[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about the simple pleasures of her life.


• Centauri Dreams discusses 2014 MU69.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting that less that 0.3% of galaxies could host Kardashev III civilizations.


• Kieran Healy shares his paper "Fuck Nuance."


• Joe. My. God. notes the unhappiness of one American conservative with the restoration of Denali's name.


• Language Hat mourns poet Charles Tomlinson.


• Marginal Revolution argues that China's 2008-era debt binge is now coming back to haunt it.


• The New APPS Blog discusses the role of philosophy in making life decisions.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw dislikes the rhetoric and institutions charged with guarding Australia's borders.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that the reports of Russian losses in Donbas are likely false.


• Torontoist is unimpressed by the satirical musical version of Full House.


• Towleroad notes an American conservative who is going to continue participating in Scouting despite its new gay-friendliness.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes that secession rarely works out well for seceding entities.


• Window on Eurasia notes a prediction that Ukraine is now on track to go west.