[BLOG] Some Friday links

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• Bad Astronomy shares photos of the ripple made by moon Daphnis in the rings of Saturn, as does the Planetary Society Blog.


• The Broadside Blog questions whether readers actually like their work.


• Centauri Dreams notes evidence for the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet in the protoplanetary disk of TW Hydrae.


• Dangerous Minds links to the 1980s work of Lydia Lunch.


• Far Outliers reports on how the Afghanistan war against the Soviets acted as a university for jihadists from around the world.


• Kieran Healy looks at some failures of Google Scholar.


• Language Hat reports on a fascinating crowdsourced program involving the transcription of manuscripts from Shakespeare's era, and what elements of pop history and language have been discovered.


• The LRB Blog compares Trump's inauguration to those of Ronald Reagan.


• The Map Room Blog links to an exhibition of the maps of Utah.


• Understanding Society reports on a grand sociological research project in Europe that has found out interesting things about the factors contributing to young people's support for the far right.


• Window on Eurasia reports on instability in the binational North Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, describes the spectre of pan-Mongolism, and looks at the politicization of biker gangs in Russia.