[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams considers Juno's photos of Jupiter's poles.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes the discovery of another star that behaves much like mysterious Tabby's Star.


• Far Outliers reports on the good reputation of the Chinese forces at Shanghai in 1937.


• Joe. My. God. notes a Christian site that claims gay sex is not sex.


• Language Hat reports on the problems of translating Elena Ferrante.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money and Noel Maurer are unimpressed by Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.


• The New APPS Blog writes against faculty lock-outs.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw describes the Parers, a Catalan-Australian family.


• Window on Eurasia notes Ukraine's recognition of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, reports on how Russians resent Ukrainian refugees, and suggests the Russian economic crisis is finally hitting Moscow and St. Petersburg.