[BLOG] Some Saturday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the emergent evidence for exomoon Kepler-1625b-I.
• Centauri Dreams looks at the future of technological civilizations: what if they do not always ascend, but stagnate?
• D-Brief takes issue with the idea of the “digital native.” Everyone needs to adopt new technology at some point.
• Are Elon Musk and Space-X backing away from the Mars colony plans? The Dragon’s Tales notes.
• The Map Room Blog links to a map of massacres of Aborigines on the Australian frontiers.
• Marginal Revolution wonders if widespread roboticization really will increase productivity much.
• Roads and Kingdoms reports on the traditional rum of Newfoundland.
• Drew Rowsome likes a new Toronto show, Permanence, in part for its take on male sexuality and sexual presence.
• The Russian Demographics Blog notes that Russia leads the world in cat ownership.
• Strange Company reports on coin-collecting 1920 cat Peter Pan Wass.
• Understanding Society takes a look at the potential conflicts between “contingency” and “explanation.”
• The Volokh Conspiracy looks at how a Nassau County legislator wants to block a Roger Waters conconcert because of his support for an Israel boycott.
• Window on Eurasia notes that Chinese outnumber Jews in the Far East’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast. (Not many of both, mind.)