[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Dragon's Gaze has a new analysis of the signal data from the Gliese 876 system, suggesting it may host six planets, of which the first four are in a 1:2:4:8 resonance.


• The Dragon's Tales links to an analysis of the Russian military suggesting that the Crimean operation says little about combat-readiness.


• Eastern Approaches observes that there are some prominent Slovakian candidates for international leadership.


• The Financial Times' The World notes that the far right did much worse in Ukraine than it did in the French European Union elections.


• Joe. My. God. has a perplexing quote from Edmund White implying gay couples can't get married and have kids without reverting to type and Grindr-usage.


• Language Log links to a Chinese news article identifying ten difficult to understand Chinese language forms.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen suggests that slavery hurt white American incomes, too, in connection with reparations talk.


• The New APPS Blog suggests that Facebook can be understand as a mechanism for accumulating social capital, in a Marxist fashion.


• Torontoist links to a documentary on police carding in Toronto.


• Une heure de peine's Denis Colombi examines, in French, mass murderer Elliot Rodger as an extreme example of male thinking about women.


• The Volokh Conspiracy describes a court ruling against a police captain who rejected a mosque outreach effort.


• Window on Eurasia notes an analysis suggesting that much depends on the national evolution of Russophone Slavs in eastern Ukraine. Are they Ukrainian, or not?