We just ran a piece by Dan Phelps,
Williamstown secret deal may get a free fire station for the Ark
suggesting that the proprietors of the Ark Park in Kentucky may have discovered a new mechanism (I almost wrote scheme) for extracting funds from the government.
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![Like Coppege's post, this one shows an image of a Tuatara. It is by Michael Hamilton and is from Wikimedia, under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license. I [Joe Felsenstein] think that this one is better.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r2z7tf23unyuxf5n4fodnpr2/bafkreiabdpb4xqury5qdjdlk4iuytni4yw2emmpljnu3ao565mczn4ajpi)
![Frontispiece to the article. According to Felsanstein, "[this] cartoon, from Wikimedia, dates from 1855. It shows the concrete sculptures of dinosaurs which were created for Crystal Palace Park, after that exposition hall was moved there following the 1851 Crystal Palace Exposition in London. They are not very accurate, but apparently still on display at Crystal Palace Park."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r2z7tf23unyuxf5n4fodnpr2/bafkreiarnno34h3kbbl4vzlt5vubrvaemzumih3hcsytz2dtbtn5vtemse)
