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'Trump Baby' blimp flies in London as protests greet president

The Japan Times

LONDON - Thousands of protesters greeted President Donald Trump's U.K. visit with anger and British irony Tuesday, crowding London's government district while the U.S. leader met Prime Minister Theresa May nearby. Feminists, environmentalists, peace activists, trade unionists and others demonstrated against the lavish royal welcome being given to a president they see as a danger to the world, chanting "Say it loud, say it clear, Donald Trump's not welcome here." "I'm very cross he's here," said guitar teacher Katie Greene, carrying a home-made sign reading "keep your grabby hands off our national treasures" under a picture of one of Queen Elizabeth II's corgis. My sign is flippant and doesn't say the things I'd really like to say." A day of protests began with the flying of a giant blimp depicting the president as an angry orange baby, which rose from the grass of central London's Parliament Square. One group came dressed in the red cloaks and bonnets of characters from Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," which is set in a dystopian, misogynist future America. Demonstrators filled Trafalgar Square and spilled down Whitehall, a street lined with imposing government offices, before marching half a mile to Parliament. Many paused to photograph a robotic likeness of Trump sitting on a golden toilet, cellphone in hand. The robot caught the attention of passers-by with its recitation of catchphrases including "No collusion" and "You are fake news." "It's 16 feet high, so it's as large as his ego," said Don Lessem from Philadelphia, who built the statue from foam over an iron frame and had it shipped by boat across the Atlantic. Lessem, a dinosaur expert who makes models of prehistoric creatures, said "I'm interested in things that are big, not very intelligent and have lost their place in history." "I wanted people here to know that people in America do not support Trump in the majority .


Manitoba museum reveals farting, peeing 'robosaurs'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

From flatulent dinosaurs to ones that can pee, a new dinosaur exhibit in Canada is causing quite a stir. It includes twenty dinosaur skeletons and robots, up to more than 60 feet (18 meters) in length. The new exhibit at the Manitoba Museum presents a touring collection of some of the world's largest dinosaurs. The World's Giant Dinosaurs exhibit opened at the Manitoba Museum on Thursday, featuring a robotic velociraptor named Vicky the Velociraptor The World's Giant Dinosaurs exhibit opened on Thursday morning, with the exhibit's creator'Dino' Don Lessem in attendance. 'We want to give the impression of every aspect of dinosaur life,' Lessem told CBC News, also mentioning that there's discussion in the science community that dinosaur flatulence may have led to global warming.