[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait shares pictures of stellar shock waves.


• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling discovers he got the title of his blog from a Poul Anderson title.


• blogTO reports on yesterday's massive lineup for the Union-Pearson Express.


• Centauri Dreams bids adieu to comet probe Philae.


• Dangerous Minds shows us how the David Bowie instrumental "Crystal Japan" got used in a Japanese TV commercial for sake in 1980.


• The Dragon's Gaze shares the Kepler-454 system with its oddities.


• Language Log talks about "Kongish", a mixed Cantonese-English speech used for political protest in Hong Kong.The Map Room Blog notes misuses of maps.


• At the NYR Daily, Charles Simic despairs after visiting New Hampshire.
  
• Transit Toronto notes progress building infrastructure in Mississauga.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Yandex News gets more sources from Facebook and Twitter than elsewhere.


• Arnold Zwicky looks at the gay love songs of Eli Lieb.