[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• The Dragon’s Gaze links to a paper considering rates of water loss in a moist greenhouse world’s atmosphere.
• The Dragon’s Tales notes that leftists in Catalonia blocked separatists from forming the government.
• Far Outliers notes Persian cultural influence in the South Caucasus, among Christian and Muslim cultures alike.
• Joe. My. God. notes that the Catholic cardinal of the Dominican Republic insulted the gay American ambassador in a manner combining homophobia with misogyny.
• Language Log notes the growing multilingualism of Hong Kong, beyond Chinese languages.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money responds to a feminist criticism of Jessica Jones, and notes it is entirely possible to respond to a feminist criticism without sending death or rape threats.
• Towleroad notes the publication, by the Russian edition of Maxim, of a list of gay respected by the magazine.
• Transit Toronto notes that you only need proof of payment to board streetcars by any door.
• Window on Eurasia notes a move in Russia to undermine that country’s ethnofederalism, to the demerit of minority peoples like the Tatars.
• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes how the old habit of the Enlightenment to organize museums by curiosities does not work if you use artifacts from indigenous peoples in the mix.