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rfmcdonald) wrote2015-06-12 03:30 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2015-06-12 03:30 pm
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- africa,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- central asia,
- ceres,
- democracy,
- economics,
- elections,
- english language,
- environment,
- ethnic conflict,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- glbt issues,
- hebrew,
- ireland,
- irish language,
- israel,
- language,
- latin america,
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- mexico,
- middle east,
- military,
- nigeria,
- oil,
- palestinians,
- philosophy,
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- russia,
- russian language,
- space science,
- space travel,
- tajikistan,
- technology,
- telecommunications,
- united states,
- west africa
[BLOG] Some Friday links
- Centauri Dreams anticipates Ceres.
- Crooked Timber notes Big Oil is turning against Big Coal.
- Geocurrents shares Martin Lewis' slides on Nigeria.
- Language Hat, reflecting on Irish and Hebrew, considers language change and shift.
- Language Log examines the historical American broadcast r-less accent.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money wants a good history of the Occupy movement.
- The New APPS Blog wonders what philosophical work might look like as technology and modes of scholarship evolve.
- The Power and Money's Noel Maurer looks at Mexico's political parties.
- Towleroad notes controversy in Houston over elderly LGBT housing and relations with police.
- The Volokh Conspiracy argues against the policies that led to Orange Telecom's withdrawal from the Israeli occupied territories.
- Window on Eurasia looks at Russification, notes how Russia's satellite program depends on American imports, and looks at the military incapacity of Tajikistan versus foreign threats like ISIS.