[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• 3 Quarks Daily writes about the ways in which Cuba, and Havana, have been seen in the American imagination.


• Antipope Charlie Stross solicits suggestions as to what he should print with a 3-D printer.


• Crooked Timber is alarmist about the United States, making comparisons to Pakistan and to Weimar Germany.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining the simulated atmospheres of warm Neptunes.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that Russians are leaving France without their Mistral carriers and that Russia is talking about building its own space station.


• Joe. My. God. notes that an Argentine court has given an orangutan limited rights.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that transgendered workers now have legal protection in the United States.


• Marginal Revolution reflects on the new Nicaragua Canal and is skeptical about Cuba's economic potential.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw links to an essay examining how New Zealand set the global 2% inflation target.


• The Search looks at one effort in digitizing and making searchable centuries of book images.


• Towleroad looks at Taiwan's progress towards marriage equality and notes the refusal of the archbishop of Canterbury to explain the reasons for his opposition to equal marriage.


• Window on Eurasia notes the different effects of the collapse in oil prices on Russia's different reasons, looks at language conflicts in the Russian republics, and observes the revival of Belarusian nationalism.