[BLOG] Some Friday links
- The Big Picture shares photos of motorbike racing in South Africa.
- Centauri Dreams considers the stellar weather that planets of red dwarf stars might encounter.
- Dead Things looks at two genetic studies which complicate the narrative of humanity’s spread.
- Dangerous Minds shares the infamous anti-disco night of 1979 that spelled the end of the genre in North America.
- The Everyday Sociology Blog considers how one makes a home among strangers.
- Joe. My. God. notes that the UKIP MP claims the sun is responsible for the bulk of the Earth’s tides not the moon, and reports on a Kentucky judge who says gays ruined straight men’s ability to hug.
- Language Log looks at changing patterns of language usage in Japanese.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money mocks the cosmic perspective of Gary Johnson.
- The LRB Blog reports from devastated Lesbos.
- Maximos62 maps the smoke from this year’s Indonesian fires.
- The NYRB Daily shares vintage photos from mid-1960s Cuba.
- The Planetary Society Blog reports on a recent tour of NASA facilities.
- Window on Eurasia reports on a call for a single Circassian alphabet, suggests a Russian initiative to use sufism to unite Russian Muslims will end badly, and argues that Russian criticism of language policy in post-Soviet countries is linked to geopolitics.
Written by Randy McDonald
September 23, 2016 at 12:59 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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