[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes evidence that white dwarf Gaia J1738–0826 is eating its planets.


• Crux takes a look at the stars closely orbiting Sagittarius A* at the heart of the galaxy like relativity-proving S2.


• D-Brief notes a recent proposal for an unmanned probe to Uranus and Neptune.


• Dangerous Minds shows the eerily decomposing sculptures of YuIchi Ikehata.


• Bruce Dorminey explores the provocative idea of era in the early Moon where it was briefly habitable.


• Far Outliers explores the reasons why George Orwell has become so popular lately.


• Hornet Stories notes that Tom Daley has recently posed nude for a painting by the celebrated David Hockney.


• JSTOR Daily explores the reality behind the imminent arrival of the laser gun into militaries worldwide.


• Language Hat notes that the Austrian state of Vorarlberg sponsors an interesting contest, of performances of songs--including pop songs--in local dialect.


• The LRB Blog notes the severity of the forest fires in Greece, aggravated by climate change, systematic corruption, and recent austerity.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares photos of asteroid Ryugu taken by the Hayabusa2 probe.


• Roads and Kingdoms reports on a T-bone steak heavy breakfast lasting twenty hours in Bilbao.
  
• Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps notes a joke political party in Hungary that wants to make the country smaller.


• Window on Eurasia notes how the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under Moscow is caught between its Ukrainian goals and its Russian links.