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early 2022, historians/researchers slowly and casually rolling out of bed, in their pyjamas, with a cup of tea:
“oh yea, by the way, no big deal, we almost forgot to mention that a previously-undescribed species of bold bizarre strikingly-unique 6-meter-long giant crocodile beast lived alongside sophisticated architecture and densely-populated human settlements in the Bronze Age near Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and the cultural epicenter of the Pearl River Delta, and may have lived for centuries throughout the advent of Chinese civilization all the way until 1630 AD, and naturalists and historians just never really discussed this, ever, have a nice day.”
kinda like: “y’know how so-called Ice Age megafauna like woolly mammoths were still alive on Earth hundreds of years after the construction of Egypt’s great pyramid? yea, also there was a giant crocodile beast.”
skeletal and bodily remains from the Hong Kong area have now been reliably dated, and the large “new” species has been officially described as of March 2022. the creature is now known as Hanyusuchus sinensis.
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previously, it was kinda assumed by historians/ecologists that saltwater crocodiles may have lived farther north along the Chinese coastline, and that these saltwater crocodiles accounted for the mention of larger, more aggressive crocodiles in stories from the Pearl River Delta region (relative to historical mentions of the smaller, much more docile Chinese alligator)
but, these large crocodilians mentioned in stories may have been this new gharial. the researchers describe the remains of some gharials from the Shang and Zhou eras, which were apparently killed by humans with axes.
here’s where remains of the gharial have been found, from the paper:
today, this region is home to tens of millions of people and arguably the largest contiguous urban agglomeration on the planet (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong).
the formal academic paper from 2022 which describes the new species of gharial has many high-resolution photos of skulls/skeletons of the gharial. though the remains can be reliably dated to the Bronze Age, the authors suggest that literature/historical text mentions of large crocodilians might indicate that Hanyusuchus survived until 1630 AD. (again, though, the literature mentions may also possibly refer to saltwater crocodiles, maybe?)
the paper also includes a short list of excerpts from historical texts from the Pearl River Delta region that mention the large crocodilians.
Imagine what a disaster a pegasus would be. The creature would die if it flew a little too long, but if it landed a little funny it would immediately shatter every bone in its body
And surely a creature designed to run would have sturdy legs
Trump: your honor, I am here today to request a 3rd party to go through all the stuff the FBI illegally and unceremoniously stole from me
Judge: and what kind of stuff are we talking about here?
Trump: the documents I took from the White House
Judge:
Trump:
Judge:
Trump:
Judge: you do know everything you say can and will be used against you, right?
I feel the need to supply more context here, because the backstory is actually funnier than the post
Donald trump filed a lawsuit today seeking a “special master” (a neutral a third party) to go through all the documents the FBI seized from mar a lago and determine which of those documents pertain to the search warrant, and which ones don’t. In the filing, they argue that the documents that were taken are covered under Executive Privilege.
There’s just one teeeny, tiny problem here.
Documents that are created by the EXECUTIVE branch under EXECUTIVE privilege are property of the EXECUTIVE branch, under the authority of the National Archives, pursuant to the federal records act of 1950.
By arguing that the FBI, an arm of the EXECUTIVE branch, unlawfully took documents that were created during Donald trumps presidency, they’re arguing that documents belonging to the EXECUTIVE branch, under EXECUTIVE privilege, were… found at mar a lago
Which is the very crime Donald trump is being investigated for. Keeping EXECUTIVE documents at mar a lago.
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i love being op of this post bc most of the time its either “i want to scream” “i want to cry” or “i want one” (with the person then being perplexed by what “one” is referring to) but then you get shit like this
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bro Im haunted that odo flashback in um. Early seasons ds9. Necessary evil I think?
when dukat’s like “have you ever seen a dead man before” and odo says “yes, in your mines.” And dukat’s just like. “psh, those are just casualties, THIS is murder.” And just like. What a perfectly succinct way to illustrate the two and their attitudes in one neat little exchange.
also I know it was a thing that happened clearly but it’s still so weird to imagine odo working under dukat. Like having to report to him and shit. so strange to have this glimpse into what a bizarre dynamic these two must have had
