[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the importance of seeing the world from new angles.


• John Quiggin at Crooked Timber suggests that, worldwide, coal is becoming increasingly closely associated with corruption.


• D-Brief looks at a study drawing on Twitter that suggests people will quickly get used to changing weather in the era of climate change.


• Jonathan Wynn at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about a family trip during which he spent time listening to sociology-related podcasts.


• Far Outliers notes the life-determining intensity of exam time for young people in Calcutta.


• io9 notes that, finally, the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Once More, With Feeling" is being released on vinyl.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how medieval Europe regulated the sex trade.


• Language Hat looks at how anthropologists have stopped using "hominid" and started using "hominin", and why.


• Language Log considers the difficulty of talking about "Sinophone" given the unrepresented linguistic diversity included in the umbrella of "Chinese".


• Marginal Revolution suggests there are conflicts between NIMBYism and supporting open immigration policies.


• At Out There, Corey S. Powell interviews astronomer Slava Turyshev about the possibility not only of interstellar travel but of exploiting the Solar Gravity Lens, 550 AU away.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission.


• Towleroad notes that Marvel Comics is planning to make its lead character in the Eternals gay.


• Daniel Little at Understanding Society examines how the human body and its physical capacities are represented in sociology.


• Window on Eurasia notes the growth of the Volga Tatar population of Moscow, something hidden by the high degree of assimilation of many of its members.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes, in connection to Huawei, the broad powers allotted to the British government under existing security and communications laws.


• Arnold Zwicky looks at anteaters and antedaters.