Per Ahlberg
@perahlberg.bsky.social
Palaeontologist at Uppsala University. Early vertebrate enthusiast. Moderately effective gardener. Views my own.🇸🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱
I always mute him on the TV. Can’t bear that voice!
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I always mute him on the TV. Can’t bear that voice!
The right kind of Fox News!
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The right kind of Fox News!
The tech industry warning of a “dangerous precedent” is solid evidence that they have done the right thing. 👍
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The tech industry warning of a “dangerous precedent” is solid evidence that they have done the right thing. 👍
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that sting.🎶
November 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that sting.🎶
Totally. If there was ever a definitive portrayal of a character from literature, this is it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Totally. If there was ever a definitive portrayal of a character from literature, this is it.
Narrator: “When Brother Odo, a 15th century Cluniac monk from Brabant, reincarnated in late 20th century Britain, most of his past life was lost in the mists of forgetfulness. But not all of it; certain quirks and predilections survived, and would resurface in later years.”
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Narrator: “When Brother Odo, a 15th century Cluniac monk from Brabant, reincarnated in late 20th century Britain, most of his past life was lost in the mists of forgetfulness. But not all of it; certain quirks and predilections survived, and would resurface in later years.”
Well, that’s a No then.
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Well, that’s a No then.
Feeding ONE American, it would seem. Maybe she thinks of it as an incremental approach.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Feeding ONE American, it would seem. Maybe she thinks of it as an incremental approach.
Makes me think of this.
a man with long hair and a beard is looking at another man
Alt: Grima Wormtongue whispering to king Theoden.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Makes me think of this.
Also a very big part of Trump's appeal.
On a related point, these kinds of people always sneer at the concept of microaggressions, dismissing it as made up by sensitive snowflakes, but "it's just a joke!" is the archetypal microaggression: a precision dagger thrust envenomed with deniability.
On a related point, these kinds of people always sneer at the concept of microaggressions, dismissing it as made up by sensitive snowflakes, but "it's just a joke!" is the archetypal microaggression: a precision dagger thrust envenomed with deniability.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Also a very big part of Trump's appeal.
On a related point, these kinds of people always sneer at the concept of microaggressions, dismissing it as made up by sensitive snowflakes, but "it's just a joke!" is the archetypal microaggression: a precision dagger thrust envenomed with deniability.
On a related point, these kinds of people always sneer at the concept of microaggressions, dismissing it as made up by sensitive snowflakes, but "it's just a joke!" is the archetypal microaggression: a precision dagger thrust envenomed with deniability.
"But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science."
- Winston Churchill, 1940
Only the timing was off.
- Winston Churchill, 1940
Only the timing was off.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science."
- Winston Churchill, 1940
Only the timing was off.
- Winston Churchill, 1940
Only the timing was off.
Don’t you think he might be flammable due to high alcohol content? You don’t want a fireball in the crash test lab.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Don’t you think he might be flammable due to high alcohol content? You don’t want a fireball in the crash test lab.
It’s fear that led them to blunder straight into the trap that now holds them fast.
I guess they thought some kind of “gentlemen’s agreement” of mutual non-aggression with Russia was possible. A disastrous misjudgment.
I guess they thought some kind of “gentlemen’s agreement” of mutual non-aggression with Russia was possible. A disastrous misjudgment.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It’s fear that led them to blunder straight into the trap that now holds them fast.
I guess they thought some kind of “gentlemen’s agreement” of mutual non-aggression with Russia was possible. A disastrous misjudgment.
I guess they thought some kind of “gentlemen’s agreement” of mutual non-aggression with Russia was possible. A disastrous misjudgment.
I love the way rodents basically have hands.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I love the way rodents basically have hands.
"Scientists say", eh?
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Scientists say", eh?
And Shelley was a brilliant vocalist. Did you know that the stage set for their "Ozymandias" number, featuring two vast and trunkless legs of papier-maché, is widely credited as the inspiration for the Spinal Tap "Stonehenge" gag?
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
And Shelley was a brilliant vocalist. Did you know that the stage set for their "Ozymandias" number, featuring two vast and trunkless legs of papier-maché, is widely credited as the inspiration for the Spinal Tap "Stonehenge" gag?
Wasn't he the drummer / lyrics writer with turn-of-the-19th-century prog-rock band Lonely Cloud and the Daffodils?
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wasn't he the drummer / lyrics writer with turn-of-the-19th-century prog-rock band Lonely Cloud and the Daffodils?
Yeah, look, about that; I'm sorry I made you spill your pint.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Yeah, look, about that; I'm sorry I made you spill your pint.
In 1981-82 I would occasionally hang out at the Stanhope Jazz Club, a little dive in an upstairs room above a pub near Gloucester Road tube station. I have always loved Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing because it captures the mood of that kind of place so perfectly.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In 1981-82 I would occasionally hang out at the Stanhope Jazz Club, a little dive in an upstairs room above a pub near Gloucester Road tube station. I have always loved Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing because it captures the mood of that kind of place so perfectly.
The Marquee was wonderful! Went to some very sweaty gigs there.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Marquee was wonderful! Went to some very sweaty gigs there.