[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Burgh Diaspora's Jim Russell observes the fine scale of globalization's movements, which connect nations not so much as they do neighbourhoods.


• The Dragon's Gaze revisits the Kepler-9 system and notes the disintegrating sub-Mercury planet that is KIC 12557548b.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that waves have been detected on Titan's Punga Mare.


• Eastern Approaches takes a look at Slovakian politics.


• Far Outliers revisits the massive volcanic eruption that hit the Melanesian island of New Britain circa 600 CE.


• The Numerati's Stephen Baker wonders if his new novel The Boost is anti-Chinese simply by describing a hegemonic China not acting differently from the United States. (I must read the book.)


• Strange Maps notes a Turkish exclave in Syria--a tomb of an ancient Turkish hero--that might bring Turkey into the Syrian civil war.


• Towleroad notes a study suggesting that crystal meth use accelerates the progress of HIV/AIDS in users.


• The Volokh Conspiracy's Eugene Volokh notes the death of a Ukrainian soldier on a base stormed by Russian soldiers in Crimea.


• Window on Eurasia notes the fears of many Crimean Tatars of Russian rule.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell shares his eclectic list of recommended blogs.