[BLOG] Some Sunday links

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• The Big Picture shares pictures of the ongoing confusion and human tragedy surrounding the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes preliminary results for the hunt of exoplanets around very cool stars.


• The Dragon's Tales, meanwhile, observes that the red-coloured formation on Europa's icy surface seem to be produced by internal events.


• Far Outliers notes that Japan provided naval protection to Australia during the First World War, causing the Australians no small amount of alarm at their vulnerability.


• A Fistful of Euros' Alex Harrowell notes the personal and ideological connection between now-separate Crimea and Transnistria.


• At The Frailest Thing, Michael Sacasas talks about how the phenomenon of people disconnecting from the online world can evoke the Bakhtinian carnival, and how it also might not be enough.


• Geocurrents notes that, in various referenda, Switzerland's Francophone cantons are consistently more open (to immigrants, to the European Union) than others.)


• Joe. My. God. observes that for the first time since the epidemic hit, HIV/AIDS has stopped being one of the top ten causes of death in New York City.


• Ukrainian demographics blogger pollotenchegg shares the results of recent detailed polling of Crimea's population, on everything from political views or language usage.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that markets are reacting to Russia's actions, though whether it's Crimea alone or broader fears about a Ukrainian war is open to question.


• Torontoist explains to its readership what co-op apartments actually are, in the course of an explanation that Jack Layton and Olivia Chow were not living in subsidized apartments.


• Towleroad celebrates the classic TV series Golden Girls.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russian relations with Lithuania are also deteriorating.