[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about her enjoyment of Québec's Eastern Townships.


• Centauri Dreams suggests that the oddities of KIC 8462852 might be explained by gravity darkening on its surface.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the ongoing debate as to when the Panama isthmus formed.


• Language Hat notes the complex multilingualism of Elias Canetti.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money promotes Erik Loomis' new book Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests, which reveals as complex the relationship between forestry workers and the natural environment.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes that work on lightsails continues.


• Towleroad reports on a website that maps the world according to the permissibility of marijuana use.


• Window on Eurasia quotes the fears of a Russian website that Belarus is leaving the Russian sphere.