Heavy rains triggered flash floods and caused torrents of cold lava and mud to flow down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 41 people and leaving more than a dozen others missing, officials have said. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to...
A #volcano in eastern #Indonesia erupted on Monday, spewing a huge ash tower more than five kilometres (three miles) into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the second-highest last week.
No damage or casualties were immediately reported but images showed a column of ash soaring into the sky on #Halmahera island in #NorthMaluku province.
One man dead in suspected #Indonesia tiger attack, hunt ongoing in Riao province, Sumatera. #tootsea
Tigers used to kill durian collectors as they carried the huge ripe fruits in baskets on their backs. Durian was the only fruit wild tigers loved enough to get close to humans.
Wow... sepertinya tidak perlu jadi HACKERMAN untuk bisa menghambat/menghentikan lingkungan digital di #Indonesia, cukup dengan mengajukan laporan ke Kominfo bahwa ada
"konten negatif baik berupa situs/website, URL, akun media sosial, aplikasi mobile, dan software yang memenuhi kriteria sebagai Informasi dan/atau Dokumen Elektronik bermuatan negatif sesuai peraturan perundang-undangan."
Secara teoritis, Github bisa diblokir. Archive.org bisa diblokir. Heck, bahkan Wikipedia tidak luput. Wow. 🤔
Tourists and expats always complain about how cash-dependent #Japan is, but after visiting #Taiwan and #SouthKorea for the first times in years, noticed that both countries are similar. Stark contrast from #China and #SEAsia where digital payments have taken over the markets.
Is it a cultural thing that differentiates these countries from others?
@bikejourno Interesting! #Vietnam is my missing country in SE Asia. Though now that I think about it, when in Sulawesi last year (#Indonesia) it was also mostly cash, unlike QR-code crazy #Jakarta.
The Bugis are Muslim, but their belief is strongly influenced by their ancestral #religion.
One #belief centres around the Monitor lizard. The animal is believed to have a human #soul & to be the twin of children. They are treated with respect.
Bugis also categorize people into 5 genders. Each is needed to keep the universe in balance.
Bissu, the #gender which is neither man nor woman, is the intermediary between humans & #gods.
A young girl gazes out of a window in Jakarta, Indonesia, to a flooded street.
With over 80,000 kilometers of coastline comprising more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia faces an imminent threat from rising sea levels. Experts predict that by 2050, thousands of the country's islands and nearly one-third of Java, home to the capital Jakarta, will be under water.
Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra (www.theguardian.com)
Heavy rains triggered flash floods and caused torrents of cold lava and mud to flow down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 41 people and leaving more than a dozen others missing, officials have said. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to...