[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that our first confirmed extrasolar visitor has been named, I/U2017 U1.
- Centauri Dreams examines the dynamics allowing Enceladus to keep its subsurface water ocean.
- Crooked Timber reacts to the alarming rift opening up between Saudi Arabia and its Shi’ite neighbours, including Lebanon and Iran.
- D-Brief notes that the New Horizons team planners are seeking a new name for their next target, (486958) 2014 MU69.
- Dangerous Minds takes a look at some of the greeting cards designed for American Greetings by Robert Crumb.
- Hornet Stories notes the rise of explicitly homophobic and transphobic ideologues in Paraguay, and its implications for wider South America.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes growing Democratic strength in Washington State.
- The Map Room Blog shares a New York Times map of the Virginia election for governor.
- The NYR Daily looks how the brutally quick shutdown of DNAInfo and the Gothamist network reflects the generally parlous state of journalism (among other things).
- Roads and Kingdoms takes a look at the humble momo, a breakfast food in (among other places) Bhutan.
- Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel explains why quark fusion can never be a potent energy source.
- Understanding Society celebrates its tenth anniversary.
- Window on Eurasia notes the disinterest of most Russians in personally costly revolutionary actions.
Written by Randy McDonald
November 9, 2017 at 1:15 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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