[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams notes the sad news that, because of the destructive way in which the stellar activity of young red dwarfs interacts with oxygen molecules in exoplanet atmospheres, Proxima Centauri b is likely not Earth-like.


• Crooked Timber takes issue with the idea of Haidt that conservatives are uniquely interested in the idea of purity.


• D-Brief notes the discovery of an intermediate-mass black hole in the heart of 47 Tucanae.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on the search for Planet Nine.Far Outliers reports on the politics in 1868 of the first US Indian Bureau.


• Imageo maps the depletion of sea ice in the Arctic.


• Language Hat remembers the life of linguist Patricia Crampton.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes some of the potential pitfalls involved with Buy American campaigns (and like political programs in other countries), including broad-based xenophobia.


• The LRB Blog looks at nationalism and identity in their intersections with anti-Muslim sentiment in Québec.


• The Map Room Blog links to an essay on the last unmapped places.


• Torontoist notes the 2017 Toronto budget is not going to support affordable housing.


• Transit Toronto reports on TTC revisions to its schedules owing to shortfalls in equipment, like buses.


• Window on Eurasia claims that Putin needs a successful war in Ukraine to legitimize his rule, just as Nicholas II needed a victory to save Tsarism.