[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.
Written by Randy McDonald
November 13, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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