[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at some stunning imagery of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter.


• Inkfish notes that some jumping spiders do not just look like ants, they walk like them, too.


• Language Log has gentle fun with the trend to develop heat maps for American English dialects.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the idea of disgust as it is made to relate to the homeless.


• Siva Vijenthira at Spacing considers the particular importance of biking for the independence of women.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers whether or not terraforming Mars is worth it. (Yes, but it will be costly.)


• Window on Eurasia suggests that China is displacing Russia, despite the latter's efforts, as the main trade partner of smaller post-Soviet countries.


• Arnold Zwicky shares an amusing photo of the Wonder Bears of Provincetown.