[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• Anthropology.net looks at Adam Rutherford's new book A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, about the human family tree.
  
• Crooked Timber argues that secret British government reports on Brexit really should be leaked.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas argues that the concept of "Luddites" deserves to be revisited.


• Language Hat takes a look at the potential for emojis to overwhelm Unicode, as does Language Log.


• The LRB Blog reports on some astounding jokes about sexual assault made on British television.


• The Planetary Society Blog explores the state of the search for Planet Nine.


• Roads and Kingdoms takes a look on the people who live in one of Manila's largest cemeteries.
  
• Drew Rowsome quite likes God's Own Country, a British film that tells the story of two gay farmers in love.


• Starts With a Bang's Ethan Siegel examines why the gravitational wave of GW170817 arrived 1.7 seconds before the light.


• Mark Simpson takes issue with the recent study suggesting sexual orientations could be determined from profile pics.


• Strange Company tells of how a ghost hunter had a terrible time trying to track down one supposed haunter.


• Strange Maps notes an 1864 map of the United States imagining a future country divided into four successor states.


• Understanding Society takes a look at a recent study of the position of small farmers in India.


• Window on Eurasia suggests that the economic role of immigrants in Russia is critical, to the tune of 10% of GDP.