[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• Centauri Dreams considers agriculture in space.


• Crooked Timber examines the tribalisms which benefit Donald Trump.


• Dangerous Minds notes an angry New York City television editorial criticizing the Sex Pistols.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the cycles of Mars' north polar gap.


• Language Log talks about Chinese script, starting with Ted Chiang's criticisms.


• The LRB Blog speculates about the future of a Labour Party that has lost its working-class support.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen likes the Chinese city of Qingdao.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes the dispatch of the OSIRIS-REx probe to the launch pad.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders what solution Bernie Sanders is proposing for Puerto Rico.


• Understanding Society describes sociological frameworks for writing biographies.


• Window on Eurasia speculates the doping scandal may cost Russia not only the Olympics but FIFA in 2018, and is unsurprised by Gorbachev's support of the annexation of Crimea.