[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Dragon's Gaze notes that while red dwarfs host giant planets less frequently than more massive stars, they don't do so that much more frequently.


• Eastern Approaches notes concerns with the Czech Republic's legislation on banning extremist ads, which may have targeted a Euroskeptic party.


• The Financial Times's World blog notes North Korea's self-defeating propaganda, regularly invoking stereotypes or racisms that are problematic in the outside world.


• Joe. My. God. takes a look at out NFL football player Michael Sam's boyfriend, former swimmer Vito Cammisano.


• Marginal Revolution notes the internal Chinese cultural distinctions between northern wheat-eaters and southern rice-eaters.


• Strange Maps looks at a redrawing of the borders of the world based on the mathemetical theories of Georgy Voronoy.


• Window on Eurasia notes the fragile nature of the Armenian-Azerbaijani ceasefire, and warns that if Moldova joins the European Union Transnistria will join with Russia.