[BLOG] Some Sunday links
Aug. 6th, 2017 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly re-introduces herself to her readers.
- Bruce Dorminey shares one man's theory about how extraterrestrials could use exoplanet sightings to build up a galactic communications network.
- Far Outliers shares some unusual Japanese words, starting with "amepotu" for American potato.
- Language Hat takes
- Did the spokeswoman of the NRA threaten to "fisk" the New York Times or threaten something else? Language Log reports.
- Drew Rowsome notes that, compared to San Francisco, Toronto does not have much of a public kink scene.
- Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel examines the quantum reasons behind the explosion produced by sodium metal and water.
- Understanding Society takes rightful issue with The Guardian's shoddy coverage of Dearborn, Michigan, and that city's Muslims and/or Arabs.
- Unicorn Booty notes that Canada is, at last, starting to take in queer refugees from Chechnya.
- Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes the embarrassing support for Jean-Luc Mélenchon for Venezuela. Was opposing the US all he wanted?