[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Architetuul considers the architectural potential offered by temporary constructions.


• Centauri Dreams examines how the latest artificial intelligence routines were used to pick up the faint signal of Kepler-90i.


• JSTOR Daily examines the sign language used by the deaf servants popular at the Ottoman imperial court.


• Gizmodo notes that preliminary studies of 'Oumuamua suggest that body is not a technological artifact.


• Hornet Stories notes the bizarre friendship of Floyd Mayweather with Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the negative effects of NAFTA and globalization on the food eaten by Mexicans.


• Geoffrey Pullum at Lingua Franca notes the fine line between dialectal differences and language errors.


• The LRB Blog takes a quick look at corruption in the Russian bid for the World Cup in 2018.


• The NYR Daily looks at Russian influence behind the Brexit referendum, noting the long-term need of the American and British democracies to adapt.


• Jake Shears talks with Towleroad about the role that the city of New Orleans has been playing in his life and his creative work.