[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• Centauri Dreams notes that exoplanet discovery of late is still limited.
• Crooked Timber’s Maria Farrell, as wife of a British soldier, opposes the latest initiative of the British panopticon state aimed at protecting soldiers.
• Daniel Drezner thinks that Michelle Obama should have met her Chinese counterpart.
• Eastern Approaches covers the floods in Germany and the Czech Republic.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog examines the question of the Boy Scouts of America and sexual orientation.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the case that the United States has become the energy colony of Canada (more specifically, Alberta).
• Speed River Journal’s Van Waffle considers whether gardeners should pick seeds or seedlings. It depends on their plans and experience.
• Towleroad maps the global acceptance of homosexuality based on a recent survey.
• Window on Eurasia suggests Siberian alienation from Russia, specifically in the Russian Far East, is growing.