#interregional

[cartografiadaausencia]

Stig Dagerman, "Jogos da Noite"

31.07.2023

[eternapocalypse]

I really really need to actually sit down and set the general plot of the AU better, because all I have is a vague idea on what happens, more specifically:

Mt. Coronet shenanigans

Clemont pulling an AZ

Paradox pokemon involvement

Whatever the legendaries are doing atm

[siphonophoresupernumerary]

Pokémon Pass and Pokémon Smash, followed by Pokémon Fuck, Pokémon Marry, and Pokémon Kill

[pokemontechsupport]

Tech company tierlist. It's not comprehensive, only from companies who's stuff I've used.

[vullabies-and-skeledirges]

Does anyone know what Pelipper Mail's standard overseas rates are? They seem to deliver, like, everywhere, and it would be great if I could reduce shipping costs to the regions where Cubone actually live natively...

[pokemon-ecologist]

Ugh.

I've been pulled into more work from my old InterPol days recently than I have in a long time...

I haven't had to think about some of the shit I saw there in fucking ages, and I've never been more grateful that technically my status as an agent is tied into events that make it legally impossible to pull me all the way back in.

Because otherwise, well... You never really leave InterPol, and not having to go back was one of the best parts of that whole shitshow.

I loved the work, I felt like I was doing good, but... Well, I'm not glad for the memories recent events have brought to the surface...

My whole scientific career is technically just one big vacation, but I'm tired, man... I'll be staying home in Alola for a while, hopefully nothing exciting happens...

[southislandwren]

memes i think the pokemon champions would send to each other in the group chat

[drill-peck]

Are Skarmory or Crorviknight good interregional fliers? I'd believe not honestly but I'd rather ask before I assume because I'm a big fan of the steel type [^]! If not, what are some bird Pokemon who would be better at it? I don't wanna end up getting a new friend just to put them through something they can't handle in order to save a couple thousand pokedollars monthly for business trips [~,] would much rather a lighter wallet than hurtin' a new pal of mine! - @meltanfan395

skarmory definitely not. i've seen them handle the trip between johto and kanto alright but anything more than that is going to be too much for them. their wings just aren't made for it.

with corviknight i'd say it depends on the pokemon specifically. there are some breeds that have been bred for generations to handle large weights and real long distances but you need to get them from a very specific kind of breeder (and even then i'd do some serious endurance training before just expecting them to fly you to alola or wherever).

i wouldn't just catch a rookidee and expect it to be able to do that though. you might get lucky and end up with an incredibly beefy one, but i wouldn't count on it.

the problem with steel/flying types is that steel is heavy. corviknight is like 160 lbs on average and skarmory is like 110. it takes A LOT of muscle and energy to keep that much weight in the air, and then you're asking it to carry your weight in addition to its own and keep that in the air for LONG periods of time. it can be done with corviknight but like i said, you have to breed for it and the only people i know who do that are in galar.

[tardis--dreams]

Oh everyone is well aware of this i don't think this needs to be pointed out like this

[tetrachromate]

how it feels to read Beckwith's Tibetan Empire in Central Asia

[lilycove-living]

well now im thinking about travelling and doing some interregional contests...

[whencyclopedia]

Celtic Coinage

The coinage of the ancient Celts, minted from the early 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE, at first imitated Greek and then Roman coins. Celtic engravers then soon developed their own unique style, creating distinctive coins with depictions of stylised horses, abstract shapes, and the portraits of Celtic chiefs. Not being part of a wider political and economic entity like the Roman Empire, gold, silver, and bronze Celtic coins were rarely used for interregional trade but were, rather, used to buy and exchange goods locally and to spread imagery of rulers, tribes, and the ancient Celtic religion. Finally, coins were frequently buried in large hoards as part of votive rituals.

The Function of Celtic Coinage

An enormous number of Celtic coins have been found in burials and as part of ritual treasure hoards across Europe. Some hoards contained as many as 10,000 coins. Celtic coins were used for a variety of reasons. They were, as one would expect, used as a currency to acquire goods locally but coins were primarily used as a more convenient replacement for other high-value goods which had previously been used in a barter system. Coins were also offered as diplomatic gifts and perhaps given as tribute to more powerful neighbouring rulers.

Coins were also minted for prestige reasons: to demonstrate the wealth and sophistication of a particular chief and to spread their likeness amongst the people they ruled. Coins were sometimes dispensed by chiefs to their people on special occasions as a demonstration of their success and generosity. It is for this reason, perhaps, that the minting of Celtic coins was so sporadic: only when a ruler needed extra legitimacy for their rule were new coins minted.

Although coins provided artists with a new medium to show off their skills, an unexpected consequence of their introduction on wider ancient Celtic art is here summarised by the historians J. Farley and F. Hunter:

The spread of coinage coincided with a rapid decline in the production of unique and ornately decorated objects: the shields, weapons and torcs that were both symbols of status and power, and the canvases for earlier Celtic art. As small, mass produced objects, coins are undoubtedly less impressive than the imposing metalwork that had gone before but they offered a new kind of impact. Rapid manufacture and portability allowed powerful images, political messages, and a newly transformed stock of Celtic art to be transmitted to a wider audience than ever before.

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Celtic coins were rarely used in interregional trade since, unlike say in the Roman Empire, Celtic Europe was made up of many different tribal groups and the coinage of one had no value in another except for the weight of precious metal. It is for this reason that small scales have turned up everywhere in the archaeological record, needed to assess the real value of coins which were used in trade. A consequence of the necessity for a coin to have a real value as opposed to a face value was that should any chief be tempted to debase the metal in their coinage (and some did), they would find it of little use outside their own territory.

Finally, coins were frequently buried in hoards. However, this was not always a mere ‘bank in the ground’ strategy but likely involved some sort of specific ritual and was done as a votive offering to Celtic deities. Such deposits were added to over a period of many years, sometimes several decades, and were often divided into multiple hoards in the same vicinity. The site of Hallaton in England, for example, has been excavated by archaeologists, and they discovered over 5,000 coins buried in 16 different places. Nearby were remains of ritual animal sacrifices, further pointing to a religious significance to the burial of these coins.

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[latinotiktok]

copa américa today!!! Empieza la violencia interregional y la xenofobia como se debe 🫶🫶

XENOPHOBIA 24 HOUR LOCKDOWN

[fablefangs]

Hydreigon colors and patterns recognized by the Interregional Dragon-Type Fanciers' Association, as well as a typical wild hydreigon. Modern Pokémon-showing associations tend to favor lines with smooth, vibrant colors with little variegation outside of approved markings, as opposed to wild Pokémon's typical duller, more mottled colors. However, wild-type Pokémon can still participate in shows in the pet/non-pedigree category.

The Virbank Red is a recent addition to the hydreigon show world, bred from a mutation discovered in captive deino and only recognized by the IDTFA as a valid color type in 2020.

Shiny variations under the cut:

[pokemonshelterstories]

say my neighbor has an outdoor delcatty. say the delcatty prefers being indoors. say i take the delcatty and keep her inside my home. can i be arrested?

it depends on the region you're in. pokemon welfare activists in a variety of regions are pushing for laws to define the act of leaving any owned pokemon outside to wander as neglect; currently, there are many regions where right now several domesticated species are allowed to free roam. in these cases, you have no legal standing to take somebody else's pokemon just because it's outside.

if you knowingly keep a pokemon that is registered to another trainer, though, you could possibly be arrested regardless of where you found the pokemon. you also would not be able to put the delcatty in a legal pokeball (as all pokeballs connected to the interregional pokemon box service will check if a pokemon has been registered to a different trainer ID), which would mean no pokemon center or vet visits. your neighbor making a bad choice doesn't mean it's ok to steal their pokemon, and it would be hard for you to provide proper care for that pokemon anyway because you'd risk being found out.

the better thing to do is make a report to the rangers about seeing a wandering pokemon that you believe belongs to someone. let them take the delcatty back home and give the owner a talk about keeping their pokemon safe. your local rangers will also be aware of your local laws regarding free-roaming pokemon, and if they do end up legally seizing the delcatty, then you can see about adopting it.

[flagellant]

he rides on my public interregional transit system until my motive goes loco