[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• Bad Astronomer notes a serendipitous photo of two galaxies, one in front of the other, and what this photo reveals about their structures.


• Dangerous Minds notes how, and why, Robert Crumb rejected the Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger.


• D-Brief notes that every hot Jupiter has clouds on its nightside.


• Earther notes that, after a century and a half, iguanas have been reintroduced to the largest island in the Galapagos.


• L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing notes how the data self is a shadow of the social self.


• Gizmodo shares a stunning photo mosaic by Hubble of the Triangulum Galaxy, third-largest component of the Local Group.


• JSTOR Daily takes a look at the story of William Faulkner and his engagement with Hollywood.


• Language Log looks at the possibility of outside influence, from other language groups including Indo-European, on a Sinitic word for "milk".


• Marginal Revolution links to a London Review of Books article looking at the different national reactions to Brexit from each of the EU-27.


• The NYR Daily looks at how Israel is exporting its technologies developed during the occupation of the Palestinians globally.


• The Russian Demographics Blog looks at the latest census data on the languages spoken in England.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why astronomers have not yet been able to locate (or exclude as a possibility) Planet Nine.


• Towleroad notes that the homophobia of Bolsonario began to be implemented on his first day as president of Brazil.


• Daniel Little at Understanding Society takes a look at some sociological examinations of the research university.


• Window on Eurasia notes that many congregations in the west and centre of Ukraine once links to the Russian Orthodox Church have switched to the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but that this has not happened in the east.


• Arnold Zwicky takes a look at the appearance of a conlang in comics.