[BLOG] Some Monday links
- The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly writes about the importance of seeing the world from new angles.
- John Quiggin at Crooked Timber suggests that, worldwide, coal is becoming increasingly closely associated with corruption.
- D-Brief looks at a study drawing on Twitter that suggests people will quickly get used to changing weather in the era of climate change.
- Jonathan Wynn at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about a family trip during which he spent time listening to sociology-related podcasts.
- Far Outliers notes the life-determining intensity of exam time for young people in Calcutta.
- io9 notes that, finally, the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Once More, With Feeling” is being released on vinyl.
- JSTOR Daily looks at how medieval Europe regulated the sex trade.
- Language Hat looks at how anthropologists have stopped using “hominid” and started using “hominin”, and why.
- Language Log considers the difficulty of talking about “Sinophone” given the unrepresented linguistic diversity included in the umbrella of “Chinese”.
- Marginal Revolution suggests there are conflicts between NIMBYism and supporting open immigration policies.
- At Out There, Corey S. Powell interviews astronomer Slava Turyshev about the possibility not only of interstellar travel but of exploiting the Solar Gravity Lens, 550 AU away.
- Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission.
- Towleroad notes that Marvel Comics is planning to make its lead character in the Eternals gay.
- Daniel Little at Understanding Society examines how the human body and its physical capacities are represented in sociology.
- Window on Eurasia notes the growth of the Volga Tatar population of Moscow, something hidden by the high degree of assimilation of many of its members.
- Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes, in connection to Huawei, the broad powers allotted to the British government under existing security and communications laws.
- Arnold Zwicky looks at anteaters and antedaters.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 4, 2019 at 3:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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