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@seav@en.osm.town
2024-02-25 15:46:06

Hindi na kagulat-gulat na hindi sinama ni BBM ang Pebrero 25 sa listahan ng mga opisyal na araw na walang pasok. Pero hindi ibig sabihin na kakalimutan ko na kung bakit pinatalsik ng taumbayan ang diktador niyang ama.
#NeverForget #NeverAgain

Photo of a historical marker with the following inscription in Tagalog:

EDSA People Power

Nagtipon ang libu-libong mamamayan bilang tugon sa panawagan ng Arsobispo ng Maynila, Jaime Cardinal Sin[,] upang bigyan proteksyon sina Juan Ponce Enrile, Ministro ng Tanggulang Pambansa; Ten. Heneral Fidel V. Ramos, pangalawang pinuno ng Hukbong Sandatahan ng Pilipinas at ang mga rebeldeng sundalong kabilang sa Reform the Armed Forces Movement, na tumiwalag sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand E. M…
@mesakeith@mastodon.ph
2024-02-19 18:45:34

Austronesian directions are trippy, producing the same words for different things.
"Timur/timog" means east in Malay, but in my language, Tagalog, it means south. In others, it means wind or rain. Turns out, they all have roots meaning southeast monsoon. It checks out because here at the north, those winds appear from the south while at the south, they would appear from the east.
What's weird is in Masbate, it means north. Wonder what happened there?