Em @rum_and_tea@cybre.space

Ancient and traditional Indonesian fonts available to download on 'Aksara di Nusantara'

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/07/13/ancient-and-traditional-indonesian-fonts-available-to-download-on-aksara-di-nusantara.html

(Got a 509 Error when I tried to access the website, though, shame. I'll have to try later.)

tired: writing fan fiction because you love the source material so much and it's a way to connect to it long after you've finished the content
wired: writing fan fiction because canon SUCKS and needs to BURN

A summary of a translator's essay on translating a work in Indonesian (gender-neutral pronouns!!) to English:

https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/translating-gender-fluidity-in-clara-ngs-meteors-toni-pollard

"... she was deliberately creating a story with gender fluidity ... leave it up to the reader ..."
"... Clara added: Using “he/she” will exclude others who are agender or nonbinary."'

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Indonesia's firefighters on frontline of Borneo's forest blazes (photography + article)

https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/indonesias-firefighters-on-frontline-of-borneos-forest-blazes

the pose kinda reminds me of old days of practicing sketching postures with a wooden figurine

not a fan of birdsite but a fan of the Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Twitter account and their ASCII art

I'm still mixing up singular/plural stuff in English when I'm tired smh

(Anyway, TIL people have been going into the streets since Monday. Indonesian media aren't covering it, however.)

My favorite thing from the photographs of today's Jakarta demonstrations in front of the House of Representatives building: "Gedung ini disita mahasiswa."

Or: "This building is being confiscated/seized by [college/university] students."

Credit: Adhi Wicaksono from CNN Indonesia.

confession: I once posted a one-year-old news piece to r/worldnews, nobody noticed, I got 30ish positive karma

lowkey can't wait for Bandung-Jakarta high speed trains even though I probably wouldn't be able to afford it lol

I love commuting by train mmmm

tired: FOMO because of what your friends posted on Instagram
wired: FOMO because of what your mom posted on Instagram

she looks fANTASTIC ummff

ahh to be reminded how gay you are by the way a girl braided her hair

Dunia sempit begini keserempet satu kena semua.

I have so much mixed feelings about Germany right now hmmmmph