[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Beyond the Beyond notes an upcoming exhibition of photos of Vaclav Havel.


• blogTO notes a local controversy over the demolition of a community-built skate park.


• Centauri Dreams considers how advanced starfaring civilizations might deal with existential threats.


• Crooked Timber looks at how presidential debates could be used to teach logic.


• Language Hat examines the origins of the evocative Slavic phrase "they perished like Avars."


• Language Log notes how "Molotov cocktail" was confused by a Trump manager with "Mazel tov cocktail".


• The LRB Blog notes Brexit-related insecurity over the rule of law in the United Kingdom.


• The Map Room Blog notes an exhibition in Maine of Acadian-related maps.


• Marginal Revolution looks at how the Hong Kong press has been influenced by advertisers.


• The NYRB Daily looks an exhibition of abstract expressionism.


• The Planetary Society Blog looks at what we can learn from Rosetta.


• Savage Minds considers the place of archeology in anthropology.


• Window on Eurasia looks at Belarus' commemoration of the Bolshevik Revolution and considers the dispute in Kazakhstan as to whether the country should be known as Qazaqstan.