[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes a new image showing the sheer density of events in the core of our galaxy.


• Centauri Dreams notes the discovery of 2MASS 0249 c, a planet-like object that distantly orbits a pair of low-mass brown dwarfs.


• D-Brief notes the discovery of many new moons of Jupiter, bringing the total up to 79.


• Far Outliers looks at the appeasement practiced by the Times of London in the 1930s.


• The Frailest Thing's L.M. Sacasas contrasts roots with anchors.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the controversy surrounding surviving honours paid to Franco in Spain.


• The LRB Blog looks at how the question of Macedonia continues to be a threatening issue in the politics of Greece.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests the new Mexican president is trying to create a new political machine, one that can only echo the more far-reaching and unrestrained one of PRI.


• Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps looks at the shifting alliances of different Asian countries with China and the United States.


• Window on Eurasia reports on the Russian reactions to a recent Politico Europe report describing Estonia's strategies for resisting a Russian invasion in depth.