Today in Solidarity (5.15.18): The assumption that all Jewish people are anti-Palestine, pro-zionist, or Islamaphobic is erroneous, harmful, and frankly anti-semitic. There are countless Jews of faith and conscience around the globe demanding an end to the occupation of Palestine and accountability for the abuses of human rights Israel has escaped for decades. Yesterday, an incredible organization I’ve had the honor of learning from, If Not Now, led a protest down the streets of DC with you Jews and Rabbinical students against the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. I have nothing but respect and admiration for their dedication to justice and human dignity. #JewishResistance
Farewell ceremony for Isao Takahata has been held today. Hayao Miyazaki “I thought you would live to 95. Thank you, Paku-san. I will never forget you. You spoke to me for the first time at the bus stop after the rain 55 years ago.”
Miyazaki dedicated a flower to his best friend.
Joe Hisaishi “Takahata-san chose me for a music composer of Nausicaä even though I was totally nameless. Thanks to him, I can be. I’m proud to have worked together. He is still alive in my heart. I don’t say good bye, see you again.” | (via @otakucalendarjp)
An armored dinosaur has been found in Alberta, so well-preserved that it looks like a statue. The specimen was preserved in 3D, perfectly hardening into sandstone, from its snout its hips. Paleontologists were able to determine, just by looking at it, that this discovery is also a new species.
So what did this new dinosaur look like? Well, according to the researchers, it is the “dinosaur equivalent of a tank.” It was 5.5 meters long (about 18 feet) and weighing more than 1,300 kilograms (or 2,800 pounds). There is ornamentation around its eyes, six-sides plates on the sides of its skull, and distinct alternating lines of spikes and scales along its back. The prickly skin even contains molecular clues suggesting it was reddish on its backside, and lighter on its underside! That’s a lot of detail about a species, all from one specimen.
The new dinosaur been named Borealopelta, or “northern shield.”
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