[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• io9 notes that Livejournal's mascot Frank the Goat has made one last appearance, thanks to his creator.


• James Bow announces that, after a month of writing and family, he's back to his blog.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the far-right AfD in Germany is trying to stop marriage equality.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money rightly does not understand what people mean by talking of a Trump administration "failing". It can still wreak terrible damage.


• The Map Room Blog shares a lovely map of the Arctic circumpolar region of the Earth.


• Marginal Revolution notes that tourism has become the dominant growth sector of the Greek economy.
  
• Savage Minds shares Taylor R. Genovese essay invoking and exploring the magic and ritual of human spaceflight. (More to come.)


• Understanding Society considers and approves of the idea of a guaranteed minimum income, necessary supplement in a time of scarce good jobs.


• Unicorn Booty notes the many ways in which Trumpcare will leave queer LGBTQ people worse off.
  
• The Volokh Conspiracy's Dale Carpenter again engages, after Texas' ruling, with the idea of equality for all married couples.


• Window on Eurasia notes that only a small fraction of Russia's planned spending on the Arctic has actually materialized.

Comments

[dewline]

1. Sad news, that.

3. Thankfully, that group's clout within Germany is falling (hopefully faster than I know at present).

4. "Failure" where DT-45 is concerned...has multiple possible meanings, doesn't it?

10. Something Canada and Russia currently have in common, then. Not sure that it's cause for anything resembling celebration just yet.