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rfmcdonald) wrote2017-06-06 11:16 am
rfmcdonald) wrote2017-06-06 11:16 am
Entry tags:
- alternate history,
- archeology,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- canada,
- clash of ideologies,
- education,
- egypt,
- ethnic conflict,
- extraterrestrial intelligence,
- former soviet union,
- gaelic language,
- games,
- history,
- israel,
- language,
- links,
- mars,
- migration,
- moon,
- nova scotia,
- nuclear war,
- russia,
- solar system,
- space science,
- united kingdom,
- united states,
- video,
- war
[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- D-Brief considers if gas giant exoplanet Kelt-9b is actually evaporating.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper that considers where to find signs of prior indigenous civilizations in our solar system. (The Moon, Mars, and outer solar system look good.
- Joe. My. God. reveals the Israeli nuclear option in the 1967 war.
- Language Log shares a clip of a Nova Scotia Gaelic folktale about a man named Donald.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the ongoing deportations of Hispanic undocumented migrants from the United States.
- The LRB Blog notes the brittle rhetoric of May and the Conservatives.
- The NYRB Daily mourns the Trump Administration's plans for American education.
- Savage Minds considers the world now in the context of the reign of the dangerous nonsense of Neil Postman.
- Strange Maps shares a map documenting the spread of chess from India to Ireland in a millennium.
- Window on Eurasia argues that the Russian government needs to do more to protect minority languages.