[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams notes how the New Horizons probe is maneuvering into mapping orbits of Ceres.


• Crooked Timber examines the decline of inter-generational mobility and class mobility.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on Jupiter analog HIP 11915b.


• The Dragon's Tales notes Russian claims in the Arctic and links to a comparison of Chinese and American statements on perceived threats.


• Language Hat reports on a project hoping to map the diffusion of ideas over time.


• Language Log reports on the use of the term "mother" in comparative linguistics.


• Marginal Revolution notes the fragility of Greek foreign trade and examines economic dysfunction in Greece and the former Yugoslavia.


• Registan links to a report of an exile from Kyrgyzstan in Ukraine.


• Window on Eurasia notes how the Russian state has not found Western partners willing to partition Ukraine, unlike Stalin's Soviet Union re: Nazi Germany.