[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• Centauri Dreams notes that exoplanet discovery of late is still limited in its scope.


• Crooked Timber's Maria Farrell, as wife of a British soldier, opposes the latest initiative of the British panopticon state aimed at protecting soldiers.


• Daniel Drezner thinks that Michelle Obama should have met her Chinese counterpart.


• Eastern Approaches covers the floods in Germany and the Czech Republic.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog examines the question of the Boy Scouts of America and sexual orientation.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the case that the United States has become the energy colony of Canada (more specifically, Alberta).


• Speed River Journal's Van Waffle considers whether gardeners should pick seeds or seedlings. It depends on their plans and experience.


• Towleroad maps the global acceptance of homosexuality based on a recent survey.


• Window on Eurasia suggests Siberian alienation from Russia, specifically in the Russian Far East, is growing.