[BLOG] Some Friday links

• blogTO looks at deserted Mirvish Village.
• Crooked Timber reenages with the Rachel Carson and DDT myth.
• The Crux looks at the Mandela Effect, exploring false memories.
• Dangerous Minds makes the case for the musical genius of Bobbie Gentry.
• From the Heart of Europe’s Nicholas Whyte recounts his visit to Albania’s bunker museum.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes Brazil’s retirement of its only aircraft carrier.
• The LRB Blog looks at the extent and speed of events in the Trump Administration.
• Marginal Revolution engages with a book examining France’s carving out a “cultural exception” in international trade agreements.
• Personal Reflections’ Jim Belshaw reports on the passing of rulership of the Australian micronation of Hutt River.
• Peter Rukavina shares good advice for visiting museums: visit only what you can take in.
• Window on Eurasia looks at Russian Orthodox Church opposition to a certain kind of Russian civic nationality, and argues Russia is losing even its regional superpower status.
• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell reports on how local councils in the United Kingdom are speculating on commercial property.