[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Crooked Timber responds to The Intercept's release of data regarding Russian interference with American elections.
  
• Dangerous Minds reports on how Melanie Gaydos overcame a rare genetic disorder to become a model.


• Dead Things seems unduly happy that it does see as if Tyrannosaurus rex had feathers. (I like the idea.)


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on our ability to detect the effects of a planet-shattering Nicoll-Dyson beam.


• The Frailest Thing considers being a parent in the digital age.


• Language Hat notes the African writing systems of nsibidi and bamum.


• Marginal Revolution notes that Trump-supporting states are moving to green energy quite quickly.


• Window on Eurasia notes how Russian guarantees of traditional rights to the peoples of the Russian North do not take their current identities into account.