[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Anthro{dendum} links to a roundup of anthropology-relevant posts and news items.


• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shows how the impending collision of galaxies NGC 4490 and NGC 4485 has created spectacular scenes of starbirth.


• Centauri Dreams notes the upcoming stream of new observatories and satellites that will enable better charting of exoplanets.


• Kieran Healy shares a cool infographic depicting the scope of the British baby boom.


• Hornet Stories shares the amazing video for the fantastic new song by Janelle Monáe, "Pynk."


• JSTOR Daily notes what happens when you send Frog and Toad to a philosophy class.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the obvious point that abandoning civil rights of minorities is a foolish strategy for American liberals.


• The LRB Blog shares a reflection on Winnie Mandela, and the forces she led and represents.


• The Map Room Blog links to detailed maps of the Rohingya refugee camps.


• Marginal Revolution takes issue with a proposal by Zeynep Tufekci for a thorough regulation of Facebook.


• The NYR Daily notes how Israel is making full use of the law to enable its colonization of the West Bank.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla reports from inside a NASA clean room where the new InSight Mars rover is being prepared.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer talks about what is really wrong with a Trump Organization letter to the president of Panama regarding a real estate development there.


• Strange Company looks at the life of 19th century fraudster and murdering John Birchall.