[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait tells the story of how the Andromeda Galaxy ate most of its Local Group partner two billion years ago, M32p.
• Centauri Dreams looks at what the preponderance of water worlds–worlds with vast amounts of water–mean for life.
• Corey Robin at Crooked Timber links to an essay of his noting that the Avital Ronell scandal reveals deep problems inside academia.
• D-Brief notes reactions involving protons that play a major role in powering neutron stars.
• Bruce Dorminey shares five questions about the universe that bug–productively, I think–astrobiologists.
• The Dragon’s Tales examines the challenges facing the proposal by Modi for the creation of a manned Indian space program within a decade.
• Colby King writes at the Everyday Sociology Blog about challenges facing students building social networks. How broad and diverse can they be?
• David Finger at the Finger Post writes, and shows, a one-day trip to Cuzco.
• Hornet Stories starts a fun discussion on heroic monsters. I’m pleased to say that the Addams Family ranked highly.
• Information is Beautiful shares a new infographic exploring what, exactly, a trillion dollar is.
• JSTOR Daily looks at how, not just the concept of the Mediterranean as a unified region, but of the Mediterranean as uniquely attractive, came about.
• The LRB Blog reports from the Edinburgh Fringe, where the Brexit-themed play Leave. To Remain is playing.
• Ryan Holmberg at the NYR Daily looks at how manga in Japan have dealt with nuclear danger before and after Fukushima, looking particular at the work of Susumu Katsumata.
• Strange Company tells the story of the strange hauntings that beset, in mid-19th century Normandy, the Château des Noyers.
• Towleroad shares a video of older gay men reacting to the definitely out videos of queer pop singer Troye Sivan.
• At Understanding Society, Daniel Little takes a look at the arguments of Andrew Hopkins regarding safety culture in an enterprise versus safety behaviour.
• Window on Eurasia notes a continued Russian threat, post-Crimea, to Ukrainian sovereignty in its territorial waters on the Sea of Azov and elsewhere.
• Arnold Zwicky notes the impending end of summer, between flowers and sex and more.