[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

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• Antipope's Charlie Stross wonders if the politics of Trump might mean an end to the British nuclear deterrent.


• Centauri Dreams shares Andrew LePage's evaluation of the TRAPPIST-1 system, where he concludes that there are in fact three plausible candidates for habitable status there.


• Dangerous Minds shares the gender-bending photographs of Norwegian photographers Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog takes a look at the 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States.


• The Extremo Files looks at the human microbiome.


• Language Hat links to an article on Dakhani, a south Indian Urdu dialect.


• The LRB Blog looks at policing in London.


• The Map Room Blog notes that 90% of the hundred thousand lakes of Manitoba are officially unnamed.


• Marginal Revolution looks at the remarkable Akshardham Temple of New Delhi.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes how citizen scientists detected changes in Rosetta's comet.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer provides a visual guide for New Yorkers at the size of the proposed border wall.


• The Russian Demographics Blog links to a paper taking a look at the history of abortion in 20th century France.


• Torontoist looks at the 1840s influx of Irish refugees to Toronto.


• Understanding Society takes a look at the research that went into the discovery of the nucleus of the atom.


• Window on Eurasia reports on Belarus.


• Arnold Zwicky shares photos and commentary on the stars and plot of Oscar-winning film Midnight.