[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Architectuul takes a look at a new exhibition exploring women architects in Bauhaus.


• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares a photo of Chang'e-4 taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.


• Centauri Dreams notes the power of perspective, demonstrated by photos taken in space far from the Earth.


• Far Outliers notes the role of the Indian army, during the Raj, in engaging and mobilizing peasants while allowing recruits to maintain village traditions.


• Joe. My. God. notes a new study from the Netherlands suggesting the children of same-sex parents do better in school than children of opposite-sex parents.


• Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the astonishing plagiarism and sloppy writing of former NYT editor Jill Abramson.


• Michael Hofman at the LRB Blog takes a look at the mindset producing the Brexit catastrophe.


• Marginal Revolution takes a look at the decline of the wealth tax in recent decades in high-income countries. Apparently the revenues collected were often not substantial enough.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares missions updates from Chang'e-4 on the Moon.


• Drew Rowsome reviews the Cirque Éloize show Hotel.


• Window on Eurasia notes one call for Tatarstan, and Tatar nationalists, to abandon a territorial model of identity focused on the republic, seeing as how so many Tatars live outside of Tatarstan.


• Arnold Zwicky takes a look at the play in language involved in a recent Bizarro comic.