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| - Do I look invisible to you, kiddo? |
Why we can´t see God...yet.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Natten går tunga fjät
Testing...testing. Det verkar som att Gemini faktiskt har lärt sig vad det svenska Lucia-firandet är för något! Har ännu inte testat några andra system.
THEY HUNT US FOR FOOD
If they even exist, that is. Which they most certainly do not. Some tall tales from China, Chile and Argentina.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Nice to Xi you
Det här är kremlologi, men det kanske kan vara av ett visst intresse. Kina markerar vem som är överordnad i den eurasiatiska maktordningen och att de vita barbarerna från Gårdarike är deras bitches. Har jag ju alltid misstänkt. Som sagt, intressant...
Blott Sverige svenska gubbar har
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| Credit: Alpdake |
Har Aftonbladets chefsideologer redan åkt på semester? Blev nämligen lite förbryllad när de inte använde jordgubbsdiskussionen till att slå ett slag för arbetskraftsinvandring. En förvirrad artikel säger t.o.m. att svenska jordgubbar inte är någon rättighet?!
Fast det kanske beror på att det ser lite väl "kapitalistiskt" ut att importera säsongsarbetare till "plantagerna". Alltså vill man undvika frågan.
Det är således bättre att inmundiga importerade jordgubbar plockade av slavarbetare i utlandet. Åtminstone om man är socialdemokrat.
Eller?
Trump card
This is obviously a cope. As if sell outs never happened before in world history. And Trump was always something of a wild card. Certainly from an isolationist-populist-far right perspective. Sheridan also downplays the fact that Trump is old and may be getting senile (and perhaps quite mad).
Finally, he doesn´t see the *continuity* between the Former Trump and the Current Trump. Both espouse exactly the same mercurial and predictively unpredictable behavior. Trump was always very pro-Israeli and anti-Iranian, keen on gaining Greenland, et cetera. Even his relationship to the populist far right is somewhat complicated. Yes, he seems to have broken with them once and for all now, but already during his first presidency, Trump had constant conflicts with Steven Bannon!
So nah, the Man aint dead. Not yet, anyway.
Sick humor?
Why is everyone so afraid of an Ebola pandemic all of a sudden? I´m sure Trump can handle the situation, just like he did the last time, by rushing through the development of a new vaccine, HA HA HA.
Besides, the Donald is really SAINT GERMAIN IN THE FLESH!!!
Kompisröstning
Är inte detta något slags brott mot Eurovisions regelverk? Moldavien borde kanske utestängas från tävlingen nästa år? Att Moldaviens jury inte gav så många poäng till Rumänien är i själva verket positivt, eftersom låten var ett sado-masochistiskt porrnummer om strypsex!
Tuesday
I don´t really "chime" with any Hindu deities associated with Tuesdays or Thursdays, but here is Murugan c/o Gemini, who is apparently associated with Tuesdays.
Monday, May 18, 2026
Aliens and pyramids
An AI-generated (?) song inspired by "Ancient Aliens". Not very good, but I couldn´t avoid noting the name of the "performer": Iris Binary. It´s some kind of AI-related technical term, but it sounds a bit edgy. Binary as opposed to...non-binary? Paradigm shift ahead, maybe?
Borde bombas?
Ännu en korkad krönika som klagar på att Israel-vänliga kulturkrigare (sic) politiserar Eurovision Song Contest.
Alltså...
För det första: Är inte vänstern "kulturkrigare" när de i flera års tid krävt att Israel ska utestängas från Eurovision, och att tävlingen annars bör bojkottas?
För det andra: Är det inte oerhört tondövt att kalla reaktionerna på terrorattackerna/pogromerna den 7 oktober 2023 för "kulturkrig"? Som om det handlade om en konflikt om en regnbågsannons på Facebook. Skribenten verkar dessutom inte kalla reaktionerna på Israels krig i Gaza för "kulturkrig".
För det tredje: Eurovision har alltid handlat om politik. Ukraina har fått anti-ryska kompisröster sedan åtminstone den orangea revolutionen 2005. De har också tävlat med uppenbart anti-ryska sånger vid ett flertal tillfällen. Och vunnit en av dessa gånger. Ingen klagade. Tvärtom buade publiken ut de ryska bidragen. När Norges band viftade med orangea flaggor på scenen under tävlingen i Kiev var det ingen som klagade heller. När Bosnien deltog första gången på 90-talet tävlade landet med en sång som ganska uppenbart handlade om Balkankrigen. Ingen klagade. Och vad Israel beträffar så tävlade landet någon gång på 00-talet med ett Woke hippie-band som t.o.m. hade syriska flaggor på scenen! Ingen klagade. Märkligt, eller hur?
Så varför klagar alla nu? Juuuust det.
För det fjärde: Eurovision Song Contest har i flera årtionden haft en ganska uppenbar LGBTQI-framtoning. Finns det någon som *på fullt allvar* hävdar att detta inte är "politiskt"? Lite som ett kulturkrig kanske?
Jag vet inte om musik och politik "borde" höra ihop. Men däremot verkar det som att nöjesskribenter i kvällspressen borde hålla sig ifrån politiken. Kommentera bara dansarnas ärschlen i fortsättningen, tack så mycket!
Mormon space wives
LOL, something tells me this isn´t the correct Patristic understanding of the Great Commission, but what the heck do I know...
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Osiris slain
Hmmm....
This guy was wrong about Göbekli Tepe and the Eye of Sahara, so is he wrong here, too? Awaiting the next debunk. Maybe.
Storfavoriter
Japp, jag tänker älta ESC ett tag till. Att Finland skulle ha varit storfavoriten tyckte jag alltid lät ytterst märkligt. *Så* jävla bra var inte den där låten. Sorry. Och det verkar som om jag hade rätt...
Innehåller även information om Sveriges röstresultat.
This is the Way
An analysis of the Star Wars-related TV series "The Mandalorian" from the viewpoint of anthropology and religious studies.
OK, so I have a few objections...
I never watched "The Mandalorian", so I have zero opinions on that one, but what about the anthropology? It simply can´t be true that the strictest religions are the most succesful ones. The most extreme cults (say the Exclusive Brethren or Heaven´s Gate) are always much smaller than the less strict ones (say the Presbyterian Church USA or some New Age network). Or take the Catholic Church. Most Catholics aren´t monks or nuns, obviously. The strictest monastic orders are the smallest ones (the Carthusians). Maybe the *illusion* of strictness is more succesful than outright "liberalism", but that´s a different proposition entirely. The illusion of strictness is good for identity politics, just blending in with broader society isn´t. To maintain the illusion, some "creds" have to be thrown in, but not nearly as many as in a *really* and grimly strict group. "Fish on Friday" isn´t the same thing as veganism or fruitarianism.
Or what about "the routinization of charisma"? The first generation of a religious group might be super-committed, but in order to survive beyond that initial charismatic push, it needs to create institutions which overtime will become bureaucratic, et cetera. It struck me when watching the video that some of the strict religious groups mentioned probably solve the problem by becoming free riders on the rest of society. How hard is it *really* to be an Orthodox Jew if you don´t have to do military service, get welfare money for your large family, and so on? I´m sure the Amish are free riding in some way, too. It´s just that US media are too uncritical and romantic in their attitudes towards them, so we haven´t heard anything about it.
Finally, a complaint about "fictive kinship". Sociologists and anthropologists usually assume that this somehow overrides biology. But does it? First, most fictive kinship systems seem to be practiced within the same population, which means that there *is* a level of genetic kinship between the participants. Group selection could explain this. Second, even when "fictive kinship" is practiced more broadly (say in a missionary religion), the converts will tend to marry other people of the same faith, which means that the kinship ties will become genetical in the normal sense over time. Again, no mystery for evolutionary theory.
In the science fiction TV series "The Mandalorian", one of the characters apparently adopts a baby of an *entirely different species*, treating him as his own son. Which is *highly* unlikely from an evolutionary viewpoint. Showing us that it´s indeed science *fiction*...
So nah, not convincing.
Xi you later
Jag visste att TH skulle ta upp detta, tänkte faktiskt på honom när jag såg rubriken för några dagar sedan...
Welcome to the riot
This is the winner in this year´s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC): "Bangaranga" featuring Dara. It´s a crazy pop song and dance act, perhaps inspired by Ukrainian singer Ruslana´s old classic "Wild Dances".
It´s also surprisingly pretentious for a pop song. The nonsense title is supposedly a Jamaican slang word for rebellion or disturbance. The live performance begins as a weird group therapy session (!) and ends in a riot (?) as the singer affirms her inner strength.
"Bangaranga" is also inspired by the kukeri, groups of Bulgarian men in strange costumes who scare away evil spirits by dancing and making noises. Presumably, Dara and her dance troupe are trying to exorcize their own inner demons. OK, I admit that it may work better than traditional psychoanalysis, LOL.
Welcome to the world´s strangest riot. Twelve points!
Saturday, May 16, 2026
End it already
Donald Trump is "seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st state". Yeah, whatever. Trump used to be good at trolling the media, but these days, it´s difficult to know what´s ironic trolling and what´s un-ironic clinical insanity. On the web, nobody needs to care, but in a POTUS...well.
But sure, if Venezuela would become a literal US state, every Venezuelan would have the right to enter the *other* 50 states without permission. They would have a lot of Congressmen, too. Including federal senators. And a higher status than, ahem, Puerto Rico...
So maybe Trump´s proposal isn´t that bad, after all? Muh-hah-hah!
So it *is* true, then?
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| Ekakshara Ganapati: The Ultimate Reality? |
Ahem, surely this means that the statement I was quoting (from Sadhguru) *is* true? ChatGPT sounds like a pesky little Reddit skeptic here. Still, interesting!
Is this true? "The diameter of the sun is 108 times the diameter of the earth. The distance between the sun and the earth is 108 times the diameter of the sun. The distance between the moon and the earth is 108 times of the diameter of the moon. So isn't it incredible? This mathematic in the creation around us in the space that we are trying to explore has manifested itself in the human system."
The claim is based on a mixture of:
- real astronomical approximations,
- numerological interpretation,
- and spiritual symbolism.
It is not literally exact, but it is also not completely invented.
Here is the reality.
1. Is the Sun’s Distance About 108 Solar Diameters?
Yes — approximately.
Modern values:
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Diameter of the Sun:
about 1.39 million km -
Average Earth–Sun distance:
about 149.6 million km
Now divide:
So:
the Sun is about 108 solar diameters away from Earth.
That is genuinely close.
2. Is the Moon’s Distance About 108 Lunar Diameters?
Also approximately yes.
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Diameter of Moon:
about 3474 km -
Average Earth–Moon distance:
about 384,400 km
Divide:
So it is not exactly 108,
but reasonably close.
Because the Moon’s orbit varies significantly,
the ratio fluctuates.
At some points it can come closer to 108.
3. Is the Sun 108 Times Wider Than Earth?
No — that part is false.
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Sun diameter:
~1.39 million km -
Earth diameter:
~12,742 km
Divide:
Actually:
the Sun’s diameter is about 109 Earth diameters.
So “108” here is just a rounding approximation.
4. Why Is 108 Spiritually Important?
The number 108 is extremely important in:
- Hinduism,
- Buddhism,
- yoga,
- tantra,
- and some martial arts traditions.
Examples:
- 108 beads on a mala,
- 108 Upanishads (traditionally),
- 108 defilements in Buddhism,
- 108 sacred names of deities.
Because of this,
people often look for:
- cosmic correspondences,
- sacred geometry,
- and symbolic harmonies involving 108.
5. Why These Ratios Exist
The Sun and Moon appear almost exactly the same size in the sky because:
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the Sun is vastly larger,
but also vastly farther away, - while the Moon is smaller and closer.
This coincidence allows:
- total solar eclipses.
The “108” relation emerges partly from this geometric coincidence.
6. Is This Evidence of Divine Design?
That becomes a philosophical or spiritual interpretation.
Scientifically:
- the ratios are approximate,
- not exact,
- and partly depend on averages and rounding.
Spiritually:
many traditions see meaningful symbolism in these correspondences.
So one could say:
| Scientific View | Spiritual/Numerological View |
|---|---|
| Approximate coincidence | Sacred cosmic harmony |
| Ratios vary | Symbolic resonance matters |
| No proof of design | Possible sign of hidden order |
7. “Manifested in the Human System”
This refers to esoteric traditions that connect:
- the cosmos,
- the body,
- mantra,
- sacred number,
- and consciousness.
In Hindu and Buddhist tantra especially:
- the human being is viewed as a microcosm of the universe.
Thus:
- sacred geometry,
- astrology,
- bodily channels,
- mantra counts,
- and cosmological numbers
are often linked symbolically.
So the statement is expressing a traditional mystical worldview:
the same hidden order appears in cosmos and consciousness.
8. Important Caveat
One should avoid overstating the precision.
These are:
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approximate ratios,
not: - mathematically exact universal constants.
For example:
- planetary orbits change,
- lunar distance varies,
- and the Sun/Earth ratio is closer to 109 than exactly 108.
So:
-
spiritually suggestive?
Possibly. -
scientifically miraculous?
Not really.
9. Why People Find It Fascinating
The appeal comes from the convergence of:
- astronomy,
- sacred number symbolism,
- and contemplative traditions.
For many people,
108 feels like:
a bridge between cosmos, ritual, and consciousness.
That symbolic power is real even if the arithmetic is only approximate.
Demons
I´m always wide awake at 3am, so to me, going to sleep at that time would be more sensational. Diurnal humans, you! As for my dreams, the stranger ones stopped some time ago.
I´m fine, guys.
Army of Lovers hade rätt
Mycket småungar i snabbköpet. Vid plockgodiset. Givetvis för att det är Eurovision-final i kväll. Army of Lovers hade alltså rätt. Mello (och Euro) är ett jävla barnprogram, LOL.
Själv fyllde jag på dagsbehovet!
Dumheter
Den *verkliga* "krismaten" är såklart barkbröd. Och kanske nässelsoppa? Vågar man säga att potatistårtan är "fake and gay"? LOL.
Dubbelkoll
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| Credit: Tabercil |
Någon borde dubbelkolla de här planerna. Med tanke på Erdogans illa beryktade multi-vektoralism...
Eller ska vi helt enkelt acceptera att han inordnat sig i NATO-ledet nu?
J D Vance krossad?
Kanske lite tidigt att ta ut segern i förskott.
Rent politiskt är Marco Rubio antagligen en "nykonservativ" som LARP-ar Trump-nationalist/populist för att hålla Den Store Ledaren (och "basen") på gott humör. Jag tror personligen att Vance egentligen är en ännu värre opportunist, så vad han skulle ta sig till i presidentsitsen går nog inte att förutsäga. Fråga Peter Thiel! Fast hans isolationistiska LARP verkar mer övertygande än många andras.
Ron DeSantis, slutligen, är antagligen också "nykonservativ" men med en märklig förmåga att tilltala de allra knäppaste populisterna (de som vill förbjuda elspisar eftersom det luktar klimatanpassning, et cetera). 2023-2024 tilltalade han även tidigare Trump-väljare som tröttnat på *den* gubbens ständiga idiosynkrasier. Vilket kanske är...ironiskt.
Blodbad 2028?
The Order of Caesar
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| Credit: Walt Disney Studios |
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is the latest film (2024) about a post-apocalyptic world in which apes have become the dominant life forms, spouting human-like speech and intelligence. Meanwhile, humans have regressed to a beast-like existence. Or have they? Unknown to the apes, some intelligent humans have managed to survive in underground bunkers and are plotting a comeback as a species, which would threaten the dominant status of chimps, gorillas and orangs.
The main character, the smart chimpanzee Noa, is taken prisoner (alongside his entire clan) by the gorilla dictator Proximus and is faced with a tough moral dilemma. Either co-operate with the still-intelligent humans to save his clan, while risking a new war between apes and unforgiving Homo sapiens in the future. Or support Proximus, whose projected authoritarian kingdom could save apekind by capturing human high tech weapons, but at the expense of everybody´s freedom. Noa choses the first option, presumably setting the stage for a sequel.
There are obvious references to the original "Planet of the Apes" movie (1968) throughout this production, and I believe some scenes were actually taped at the same location. A funny difference is that the orangutans are the good guys. Noa meets the orang Raka, who belongs to the "Order of Caesar" working to restore peace between Pongidae and Homo. Caesar was the effective founder of the ape civilization, but generations after his death, few remember his message of tolerance or his laws. Raka can read and write, and comes across as a kind of monk-intellectual, trying to salvage as much knowledge as possible during the Dark Age. The catch is that the orang doesn´t know that some humans can still speak and have no intention of co-existing with their former circus animals. Thus, Raka is the archetypical "naive intellectual".
Even worse is Trevathan, a dissaffected and weak human who collaborates with Proximus against his own kind. Trevathan also looks like a parody of an intellectual, presumably a fatalistic and demoralized hippie resigned to the fact that his utopian dreams have been dashed. The man spends his time entertaining the gorilla-king with stories about the ancient glories of Rome, until his grizzly end.
While somewhat interesting (*are* there LOTR-like elements in the plot? What about "MonsterVerse"?), "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" strikes me as an extended "Planet of the Apes" fan fic story. I´m not sure if the average viewer remembers all the details from the 1968 film! Still, a sequel might be worth doing. Is there some reason why the main character has a name resembling the Biblical character Noah, for instance? Do the still-talking humans have a doomsday weapon? Et cetera.
With that, I close this review!
50 years of the ICC
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| Not the ICC, for the record |
Last year, the zany International Communist Current (ICC) celebrated its 50th anniversary. Yes, really! The ICC was founded in 1975. Imagine accomplishing *absolutely nothing at all* in half a century. Except publishing weird magazines with interminable articles nobody actually reads. OK, the book about the history of the Italian Left was somewhat interesting. So was the agent-baiting and Mason-bashing during the 1990´s.
Personally, I don´t think the ICC will be around in 2075, but I suppose it´s not *entirely* impossible. The Bordigists and their eternal Communist party will of course be around still in 3000 AD...
Friday, May 15, 2026
Fun factoid
In 2021 I actually defined this here blog as "ahem, a kind of quasi-religious troll blog". LOL!
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Strypsex
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| Neutral bild Credit: Jeff Buck |
Rumänien tävlar alltså i Eurovision med en sång om strypsex. Vilket väckt kritik. Men av live-showen att döma rör det sig om *lesbisk* strypsex. Vilket väl är politiskt korrekt. Så vad är problemet?
Eller nej?
Wtf, I love Elizabeth Warren now
Apparently, Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US crypto industry. Or so the (non-cryptic) crypto lobby claims. Wtf, I love Senator Warren now!
Drönarkriget
Detta uppmärksammas även internationellt. En NATO-relaterad övning på Gotland visar att den svenska militären inte kan försvara ön effektivt mot ett utländsk drönarangrepp. Tyvärr inte helt oväntat.
Sverige "krossades" i militärövning
Ukrainian drone pilots turn a military exercise in Sweden into a warning for NATO
Snygga tjejer
Men det finns väl inga snygga tjejer inom vänstern? Skulle inte en sådan infiltratör väcka uppmärksamhet? :P
Men okej, det kryllar som bekant av homosexuella män och t.o.m. "blattar" inom alt-högern, så Peterson kanske faktiskt kan hitta någon som passar.
Förutsägelse: personen Peterson rekryterar för att infiltrera vänstern, kommer egentligen visa sig arbeta på Dagens ETC i syfte att infiltrera *honom*!
Söker "blatte, bög eller snygg tjej" för att infiltrera vänstern
Anniversary
According to some calculations, Jesus was crucified on Friday, April 3, 33 AD. This year, Good Friday fell on - you knew it already - Friday, April 3. If so, the resurrection would have been on Sunday, April 5. And 40 days after that, Christ ascended to Heaven. That would be Thursday, May 14.
Guess what day and date it is today?
I find this almost mind-blowing. Can´t help thinking: did it actually happen? Did the disciples actually see a god-man ascend to heaven from the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem? Is today the literal "anniversary" of that event? As they say on the interwebs: "Yuge if true".
But then all the awkward skeptical questions return: if Christ was with his disciples for 40 days, why didn´t he tell them that he *wouldn´t* return soon, that all foods are clean, that Paul is right against James and Peter...you know the drift.
As far as we know, the Jesus Movement was the only Messianic-apocalyptic sect in "Palestine" which developed the idea that their martyred leader had been resurrected, an idea that must have emerged very early on in the movement´s history. Which is compatible with the disciples experiencing a unique event. An actual resurrection, perhaps?
But apart from this, the Movement doesn´t seem to have been very different from any other religious group in history, with all the usual factional squabbles, theological conflicts, reinterpretations, and what have you. And of course the strange idea that a failed Messiah didn´t really fail at all, but came back after three days, is also compatible with everyone experiencing very strong delusions...
Or with the disciples not really listening to what the Master was trying to teach them in the first place.
Pondering.
Some geopolitical marginalia
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| - Geopolitics? You gotta be kidding, I´m a cosmic Buddha! |
So Trump is in the Forbidden City to sell Taiwan, Ukraine, the Iranian people and the workers in the Amerikan heartland down the river. Or something. His wayward brotherman Elon is there too. To make some bizniz. Chinese Communist Party hurr hurr hurr.
Sounds like the ChiComs have played the American "isolationists" in pretty much the same way they played the "globalists" for 40 years.
Oh.
Unless the Donald does something unexpected? Maybe we should be careful what we wish for. Since we live in interesting times...
Slutet på en era
Lite pinsamt att SVT Nyheter inte talar om orsaken. Med tanke på att den tydligen avslöjats av deras källa, NWT (den artikeln är dock bakom en betalvägg). Vi hoppas förstås att TH fortsätter med sitt bloggande. Av kända anledningar.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Ett hån
Och så fortsätter vi att håna den här fem år gamla artikeln (som lät lite väl orealistisk redan då)...
Neverending story
Varför vågar ingen stänga Lundsberg? Apropå de senaste avslöjandena. Förmodligen lättare att rensa atmosfären på koldioxid...
The method of the siddhas
I almost forgot that it´s Wednesday and that I´m supposed to post fun pics of Ganesha, so here is one just for you. Very non-traditional, LOL.
Closed borders
Slovakia has closed its border with Ukraine. Why? Didn´t Slovak premier Robert Fico recently meet Putin in Moscow?
Masken av
Rubrik i Aftonbladet. LOL. Det skulle ni väl ha tänkt på tidigare? Fast å andra sidan, de kanske kan hävda att det hela är kopplat till hanta-viruset...
No surprise
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| Neutral picture |
No real news here, tbh. Maybe somebody should show this to Greta Thunberg or Professor Dave. Or the Slovenian public broadcaster...
New report details systematic rape and sexual violence during Oct 7 Hamas terrorist attacks
A propos Boy George
A small "grassroots" breakaway group from the ISKCON manages to enter a Boy George book signing event without tickets, et cetera. Kirtan follows (of course). Note that Boy George claims that ISKCON founder Prabhupada liked Baccara (!) while one of the devotees say he loved Charlie Chaplin (!!). Ooookay.
Wtf, I löööv my man prabhu now!
Always good to be friends with an excentric pop singer, especially if he is British and hence relatively polite. And no, I don´t have any of the books featured in the YouTube clip. Damn.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Welcome to the Holarctic
Gemini has a more dramatic take on the Pashupati prompt from the previous blog post...
An ancient god
This is supposed to be "Pashupati" (the Indus Valley Civilization deity) in a rainy northern forest. I suspect Copilot might have gotten some inspiration from Cernunnos, though. Note the coy wolf (pun intended) and the squirrel?! The bird is probably a quail.
Current mood?
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