to the city, leading to the early establishment of a Filipina/o American community in the area. By the 1920s and 1930s, a vibrant Filipina/o American society had developed in Seattle, creating a culture whose members, including some who were not of Filipina/o descent, chose to pursue options in the U.S. or in the Philippines. Fujita-Rony also shows how racism against Filipina/o Americans led to constant mobility into and out of Seattle, making it a center of a thriving ethnic community in which only some remained permanently, given its limited possibilities for employment. The book addresses class distinctions as well as gender relations, and also situates the growth of Filipina/o Seattle within the regional history of the American West, in addition to the larger arena of U.S.-Philippines relations.

#to read #seattle #pacific northwest #asia pacific

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partisan-by-default · 2 years

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Women in Japan could be forced to seek their partner’s consent before being prescribed the abortion pill, which will reportedly be approved late this year – three decades after it was made available to women in the UK.

Under Japan’s 1948 Maternal Protection Law, consent is already required for surgical abortions – with very few exceptions – a policy that campaigners say tramples over women’s reproductive rights.

“In principle we believe that spousal consent is necessary, even if an abortion is induced by an oral medication,” Yasuhiro Hashimoto, a senior health ministry official, told a parliamentary committee earlier this month, according to Bloomberg.

Campaigners are calling on health authorities to ditch the rule requiring women to gain written consent from their partners before a doctor can prescribe a course of abortion drugs.

Kumi Tsukahara, a founding member of Action for Safe Abortion Japan, said: “‘Spousal consent’ becomes an issue is when there is a disagreement with the spouse or the spouse is forcing the woman to give birth against her will.

“For women, being forced into a pregnancy they do not want is violence and a form of torture.”

#japan #women #asia pacific #society

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infonewsmania · 1 year

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Maldives: The Flattest Paradise in the World

The idea of being in a paradisiacal place is always a tempting and frequent alternative that haunts our memories. It gives us a feeling of mental and spiritual rest linked to a series of feelings such as happiness, pleasure, and romance. Spring seems to start this cycle of pleasant sensations for this year that has just begun with all its jovial charm, and a wonderful destination to celebrate…

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#Asia Pacific #Hotel #Maldives #Paradise #tourist attractions

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highlights-of-the-lowlife · 2 years

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due to the cost of living crisis we’re now unofficially ranked as the second worst country to move to in the world. frankly while i don’t give a shred of a damn about some whining brits opinions about us, it is very clear that nz has a rapidly widening gap between rich and poor.

we have some of the worst homelessness in the oecd and national is to blame. they sold the housing corp houses to their crony mates for peanuts who then went on to become slumlords. national has cut funding for social welfare every chance they got. under john key and bill english our homelessness and food bank reliance exploded due to these cuts and now they have the audacity to blame labour for these issues

to be clear labour has done the bare minimum to maintain the status quo. jacinda is good at a crisis like the christchurch mosque shooting and at least at the beginning of the covid lockdowns even if she folded to business interests within months. her sound bite about ending child poverty was just a pr talking point with no plan to actually address it.

however that means there is a good chance for national to gain power despite all their internal strife simply by scapegoating labour. we are very much stuck in a cycle of labour doing nothing then national intentionally destroying the country for profit. their only answer is tax cuts. for every problem

this means essential services are going to be run barebones or shut down all together so the average family can get an extra seven dollars a week while their rich friends gain millions in tax credits that will never trickle down to us.

we need a push left. beyond the neoliberal labour and greens. or at the very least to hold their feet to the fire until they listen and help us at the bottom

#new zealand #asia pacific #world news

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