[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Dragon's Gaze links to a model of the atmosphere of warm mini-Neptune GJ 1214b.


• Far Outliers notes (1, 2) the efforts of Afghanistan in the 1970s to modernize.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the awkward intersections of race and class.


• Marginal Revolution notes an unusual sort of Welsh tax rebellion.


• Towleroad notes the story of a Marine who took his male date to the Marine Corps Ball.


• Understanding Society celebrates its eighth anniversary this week.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russia may be on the verge of yet another expensive empire-destroying arms race, and observes the dangers of what Russia calls "Russophobia".