[BLOG] Some Sunday links

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• Dangerous Minds notes a Brazilian artist who has gotten some controversy over turning religious figurines into superheroes.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that in the last five years, Japan's population has shrunk by one million.


• Joe. My. God. notes an Indonesian parliamentarian who has called for homosexuals to be put to death.


• Language Hat looks at the multilingualism of medieval Europe.


• Language Log notes tablets which have problems displaying Chinese documents.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes Donald Trump as a con artist.


• The Map Room Blog considers if transit maps are too complicated for users.


• Marginal Revolution notes declining labour force participation among middle-aged maps.


• pollotenchegg looks at demographic changes in 2015 over Ukraine.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders if Trump would wreck the relationship with Mexico and looks at the relatively moderate nature of his claims on his website, suggesting mockery is the best response to Trump.


• Window on Eurasia notes Ukrainian claims that Russia is creating military units staffed by Ukrainian citizens, and notes reports on an ethnic clash between members of a military unit in Chechnya.


• The Financial Times' The World notes the awkward position of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, the first wanting to join Serbia and the second wanting access to the European Union.