[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes the ongoing demolition of Regent Park.


• Centauri Dreams and D-Brief look at the dense ring system and possible early satellite of J1407b.


• Crooked Timber's Daniel Davies considers likely scenarios for Greece.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to the Kepler-444 discovery paper and links to another one suggesting that giant planets in inner orbits block super-Earths from migrating inwards, perhaps explaining why we have Uranus and Neptune.


• Joe. My. God. notes that Ben Carson has doubled down on his statement about bakers poisoning wedding cakes.


• Language Hat takes issue with the claim that languages are being simplified over time.


• Marginal Revolution starts a discussion about the thought of economist and Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares images of Ceres.


• Progressive Download happily notes that creationism is much less popular in the United Kingdom than previously feared.


• Towleroad notes a lawsuit in China lodged on the unfair dismissal of someone on grounds of sexual orientation.


• Window on Eurasia has hope that there won't be an open Russian invasion of Ukraine.