[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Anthropology.net notes the discovery of some Neanderthal skeletons showing signs of having had the flesh carved off of them.


• Centauri Dreams looks at the messages carried by the New Horizon probe.


• Crooked Timber makes the case for the continued relevance of Bob Marley.


• The Dragon's Tales looks at recurrent streams on Mars carved by perchlorate-laced water.


• A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh argues that Spain is still digging out of the long crisis.


• Joe. My. God. notes the story of a Louisiana trans man fired from his job for not detransitioning.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that China is not really a revisionist power.


• Justin Petrone looks at ways in which young Estonian children are demonstrating and developing a fear of Russia.


• The Planetary Society Blog examines the failure of the Dragon rocket.


• Towleroad notes that the Russian-language version of Siri is quite homophobic.


• Understanding Society looks at the criticial realist social theory of Frédéric Vandenberghe.


• Window on Eurasia looks at trends in violence in the North Caucasus and warns of Central Asian alienation from Russia.