[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomy notes the weird polar hexagonal wind systems of Saturn.


• blogTO notes that Presto is now in fifty TTC stations.


• The Broadside Blog talks about ways to be a good guest.


• Centauri Dreams notes efforts to image planets orbiting Alpha Centauri A and/or B.


• Crooked Timber takes a first look at the origins of Trumpism.


• Dangerous Minds notes that the Jesus and Mary Chain are set to release a new studio album.


• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the testing of the James Webb Space Telescope mirror.


• Joe. My. God. notes that HIV is now recognized in the US as a carcinogen.


• Language Hat looks at principles for naming in different languages.


• Language Log notes that Trumps' granddaughter did a good job of reading Tang China poems.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the TPP is dead.


• The LRB Blog looks at the continued threat of tuberculosis.


• Steve Munro looks at 504 King travel times.


• The NYRB Daily notes the likely future degeneration of Turkey.


• Seriously Science notes that the most one posts comments on Reddit (and other forums?) the worse they become.


• Transit Toronto looks at TTC bus route changes planned in light of subway expansion.


• Window on Eurasia looks at ethnic conflict in Archangelsk, in multi-ethnic Stavropol and among Circassians in Krasnodar, even with Belarusian activists in Smolensk.