[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that April has been the snowiest month this year.


• D-Brief notes that we are on the verge of a literal explosion in gravitational wave astronomy detection.


• The Dragon's Tales examines Maya water management.


• Far Outliers notes the 1709 rescue of Alexander Selkirk from a desert island, one of the inspirations behind Robinson Crusoe.


• Geocurrents speculates that Crimean Tatars may follow North Caucasians in supporting radical Islam.


• Joe. My. God. notes that a Republican co-sponsor of an anti-trans law has been quarantined as a danger to female co-workers.


• Language Hat examines how one language deals with the representation of time.


• The Map Room Blog links to a beautiful topographic map of Mars.


• Marginal Revolution links to a new book by Joel Kotkin that seems somewhat anti-cities.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders if Irish independence could have been avoided.


• Peter Rukavina contrasts and compares public spending and revenues on Prince Edward Island in 1915 versus 2015. The changes--particularly the increases--are notable.


• Une heure de peine looks at the idea of the insider, in French.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Eastern religions are now seen as threatening by some Russians and looks at the construction of Russian influence networks in France.