[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• Bad Astronomy notes the discovery of water vapour clouds in the atmosphere of nearby brown dwarf WISE 0855.
• blogTO notes the imminent arrival of winter weather.
• Centauri Dreams reports on a new theory of the Moon’s origins suggesting the impact collision which create it was much more violent than we thought.
• The Dragon’s Gaze notes how snowlines migrate across a system in the course of a star’s life.
• The LRB Blog reports on the mind-numbing legal complexities of Brexit.
• The Map Room Blog reports on a new book of maps of New York City.
• The NYRB Daily explores the making of a documentary in 1970 on Thomas Bernhard.
• Seriously Science notes that kittens recognize the sounds of their mother.
• Towleroad reports on a South African imam promoting gay rights at a Cape Town mosque.
• Window on Eurasia argues Putin’s annexation of Crimea made reform in Ukraine essential, and reports on budget cuts and their threat in the North Caucasus.