[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO looks at deserted Mirvish Village.


• Crooked Timber reenages with the Rachel Carson and DDT myth.


• The Crux looks at the Mandela Effect, exploring false memories.


• Dangerous Minds makes the case for the musical genius of Bobbie Gentry.


• From the Heart of Europe's Nicholas Whyte recounts his visit to Albania's bunker museum.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes Brazil's retirement of its only aircraft carrier.


• The LRB Blog looks at the extent and speed of events in the Trump Administration.


• Marginal Revolution engages with a book examining France's carving out a "cultural exception" in international trade agreements.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw reports on the passing of rulership of the Australian micronation of Hutt River.


• Peter Rukavina shares good advice for visiting museums: visit only what you can take in.


• Window on Eurasia looks at Russian Orthodox Church opposition to a certain kind of Russian civic nationality, and argues Russia is losing even its regional superpower status.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell reports on how local councils in the United Kingdom are speculating on commercial property.