Per Ahlberg

@perahlberg.bsky.social

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Palaeontologist at Uppsala University. Early vertebrate enthusiast. Moderately effective gardener. He/him. Views my own. The photo is me, not some random bloke. Background image from Ymer Island, north-East Greenland.🇸🇪🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇬🇧 .. more

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Per Erik Ahlberg is a Swedish palaeontologist working with the earliest tetrapods. He took his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Cambridge in 1989 under English palaeontologist Jenny Clack. He is currently professor at the Department of Organismal Biology, University of Uppsala. He has collaborated with Clack on a number of projects. .. more

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 16h

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 16h

It's worse than that. The original palantirs were a useful product of Feanor's wayward genius and were not inherently evil; they only became dangerous when Sauron obtained the Ithil-stone and used it to hack the network. This vile counterfeit is evil through and through from the beginning.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 17h

Is this a true story or just another psy-op? We keep hearing this kind of stuff. Very difficult to see why Ukraine should agree to hold elections now, or how the US could force them.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday from Sweden!🇸🇪 "Grattis på Födelsedagen" as we say here.

a cartoon character stands in front of a fireworks display and says grattis pa fodersdagen

ALT: a cartoon character stands in front of a fireworks display and says grattis pa fodersdagen

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

Fish Disco and the Power Plants would be a good band name.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

I realize Canada built it and paid for it, but shouldn't they now blow it up in the interest of national safety?

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. They are not yet extermination camps, but that will come.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

Reported and blocked

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 1d

You could hardly ask for a better illustration of a failed state apparatus. The sort of thing you might have expected in Uganda under Idi Amin. At this point the gap opening up between the US and countries with functioning rule of law is becoming an unbridgeable chasm.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 2d

It’s ludicrous, isn’t it? I’ve been saying this for years. Suggests a total failure to understand what’s the core output of a university, and who are the core staff. Like forcing Maria Callas to do the accounts at the opera, leaving her no time to sing.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 6d

Why choose between dementia and psychopathy when you can have both?

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 6d

Male goldeneye!

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 6d

No human decency detected.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 7d

In this instance I wonder whether the name really is known. The Inkas and the Aztecs were powerful empires at the time the Spanish arrived but they were not very old, only a couple of centuries. There had been many other states and cultures before them; some we know the names of, some not.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 7d

Really? Driving around unlocked is standard practice in both Britain and Sweden (the two countries where I have personal experience), unless you have small children on board. I've done it all my life. There's no need to lock anyone out.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 8d

This particular conspiracy theory has been a real trope in western fiction for ages. I remember watching Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, a good example, more than 20 years ago. Turns out it was basically a documentary. It’s really hard to deal with this.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 8d

What about Canada? They also belong.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 8d

Time to block you.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 9d

Laths balanced on the picture rail?

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 9d

The ones I remember are some WWI ones - the Bristol Fighter was nice - and very challenging Short Stirling bomber that I don’t think I ever finished.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I built a few when I was around 12-13. All very badly, it must be said. Sloppy paintwork and glue on the windows.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 9d

Did you build Airfix models? Bet you did.

Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 9d

Not a real expert, I just grew up with them when I was a kid. But they really have something.