[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait evaluates the doability of Elon Musk's proposal for colonizing Mars.


• blogTO notes that Casa Loma will be transformed into a haunted house for the month of October.


• The Dragon's Tales notes NASA's belief that Europa almost certainly has watery plumes.


• False Steps shares an early American proposal for a lunar base.


• Far Outliers notes the location of multiple massacres in Chinese military history.


• Joe. My. God. notes that a far-right group is unhappy Alabama judge Roy Moore has been suspended.


• The Map Room Blog notes the acquisition of a British-era map of Detroit.


• Marginal Revolution speculates as to whether a country's VAT promotes exports.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes the end of the Rosetta space probe.


• The Russian Demographics Blog charts increases in maximum life expectancy over time.


• Seriously Science notes a paper arguing that small talk diminishes happiness.


• Towleroad reports on a gay Cameroonian asylum seeker in the United Kingdom at risk of deportation.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes Instapundit's departure from Twitter without noting why Reynolds is leaving.


• Window on Eurasia reports on the complexities surrounding the possibility of another Finno-Ugric festival.