[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the discovery of Ross 128 b, a nearby exoplanet that looks like it actually might be plausibly very Earth-like.


• blogTO notes that, after a decade, the east entrance of the Royal Ontario Museum is finally going to be an entrance again.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about the importance of self-care, of making time to experience pleasure.


• Crooked Timber shares some of the 1871 etchings of Gustave Doré, fresh from the Paris Commune.


• Daily JSTOR notes how one man's collection of old tin cans tells a remarkable story about the settlement of the United States.


• Dangerous Minds shares a vintage 1980 television report on the Los Angeles punk scene.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a recent study of chemical abundances around Kronos and Krios, two very similar stars near each other, these abundances suggesting they are just forming planetary systems.


• Gizmodo shares a revealing new table of exoplanets, one that brings out all sorts of interesting patterns and types.


• Hornet Stories notes Courtney Love's efforts to fundraise for LGBTQ homeless youth.


• Joe. My. God. notes that Margaret Court, an Australian tennis star now more famous for her homophobia, called for Australia to ignore the postal vote for marriage equality.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the point that Trump's Russian links are important to explore, not least because they reveal the spreading influence of kleptocracy.


• Lingua Franca shares a perhaps over-stereotypical take on languages being caught between drives for purity and for diversity.


• The LRB Blog notes the murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cácares.


• The Map Room Blog links to an interesting collection of links to future and alternate-history mass transit maps of Melbourne.


• The NYR Daily links to an interesting exhibit about disposable fashion like the simple T-shirt.


• Roads and Kingdoms notes a remarkable performance of a Beatles song in the hill country of West Bengal.