#I'm from central/western PA

[ettawritesnstudies]

What's the name of the game where one person is "IT" and counts to a number while everyone else hides and then has to find the other players?

Bonus: Tell me in the tags where you're from (OP is from the US)

My proofreader is correcting me and sure, I've heard both ways but I've never heard that my version is wrong, so I'm curious if this is a standard thing or a regional variation based on where I grew up.

[theskyexists]

I don't feel like the u.k. for example sees any benefit in conquering my country. But why do I feel that way when looking at the central plains it seems inevitable that these states continue to provoke each other for better positioning, better defense, better offense. And splitting getting swallowed up splitting. You can't ignore war as a state. Sun Tzu said that. Sensible man. So am I wrong is the u.k. a threat to my states national sovereignty after all or what factors stop it from trying to expand here. Solidarity? Common but separate identity? 'global north' I.e the people are not prepared to start a fight? Need completely different propaganda for that. Casus belli. Self-defense. Trade? Economy is so integrated that disrupting that would require an overhaul and the people would hate the consequences? Democracy is a brake then? The infeasibility of launching a military campaign that is meant to result in more land and population administration? I.e. it would require more than the professional army could deliver and the people do not want to fight. Waging war to extract wealth directly and obviously being an international faux pas? It would weaken the block against more aggressive blocks? I never did war politics in school

You need the people to be more blatantly imperialist in worldview... Expansion = good. And the state comes first. So individualism and democracy are brakes. Expansion would need to be equated with the existential question.

Anyway what I'm wondering could these central plains states have prevented this shit? Obviously individualism and democracy...I mean that's the thing all the states would need these brakes and none of them have em. They already possess a common identity basically. The people are used to fighting for the state and gaining from it too... Or seeing it as a duty. You gotta expand bc if your enemy expands then they have more resources and you cant keep up so you gotta expand and conquer why not conquer some more. But that didn't truly kick off until the western Zhou king got killed and the Zhou was no longer of any consequence. In other words the 'biggest' baddest state no longer had control. It really seems like that's the only. Unless you had a bigger enemy. Confederation. Band together. Or trade? But there's not big mercantile class or it doesn't seem like it. And the concept of sovereignty somehow strengthened. But then you get aggressors from outside the system again. But that SHOULD be fine if your integration is really well done. Anyway I should watch a show about the eastern Zhou it would be good to romanticise it a little. Is it beneficial at all to create centralised administrations because they pool resources for pursuits like philosophy or something? Feel like the Greeks did just fine having city states. Could you have prevented the arms race of the central plains? Or was it inevitable....?

[onenettvchannel]

OneNETnews EXCLUSIVE: Local Transport Group in Negros Oriental opts out of Nationwide Transport Strike ensures continued operation amidst challenges of PUJ Modernization Programme

DUMAGUETE, NEGROS ORIENTAL -- National transport groups, namely the Malayang Alyansa ng Bus Employees at Laborers para sa Karapatan sa Paggawa (MANIBELA) and Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) declares a nationwide transport strike on Sunday (November 19th, 2023), which is for the unconsolidated individuals. However, Central Visayas-wide including Cebu, Bacolod, Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental, have chosen not to partake in this regional transport strike during the upcoming Holiday and New Year's Eve celebrations in the early first weekend of 2024.

(FILE PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: Negros News Online)

Romeo Subaldo, a former News Chief of ABS-CBN Bacolod (now Kapamilya Channel: Bacolod) and current Regional Multimedia News Anchor of Favorite Music Radio & Digicast Negros, shared his insights on the matter during the final minutes of his local radio newscast of 'Arangkada Negrosanon Balita' at 6:30am on Monday morning (Bacolod local time). Subaldo emphasized that the jeepney franchises in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental will not participate in the regional strike: "I think sa mga probinsya po na sang Transport Strike sa Metro at Mega Manlia, wala ma gupod ang mga provinces naton… Sa mga taga-Metro at Mega Manila nila ng Transport Strike, kana ka nausang Department of Education (DepEd) kahapon ng Linggo (Nobyembre 19th, 2023) na way klase sa Maynila na may Transport Strike. Pero diri sa aton, padayon na pag-biyahe sa mga di pa-pasaherong mga salakyan", Subaldo said in the exclusive radio interview to OneNETnews via Facebook LIVE video.

In an exclusive phone patch interview, where it was independently verified to OneNETnews as one local transport group in-charge of Bindoy-Mabinay-Bais Transport Cooperative (BIMBATCO) named Rey Alpeche, a representative in-charge of the Bindoy-Mabinay-Bais Transport Cooperative (BIMBATCO) in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental, confirmed that they are not part of the nationwide transport strike. Alpeche highlighted the importance of paperwork consolidation and their close monitoring of the cooperatively-owned jeepney units: "So far in Negros Oriental, maliliit lang yung persiyento ang unconsolidated. Sa aming kooperatiba, lahat kami consolidated [ng BIMBATCO] na single indibidual mga sa tingin ko siguro, mga 20 to 30 ganun. Lahat naman na cooperatiba dito is nag ko-consolidate, hindi kami sasali sa transport strike. Ano naman silbi kasi consildated na po kami. I'm meaning to say that, hindi po talaga phase out dere-diretso. Yung ang unconsolidated ng kina-kansela na prankisa nila o franchise", Alpeche said in an online media interview on Friday afternoon (December 29th, 2023).

(CONTRIBUTED FILE PHOTO COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: The Philippine Star)

He emphasized that their cooperative of BIMBATCO is already consolidated and therefore unaffected by the phase-out of older jeepney units in Negros Oriental. While concerns regarding commuting without modernized jeepneys in the future, and the availability of unemployment benefits were raised from the SSS or GSIS (Social Security System or Government Service Insurance System), Alpeche clarified that these issues do not directly impact BIMBATCO and other localized transport groups: "Yung amining nila ng gobyerno is to consolidate. Consolidation is yung mga papeles ng iko-consolidate kasi hindi na po biro na yung gobyerno na for example… Hindi kaya ng LTFRB o Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board na mag-monitor ng indibidual na prangkisa o operators. Kailangan mo i-monitor yung sa kooperatiba kasi, yung sa sinabing cooperative ay mo-monitor ng mga [Jeepney] units", he added.

(FILE PHOTO COURTESY: Google Images)

Loans in Negros Oriental, with the example of government-owned banking 'Landbank' cannot cover all the jeepney vehicle modernization expenses and was yet to be revisted in the Q1 of 2024 or later. Nonetheless, BIMBATCO needs to reassess areas for modernization based on its passenger volumes: "Kailangang po talaga e-revisit mo na yung [sinabing probinsya] ng Negros Oriental kasi, sa amin ngayon may modernized jeepney galing isa, taas namin kinuha yun. Ang problema, hindi talaga kaya ang umo-utang ta sa banko. Pag umo-utang pa ron, siguradong hindi na ka mababayad. Sa Negros Oriental ang problema kasi, wala po tayo mga masyadong volume ng pasahero o passengers. So, kailangan po naming na e-revisit muna yung every area na kailangan na modernisasyon".

Alpeche suggested that if drivers were to become unemployed and experience a decrease in income for commuting purposes, they would need to be re-hired, despite of the upcoming nationwide transport strike including Negros Oriental. He expressed the drivers' resistance to the boundary system and emphasized that drivers earn more than the operators themselves: "Meron nang dahan-dahan na tayong phase-out, yung mga driver din yun is ire-hire din. Saan pong kami kukuha ang driver sa kanila rin? Kasi ayaw ng mga drivers na itong nangyari. Ayaw kasi ng mga drivers is boundaring system yun ng mga drivers. Mas malaki pa yung kita kaysa sa operator".

The consolidation process for BIMBATCO began in 2018 or 2019 and was soon to expire by 2024, as early as 6 years before the December 31st, 2024 deadline on Sunday. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. stated that there would be no extensions for the nationwide and regional jeepney phase-out for the unconsolidated individuals, urging sincerity from the government. He also pointed out the lack of communication with the Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Negros Oriental: "Dapat unahin natin yung LTFRB, we do talk with the cooperatives na kabisado yung ruta. Kasi, kami ang nakakaalam so ruta kung pwede bang dagdagan, pwede bang tanggalan ng [Jeepney] units at i-modernize. Kasi, kami yung apektado at kami yung may alam pero, pag wala namang threat nandito sa Negros Oriental sa ngayon, hindi nai-tolerate yan. We don't talk to the government. At saka, pag wala pang consolidation po sa kanila ng ilang taon na palaging ine-extend, paano naman kami which is so unfair for us na hindi na ko-consolidate as early as 2018 o 2019, na palagi sinabing ine-extend. Pag ayaw talaga ang consolidasyon, ayaw na din talaga ng extensyon". Alpeche expressed frustration with the extension of consolidation deadlines and the unfair treatment of cooperatives that have already consolidated to them. Alpeche expressed frustration with the extension of consolidation deadlines and the unfair treatment of cooperatives that had already consolidated.

(FILE PHOTO COURTESY: Bayan Negros)

Fortunately in conclusion… Western and Central Visayas, including Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, are not participating in the regional transport strike. BIMBATCO has ensured the necessary paperwork and franchises to secure the continued operation of their regional vehicle franchises without any revocations or phasing out in the new year by January 1st, 2024.

The transportation crisis in Metro and Mega Manila is a significant concern for MANIBELA and PISTON. Drivers are pushing for the modernization of new jeepney vehicles under the Public Utility Jeepney & Public Utility Vehicle - Modernization Programme (PUJ/PUV-MP) as a last resort to preserve the driving culture associated with older jeepneys. However, individual Filipino drivers cannot afford this potential upgrade.

OneNETnews has learned that Negros Oriental will no longer participate in the local transport strike for now, as confirmed by Alpeche of BIMBATCO. They have sought legal assistance to ensure proper registration and consolidation by the Land Transportion Office (LTO) and LTFRB, allowing them to operate safely and normally in Central Visayas.

A big SPECIAL THANKS to Neil Ceriño Rio of DYGB-FM 91.7 MHz's Power91FM and Fil News Balita: Cable TV 6 in Dumaguete City for their assistance in contacting BIMBATCO and facilitating our phone patch interview and local news report. Also, you can listen a full phone patched interview provided below the source links. Thank you!

PHOTO COURTESY: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong (Freelanced Photojournalist and Media News Presenter of OneNETnews) CONTRIBUTED LOGO via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://archive.org/details/onenetnews-interviews-with-bimbatcos-rey-alpeche [Exclusive Audio Interview from OneNETnews with Rey Alpeche - Dec292023] *https://www.topgear.com.ph/features/feature-articles/puv-modernization-program-jeepney-phaseout-guide-a4354-20230310-lfrm [Referenced Editorial News Article via Top Gear Philippines] *https://www.rappler.com/voices/ispeak/analysis-rethink-public-utility-vehicles-transportation-modernization-focus-commuters/ [Referenced Editorial News Article via Rappler] *https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1213731 [Referenced News Article via Philippine News Agency] *https://mb.com.ph/2023/11/20/iloilo-city-unaffected-by-transport-strike [Referenced News Article via Manila Bulletin] *https://watchmendailyjournal.com/2023/12/09/transport-strike-mulled-bacolod-transport-group-protest-vs-franchise-consolidation/ [Referenced News Article #1 via Watchmen Daily Journal] *https://watchmendailyjournal.com/2023/12/13/impending-phase-2-transport-groups-bacolod-refuse-join-transport-strike/ [Referenced News Article #2f via Watchmen Daily Journal] *https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/cebu-transport-groups-will-not-join-3-day-strike [Referenced Mini News Article from SunStar: Cebu] *https://www.facebook.com/100063703909926/posts/668507635282694 [Referenced FB News Article via The NORSUnian] and *https://www.facebook.com/107637454505360/posts/107640491171723 [Contributed BIMBATCO Logo via FB PHOTO]

-- OneNETnews Team

[vnnz16]

Dear syofwren

This is coming from another South-East Asian to another South-East Asian. I wish for you to listen to us too. At the very least, as fellow South-East Asian, or Asian for that matter.

TW: Syscourse, debate, and lots and lots of swear word... maybe.

Tulpamancy has no origin in the South-East Asia. Tibet is not in the South-East. Please do not spread this misinformation, at the very least look at a fucking map.

Alright, some keys: Red circle is South-East AsiaBlue circle is South AsiaOrange circle is Central AsiaGreen is East Asia Blue X is where Tibet should be located

And you can see where I am on that blue dot

You can argue with me how the line actually should be but this is my interpretation and it's closer to how it is in your Atlas/Map.

I'm very curious where do you actually reside? I wouldn't go further if you are actually Tibetan or around that area. Otherwise, this feels like bad faith, kinda like that carrd that was kinda popular few ages back.

I cannot believe I need to go through this again, but Khist needed me to do this so... here it is.

Khist herself did an amazing breakdown over on the Twitter space which you can check here.

You can also read up about the origin of (modern) Tulpamancy/Parogenic here!

And another breakdown by a friend here! Oh and here~!

As a plural (Tulpamancy/Parogenic) system that is from Indonesia, we're kinda tired at this nonsense. How people admit to be from the South-East but really don't know how the fuck South-East Asian work.

I personally won't go far to talk about Buddhism and Hinduism in the South-East, specifically Indonesia, since it's like 12 AM where I am.

But essentially, if you read someone who says they're from the SEA (South-East Asia) and say Tulpamancy is appropriation of the SE, they're bullshitting.

Tibet is nowhere close to the Indian Ocean or the South China Sea. It's inland, surrounded by mountains.

And the wordings are totally different from Tibetan that uses Sprul-Pa, Nirmanakaya, and Tulku to describe their version of Tulpamancy with Modern/Western Tulpamancy (or Parogenic).

And to whoever got eaten up by this fucking lies need to read more books. Your white teen ass is fucking showing.

The reason why I’m strictly anti-tulpa:

It hurts me. It hurts me as an SE Asian individual, to see something that I grew up in, and that we learned to cherish and enjoy, turn into something thats “paranormal” or “fun” for people who were never raised or lived with the culture and religion.

It hurt to see my culture be used in a television show (Supernatural) and to be used for entertainment. The way they used our religion and culture and turned it into “tulpa gone murderous” is so sad.

I know, a lot of pro-tulpas do not listen to us. I’ve gotten in countless arguments when I simply stated, the bare minimum, to use a different word. Anything besides tulpa, sprul-pa, etc.

A lot of the time, I see non-SE Asian folks use the word tulpa when it has originated from the Tibetan practice. By now, tulpa is a very outdated word to use for what they’re experiencing. 

From the research I’ve done, Paromancy is a word I’ve seen being used in place of tulpamancy.

Yes, I know that tulpamancy isn’t just a rip off of Tibetan Buddhism, but, whilst it still being inspired by, still makes me very uncomfortable.

NOTE: This is NOT an excuse for pro-tulpas to interact with this post and me. My DNI still stands even if I talk about the subject.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

so my new weird obsession is making up this couple who for 10 years travel around the world, living 1 year in each country, and travel through that country etc. They work for a travel magazine / blog so they pay their expenses. I basically then record what they do month to month, like where they go etc. It's very cool cause I get to learn a ton about these places I wouldn't have known otherwise! Also, I'm making all of this based on my alternative world map I talked about in a previous post (i've searched it up but i couldn't find it :( ), so the countries are slightly different. I just finished their first year, where they stayed in the United Baltic States (our Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania combined), and I wanted to let you know a bit about what I do!

So, first of all, the couple is conformed by Leo Butler, an Australian from Dampier (WA) and Marina de la Cruz, from the Federated States of Central America, precisely she's from La Chorrera (PA). They met in The University of Notre Dame Australia, in Sidney, where they fell in love and decided to go through this adventure together. After 10 years, they'll decide to settle in one of the countries they've been living and have kids and all :)

I'm not gonna write here like all they did in the year they lived in the United Baltic States, but here's a snippet of what they did in a random month (april) so you can see what i do and stuff:

April 11-13th: They go hitchhiking 479 km (Riga - Minsk)

They leave their house at 8 a.m. April 11th, they catch a truck at 9:45 h.

Riga - Grenctale, 2 hours 30 minutes, 88 km. They arrive at 12:15 hours. They eat lunch at Pit Stop, Kafejnica. They catch a truck at 16:55 hours.

Grenctale - Vilnius, 3 hours, 206 km. They arrive at 19:55 hours. They have dinner at Valdovu Sodas and they visit the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania before sleeping in the Artagonist (83€) hotel. They catch a car at 10 a.m. on April 12th.

Vilnius - Border with Western Russia in Medininkai, 40 minutes, 35 km. They arrive at 10:40 hours. They visit the Castle of Medininkai and have lunch at the driver's house. They cross the border at 12:30 hours and catch a car at 13:00 hours.

Medininkai - Zabrez'ye, 1 hour, 75 km. They arrive at 14:00 hours. They catch a car at 16:30 hours.

Zabrez'ye - Minsk, 1 hour 10 minutes, 87 km. They arrive at 17:40 hours. They have dinner at Kin Sushi, they walk through the old town, go to the Opera Casino, and sleep in the Beijing Hotel (79€).

They catch the plane back to Riga at 9 a.m. on April 13th, they arrive at 10 a.m.

April 17th: They visit the Etnographic Open Air Museum of Latvia in Riga.

April 24th: They spend the day in the Langstinu Ezers, a lake near Riga.

Also here's the recap I did at the end!

City of residence: Riga (6 months), Tallinn (3 months), Vilnius (3 months)

Places visited:

United Baltic States: Riga, Tallinn (3 times), Vilnius (4 times), Parnü, Medininkai, Šiauliai, Trakai, Paneriai, Jelgava, Joniškis, Bauska, Alytus

Finland: Helsinki (3 times)

Scandinavia: Stockholm

Latgalia: Zilupe

Ingria: Saint Petersburg

Western Russia: Minsk (2 times), Grodno, Kiev, Vitebsk

Denmark: Copenhagen

Lapland: Cáhcesuolu, Unjárga, Ránda, Áhkanjárga, Áiluokta, Gáivuotna, Áltá

Yugoslavia: Dubrovnik

New languages learned: Latvian, Russian

New friends: 4 from Riga (Martiņs, Ricardas, Erika, and Anita; Martiņs and Ricardas are dating), 2 from Tallinn (Allan and Krista; they're siblings) and 6 from Vilnius (Milda, Henrikas, Joana, Darius, Agne and Irma; Milda and Henrikas are dating, and Irma and Agne are sisters).

Year 2 is in Mon (our Mon State, in Myanmar), so excited to see what it has to offer!!

[polishcostumes]

I had a quick question: I'm wondering what is the difference between the Kontusz Sash polish nobility wore and the sashes you see in some traditional folk costumes, like from the Chełm region. Is there a specific name for the folk sash and where might I find more information about them? Also thank you for your blog, you're an amazing reference and a great help!

Hello! Firstly, sorry for my response coming late. I was very busy recently, but trying to catch up with the responses!Quick answer? Materials and patterns!Sashes of the nobility were really high in quality, woven from thin strands of silk and other expensive threads. They often had golden or silver strands incorporated into the motifs, and they were produced in certain manufactures by artisans, very often Armenian. The motifs woven on the sashes were sometimes coming from decorations from high-end western fashion. Those expensive sashes were inspired by Persian and Turkish outfits.## Here are examples of the nobility / kontusz sashes:_[18th-century Kontusz sash, Paschlis Jakubowicz's manufacture in Lipków](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakubowicz_manufacture_Kontusz_sash.jpg).__[Closeups of kontusz sashes from the collection of Museum in Płock](http://www.mdplock.pl/node/51).__[This is how they were often tied around the waist, exposing the decorative ends.](http://persjarnia.com/pl/katalog/zaglobas-sash/)__[Fragment of "Portrait of Kazimierz Antoni Krasicki", 1840s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anonymous_Kazimierz_Antoni_Krasicki.jpg)__[Fragment of "Portrait of Grzegorz Nowakowski", end of 18th century](http://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/dmuseion/docmetadata?id=42161&show_nav=true&full_screen=true#)_Sashes of the peasants were usually woven from much thicker threads like wool, and made locally on a loom, according to techniques and patterns passed down the generations. In some regions the name for them is _krajka_, but in most of the country they’re called just a _pas_ (belt). It differed between regions, but most often had simple striped patterns.## Here are examples of typical peasant sashes / belts:_[Woolen belt from Gąbin-Sanniki region, central Poland.](https://strojeludowe.net/#/gabinski/2/12) Old types of such belts in that region were 15cm wide and around 3 to 4 meters long.__[Woolen belt from village of Rudzienko near Kołbiel, east-central Poland](https://strojeludowe.net/#/kolbielski/2/15).__[Krajka from vicinity of Włodawa in eastern Poland.](https://www.muzeumlubelskie.pl/Zarys_etnograficzny_Lubelszczyzny_/Stroje_ludowe_Lubelszczyzny-1-418-73.html)__[More examples from Włodawa.](https://strojeludowe.net/#/podlaskiwlodawa/2/10)__[Green belt from Łęczyca, central Poland.](https://strojeludowe.net/#/leczycki/2/9)__[Belt from Łowicz, central Poland (modern reconstruction).](https://folkstar.pl/products,show,308,1,stroj-lowicki-ludowy-meski.html)__[Belt from region of Podlasie along the Bug River, north-eastern Poland.](http://patternsofeurope.pl/tradycyjne-wzornictwo-lubelszczyzny-dekoracje-strojow/)__[Belt from region of Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) in south-central Poland.](http://pik.kielce.pl/e-learning/stroje-ludowe-kielecczyzny/stroj-swietokrzyski.html)__[Belt pattern from vicinity of Jarosław in south-eastern Poland.](http://muzeum.przeworsk.pl/aktualnosci/ludowe-stroje-przeworskie-album-i-pliki-graficzne-do-pobrania/)__[Simple red belt worn in Kujawy, north-central Poland.](https://strojeludowe.net/#/kujawski/2/15)_Some belts / krajki were more decorative like those from Chełm, and there are some regional variants. Still, the belts were much more simple, and made only from local materials.This is how the peasant belts / krajki were usually made:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1hwxQid9w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1hwxQid9w)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Davk1cf5Hhw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Davk1cf5Hhw)Side note, among the regional costumes, the [Żywiec town costume](https://polishcostumes.tumblr.com/tagged/%C5%BCywiec) is a notable exception because the Żywiec man’s fashion is inspired directly by the historical clothing of szlachta. The Żywiec sashes are meant to resemble the historical kontusz sashes.

[screeching-from-pa]

are you,, from western pa because like. i was looking through your pa tag and saw sheetz and i'm like "bro i just really wanna talk abt how great sheetz is now"

I’m actually from the more east area of central pa, but feel free to talk about sheetz, because I love sheetz but yt doesn’t get that and keeps giving me wawa ads. 

[strawbarisouls]

I'm also from PA, but originally the central part and only ever heard about the Pitt-Philly rivalry. Even when I lived in western out in Butler co. I never heard jack about Union City OR Altoona. (Although we did have the same joke about Adams co. growing up in York that yall had about Union City apparently.)

And idk, but having spent considerable time growing up in Jersey, no one trashes Camden anymore? In South Jersey anyway everyone hates AC. Or Newark.

I currently live in Oregon, and no one talks about Gresham like at all. We hate on Eugene. Or Portland depending on your view about the value of human life and the taste of boots.

So idk. Redditors aren't a representative sample is i guess the moral of the story.

Most upvoted choices for Reddit thread “What city in your state does everyone in the state dunk on?”

by u/alexcass91

[hobjoon]

Waffle Shop Suggester Anon: I'm from north western, PA, and it's always my luck that other Armies are from central or the eastern side!

There’s quite a few from eastern pa