[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At Antipope, Charlie Stross writes about how colonizing even a nearby and Earth-like Proxima Centauri b would be far beyond our abilities.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly responds to Canada's mourning of the Tragically Hip.


• Centauri Dreams considers the life that may exist in the oceans of Europa.


• D-Brief notes an Alaskan village that is being evacuated because of climate change-related erosion.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that Gliese 1132b is likely a Venus analog.


• The Dragon's Tales wonders about Titan's polar regions.


• False Steps considers the Soviet plans for a substantial lunar settlement.


• Far Outliers reports on the Czech and Slovak secret agents active in the United States during the First World War.


• Gizmodo notes the steady spread of lakes on the surface of East Antarctica.


• Language Hat examines the birth of the modern Uzbeks.


• Language Log shares bilingual Spanish-Chinese signage from Argentina.
  
• Marginal Revolution notes the arrival of tourists in Belgium seeking euthanasia.


• Maximos62 shares footage from Singapore's Festival of the Hungry Ghost.


• Steve Munro notes the little publicity given to the 514 streetcar.


• Justin Petrone reflects on Estonian stereotypes of Latvia.


• pollotenchegg looks at the regional demographics of Ukraine.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes the inclusion of Cossacks in the Russian census.


• Strange Maps shares a map of the actually-existing Middle East.


• Understanding Society examines the interwar ideology of Austrofascism.


• Window on Eurasia looks at what the Soviet coup attempt in 1991 did and did not do.