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rfmcdonald) wrote2015-06-25 03:26 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2015-06-25 03:26 pm
Entry tags:
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- christianity,
- clash of ideologies,
- democracy,
- elections,
- environment,
- first nations,
- futurology,
- global warming,
- globalization,
- indonesia,
- links,
- maps,
- mars,
- netherlands,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- popular literature,
- racism,
- russia,
- space science,
- terraforming,
- turkey,
- ukraine,
- united states
[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- Centauri Dreams reports on a theory suggesting the distant dwarf planet Sedna and its kin were captured from another star in the sun's birth cluster.
- Crooked Timber reports on a Dutch court ruling arguing that the Netherlands is legally obliged to reduce carbon dioxide output.
- The Dragon's Gaze notes that hot Neptune Gliese 436b has a comet-like tail.
- The Dragon's Tales notes that DARPA is working on Martian terraforming bugs.
- Far Outliers looks at Comanche inroads on bison herds in the 19th century.
- Geocurrents maps the recent Turkish elections, looking for patterns.
- Marginal Revolution argues that the campaign against the Confederate flag couldn't work if the two American political parties were competing for rural white votes.
- The Russian Demographics Blog shares an Economist ranking of the top tne economies in 2050, Indonesia ranking notably higher.
- Torontoist notes a local publication of nerd fangirls.
- Window on Eurasia argues that the Russian Orthodox Church's ongoing losses in Ukraine will marginalize it internationally.