[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• At Antipope, Charlie Stross imagines what might become possible with cheap heavy spacelift.


• blogTO notes the vandalization of the iconic Toronto sign during Nuit Blanche.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper considering the detectability of interstellar comets.


• Language Log looks at Chinese language transcriptions for Obama, Hillary, and Trump.


• Marginal Revolution looks at impending hard Brexit and notes how the economy of Thailand is dominated by Bangkok.


• The NYRB Daily writes at length about its apparent discovery of the identity of Elena Ferrante.


• Savage Minds shares a Bolivian perspective on Donald Trump.


• Strange Maps shares a list of ten potential Jewish homelands outside of Palestine.


• Window on Eurasia looks at quiet Chechen dissidence and warns about the consequences of Putin's repressions.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell worries about the people soon to be in charge of the United Kingdom's Brexit negotiations.