[BLOG] Some Saturday links

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• Anthrodendum recommends design researcher Jan Chipchase's Field Study Handbook for anthropologists interested in field practice.


• Architectuul investigates strange similarities between buildings built in far-removed parts of the world.


• Centauri Dreams takes a look at TESS, the next generation of exoplanet-hunting satellite.


• Crooked Timber investigates the connections between the spiritualism of the 19th century and the fiction of the uncanny.


• D-Brief notes the many names, often delightful, that newly-discovered locations on Mercury and Charon have received.


• Cody Delistraty investigates two exhibitions of French satirists, including Charlie Hedo's Georges Wolinski, to examine the nature of satire.


• The Dragon's Tales considers the possibility of cryomagna leaving marks on the surface of Europa.


• Drew Ex Machina takes a look at the strangely alien skies of TRAPPIST-1e. What would its sun look like? How would the other planets appear?


• The Everyday Sociology Blog takes a look at the new prominence of multigenerational households in the United States. While a response to economic strains, it also looks back to past traditions.


• Hornet Stories notes how, on RuPaul's Drag Race, Monet X Change gave a decent explanation behind the surprisingly recent birth of the modern British accent.


• Imageo notes how a massive blob of warm water is rising to the surface of the Pacific.


• At In A State of Migration, Lyman Stone explores the unique population history of Maine, to my eyes easily the most Atlantic Canadian of the fifty American states.


• JSTOR Daily links to a paper exploring why modern video games can produce such rewarding experiences for players. (We can get meaning from many places.)


• Language Log takes a look at the complexity of Chinese language classifications with a song by Yishi Band. What exactly is Yibin Sichuanese?


• Lawyers, Guns and Money takes a look at an interesting question: When did Jews in the United States become white?


• The LRB Blog takes a look at the baffling reasons behind the poisoning of the Skribins with Novichok, and the science behind it.


• Marginal Revolution notes that this year, GDP per capita measured at PPP in Spain is higher than in Italy. (This probably says more about the disarray in Italy.)


• The NYR Daily shares an interesting interview with cartoonist Art Spiegelman.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw tells of his experiences on a trip to the small Australian city of Armidale, in the region of New England.


• Justin Petrone reflects on the tidy and clean, minimalist even, rural landscape of Estonia.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell notes brain scans that provide evidence of consciousness even in very young infants.


• Drew Rowsome praises the Toronto production of the musical Fun Home, based on the Alison Bechdel graphic novel. I, for one, can't wait to see it.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes that, although Proxima Centauri is far too active a star for Proxima Centauri b to be Earth-like, that world could still plausibly host life-supporting environments.


• Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy suggests a recent deal at the federal level in the US between Trump and Cory Gardner has created space for states to legalize marijuana without fear of federal intervention.