[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes a study suggesting the Milky Way Galaxy took many of its current satellite galaxies from another, smaller one.
- The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly talks of the importance of having dreams.
- Centauri Dreams shares a study explaining how the debris polluting the atmospheres of white dwarfs reveals much about exoplanet chemistry.
- D-Brief notes that the intense radiation of Jupiter would not destroy potential traces of subsurface life on the surface of Europa.
- Dangerous Minds looks at the strange musical career of Vader Abraham, fan of the Smurfs and of the Weepuls.
- Aneesa Bodiat at JSTOR Daily writes about how the early Muslim woman of Haajar inspires her as a Muslim.
- Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how an influx of American guns destabilizes Mexico.
- The LRB Blog looks at the American abandonment of the Kurds of Syria.
- Marginal Revolution notes how many mass protests are driven by consumer complaints.
- The NYR Daily has an interview with EU chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt, on the future of sovereignty.
- Strange Company looks at the Dead Pig War between the US and the UK on San Juan Island in 1859.
- Towleroad features the defense of Frank Ocean of his PrEP+ club night and the release of his new music.
- Understanding Society looks at the sociology of norms.
- Window on Eurasia suggests Russia and Ukraine each have an interest in the Donbass being a frozen conflict.
- Arnold Zwicky looks at the weird masculinity of the pink jock.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 22, 2019 at 6:15 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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