[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• Anthrodendum takes a look at the way community knowledge is now being subject to a privatization.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlyn Kelly starts a discussion about what makes home.


• Bruce Dorminey suggests a pre-Theia, Moon-sized impactor gave the Earth its metal crust.


• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the current state of knowledge about Proxima b.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that Russia is apparently testing advanced nuclear weapons.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas considers the religious impulse in so many technophiles' view of the world.


• Language Hat considers the dynamics associated with learning minority languages in Europe.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money shares a classic traffic safety clip from 1913.


• The LRB Blog mourns the loss of Glen Newey, long-time contributor.


• Lovesick Cyborg notes a NASA study into the economics of a viable space-based solar power project.


• Roads and Kingdoms takes a look at the açorda of Portugal, a bread-based broth that was a long-time food of the poor.


• Cheri Lucas Rowlands celebrates the passage of summer into fall through photos of her vegetable garden.


• Drew Rowsome takes a look at the representation of LGBTQ people on television, and sees much reason for cheer.


• Science Sushi notes that different dolphin groups seem to have different dialects.


• Understanding Society takes a look at Robert Merton's refinement of social functionalism.


• Window on Eurasia notes that many ethnic Russians in Belarus, as in Ukraine, have shifted identity to that of the titular nation.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes one mistake made about artificial intelligence: it is not automatically more accurate.