[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Dragon's Gaze links to one paper examining the search for exomoons and links to another looking for very widely-separated exoplanets.


• Far Outliers' Joel shows some unusual Japanese words.


• The Financial Times' The World blog notes, in the context of recent riots, that Vietnam is an important player in global supply chains.


• Joe. My. God. notes the opening of a museum in New York City dedicated to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly can't bear to visit.


• Language Hat notes the new Russian laws banning profanity.


• At his blog, Peter Watts discusses his experience speaking at a conference about the origins of revenge.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla notes that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, target of the ESA's Rosetta probe, is now growing a coma.


• Towleroad notes that the Centers for Disease Control in the United States have released guidelines for the use of truvada to prevent HIV infections.


• The Transit Toronto blog notes that there's a TTC subway car ravaged by Godzilla down on Yonge Street.


• The Volokh Conspiracy deals with the complex copyright case of a man who killed himself after a nasty divorce and whose ex-wife is trying to remove his writings critical of her from the Internet.