The fire this time

 

The irony is that Trump might even be right about this. And yet, it´s still a surreal move. For various reasons...

Trump punishes Canada for forest fires

Tik tok, tik tok

 

Let´s be honest, sooner or later, Argentina will (re)take the Falkland Islands...

Flagged

 

An interesting "unofficial" flag, actually. 

Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

See also here (more ironically):

Identity crisis

Current mood?

 

"Noooo, you can´t mix different traditions". Why not, chief?

Vidskepelse

 

Det här var det dummaste jag hört...

Argentinas president skippar VM-finalen

Christmas in July

 

I missed this strange Christmas song last year. Apparently, it´s Swedish?! So here we go instead! 

Jagannath consciousness

 

This is a video c/o the Ritviks or ISKCON Bangalore, a breakaway faction from the "official" ISKCON. Supposedly, the committee overseeing the Jagannath temple in Puri has sent a letter to both ISKCON and the Ritviks, requesting them to only celebrate Rath Yatra (the main festival dedicated to the god Jagannath) during the dates indicated in advance by the temple priests. The Ritviks will honor the request, while the "official" ISKCON apparently won´t, preferring to celebrate on dates of their own chosing. 

Imagine what religious sects can argue over. Do they *really* think Jagannath ("The Lord of the Universe" i.e. God) gives a damn? But who knows, maybe he does, since in this scenario, God is a Vaishnava!

Please note that the priests in Puri exclude non-Indian Hare Krishnas from the temple, so maybe that´s the *real* reason why ISKCON-Official doesn´t feel bound by their decisions, but whatever, I have no particular dog in this fight...

The case against reality

 

Sabine Hossenfelder tries to take Donald Hoffman seriously, but it just doesn´t work. She gives Hoffman a ten out of ten on her "bullshit meter", claiming he´s "not even wrong". Apparently, Hoffman recently published a paper trying to prove mathematically that aliens seen during psychedelic trips are real. I think even people who do believe in aliens and/or psychedelics might find that approach a bit...trippy. 

Modern times

 

Not Subhadra 

So I was just watching some kind of live broadcast from the annual Hindu Rath Yatra festival in Puri. Kind of weird seeing the temple priests using modern mobile phones, taking selfies while standing in front of Subhadra´s idol at the chariot...

I want to see

 

I want to see this...

Something tells me this won´t be included in the next tranche of UFO files released by the Were-Trump administration! Nor in Nolan´s "Odyssey"...