Bilyonaryo Ramon S. Ang’s San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has taken a groundbreaking step towards #SustainableDevelopment with the inauguration of “Saribuhay sa Dampalit.”
Maybe I should start an irregular series of "What Hubzilla is like" posts for people in the Fediverse, Mastodon specifically, who don't know anything about it. Not for those who want to switch, but for those who assume that Hubzilla is just like whatever else they know. Like, for Mastodon users who blindly assume that Hubzilla is just like Mastodon with a different UI and then act accordingly. Thus, it'd mostly focus on how Hubzilla is different from Mastodon.
The difficult part would be to limit these posts to only 500 characters. Minus what I'll need for the hashtags, namely #Hubzilla, #FediTips and #FediverseTips to increase discoverability for those who are interested and #FediMeta, #FediverseMeta, #CWFediMeta and #CWFediverseMeta so that these posts are automatically removed or hidden behind generated content warnings by already existing filters. Because I know for a fact that many Mastodon users won't touch anything that goes even a smidge over 500 characters. And I know that there are Mastodon users for whom any and all Fediverse meta is too nerve-gratingly techy.
> Everyone else who talks about the non-Mastodon Fediverse isn't on Mastodon.
Not really. 🤪 I'm on a Mastodon-powered instance.
I used to run a #Philippines#Friendica server. (It was the second #fediverse instance for the Philippines. The first was running Friendika managed by students.)
Then I ran my own #Hubzilla (family & friends). And used to manage the community for an #ASEAN Hubzilla instance (sadly, the sponsor and admin disappeared).
Today, I'm staying away from the backend management. I no longer have the resources to dedicate to it. So, I just search for instances with sane set up (like not abusing site-level blocks because someone told them to).
"True Fediverse citizens" (for lack of a better label) do exist on Mastodon-powered platforms. There are plenty of others beside me. 😃
#HumanTrafficking is a global, nontraditional security threat, affecting nearly 50 million individuals in 2021. This issue is especially prominent for #ASEAN countries, where forced migration is exacerbated by conflict & climate vulnerabilities, prevalence of drug trafficking networks, complex governance issues, porous borders & weak immigration controls.
ASEAN countries simultaneously serve as a field for trafficking practices & target for global trafficking operations
The #UNESCO site is one of Vietnam's most popular #TouristDestinations, with more than seven million people visiting its blue-green waters & rainforest-topped limestone islands last year.
Glad to see this piece finally out. Key takeaway: if SEA states want some form of rules-based int’l order, as they say they do, they’ll need to do something about it. If they want something else, they need to figure out what it is & put their money where their mouth is. Unless they prefer to just sit around & await their fates, hiding is going to be increasingly costly & risky. #asean#uschina https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/china-asean-us-distracted-war-ukraine-gaza-3996481
Euromonitor: With #Millennials accounting for the largest working age group in Southeast Asia at 39% of the total working population, the region becomes a powerful force for consumption as the region accounts for 4.7% of the world’s gross domestic product. Two in three people consist of the region’s working age population, with 63M middle-class households, according to the study’s survey. #consumption#marketing#advertising#Asean
One popular belief is that the #SierraMadre is some sort of a force field dome that protects humans from bad weather. That's a myth.
#Typhoons are getting stronger, the mountain range & communities are under threat from destructive activities & #Indigenous peoples are becoming more #vulnerable to #ClimateChange.
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
#MANILA, #Philippines – Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN) on Saturday, December 30, expressed their concern over growing tensions in the #SouthChinaSea which they said could threaten regional peace and urged for peaceful dialogue among parties. #SoutheastAsia#TootSEA
The two Southeast Asian countries have competing claims over some parts of the #SouthChinaSea, a conduit for $3 trillion of annual ship-borne trade that #China claims almost in its entirety. #SoutheastAsia#ASEAN#WestPHSea
Geopolitical experts and envoys have proposed a triangular cooperation among #Philippines, #Japan, and #India, for the advancement of peace and stability in the #IndoPacific region.
According to Ambassador of India to the Philippines Shambu Kumaran, the three countries should work together in the aspect of maritime domains and security. #WestPHSea