Most insane take so far on Trump´s Iran War of course comes from Michael Tracey, the contrarian extraordinaire.
>>>If you weren't aware, "unconditional surrender" is what Franklin D. Roosevelt demanded of the Axis Powers after the Casablanca Conference in 1943. This ultimately entailed extirpating the German state, dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, and occupying both countries in perpetuity.
I know this is "pseudo-science", but it´s interesting anyway. "Time storms" seem somewhat uneasily situated somewhere in between fringe science about EM fields, the even more fringey UFO phenomenon, and the outrightly paranormal. Fairies as usual? Or just tabloid-type sensationalism? Note also the connections to (purported) quantum physics and science fiction.
Do your own research. Or seek ye the time storm and see the truth...
Who were the last pagans of Europe? Very interesting (and scholarly) discussion about Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Principally Estonia.
Flashback to my own peregrinations over 20 years ago at the Religious Studies department of a certain Swedish university, where we learned about Uralic religions from all over northern Eurasia.
Interesting detail: it seems scholars have rescued the term "animism", which was considered very problematic during my student days. And the curious term "creolization" is really what used to be called syncretism. Who knows, maybe we can save "paganism" next? ;-)
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This kind of (far) left factional/clique/claque infighting is extremely tiresome. If I had any interest in this kind of politics, I would either stay in Labour or join the Greens. Note also the hilarious anti-sectarian posturing from Corbyn´s faction (actually called The Many). So how many members does Your Party have in total?
It´s not even clear whether the Corbynistas are less sectarian than, say, the Trotskyist SWP since the latter group apparently supports the Greens, the Next Big Thing in British politics! And no, I have no idea what "Imperiali" and "Droop" means either...
I´m beginning to feel an increasing "Internet fatigue". Anyone else? I mean, most stuff on-line is just meaningless BS. Or bizarre speculations totally disconnected from the real world ("IRL"). And 90% is probably just porn. Or, I suppose, doom porn.
Maybe it´s time to pull the plug on this operation...
But as long as it remains, I´m gonna continue blogging. So nice try, overlords!
Yes, oarfish. That´s the new apocalyptic sign, apparently. From a channel which previously promoted the idea that 3I/ATLAS is alien tech and that the Blood Moon was some kind of doomsday event. And yet, here we are. And how many stranded oarfish are we talking about, anyway? Two? Three??
Here is ChatGPT.
Yes — the fish you’re thinking of is the Oarfish, and it is often called a “doomsday fish.” But the reputation is mostly folklore rather than science.
In parts of East Asia, especially Japan, oarfish are traditionally believed to predict earthquakes or tsunamis. In Japanese folklore they are called Ryūgū-no-tsukai, meaning “Messenger from the Sea God’s Palace.”
The idea is that when these deep-sea fish appear near the surface or wash ashore, it signals that something is wrong beneath the ocean floor.
This belief gained attention after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, because several oarfish had washed up on Japanese beaches in the preceding years.
There are a few speculative reasons people propose:
Deep-sea disturbance theory – If tectonic activity changes pressure or releases chemicals, deep-sea animals might become disoriented and rise toward the surface.
Rare sightings – Oarfish normally live hundreds of meters deep, so when one appears it seems mysterious or ominous.
Sea-serpent appearance – Their long ribbon-like body (sometimes over 10 m long) historically inspired myths about sea monsters.
Scientists have actually tested the idea.
A statistical study in 2019 concluded that the link between oarfish sightings and earthquakes is an “illusory correlation.”
In other words:
Earthquakes happen all the time, so coincidences occur.
Oarfish occasionally wash up because they are sick, dying, or injured, not because of seismic events.
Folklore: Oarfish = omen of earthquakes or tsunamis.
Science: No reliable evidence of any predictive relationship.
Interestingly, because of their strange appearance and deep-sea habitat, oarfish are also one of the animals often proposed as a historical source for sea-serpent legends.
If you want, I can also show you:
why deep-sea fish sometimes suddenly appear near the surface, or
some other animals that people historically believed could predict earthquakes (there are several fascinating ones).
Det här var Geminis i och för sig fyndiga svar på prompten "A very peaceful form of Pashupati". Kan säkert posta sådant här i timmar, fast det tänker jag inte göra!
Imagine meeting this guy while strolling around in an early spring landscape. Wat u do?
