[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Everyday Sociology Blog's Karen Sternheimer takes a look at the concept of anomie as expressed in the lives of recent graduates.


• At The Early Days of a Better Nation, Ken Macleod comes out against Scottish independence on the grounds that the aftermath will paralyze left-wing politics for a while.


• Far Outliers' Joel notes that Australian defenses in New Guinea on the eve of the Second World War were terrible, verging on incompetent.


• Geocurrents' Martin Lewis maps contrasting patterns of illumination and Maoist insurgencies in India.


• Savage Minds' Alex Posecznick notes how anthropologists pose as outsiders while actually being deeply embedded in and products of structures of power.


• Discover's Seriously Science notes an apparent linkage of Twitter use to relationship failure.


• Torontoist notes some east-end home owners expanding their power vis-a-vis developers by putting their properties up on the market.


• Towleroad notes Kink.com studio owner Peter Acworth advancing post-exposure prophylaxis as a safe alternative to condoms in the porn industry.


• The Volokh Conspiracy takes one look, then another, in the case of custody claims of a non-birth mother in a same-sex couple.


• Window on Eurasia links to an author arguing that the secession of the east would emphasize Ukraine's European orientation.