[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• 3 Quarks Daily considers quantitative measures of linguistic diversity.


• Bad Astronomy and the Planetary Society Weblog are both skeptical of the rumours of a 2015 SETI detection, while Marginal Revolution does not reach a conclusion.


• blogTO shares an image of the condo tower that will rise above the former site of the World's Biggest Bookstore.


• Centauri Dreams reports on preliminary discussions of Stardot.


• Dangerous Minds shares video of a 1982 Depeche Mode performance on Swedish television.


• The Dragon's Gaze considers the question of galactic habitability.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog writes about the role of bullying in the enforcement of gender.


• Language Log notes how bigoted language can infect an AI.


• The Map Room Blog shares a map charting water flows in Germany.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw considers revelations that Greek statues were painted.


• Noel Maurer wonders why Peña and Trump re meeting.


• Window on Eurasia considers the import of the late Soviet "parade of sovereignties".