[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams looks at the advanced microelectronics that might last a space probe the two decades it would take to get to Proxima Centauri.


• Dangerous Minds links to a 1980 filmed concert performance by Queen.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on the discovery of potassium in the atmosphere of WASP-17b.


• Language Hat looks at the Carmina of Optatianus, an interesting piece of Latin literature.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on the shameless anti-democratic maneuvering of the Republicans in North Carolina.


• The LRB Blog reflects on the shamelessness of the perpetrators of the Aleppo massacres.


• Marginal Revolution looks at what Charles Darwin's reading habits have to say about the man's process of research.


• North!'s Justin Petrone looks at the elves of Estonia.


• The NYRB Daily praises the new movie Manchester by the Sea.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares a recent photo of Phobos.


• Peter Rukavina argues that the Island's low PISA scores do not necessarily reflect on what Islanders have learned.


• Savage Minds shares an essay by someone who combines academic work with library work.


• Torontoist notes the city's subsidies to some major water polluters.


• Window on Eurasia notes the anniversary of some important riots in Kazakhstan.


• Arnold Zwicky reflects on the penguin-related caption of a photo on Wikipedia that has made the world laugh.