[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At Antipope, Harry Connolly analyzes a paragraph of Charlie Stross' writing in detail.


• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait and the Planetary Society Blog's Casey Dreier both note NASA's interest in sending a probe to Europa.


• blogTO notes that Wrigley will shut down a gum-manufacturing plant in Toronto, at the cost of 400 jobs.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a survey of 12 nearby red dwarf stars indicating that none of them have massive planets in close orbits.


• The Dragon's Tales notes India's interest in Japan's Soryu submarine.


• Kieran Healy analyzes vaccination data in California, looking at rates of vaccination in different types of schools.


• Language Hat analyzes the complexities of Gogol's writing style.


• Marginal Revolution looks at a debt-restructuring plan for Greece.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares the latest images from Ceres.


• Strange Maps looks at the distribution of federally-owned lands across the United States.


• Transit Toronto notes the passage of a new TTC budget aiming to fix underfunding-related problems.


• The Volokh Conspiracy considers when voters should defer to the views of scientists.


• Window on Eurasia suggests Russia might be trying to de-Turkify Crimea, notes the non-Russian past of Siberia, and suggests that current Russian policy is a self-fulfilling prophecy of enemy-making.