[BLOG] Some Sunday links
Mar. 24th, 2019 01:43 pm- Architectuul looks at a new architecture project intent on the interface between land and sea.
- Bad Astronomy reports on the impact of a meteorite with a house in Uruguay.
- Caitlin Kelly at the Broadside Blog writes about the importance of lightening the loads of others when one can.
- Centauri Dreams writes about how OSIRIS-REx is responding to unexpected conditions at Bennu like its relative rockiness. https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2019/03/21/working-with-the-unexpected-at-asteroid-bennu/
- The Crux considers the remarkable versatility of ketamine, as anesthetic and anti-depressant among other things.
- D-Brief notes a report that reveals universal patterns of app usage on cell phones by different people.
- Dangerous Minds shares some vintage R.E.M. performances from 1981.
- Earther notes that temperatures in parts of Alaska have just briefly peaked at 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Gizmodo notes the new accurate guide for walkers provided by a new Google Maps system making use of landmarks.
- Kieran Healy breaks down some data from the 2018 General Social Survey.
- Joe. My. God. notes that the Sylvester classic "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" has been selected for preservation by the National Registry of the Library of Congress.
- JSTOR Daily makes a case for treating the art of children not as mere scribblings but rather as art worthy of serious consideration.
- Language Hat notes the sensitive translation by one man of the Bible into the 20th century vernacular Arabic of Egypt.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the Mueller report, what is and is not likely to be in it, and how one should react to it.
- Marginal Revolution notes the extent to which the employment rates of women has been a driving factor in recent American economic history.
- Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw celebrates his 13th anniversary of blogging.
- Roads and Kingdoms interviews Shannon Mustipher on Caribbean rum culture.
- Drew Rowsome takes a look at the new interactive theatre piece Amorous Playlist.
- Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why quantum tunneling does not violate the speed of light.
- Towleroad notes that the André Aciman sequel to Call Me By Your Name, Find Me, is scheduled for an October release.
- The Volokh Conspiracy notes how the denaturalization by Italy of a man who committed terrible criminal acts sets a bad precedent for citizenship generally.
- Window on Eurasia lists five tactics that non-Russian republics in Russia could adopt to resist their abolition.
- Arnold Zwicky begins a meditation that starts with the sight of a vegetarian reuben sandwich.