[BLOG] Some Saturday links
- Anthrodendum recommends design researcher Jan Chipchase’s Field Study Handbook for anthropologists interested in field practice.
- Architectuul investigates strange similarities between buildings built in far-removed parts of the world.
- Centauri Dreams takes a look at TESS, the next generation of exoplanet-hunting satellite.
- Crooked Timber investigates the connections between the spiritualism of the 19th century and the fiction of the uncanny.
- D-Brief notes the many names, often delightful, that newly-discovered locations on Mercury and Charon have received.
- Cody Delistraty investigates two exhibitions of French satirists, including Charlie Hedo’s Georges Wolinski, to examine the nature of satire.
- The Dragon’s Tales considers the possibility of cryomagna leaving marks on the surface of Europa.
- Drew Ex Machina takes a look at the strangely alien skies of TRAPPIST-1e. What would its sun look like? How would the other planets appear?
- The Everyday Sociology Blog takes a look at the new prominence of multigenerational households in the United States. While a response to economic strains, it also looks back to past traditions.
- Hornet Stories notes how, on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Monet X Change gave a decent explanation behind the surprisingly recent birth of the modern British accent.
- Imageo notes how a massive blob of warm water is rising to the surface of the Pacific.
- At In A State of Migration, Lyman Stone explores the unique population history of Maine, to my eyes easily the most Atlantic Canadian of the fifty American states.
- JSTOR Daily links to a paper exploring why modern video games can produce such rewarding experiences for players. (We can get meaning from many places.)
- Language Log takes a look at the complexity of Chinese language classifications with a song by Yishi Band. What exactly is Yibin Sichuanese?
- Lawyers, Guns and Money takes a look at an interesting question: When did Jews in the United States become white?
- The LRB Blog takes a look at the baffling reasons behind the poisoning of the Skribins with Novichok, and the science behind it.
- Marginal Revolution notes that this year, GDP per capita measured at PPP in Spain is higher than in Italy. (This probably says more about the disarray in Italy.)
- The NYR Daily shares an interesting interview with cartoonist Art Spiegelman.
- Personal Reflections’ Jim Belshaw tells of his experiences on a trip to the small Australian city of Armidale, in the region of New England.
- Justin Petrone reflects on the tidy and clean, minimalist even, rural landscape of Estonia.
- Progressive Download’s John Farrell notes brain scans that provide evidence of consciousness even in very young infants.
- Drew Rowsome praises the Toronto production of the musical Fun Home, based on the Alison Bechdel graphic novel. I, for one, can’t wait to see it.
- Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel notes that, although Proxima Centauri is far too active a star for Proxima Centauri b to be Earth-like, that world could still plausibly host life-supporting environments.
- Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy suggests a recent deal at the federal level in the US between Trump and Cory Gardner has created space for states to legalize marijuana without fear of federal intervention.
Written by Randy McDonald
April 21, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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