[NEWS] Five @jstor_daily links: Maria Mitchell, storytelling, Ruth Snyder, Appalachia, Alex Haley

• JSTOR Daily describes the life and achievements of Maria Mitchell, who in the 1840s became the first prominent woman astronomer.


• JSTOR Daily describes how storytelling can help people heal.


• JSTOR Daily describes the Ruth Snyder murder case of the 1920s, the inspiration for the 1944 film Double Indemnity.


• JSTOR Daily explores the origins and the nature of the English spoken in Appalachia.


• JSTOR Daily examines how Alex Haley, with Roots, helped kick-start Americans' interest in genealogy.

[NEWS] Five Canada links: Refus global, Gimli, refugees, right to roam, beavers

• Anne-Marie Bouchard wrote at Huffington Post Québec on the 9th about the anniversary of the publication in 1948 of Refus global, the artistic manifesto that changed Québec.


• Global News reported on Gimli, Manitoba, as its Islendingadagurinn--the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba--approached.


• The fact that Canada is managing the refugee crisis on its southern border so well is something Canadians should take pride in. CBC has it.


• The introduction of the right to roam to Canada, as suggested at The Conversation, does make some sense to me.


• The beaver, introduced to Patagonia in 1945, has shown itself to be so prolific and ecologically disruptive that Argentina and Chile are planning a massive cull. The National Post reports.

[NEWS] Five links from around the world: Montenegro, Donbas, Warmbier, IKEA in India, futures

• This Open Democracy article examines how, exactly, Montenegro could start a Third World War. (It would need help from the Great Powers, for starters.)


• Politico Europe notes that wildlife seems to thrive on the depopulated front line in eastern Ukraine's Donbas.


• Doug Bock Clark writes at GQ about the sad story of Otto Warmbier, finding much evidence to confirm that he was not tortured but rather that he suffered a sadder fate.


• The New York Times takes a look at the first IKEA in India, still recognizably an IKEA but tailored to fit local conditions.


• Douglas Rushkoff writes at The Guardian about the blind alleys of nihilism and fear that at least some corporate futurists and transhumanists are racing into.

[NEWS] Five LGBTQ links: women's sports, LGBTQ crime, Tommy Nutter, The Violators, Angelica Ross

• JSTOR Daily takes a look at patterns of homophobia in women's sports.


• Hornet Stories notes how one study found LGBTQ youth are overrepresented among first offenders, and considers why this could be the case.


• The Daily Beast notes a new book on fashion star Tommy Nutter that makes the point that AIDS killed so many brilliant people.


• Them highlights a new exhibit, The Violators, comprising queer art banned from social media.


• Wealth Simple shares the life story of trans Pose actor Angelica Ross, and how hard she worked to become a success.