[BLOG] Some Saturday links

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• Ryan Anderson writes at anthro{dendum} about how the counterhistory of Vine Deloria transformed his thinking.


• Architectuul notes some interesting architectural experiments from the post-WW2 United Kingdom.


• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait notes the distinctive dustiness of Large Magellanic Cloud globular cluster NGC 1898.


• The Big Picture shares photos from the worldwide student walkout on climate change.


• Corey Robin writes at Crooked Timber about ethics in economics.


• The Crux points its readers to the space art of Chesley Bonestell.


• D-Brief considers the possibility that the distinction between the sounds "f" and "v" might be a product of the soft food produced by the agricultural revolution.


• Bruce Dorminey notes a new study suggesting there might be fifty billion free-floating planets in the Milky Way Galaxy.


• Gizmodo considers the self-appointed archivists of obscure information on the Internet.


• Information is Beautiful shares an informative infographic analyzing the factors that go into extending one's life expectancy.


• Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the American system simply cannot be expected to contain the fascist impulses of Donald Trump indefinitely.


• Marginal Revolution considers the future evolution of a more privacy-conscious Facebook.


• The Planetary Society Blog considers the nature of the skies of mini-Neptunes.


• Drew Rowsome reviews the Kirsten McKenzie horror novel Painted.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers the possibility that the Milky Way Galaxy, despite having fewer stars than Andromeda, might be more massive.