[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• As noted by The Dragon's Gaze, Centauri Dreams hosts an essay hotly defending the argument that KIC 8462852 has dimmed sharply.


• Crooked Timber looks at the links between classical liberalism and the refusal to aid the victims of the Irish famine.


• D-Brief notes that ancient Babylonian astronomers were close to developing calculus.


• Joe. My. God. notes that a large majority of Germans and a majority of Australian MPs back marriage equality.


• Marginal Revolution speculates that much of China's growth slowdown is a consequence of declining construction.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares photos from Chang'e 3.


• Peter Rukavina describes his work creating an online Schedule for Charlottetown transit.


• Savage Minds considers authenticity in relationship to digital models of artifacts.


• Science Sushi, at Discover, notes the complex social lives of at least some octopi.


• Transit Toronto notes rising GO Transit prices.


• Window on Eurasia looks at the decline of the Russian Orthodox Church's presence in Ukraine.