[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams considers the challenges and the prospects of laser SETI.


• Citizen Science Salon reports on a couple who have done their best to keep their bee numbers up.


• Joe. My. God. notes that Milo's book, contrary to Milo's claims, has performed very badly indeed in the UK, among other places.


• Language Log features a poetic digression by Victor Mair on Chinese characters for words like "plum" and "wine."


• Lawyers, Guns and Money suggests that moderate Republicans in Congress might not be all that.


• The LRB Blog considers Nice at, and after, the time of last year's terrorist attacks.


• Marginal Revolution features Tyler Cowen's description of his writing processes.


• Drew Rowsome interviews Toronto gay photographer Dylan Rosser.


• Unicorn Booty looks back at the history of the queercore movement--gay punk, as a first approximation.


• Vintage Space links to an article explaining why there was neither an Apollo 2 nor an Apollo 3.


• Window on Eurasia suggests the Russian state is undermining various once-allied Russian nationalist movements.