[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.