[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes a new image showing the sheer density of events in the core of our galaxy.
• Centauri Dreams notes the discovery of 2MASS 0249 c, a planet-like object that distantly orbits a pair of low-mass brown dwarfs.
• D-Brief notes the discovery of many new moons of Jupiter, bringing the total up to 79.
• Far Outliers looks at the appeasement practiced by the Times of London in the 1930s.
• The Frailest Thing’s L.M. Sacasas contrasts roots with anchors.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the controversy surrounding surviving honours paid to Franco in Spain.
• The LRB Blog looks at how the question of Macedonia continues to be a threatening issue in the politics of Greece.
• The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer suggests the new Mexican president is trying to create a new political machine, one that can only echo the more far-reaching and unrestrained one of PRI.
• Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps looks at the shifting alliances of different Asian countries with China and the United States.
• Window on Eurasia reports on the Russian reactions to a recent Politico Europe report describing Estonia’s strategies for resisting a Russian invasion in depth.