[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- Centauri Dreams notes the possible discovery of Proxima Centauri c.
- D-Brief notes the discovery of a second circumbinary planet in the Kepler-47 system.
- Far Outliers notes the Union reaction to the civil war battle of Shiloh.
- Mark Graham shares a link to an article abstract examining the impact of call centres on social upgrading in South Africa.
- io9 notes plans for closer integration between the movie and television properties of the MCU.
- JSTOR Daily explains how Florida got its name.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the similarities between the Notre Dame fire and the destruction of the National Museum of Brazil last year.
- The LRB Blog notes the appeal of Gothic architecture.
- Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting that, in the United States, negative effects of the China Shock had concluded a decade ago.
- The NYR Daily looks at Trump’s agitprop.
- Drew Rowsome interviews actor Nathaniel Bacon on the occasion of his appearance in a new Sky Gilbert show.
- Peter Rukavina shares a map of light pollution on PEI.
- Starts With A Bang shares a plan for reducing light pollution in a n urbanizing world.
- Window on Eurasia complains of a creeping annexation of Belarus by Russia.
Written by Randy McDonald
April 17, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Toronto
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