Finding this article reminded me of the thoughts and feelings I had as an Indigenous person hiking in the Muir Woods and reading the posted history signs and timelines.
I'm so glad that there is recognition of the harm American conservationists have done, and continue to do, Native peoples, as well as recognizing the history of the people we praise when it comes to nature.
Started on the East Alicewood Trail and cut onto Fern Creek! I went on a Tuesday a few hours before closing so the trails were practically empty. If I had more time I would've loved to hike the canopy view trail.
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Hi neighbors, editing this post to say thank you all for the back story on this:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Indian-artifact-treasure-trove-paved-over-for-5422603.php?fbclid=IwAR2xsi9qIotF3KEr4SsUt4_mv5mI02eUHGjJ74eocCiofpVMf728mr__AXY
Map of the California Republic and surrounding nations
Intro
The Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 is a little known rebellion that took place in the context of American Manifest Destiny. In our reality it was a successful if minor revolt that happened in the city of Sonoma, California. A group of American Settlers led by William B. Ide and John C. Fremont seized control of territory in the north of the San Francisco Bay Area. This scenario is an exercise in what if the Bear Flag Revolt was a more major rebellion similar to the Texas Revolution ten years prior. It is also a much more fleshed out and very altered version of a scenario I submitted to Alternate History Hub for another Alternate Countries contest way back in 2014. I hope you all enjoy and good luck to everyone who enters.
The 1842 Gold Rush and American Settlement
American settlement in the Californias dates back to the 1830s when the first groups of settlers arrived at the feet of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The largest group of these early settlers were of the Mormon faith who were attempting to escape persecution in the United States and Republic of Texas. Most would settle east of the Sierras, but a few would continue past the mountains to the lush and fertile coast. This settlement picked up in the early 1840s when gold would be discovered in Southern California. This first gold rush would lead tens of thousands of people to leave the U.S. in an attempt to strike it rich or as an excuse to escape persecution, within this wave the largest group were the Irish as well as German Catholics. Mormons, Irish, and German Catholics would make up the largest groups of white settlers in the Californias, with the latter two of these groups settling mostly in the central valley and along the west coast. While there were early conflicts with the Mexican Californio population, the shared faith in Catholicism would quickly stem any conflict. The gold discovered in Southern California would quickly dry up by 1844, with many of the new settlers turning to employment on the many Califonio ranches and farms in the region or settling in the burgeoning coastal cities of San Diego, Monterrey, and San Francisco.
The Monterey Massacre and 1845 Insurrection
During the dictatorial reign of Antionio Lopez de Santa Ana, the Californio population suffered greatly. With much of t
... keep reading on reddit β‘Hello Reddit, decided to try to give meaning to all the server names. This is part 1,I had to split it because it was over 40k altogether.
Disclaimer / this is just little old me doing my lazy, basic ass googling, so feel free to help fill out what I left out cuz if i didnt find it relatively quickly i skipped, and correct me if I was wrong or refering to the wrong meaning. Ill try my best to update, mb add links and stuff. Also shoutout to the devs if they ever see this, thanks for the journey through history and mythology !
NA EAST
Aarnivalkea = in Finnish mythology, a will o' the wisp that burns over a hidden treasure. Generally will o' the wisp is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travelers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The phenomenon is know in much of European folklore by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, hinkypunk and hobby lantern and is said to mislead travelers by resembling a flickering lamp or lantern.
Adlivun = the spirits of the departed who reside in the underworld , in the Inuit religion. Roughly
translated as "those beneath us". Inuit are indigenous peoples of the Arctic region.
Argadnel = in Celtic mythology, meaning "plain of silver cloud", one of the Islands of the Earthly
Paradise that were visited by Bran the Blessed, "Blessed Crow", a giant and king of Britain
Atvatabar = The Goddess of Atvatabar, novel written by William Richard Bradshaw, an Irish-born American author. The premise is by entering the interior of the hollow Earth via a Symmes Hole, the protagonists from the world above find an advanced civilization who use spiritual power to do everything from maintain youth to resurrect the dead. It gets heated from there.
Aztlan = name of the mythical homeland of the Aztecs, the ancient Mesoamerican civilization also known as the Mexica. According to their origin myth, they left Aztlan at the behest of their god/ruler Huitzilopochtli, to find a new home in the Valley of Mexico. In the Nahua language, Aztlan means βthe Place of Whitenessβ or βthe Place of the Heron.β
Babilary =
Barataria = a fictional island awarded by noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Don Quixote, a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled as the first modern novel and is considered one of the greatest wo
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
!XΓ³Γ΅ !Xun (Ekoka) //Ani /Xam A-Pucikwar A-Pucikwar Aari Aariya AasΓ‘x Abau Abaza Abenaki (Western) Abidji AbipΓ³n AbipΓ³n Abkhaz Abui Abun Acaxee Acehnese Achagua Achang AchΓ© AchΓ Acholi Achuar Achumawi Acoma AcroΓ‘ Adai Adamorobe Sign Language Adang Adioukrou Adithinngithigh Adjuvilo Adyghe (Abzakh) Adyghe (Shapsugh) Adyghe (Temirgoy) Adynyamathanha Adzera Aekyom Aequian Afrihili Afrikaans Agarabi Agavotaguerra Aghem Aghu Aghu Tharnggala Aghul Agta (Central) Agta (Dupaningan) Aguacatec Aguaruna Ahom Ahtna AikanΓ‘ Ainu Aizi Aja Ajagbe Ajawa AjiΓ« Aka Aka-Bea Aka-Biada Aka-Bo Aka-Cari Aka-Cari Aka-Jeru Aka-Kede Aka-Kede Aka-Kol Aka-Kora Akan Akar-Bale Akawaio Akha Akhvakh Akkadian Akkala Sami Aklanon Akwa Ala'ala Alabama Alagwa Alamblak Alanic Alas Alawa Albanian Aleut Aleut (Eastern) Algonquin Alladian Allentiac Alngith Alsatian Alsea Alsea Altai (Southern) Alune Alutiiq Alutor Alyawarra Ama Amahuaca Amanab AmanayΓ© Amara Amarakaeri Ambae (Lolovoli Northeast) Ambai Ambulas Amdo Amdo (Themchen) Amele American Sign Language Amharic Amis Ammonite Amo Ampeeli Amuesha Amuzgo Anamuxra Ancient Cappadocian Ancient Macedonian Andi Andoa Andoke Andoquero Anejom AnΓͺm Angaataha Angami Angas Anggor Angolar Anguthimri Anindilyakwa Anong Antrim dialect, Irish Anufo Anyi Anywa Ao Apache (Chiricahua) Apache (Jicarilla) Apache (Western) Apalachee ApalaΓ Apatani ApiakΓ‘ ApinayΓ© ApurinΓ£ Arabana Arabela Arabic (Bahrain) Arabic (Bani-Hassan) Arabic (Beirut) Arabic (Borno Nigerian) Arabic (Chadian) Arabic (Eastern Libyan) Arabic (Egyptian) Arabic (Gulf) Arabic (Hijazi) Arabic (Iraqi) Arabic (Kormakiti) Arabic (Kuwaiti) Arabic (Lebanese) Arabic (Modern Standard) Arabic (Moroccan) Arabic (Negev) Arabic (North Levantine Spoken) Arabic (Palestinian) Arabic (San'ani) Arabic (Syrian) Arabic (Tunisian) Arakanese (Marma) Araki Aralle-Tabulahan Arandai Araona Arapaho Arapesh (Abu) Arapesh (Mountain) AravirΓ‘ Arawak Arbore Arcaicam Esperantom Archi Are'are Areba Aribwatsa Aribwatsa Aribwatsa Arikara Arikem Arin Armenian (Eastern) Armenian (Iranian) Armenian (Western) Arop-Lokep Arosi Arrernte Arrernte (Mparntwe) Arrernte (Western) Arritinngithigh AruΓ‘ Asmat Assamese Assan Asturian AsurinΓ AtacameΓ±o Atakapa Atakapa Atampaya Atayal Atchin Athpare Atikamekw Atlantean Atsugewi Atsugewi Attempto Controlled English Au Aulua Auregnais Auslan Auyana Avar Avatime Avestan Avikam Avokaya Awa Awa Pit Awabakal Awadhi Awngi Awtuw Awyi Ayabadhu Ayiwo Aymara (Central) Aynu AyomΓ‘n Ayoreo Azari (Iranian) Azerbaijan
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I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Theyβre on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Why
Itβs pronounced βNoel.β
Leaving this up, but someone made a much better post here including eu https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/pt8xqy/server_names_lore_part_1_naeu/
Just some quick googling to satisfy my curiosity. Here are most of the meanings behind the server names for NA EAST. Please correct me if I am wrong, would love to know If I am missing a meaning
"???" Means I have no clue, or not sure if that is the right meaning devs intended.
Themiscyra - Ancient Greek town, home of the Amazons
Cantahar - some imaginary city from old french literature
Aztlan - Homeland of the Aztecs
Yaxche - Mexican Tree of Life
Topan - The Nahua people such as the Aztecs, Chichimecs and the Toltecs believed that the heavens were constructed and separated into 13 levels, usually called Topan
Valhalla - Hall of the Fallen, Norse
Xibalba - Mayan Underworld
Morrow- Like "To-Morrow"?
Locuta - Latin and Spanish for "To Speak"
Krocylea - Island near Ithaca
Adlivun - Inuit word for spirits residing in underworld Minda -
Kaurna word meaning 'place of shelter and protection'
Loloi - Birthplace of gods in Lugbara mythology
Kay Pacha - Incan word for the perceptible world where people, animals, and plants all inhabit
Mictlan - Aztec underworld
Ensipe - Appears to be a location referenced in Homer's Odyssey
Dominora - Mythical island visited by the main character in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither by Herman Melville
Pyrallis - Mythological insect-sized dragon
Eden - Biblical Garden
Maramma - Hindu God, protects from epidemics
Ute-Yomigo - Miwok Native American afterlife, means "dead home"
Sitara - Indian name meaning "Starlight"
Hanan Pacha - Incan Realm of the Gods
Babilary - Fictional location from Gulliver's Travels sequel. "the island of Babilary in the East China Sea, which is ruled by women who are both warriors and artists and whose men are only concerned with beauty and fashion."
Argadnel - Celtic Island visited by Bran the blessed
Barataria - A fictional republican kingdom in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Gondoliers OR a fictional isle awarded by some noblemen to Sancho Panza as a prank in Part II of Cervantes' Don Quixote
Silha - Mythical island from Guyver, a Japanese manga series
Calnogor - Fictional Location from "The Goddess of Atvatabar" Novel
Falias - City where Irish Celestial Beings Reside
Moriai - Greek word for sacred olive tree. plural.
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... keep reading on reddit β‘I posted the following in the newworldgame reddit, and it was pretty much downvoted and several people commented along the lines of "there doesn't need to be an LGBT" server. The moderators also removed my post, and I don't know why. Anyway, re-posting here, fam!
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Hi everyone: I was curious about the names of the various servers/worlds, and here's what I've found. Sorry if some of the formatting is a bit off. I basically copied/pasted mostly from Wikipedia.
- Themiscyra. Themiscyra (/ΛΞΈΙmΙͺΛskΙͺrΙ/; Greek: ΞΡμίΟΞΊΟ ΟΞ± Themiskyra) was an ancient Greek town in northeastern Anatolia; it was situated on the southern coast of the Black Sea, near the mouth of the Thermodon. According to Greek mythology, it was the capital city of the Amazons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themiscyra_(Pontus) (Update: Themiscyra is also the island that Wonder Woman is from, per u/jrsedwick.)
- Cantahar. I think this is a reference to a piece of artwork by Frank Stella. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/493546
- Aztlan AztlΓ‘n (from Nahuatl languages: AztlΔn, Nahuatl pronunciation: [ΛastΝ‘Ι¬aΛn] (About this soundlisten)) is the ancestral home of the Aztec peoples. Aztecah is the Nahuatl word for "people from Aztlan". Aztlan is mentioned in several ethnohistorical sources dating from the colonial period, and each of them give different lists of the different tribal groups who participated in the migration from Aztlan to central Mexico, but the Mexica who went on to found Mexico-Tenochtitlan are mentioned in all of the accounts. Historians have speculated about the possible location of Aztlan and tend to place it either in northwestern Mexico or the southwest US, although there are doubts about whether the place is purely mythical or represents a historical reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztl%C3%A1n
- Yaxche For the Maya, the Tree of Life, called Yaxche, is traditionally a Ceiba tree. This is a tall tree with large buttressed roots, a remarkably straight trunk, and a high horizontal crown. The roots are said to shelter bats, symbolic of the underworld. The trunk teems with insect life, and attracts the animals and birds that feed on them. The crown spreads wide over the jungle canopy, often with four branches that would suggest the
While everyone is scrambling to determine which server to join based on the preferences of friends or streamers or just "sounding cool", I was super curious as to where the ideas for the names came from.
I spent the better part of this weekend digging through Wikipedia and Google and many other educational sites I probably haven't used since college to try to figure out where they pulled the names from and what they mean, or what they're in reference to.
A big shout out to this thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/pt2906/na_west_server_name_meanings/) for all the info on the NA West servers.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to figure them all out. Your help in that aspect would be truly appreciated. I had actually planned to make a YouTube video out of this info, but won't have time before launch, so if anyone wants to use this info for such a reason please feel free.
- Denotes an item that needs a definition or more clarification.
US West
| Servers | Meaning / Reference |
|---|---|
| Camelot | The castle and court associated with King Arthur |
| Kshira Sagara | "The Ocean of Milk" in Hindu Cosmology. According to Hindu scriptures, the devas and asuras worked together for a millennium to churn the ocean and release Amrita the nectar of immortal life |
| Linnunrata | Finnish for "The Pathway of the Birds" also known as The Milky Way |
| Mulitefao | Tuvaluan mythology On Niutao the understanding is that their ancestors came from Samoa in the 12th or 13th century. Niutaon mythology tells the story of the people who first inhabited the island: βThe first inhabitants of Niutao were half spirit and half human beings who lived at Mulitefao. Their leader was Kulu who took the form of a woman. The first human settlers came from Samoa in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika. He settled at Tamana on the eastern side of the island, where winds swept the spray of the surf over the reef.β |
| Ptolemais | An ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in Palestine region often referred to by historians as the Ancient Greek word for "Cure" |
| Celadon | The Celadon is a mythological river of Arcadia crossed by Heracles in pursuit of the Hind of Ceryneia, according to Pindar: it is mentioned by Strabo. |
| Neno Kuni | A netherworld in japanese mythology |
| Uku Pacha | The pacha was an Incan concept for dividing t |
While everyone is scrambling to determine which server to join based on the preferences of friends or streamers or just "sounding cool", I was super curious as to where the ideas for the names came from.
I spent the better part of this weekend digging through Wikipedia and Google and many other educational sites I probably haven't used since college to try to figure out where they pulled the names from and what they mean, or what they're in reference to.
A big shout out to this thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/newworldgame/comments/pt2906/na_west_server_name_meanings/) for all the info on the NA West servers.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to figure them all out. Your help in that aspect would be truly appreciated. I had actually planned to make a YouTube video out of this info, but won't have time before launch, so if anyone wants to use this info for such a reason please feel free.
- Denotes an item that needs a definition or more clarification.
US West
| Servers | Meaning / Reference |
|---|---|
| Camelot | The castle and court associated with King Arthur |
| Kshira Sagara | "The Ocean of Milk" in Hindu Cosmology. According to Hindu scriptures, the devas and asuras worked together for a millennium to churn the ocean and release Amrita the nectar of immortal life |
| Linnunrata | Finnish for "The Pathway of the Birds" also known as The Milky Way |
| Mulitefao | Tuvaluan mythology On Niutao the understanding is that their ancestors came from Samoa in the 12th or 13th century. Niutaon mythology tells the story of the people who first inhabited the island: βThe first inhabitants of Niutao were half spirit and half human beings who lived at Mulitefao. Their leader was Kulu who took the form of a woman. The first human settlers came from Samoa in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika. He settled at Tamana on the eastern side of the island, where winds swept the spray of the surf over the reef.β |
| Ptolemais | An ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in Palestine region often referred to by historians as the Ancient Greek word for "Cure" |
| Celadon | The Celadon is a mythological river of Arcadia crossed by Heracles in pursuit of the Hind of Ceryneia, according to Pindar: it is mentioned by Strabo. |
| Neno Kuni | A netherworld in japanese mythology |
| Uku Pacha | The pacha was an Incan concept for dividing t |
There hasn't been a post all year!
