[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares beautiful images of nebula Sharpless 2-29, brilliant and beautiful from the heart of our galaxy.


• Centauri Dreams notes how New Horizons is maneuvering for its rendezvous with KBO MU69 on 1 January 2019.


• Daily JSTOR notes how Indian schools were at once vehicles for the assimilation of American indigenous peoples and also sites for potential resistance.


• Dangerous Minds shares the vintage Vampirella art of Enrique Torres-Prat.


• From Tumblr, Explain It Like I'm Not From Lawrence looks at a very unusual tower in the downtown of that Kansas community.


• Hornet Stories notes that PrEP is becoming available in Brazil, but only for a small subset of potential users.


• Imageo notes a recent American study observing that the degree of Arctic heating is in at least two millennia.


• Joe. My. God. notes that Bermuda has repealed marriage equality. I can't help but think this will not help the island's tourism.


• Language Hat links to a new encyclopedia article examining the origins of the Japanese language. I'm surprised the article suggests there are no verifiable links to Korean, Paekche aside.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money has an after-action report on the Alabama senate election. I agree with most of the conclusions--certainly it shows a need to contest every election!


• Allan Metcalf at Lingua Franca quite likes the term "fake news" for its specific power, claiming it as his word of 2017.


• The NYR Daily reflects on an exhibition of the powerful works of Modigliani.


• The Planetary Society Blog reports on some infrared images taken by Juno of Jupiter and volcanic Io.


• Roads and Kingdoms shares 21 pieces of advice for people interested in visiting Iran as tourists.


• Towleroad's list of the Top 10 albums of 2017 is worth paying attention to.


• If this Window on Eurasia report is correct and HIV seroprevalence in Russia is twice the proportion officially claimed, 1.5% of the population ...