[BLOG] Some Monday links
- James Bow reflects on Mulcair’s decision to ignore the debates boycotted by Harper, and examines the decline of the Bloc Québécois.
- The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly reflects on the social forces pressuring people, especially women, to smile.
- Centauri Dreams reflects n the pessimism over the potential of interstellar expansion in Kim Stanley Robinson’s new Aurora.
- The Dragon’s Gaze links to a study examining the links between concentrations of elements in stars and their exoplanets, shares art of HD 219134b, wonders about distributions of brown dwarfs in nearby interstellar space, wonders if a lithium-rich giant star known as HD 107028 swallowed its planets, and imagines compact exoplanets made of dark matter.
- The Dragon’s Tales shares a study of the growth of the state of Tiahuanaco, and imagines what a durable Russian-American relationship could have been.
- A Fistful of Euros looks at dodgy Greek statistics.
- Joe. My. God. shares the new New Order single, “Restless.”
- Language Hat celebrated its thirteen anniversary and looked at the ephemeral St. Petersburg English Review of the 19th century.
- Language Log examines the origins of modern China’s standard language, and looks at the reasons why French texts are longer than English ones.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money examines settler violence in Israel.
- Marginal Revolution looks at how charity, in an age of global income disparities, is inexpensive, and notes the economic issues of Cambodia.
- Personal Reflections’ Jim Belshaw reflects on Cilla Black.
- The Russian Demographics Blog looks at Ossetian demographics and examines the growth of Kazakhs in Kazakhstan after 1991.
- Speed River Journal’s Van Waffle likes the Cosmonaut Volkov heirloom tomatoes.
- Towleroad reports on a push for marriage equality on the Navajo reservation.
- Understanding Society examines the concept of microfoundations.
- Window on Eurasia notes how Russia’s war in Ukraine has been underachieving, argues Ukrainians should not count on change in Russia, reports on a Russian writer who wants the Donbas to be separated from Ukraine as a buffer, looks at ethnic Russian identity and propensity to emigrate in Kazakhstan, and looks at the identity of Belarusians in Siberia.
Written by Randy McDonald
August 3, 2015 at 6:46 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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