[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the discovery of rings around Kuiper belt dwarf planet Haumea, as does the Planetary Society Blog's Jason Davis.


• The Big Picture, from the Boston Globe, shares photos of the devastation of Puerto Rico by Maria.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the strong support of many--most?--on the American right for apartheid.


• The LRB Blog shares an article by Mike Davis looking at the vulnerability of California, especially Napa, to wildfires.


• The Map Room Blog links to a beautiful detailed map of the French railway network.


• The NYR Daily reports from Catalonia on the edge of a meltdown.


• North's Justin Petrone writes about going hunting for mushroooms in Estonia.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel shares five especially noteworthy photos provided by NASA. (What, no Pale Blue Dot?)


• Window on Eurasia suggests Russians in Tatarstan, unlike other groups, are unique in not wanting to learn Tatar.