[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At 3 Quarks Daily, Tamuira Reid writes about the minefields associated with Romani identity, starting with the name.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper suggesting terrestrial worlds may be able to form in systems with hot Jupiters.


• The Dragon's Tales suggests that Japan is starting to investigate the possibility of orbital solar power satellites.


• Eastern Approaches notes the political controversies in Poland associated with the canonization of native son John Paul II.


• Joe. My. God. and Towleroad both note that Japan's first lady Akie Abe rode in a float in Tokyo's gay pride parade.


• Geocurrents notes that long-time contributor Asya Pereltsvaig will no longer be contributing.


• The New APPS Blog continues to observe the issues surrounding the Fermi Paradox.


• Torontoist notes, with photos, a Toronto church's annual blessing of the bikes.


• Towleroad observes that a Buffalo, New York, school refused to share news of a gay alumnus' wedding.


• Window on Eurasia warns that Putin wants to regain Soviet levels of power and domination, also touching upon the Russian belief that Ukrainians and Belarusians don't have separate histories.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell recounts a book, Robert Bickers' Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai, telling the story of an English expatriate fascist turned policeman in interwar Shanghai.