Posts Tagged ‘lagnuage’
[BLOG] Some Saturday links
- Bad Astronomy notes the new X-ray telescope eROSITA.
- Centauri Dreams notes evidence of a recent collision between planets in the system of BD +20 307.
- D-Brief notes the appearance of a strange new sort of storm on Saturn.
- Bruce Dorminey notes the discovery by astronomers of a set of orbits that can direct comets into the inner solar system.
- Drew Ex Machina’s Andrew LePage shares some vintage Skylab photos of his native Massachusetts.
- Far Outliers notes how, in 1786, the United states was uninclined to pay tribute to the Barbary States.
- Gizmodo’s George Dvorsky reports on a new fossil discovery showing how quickly mammals took over after the Cretaceous.
- The Island Review shares an essay by photographer Alex Boyd about his new book Isles of Rust, drawing from Lewis & Harris.
- JSTOR Daily looks at sustainable butchery.
- Language Hat notes that Sumerian cuneiform is now in Unicode.
- Victor Mair at Language Log notes how the Indo-Iranian “don” so commonly forms part of the hydronyms for major European rivers.
- Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money calls for an in-depth investigation of Donald Trump, not necessarily an impeachment.
- The LRB Blog examines the background of the mass protests in Santiago and wider Chile.
- The Map Room Blog shares an illuminating cartogram depicting the #elxn43 results in Canada.
- Marginal Revolution looks at how the government of China has been using the NBA to buy social peace.
- The NYR Daily interviews Naomi Oreskes about her campaign to have the science behind global warming, and the actions of the scientists involved, understood.
- The Russian Demographics Blog links to a paper concluding that traditional gender specializations in British families no longer provide a reproductive advantage.
- Starts With A Bang’s Ethan Siegel explains why the speed of gravity must equal the speed of light, if general relativity is to work.
- Window on Eurasia examines the rapid and uncontrolled growth of urban populations in Kazakhstan.
Written by Randy McDonald
October 26, 2019 at 7:00 pm
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[BLOG] Some Friday links
- Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares stunning photos of Jupiter and its moons taken from the Earth.
- The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly talks about the life lessons she has taken from her recent extended trip in Europe.
- Centauri Dreams notes the testing, by a European team, of the InflateSail intended to remove debris from Earth orbit.
- Crooked Timber takes a look at the historically messy interactions between democratic governance and economic policy.
- Dangerous Minds notes that Trump is making use of LGBT people as pawns. I wish the conclusion was less frighteningly convincing.
- The Dragon’s Gaze links to a paper on a recent search for exomoons, including the possible detection of Kepler 1625b I.
- The Frailest Thing’s Michael Sacasas considers what it means for a parent to look at their child in an era of technologically mediated vision.
- In Medias Res’ Russell Arben Fox notes, from his personal experience, how Donald Trump just does not get scouting.
- Language Log shares a report of how a Chinese man with synesthesia sees written language.
- The LRB Blog notes how Isaiah Berlin predicted the Saudi-American alliance back in 1945.
- Marginal Revolution notes a recent decline in regional income convergence in the United States. Causes?
- The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer notes the politics that went into costly subway design changes in Mexico City. (Line 12 does look nice.)
- Strange Company notes the romance of the grave of the Mysterious Stranger in Alexandria, Virginia. Who was she?
- Unicorn Booty notes that Jinks Monsoon will be voicing a Steven Universe character and is out as non-gendered.
- Window on Eurasia notes growing controversy in Kyrgyzstan over a switch in Kyrgyz alphabets from Cyrillic to Latin.
Written by Randy McDonald
July 28, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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