[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Big Picture shares pictures of Muslims around the world celebrating the beginning of Ramadan.


• BlogTO notes that RuPaul recently visited Toronto.


• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait explores the star SBW1, a star about to go supernova.


• D-Brief and io9 both report on the recent successful womb transplants in Sweden.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that, on re-analysis, the very old star HIP13044 does not have a hot Jupiter.


• Geocurrents' Asya Pereltsvaig notes the prominence of Ukrainian ultranationalists--the Svoboda party--in the ongoing protests in Ukraine.


• Joe. My. God., Towleroad, and the Volokh Conspiracy all note the recent passage of very strongly anti-gay laws in Nigeria, laws which prohibit even social gatherings. David Mixner's analysis at Towleroad should be read.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money is skeptical about the excessive hyping of masculinity by authors claiming to be very masculine.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer takes a look at how Syrian refugees are doing. (Surprising fact: apparently one-third of people living in Lebanon are Syrian refugees.>


• Towleroad notes that Luxembourg is likely to get married equality by the end of the year and links to a Vice documentary on hidden gay life in Russia.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes the recent conviction of a Mauritanian on charges of apostasy. He now faces the death penalty.


• Window on Eurasia links to a Russian magazine article summarizing the many failed opportunities of Russia to be an enthusiastic colonial power, from Tobago to Thailand to Tabriz and even off-world.