[BLOG] Some Saturday links

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• Architectuul looks at how, in Communist Romania, postcards sent from the resorts ot the Black Sea coast were used to bolster the image of the regime.


• Bad Astronomy notes the evidence for a recent planetary collision in the young system of RW Aurigae A.


• Crux visits the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at present the main spaceport for human passengers on Earth.


• D-Brief notes how radial velocity methods can be used to quickly find exoplanets with relatively distant orbits around their star.


• Dead Things notes evidence that Neanderthals did make use of fire.


• Hornet Stories notes an interview given by Barry Humphries, the actor behind Dame Edna, in which he reveals pro-Trump and anti-trans opinions.


• At In Media Res, Russell Arben Fox grapples with the possibility of human technological civilization not being sustainable, not being natural.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how early modern alchemists imagined human beings might be created.


• Drew Rowsome celebrates the reappearance of Buddy Cole, the signature creation of Scott Thompson.


• Towleroad shares an extended interview with Steven Canals, the screenwriter behind Pose, talking about this series' background and his goals.


• At the Volokh Conspiracy, Jonathan M. Adler deconstructs the argument of Michael Anton against birthright citizenship in the United States.


• At Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, Livio di Matteo wonders what Trump's incessant political Russophilia has in common with the CoDominium of SF writer Jerry Pournelle, a Russian-American alliance aimed at dominating the world.