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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-06-01 04:28 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2016-06-01 04:28 pm
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- central america,
- charlottetown,
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- chinese language,
- clash of ideologies,
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- food,
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- uruguay
[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- Bad Astronomy notes the literally cosmic homophobia of Louie Gohmert.
- The Big Picture notes a Chinese factory set to make a fortune off of making masks of the American presidential candidates.
- blogTO notes the raising of the Trans and Pride flags at Toronto City Hall, marking the beginning of Pride month.
- Crooked Timber notes the racism that erased the genealogy of African-Americans.
- Joe. My. God. notes that Britain's NHS has rejected PrEP again.
- Language Log notes the sensitivity of the local version of the name "Pikachu" in Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong.
- The LRB Blog reports from the scene of an active volcano in Nicaragua.
- Marginal Revolution notes that witchcraft apparently does hurt economic progress.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders why New Zealand and Uruguay, with such similar economies, saw such substantial economic divergence after 1950.
- Peter Rukavina reports on an interesting Asian food store in Charlottetown.
- The Russian Demographics Blog notes a Russian claim that condoms cause HIV transmission.