[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• D-Brief notes that the opioid epidemic seems to be hitting baby boomers and millennials worst, of all major American demographics.


• Hornet Stories shares one timetable for new DC films following Justice League.


• Joe. My. God. notes a case brought by a Romanian before the European Court of Justice regarding citizenship rights for his American spouse. This could have broad implications for the recognition of same-sex couples across the EU, not just its member-states.


• Language Hat reports on a journalist's search for a village in India where Sanskrit, ancient liturgical language of Hinduism, remains the vernacular.


• The Map Room Blog links to a review of an intriuging new book, Nowherelands, looking at ephemeral countries in the 1840-1975 era.


• The NYR Daily looks at the textile art of Anni Albers.


• The Planetary Society Blog explores the navigational skills of the Polynesians, and their reflection in Moana.


• Roads and Kingdoms reports on the widespread jubilation in Zimbabwe following the overthrow of Mugabe.


• Rocky Planet notes that Öræfajökull, the largest volcano in Iceland if a hidden one, has been showing worrying signs of potential eruption.


• Drew Rowsome reports on House Guests, an art installation that has taken over an entire house at Dundas and Ossington.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at the story of how the quantum property of spin was discovered.


• Window on Eurasia suggests new Russian policies largely excluding non-Russian languages from education are causing significant problems, even ethnic conflict.


• Arnold Zwicky considers music as a trigger of emotional memory, generally and in his own life.