Slumpens skördar

 

Alla de här dödsfallen är såklart en ren tillfällighet, eller hur? 

Epsteins "svenske" scout hittad död

The wrong ball room?

 

Again: Why should we care about this? This is from Trump´s Pravda, Breitbart News.

Fashion notes: Bring in the clowns

Galakväll

 

Vad är "Met-galan" och varför ska jag bry mig? 

Imgur Fake

 

What would we do without Snopes and their fact-checkers? I suppose the people (or is it just the Internet denizens) get the fact-checkers they deserve, LOL. 

The Fruit of the Loom logo never included a cornucopia, honestly

The Burkinabé fashion revolution

 

Burkina Faso´s leader Ibrahim Traoré bans wigs. Supposedly. I don´t know, I get the impression that the Burkinabé revolution has fallen on hard times. And where is Jack Barnes??? 

Praying to the goddess

 

A lot of skull beads on the web, supposedly for praying to Kali. Edgy. But are they "real"? Or just made in Nepal? So I had to ask ChatGPT about it. I mean, dude! 

How does Shakta prayer beads look like?

In Śākta traditions (worship of Devī in forms such as Kālī, Durgā, Tripura Sundarī), prayer beads—japa mālās—can vary depending on lineage and purpose. Below is a clear overview of how they typically look and how they differ from Vaiṣṇava or Śaiva mālās.

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🔱 Common Types of Śākta Prayer Beads

1. Rudrākṣa (5-mukhi or 10-mukhi)

Used in Śākta, Śaiva, and some Kaula traditions.

Appearance:

• Brown, rough, “seed-like” spheres

• Strung on red or black thread (Śākta styles favor red)

• Usually 108 beads + 1 guru bead

Usage:
For general Devī mantras, like “Om Durgāyai Namaḥ.”

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2. Rakta Chandan (Red Sandalwood)

Very common in Śākta worship.

Appearance:

• Smooth, reddish beads

• Fragrant wood

• Often capped with small gold- or copper-colored spacers

• Thread color: red

Usage:
For mantra japa connected to Lalitā, Tripura Sundarī, and any goddess associated with rajas and śakti.

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3. Coral (Moonga) Mala

Important in Tantric goddesses associated with Mars (Maṅgala), Kālī, or protective forms.

Appearance:

• Deep red, glossy beads

• Very striking and auspicious

• Requires authenticity (many corals are artificial)

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4. Black Onyx or Black Crystal (for Kālī)

Used in left-hand or protective practices.

Appearance:

• Jet-black, shiny, smooth beads

• Thread: black or red-black combination

• Often heavier than wooden beads

Usage:
Kālī, Chinnamastā, Bhadrakālī, or fierce protective mantras.

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5. Tulsi + Red Thread (rare, but found in Bengal)

These exist in Bhārati, Annapūrṇā, and household Devī worship, but are not the usual Vaishnava tulsi style.

Appearance:

• Pale wooden beads

• Strung on deep red thread

• Usually smaller than vaiṣṇava tulsi mālās

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🌺 Distinctive Śākta Visual Features

Thread Color

Most commonly:

• Red (very typical)

• Black (for fierce forms)

• Red-black mix (tantric lineages)

Tassel

• Usually red, sometimes with gold accent

• For Kālī mālās: black or black-and-red tassel

Bead Count

• Standard: 108

• Sometimes: 54 or 27 for quick japa

• Kaula traditions: occasionally use 50-bead malas (symbolizing the Sanskrit alphabet)

Guru Bead

• Often larger

• Sometimes capped in gold or copper

• In some lineages, replaced with a yantra bead (a small bead with a symbol etched)

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🕉️ Examples by Deity

For Kālī

• Black crystal mala

• Black thread

• Red-black tassel

For Tripura Sundarī / Lalitā

• Red sandalwood

• Red thread

• Gold-tipped tassel

For Durgā

• Rudrākṣa or red sandalwood

• Red thread

• Red tassel

For Bhairavī or Tara (tantric forms)

• Coral or black beads

• Red thread

• Copper spacers

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On the web, there are many prayer beads for Kali showing small skulls. Are these un-traditional? They are often said to be made in Nepal.

Short answer: Yes — skull-bead malas sold online today are mostly untraditional or very modernized, though they do have symbolic roots in Tantra.

Below is a clear breakdown:

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🕉️ 1. Are skull prayer beads traditional in Kālī worship?

Traditional?

• Not in mainstream Shakta practice.

• Bengali, Assamese, Kashmiri, Tamil, Nepali, and Odia Śākta traditions do not prescribe using skull-shaped beads for householders.

• Classical texts (Tantras, Āgamas, Kalpas) mention:

  • red sandalwood

  • rudrākṣa

  • crystal

  • coral

  • black beads
    …but not carved skull beads.

Where does the skull symbolism come from?

Kālī is depicted wearing a mundamālā (garland of skulls), so skull motifs are symbolically associated with her — but not typically used as prayer beads.

Thus the imagery is authentic, the mālā is modern.

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🔱 2. Why do many “Kālī skull malas” come from Nepal?

Nepal (especially Kathmandu Valley) has:

• A living Newar Buddhist Vajrayana tradition

• An active Kapalika / Aghori-influenced Shaiva presence

• A strong artisanal tradition of carving ritual skulls, kapālas, and bone items

In these traditions:

• Bone malas (aṣṭhimālā) are traditional for wrathful deities.

• They are not decorative: used in wrathful deity sādhanā (Bhairava, Mahākāla, Vajrayoginī, etc.)

However:

• Most skull-bead malas sold online are tourist items, loosely inspired by this iconography.

• Real Nepali bone malas (made from animal bone) are simple, not cartoonish skulls.

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🧿 3. Are they appropriate or safe for household worship?

For householders (gṛhasthas)

Generally not recommended.
Even Shakta authorities say:

• Bone items attract ugra (fierce) energies

• They belong to certain left-hand practices, not everyday puja

• They are unnecessary and often distracting

Safe alternatives connected to Kālī:

• Black crystal / onyx mala

• Red sandalwood mala

• 8-mukhi or 10-mukhi rudrākṣa

• Coral mala
  These are traditional and safe for household Kālī devotion.

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🪶 4. Are skull-bead malas totally fake?

Not fake — just modern adaptations.
They express Kālī’s iconography but do not come from classical Hindu Shakta tradition.

If a practitioner wants a symbolic reminder of:

• impermanence

• Kālī as time and death

• the mundamālā symbolism

…then skull beads can be used symbolically — but they aren’t traditional prayer malas.

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Cringelord

 

This is the most cringey stuff ever on YouTube, geezus, almost want to call in some special squad to have this guy arrested. I don´t know, the fashion police?!

Fast fashion

Håller med kritikerna. Hur kan detta vara ett "misstag"? Misstaget verkar vara...strukturellt.

Efter kritiken: Shein inför förbud mot sexdockor

Brioche, Mylady, brioche!

 

Är DN:s flirt med Woke över, eller är detta ett bredare paradigmskifte? Hyllning till Marie-Antoinettes privata toilette. Eller var det kakfabrik? Men okej, det var väl bra att Frankrike stödde den amerikanska revolutionen...

Modedrottningen Marie-Antoinette skapar trängsel i London

Källor säger

 

Vi har ju utvecklat ett ironiskt intresse för "den tidigare Fröken Snusk" här på bloggen, så därför måste vi helt enkelt länka till detta sensationella avslöjande. Måste dock säga att jag inte riktigt gillar "Felicias" nya stil. Är det något slags COVID thot erotica, eller vad?   

Uppgifter: Tidigare Fröken Snusk klar för Melodifestivalen

Another night, another meme

 

- Yes, septum ring theory?!

So the Genesis AI volunteered to give me a stern condemnation of the latest Internet meme, "septum ring theory", when I made the mistake of searching for the meaning of said meme. 

But don´t worry. I sat out the "jeans/genes" kerfuffle, and will most certainly sit out this one, too. Come to think of it, maybe I´ll sit out the rest of the decade!

Provocera, provocera, provocera

Jag ser att Anders Lindberg är tillbaka från semestern. Alltid lika fascinerande när Woke-"vänstern" projicerar kulturkriget på högern. Om Anders vill snacka om ekonomi, kan han väl börja med att ta ett litet samtal med den amerikanska "vänstern". Varför tror han att den alltid "faller" för högerns provokationer? Juuuust det. Och varför är inte t.ex. kriminalitet och massinvandring frågor som "drabbar vanligt folk"? 

I USA har Woke-liberalerna ägnat snart ett år nu åt att klaga på att högern "fortfarande talar om trans". Ja, vad det tänkas bero på? Den andra länken nedan går förresten till en annan artikel på Aftonbladets ledarsida. Gissa vad...?

Provocera, provocera, provocera! 

Snart pratar väl Tidölaget också om dina gener

 "Inga politiker är trans"

Wat means?

 

Michael Tracey (perhaps ironically) claim that the above are typical MAGA T-shirts, so I had to ask ChatGPT (non-Molech version) about it...

What is the meaning of the meme or T-shirt with the text "I´m not gay but 20 dollars is 20 dollars"? Is there a connection to MAGA?

The phrase "I'm not gay, but $20 is $20" is a popular meme and slogan found on T-shirts, mugs, and internet posts. Here's a breakdown of its meaning and cultural context:

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Meaning

It's a joke that plays on the idea of someone doing something they normally wouldn’t (in this case, engaging in a same-sex act) in exchange for money — in this case, a relatively small amount, $20. The humor comes from the contradiction:

• The speaker claims not to be gay.

• But is supposedly willing to perform a gay act for just $20, implying financial desperation or a very flexible moral stance.

This is meant to be ironic or absurd, and it's typically delivered tongue-in-cheek. It’s often used to poke fun at ideas of masculinity, sexuality, or cheapness — and sometimes to highlight hypocrisy.

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Connection to MAGA or Politics?

There’s no intrinsic or original connection to MAGA (Make America Great Again) or conservative politics. However:

• The meme has been popular among certain right-leaning or "anti-woke" internet circles, where it’s used for shock humor or to mock political correctness.

• Because of that, and the way internet culture overlaps with certain memes, you might see the slogan worn or shared by people in the MAGA crowd, but it's not a MAGA-specific meme.

• It's more of a "frat-boy" humor or edgelord meme, sometimes embraced by people with MAGA affiliations, but also common outside that sphere.

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Summary

• Joke meaning: I'm not gay, but I’d do something gay for money = absurd contradiction for laughs.

• Not inherently political, but can be associated with politically incorrect or edgy humor spaces, some of which overlap with MAGA supporters.

Let me know if you want some examples of where it's been used or how it has evolved online.

Hail victory

 

So the ADL claims that Kanye West (Ye) is an anti-semite cuz he is selling a white t-shirt with a black swastiska. 

Is this the same ADL that told us that Elon Musk´s Roman salute *wasn´t* Nazi? 

LOL. Yeah, whatever.  

Autism increases

 

The Woke libertarian girl who refused to vote for RFK Jr with the argument that his anti-vaxx stance is really a form of hate against autistic people has gotten herself new eyeglasses. 

Oh. 

Hyperpigmentering

 

Woke-vänstern stretar på...

Kicks fälls för "rasistisk" reklam

Reklamombudsmannens utlåtande

Catholics have more fun

 

This gives an entirely new meaning to the expression "Catholics have more fun". Note that these are Franciscan nuns and that they claim to be traditionalist (conservative) Catholics! Yeah, the kind the Cathars reacted against. Or even Francis himself... 

>>>Local Spanish media have revealed that the excommunicated Poor Clares of Belorado in Burgos racked up a debt of over 45,000 euros, on extravagant expenses including velvet and silk sheets, a fighting bull, and high-quality jamón ibérico - a speciality Spanish ham.

>>>According to local reports, the sisters had been buying eccentric items such as high-quality jamón, laptops and cell phones, and even a fighting bull that had to be sold after it could not be tamed. 

>>>One vendor sent a bill for 6,900 euros, due in January, for items including silk sheets, feather down comforters, and velvet footrest covers. The vendor alleged that the last time he spoke with the sisters on the phone, one sister told him that “Saint Peter would repay [him]” and never answered the phone again.

>>>One of the largest unpaid bills - for more than 18,000 euros - is from a French company, for an oven and raw materials to make the chocolates that the sisters sold to sustain themselves. The sisters’ sweets were known across Spain and even served in Michelin-star restaurants.

Silk sheets and a fighting bull

Third places

 

This shit is apparently a thing in Sweden, too. Kind of wondered where it came from. Of course it´s late capitalist Amerika.

Note that the Woke influencer wants better parenting as a solution to the problem. I assumed she would call for more government programs! Who knows, maybe that *is* the solution... 

Being awkward

 

These guys talk too much, and this isn´t *the* most exciting content around, but if you can spare 45 minutes or so - and are obsessed with all things JW-related - I suppose it could be of some passing interest.

Michael Jackson was a former Jehovah´s Witness, and the first clip deals with his first Christmas at Neverland c/o Liz Taylor. The second clip comments a line in song by Taylor Swift, attacking the old fashioned dressing style of the JW´s. 

Enjoy!  

Underlivspolitik

 

Vad tror SSU att soldater gör i krig? Varför ska kvinnor omfattas av värnplikten över huvud taget? Och varför nämner inte SSU det faktum att vissa (trans)kvinnor inte har trosor?  

Tung kritik mot försvarets trosor

Inte värdigt Sverige att försvara demokratin i usla trosor