[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• James Bow notes, by way of explaining new fiction he is writing, why a Mercury colony makes sense.


• JSTOR Daily notes the life of Anita Brenner, a Mexican-born American Jewish writer who helped connect the two North American neighbours.


• Far Outliers' Joel notes the cautious approach of the United States towards famine relief in the young Soviet Union in 1922.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas shares a brief Lewis Mumford quote, talking about how men became mechanical in spirit before they invented complex machines.


• Hornet Stories celebrates the many ways in which the movie Addams Family Values is queer.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the idea of what "thoughtfulness" means in relation to Senator Al Franken.


• The Map Room Blog shares a few more fantasy map generators.


• The NYR Daily considers the thoughtful stamp art of Vincent Sardon.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell recommends Adam Rutherford's new book, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, on genomics and history.


• Towleroad notes that Demi Levato took trans Virginian politician Danica Roem her to the American Music Awards.


• Window on Eurasia shares a Tatar cleric's speculation that Russia's undermining of the Tatar language in education might push Tatars away from Russia.