[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• Bad Astronomer notes the possibility that red dwarf exoplanets might, as AU Microscopii suggests, be made deserts. Centauri Dreams also examines the possibility that red dwarf exoplanets might be starved of volatiles.


• The Crux notes the extent to which the formation of our solar system was marked by chaos, planets careening about, looking at other planetary systems for guidance.


• D-Brief takes a look at the latest from the endangered Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica.


• Joe. My. God. notes that, in the home of the Danforth shooter in Toronto, DVDs from Alex Jones' Infowars were found along with more guns and ammunition.


• JSTOR Daily links to a paper suggesting that organic agriculture contributes to a greater extent to climate change than regular agricultural systems.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money takes a look at the evolution of the Chinese air force.


• Jason Davis at the Planetary Society Blog notes that the Hayabusa2 probe is looking for touchdown sites on asteroid Ryugu for sampling.


• Roads and Kingdoms considers the humble sabich of Tel Aviv.


• Drew Rowsome reviews the Robert Leleux memoir The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy.


• Strange Company shares an old news clipping reporting on the murderous ghost that, in 1914, seems to have haunted the Croguennec family of Brittany.


• Window on Eurasia looks at the prospects for a hypothetical future Belarusian Orthodox Church.


• At Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, Nick Rowe takes a look at the relationship between inflation and the debt/GDP ratio.


• Arnold Zwicky looks at the picturesque community of Mollis, in mountainous central Switzerland.