[BLOG] Some Saturday links
- Ryan Anderson writes at anthro{dendum} about how the counterhistory of Vine Deloria transformed his thinking.
- Architectuul notes some interesting architectural experiments from the post-WW2 United Kingdom.
- Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait notes the distinctive dustiness of Large Magellanic Cloud globular cluster NGC 1898.
- The Big Picture shares photos from the worldwide student walkout on climate change.
- Corey Robin writes at Crooked Timber about ethics in economics.
- The Crux points its readers to the space art of Chesley Bonestell.
- D-Brief considers the possibility that the distinction between the sounds “f” and “v” might be a product of the soft food produced by the agricultural revolution.
- Bruce Dorminey notes a new study suggesting there might be fifty billion free-floating planets in the Milky Way Galaxy.
- Gizmodo considers the self-appointed archivists of obscure information on the Internet.
- Information is Beautiful shares an informative infographic analyzing the factors that go into extending one’s life expectancy.
- Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the American system simply cannot be expected to contain the fascist impulses of Donald Trump indefinitely.
- Marginal Revolution considers the future evolution of a more privacy-conscious Facebook.
- The Planetary Society Blog considers the nature of the skies of mini-Neptunes.
- Drew Rowsome reviews the Kirsten McKenzie horror novel Painted.
- Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel considers the possibility that the Milky Way Galaxy, despite having fewer stars than Andromeda, might be more massive.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 16, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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