[BLOG] Some Sunday links

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• Antipope shares a guest essay by an author pointing out how duelling was a social plague.


• 'Nathan Smith's Apostrophen shares an essay noting that being a Donald Trump supporter who reads gay romance is a contradiction.


• Beyond the Beyond notes new European Union interest in defense integration.


• blogTO reports that a Torontonian designed the new Starbucks holiday cup.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly wonders how much our parents shape us.


• D-Brief looks at Semantic Scholar, an AI tool for scholars.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on methane humidity near Titan's surface and an active drainage system.


• Joe. My. God. notes the interest of Florida attorney-general Pam Bondi at the interest of serving in the administration of Donald Trump.


• Language Hat shares a lovely poem translated from the Russian.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the upsurge in hate crimes post-election in the United States.


• The LRB Blog shares one man's memories of Leonard Cohen.


• Marginal Revolution notes the problems of Saudi Arabia.


• The NYRB Daily notes the largely negative effect of the Internet, and social media, on the election.


• Savage Minds notes how anthropology teachers can teach the Trump election.


• Towleroad shares RuPaul's horror at the election.


• The Volokh Conspiracy argues the Gary Johnson candidacy helped Hillary, though by not enough.


• Window on Eurasia argues that a state ideology would make Russia totalitarian.