Dude! So I assume Styxie isn´t a libertarian anymore? I mean, you need a fairly powerful federal government to build the kind of trinkets he talks about here. Neutron bombs, space-based nukes, doomsday weapons, maybe the Drona weapon?! Who do you think invented the A-bomb? FDR cough cough New Deal cough cough...
A propos the previous blog post: Buddha protected by Alexander the Great and Herakles! Welcome to ancient Gandhara...
An interesting video on ancient Greek influence on various aspects of Asian art and culture (including martial arts).
The Greco-Buddhist kingdoms of Bactria and NW India are of course featured, but it turns out that the Hellenic influence survived far longer. Note that the first depictions of the Hindu gods Krishna and Balarama are Greco-Buddhist, and so are the first anthropomorphic depictions of the Buddha. There are even depictions of the Buddha with two dharma-protectors, who on closer inspection turns out to be Alexander the Great and Herakles!
The content-creator argues that some Asian martial arts might be influenced by ancient Greek Pankration (made famous by the games at Olympia). Thai boxing and Bokator in Cambodia are apparently the main suspects. The video also claims that there are descriptions of fighting techniques in the Hindu epic Mahabharata which resembles Pankration.
Interesting. So here we go again: Ex Occidente lux. Or at least mixed martial arts...
Ja, det är tydligen Sverigefinnarnas dag idag. Alltså den finska/finsktalande minoriteten i Sverige. Deras flagga ovan. En flagga som tydligen nästan aldrig används. Sverigefinnar föredrar nämligen Republiken Finlands flagga. Okej, då vet vi det.
Från SVT Nyheter. Det är tydligen Sverigefinnarnas dag idag. I Sverige. Alltså.
Annars är väl "barndomsfinne" bland det dummaste ord jag hört...
This seems to be a joke, some trolls who are making fun of Peter Dimond, a sedevacantist content-creator on YouTube.
The Seventh Day Adventist-related channel Scriptures Illustrator really goes out on a limb here, relating a strange miracle story about an Inuit prophet in Alaska during the 19th century, a certain Maniilaq, who became a "Christian" after a divine prophecy given to him by a bird?!
The Adventists seem interested in him since he supposedly kept the Saturday Sabbath. According to ChatGPT, Maniilaq was a real person - probably a syncretistic visionary and healer. Even the Adventist video linked above describe practices which sound magical or shamanistic. ChatGPT also claims that the Sabbatarian claims are very late (20th century).
The idea that various Native tribes heard about the Bible or Jesus already before the arrival of Christian missionaries does exist among some...Christian missionaries themselves. Which is actually pretty strange. This is evidently another example.
Is the Inuit prophet Maniilaq a real person? Supposedly a Inuit 200 years ago who knew about Christianity and predicted the future without knowing the Bible, etc.
Yes — Maniilaq is regarded as a real historical person in Iñupiat (Inuit) oral tradition.
However, the more dramatic claims about him (detailed Christian-style prophecy, specific predictions of modern technology, etc.) are debated and often come from later retellings rather than early documentation.
Here’s a careful breakdown.
Most scholars and Alaska Native historians accept that:
Maniilaq was an Iñupiat spiritual figure.
He likely lived in the early–mid 19th century (often dated roughly 1800–1850).
He was known as a healer and prophet among the Iñupiat of northwest Alaska.
He appears in missionary-era reports and Indigenous oral histories.
So: Yes, probably historical.
The more controversial claim is that:
He predicted the arrival of Christianity before missionaries arrived.
He knew about a single creator God.
He anticipated moral teachings similar to the Bible.
However:
Russian Orthodox missionaries were active in Alaska from the late 1700s onward.
Trade networks spread ideas long before permanent missionary presence.
Cultural contact may have preceded written records.
So it is entirely possible he had indirect exposure to Christian ideas, even if no missionary was stationed directly in his village.
There is no strong historical evidence that he developed detailed Christian theology independently and in isolation.
Modern retellings sometimes claim that Maniilaq predicted:
The coming of white people.
The coming of Christianity.
The collapse of traditional ways.
Modern technologies.
A final moral reckoning.
However, these claims mostly come from:
Later oral traditions recorded in the 20th century.
Christian missionary interpretations.
Modern Indigenous reinterpretations.
We do not have contemporary 19th-century written records documenting detailed prophecies in real time.
The idea that he:
Predicted Christianity without ever encountering it,
Or anticipated biblical teachings in detail,
is usually framed in apologetic or spiritual narratives rather than academic historical work.
From a scholarly perspective:
It’s more plausible that he integrated new religious ideas into existing spiritual frameworks.
Indigenous prophets frequently reinterpret outside influences in culturally meaningful ways.
That pattern is common globally.
Similar prophetic figures emerged in many Indigenous societies under colonial pressure.
They often:
Combined traditional spirituality with incoming religious elements.
Foretold social upheaval.
Called for moral reform.
Maniilaq fits that broader anthropological pattern.
Most historians would say:
He was likely a real spiritual leader.
The details of his prophecies are difficult to verify.
Some elements may have been shaped by later Christian influence.
Oral traditions evolve over time.
This does not mean the tradition is false — only that it cannot be verified in the way modern historiography requires.
Is Maniilaq real?
→ Probably yes.
Did he independently predict Christianity without exposure?
→ Historically uncertain and unlikely in the strong form sometimes claimed.
Are the dramatic prophecy narratives historically documented from his own time?
→ No, they appear in later accounts.
If you’d like, I can also compare Maniilaq to other Indigenous prophetic movements (like the Ghost Dance or cargo cults) to show the broader pattern.
A new book, promoted by the pro-Trump site Breitbart News, argues that a cabal of globalist billionaires are trying to weaponize the public´s fear of AI job less for various nefarious ends, one of which is (surprise) to push a certain Donald J Trump out of effective office.
Sure, that may be possible. So who´s behind this book, then? Let me guess. The *other* oligarchic tech faction, the one backing the Donald?
The author acknowledges that new data centers are pushing up water and electricity prices for the US working class and hopes/wants Trump to address this problem. Which may indeed be a clever strategy if you want the GOP to carry the midterms, since the Democrats will otherwise hijack this "populist" issue. However, since Trump´s crown prince Vance is bought by Peter Thiel, I can´t say I´m holding my breath...
