[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams considers the concept of the "Clarke exobelt", a hypothetical ring of space stations in synchronous orbit of a planet that might be detectable across interstellar distances.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog considers the new American phenomenon of millennials moving back home with their parents.


• Far Outliers shares the second part of an an article summary on African and Japanese interactions in early modern Asia.


• JSTOR Daily takes a look at "precisionism", an art movement in the early 20th century United States that looked to the machine for inspiration.


• Language Hat shares a poem by the late great Ursula K Le Guin, "Dead Languages."


• Lawyers, Guns and Money, looking at the anti-Uighur police state that China has established in Xinjiang, points out that there are many ways in which American hegemony can be followed by something worse.


• The LRB Blog looks at how many documents vital in understanding the history of Iraq have been removed from the country or destroyed altogether. How will Iraqis be able to understand their history without them?


• The New APPS Blog takes a look at a newly released Foucault lecture from 1978, "Analytic Philosophy of Politics".


• The Planetary Society Blog reports from Mars, enveloped by a planet-wide dust storm that might endanger the intrepid rovers.


• Drew Rowsome takes a look at an exciting new film biography of Vivienne Westwood.


• Strange Company tells a story of a 19th century insurance fraud rooted in murder.


• Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps shares an old tourist map of Maine noting how many placenames from around the world are in that state.


• Towleroad shares a lovely ad from Ireland's Dublin Bus company featuring fathers picking up their gay children to take them to Pride. Wow.

Comments

[sovay]

Language Hat shares a poem by the late great Ursula K Le Guin, "Dead Languages."

Thank you; I hadn't seen this one.