Ha! This is interesting. What it's basically saying is that Malay lost the word for earthquake (which is still extant in other Austronesian language cousins eg Indonesian languages for example, like Javanese) that we had to re-import it from Sanskrit because we have so few of it 
Fascinating and oddly beautiful Proboscis #Monkeys of #Malaysia #Indonesia, have webbed feet and live in harems. Now #researchers discovered why they have such long noses! Help them survive when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-5G6
Photos of Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and elsewhere in SE Asia between in the early and mid 1900s by a Taiwanese collector
NOW
students, communists , anarchists, trade unionists, shop workers, punks, renegades, salarymen…are all on the streets. networks of mutual aid keep people fed, hydrated & patched together, give them a place to rest, recover, charge devices, check messages & breath for a moment before heading back out.
#Indonesia
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/03/28/indonesia-strikes-back-current-events/
Indonesia Strikes Back.
Deeper context and understanding to all the dramatic footage you might have seen across social media the past week plus links to some important fundraisers.
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/03/28/indonesia-strikes-back-current-events/
Experts fear a #palmoil #biofuel boom may drive massive #deforestation in #Indonesia, threaten the world’s 3rd largest #rainforest and send irreplaceable #animals and plants to extinction #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8Vs
i just want to tell the world that the indonesian police are one of the institutions that violate human rights by blocking and not allowing ambulances to pass the road they are guarding because of civil society demonstrations about the revision of the indonesian national army law.
Protest in #Jakarta #Indonesia about corruption and giving civilian jobs to the military
#Bangladesh had a job quota law backfire and protests brought down the govt in July
Student protests in Indonesia in 1998 brought down the military dictatorship
There are protests also now riling #Hungary, #Serbia, #Greece, #Turkey, #Georgia, etc
GET OFF YOUR FUCKING ASSES:
The decline of democracy in Asia is especially severe, with many former success stories now backsliding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/27/world/democracy-collapsing-in-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #asia #democracy #india #indonesia #us #usaid #ned #aid
Mass protests across 14 Indonesian cities rejecting the newly passed military legislation allowing active members to hold civilian government and private sector positions. Mass violence by cops and the military against protesters, illegal seizure of ambulance by the police, members of parliament clashing with protesters, and Jakarta is about to unleash its latest wave of protests tomorrow outside of the parliament building.
This is building up to match the 1998 anti government civil disobedience crisis. Hopefully it won’t devolve into mass riots, waves of racial violence, and private property looting and destruction like it did back then.
The state of the economy isn’t great either despite statements from the President and Ministers. Since the President slashed the national budget to fund the free school meal program and the sovereign fund Danantara (more than $20 billion each), government projects and programs have been cut, contractors are struggling, and consumer spending collapsed.
We also have had mass layoffs in the tens of thousands across various industries including manufacturing, since January. Those jobs aren’t coming back.
This country is not doing okay.
Sumatran #elephants 
in #Indonesia’s 
North Aceh are encircled by dead lands 
rainforests now gone for #palmoil plantations. Help them each time you shop! #Boycottpalmoil 
️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/02/01/sumatran-elephants-surrounded-by-palm-oil-and-nobody-knows-how-many-are-left-alive/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
The Thomas's #Langur has striking stripes 
They're #vulnerable due to forest clearance for #palmoil and #timber in #Sumatra #Indonesia Protect this rare #monkey when you shop and #BoycottPalmOil 
#Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/24/thomass-langur-presbytis-thomasi/
"On March 20, anarchists and other protesters held simultaneous demonstrations in at least 19 cities in Indonesia in response to the Indonesian Parliament enacting the revised Indonesian National Armed Forces Bill (UU TNI), which paves the way for a return to the authoritarianism of the military dictatorship under Suharto. The protesters confronted extreme police repression in the streets.
These events are part of the same wave of authoritarianism that is sweeping the world. All of our struggles are interlinked.
Our Indonesian comrades are calling on us to engage in solidarity actions, including demonstrating at embassies."
For more background on the context in Indonesia:
Quince Monitor #Lizards are named for their bright yellow skin and muscular bodies
. They are #endangered 
by #palmoil #deforestation in #Indonesia Help them when you #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 
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http://palmoildetectives.com/2023/05/28/quince-monitor-banggai-island-monitor-varanus-melinus/
Nestle, you boycott that brand already, yes? Plus 'KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences'
Guilty as charged of #ecocide in #WestPapua
'Raki Ap, a spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, which is overseeing the call, said: “These products are linked to human rights violations, in the first place, because West Papuans are being forced, with violence, to get off the land where they’ve lived for thousands of years, which has now resulted in ecocide.'
#Indigenousrights #Indonesia #EcoCrimes
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/20/west-papua-indonesia-palm-oil-deforestation-rainforest
World’s largely unprotected #peatlands are ticking ‘#carbon bomb’, warns study
Global assessment found only 17% of peatlands were protected. This contrasted starkly with other valuable ecosystems such as tropical forests, 38% protected, and mangroves (42%). Protection was even lower than 17% in three nations with the most peatlands: #Canada, #Russia and #Indonesia. #US and #Brazil completed top five nations, which contained almost three-quarters of all peatlands.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/13/worlds-largely-unprotected-peatlands-are-ticking-carbon-bomb-warns-study #climate
