[BLOG] Some Monday links

• The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly takes a look at the concept of resilience.
• D-Brief notes the many ways in which human beings can be killed by heat waves.
• The Dragon’s Gaze notes a claim for the discovery of a new pulsar planet, PSR B0329+54 b, two Earth masses with an orbit three decades long.
• The Frailest Thing’s Michael Sacasas argues that, in some was, online connectivity is like a drug.
• Hornet Stories considers the plight of bisexuals in the closet.
• Language Hat considers the origins of the family name of Hungarian Karl-Maria Kertbeny, the man who developed the term “homosexuality”, and much else besides.
• The NYR Daily looks at how the item of soap was a key component behind racism and apartheid in South Africa.
• Progressive Download’s John Farrell notes a new book, The Quotable Darwin.
• Peter Rukavina takes a look at 18 years’ worth of links on his blog. How many are still good? The answer may surprise you.
• Understanding Society considers the insights of Tony Judt on the psychology of Europeans after the Second World War.
• John Scalzi at Whatever considers, in Q&A format, some insights for men in the post-Weinstein era.
• Window on Eurasia looks at how boundaries in the Caucasus were not necessarily defined entirely by the Bolsheviks.
• Arnold Zwicky considers various odd appearances of pickles in contemporary popular culture.

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