[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• At Antipope, Charlie Stross announces (among other things) that his series The Laundry Files has been options for television development.


• D-Brief notes more evidence for the idea that regular exercise can help psychologically, this study suggesting help to long-term memory.


• At the Everyday Sociology Blog, Karen Sternheimer writes about sociologists who study subjects that matter to them, subjects that might personally involve them, even.


• Gizmodo notes that astronomers have detected the formation of dark spots on Neptune, akin to those seen by Voyager 2 in its flyby in 1989, for the first time.


• JSTOR Daily considers how humans can live alongside crocodiles in peace.


• Language Log considers gāngjīng 杠精, a new Chinese word that may well denote "troll".


• Erik Loomis writes at Lawyers, Guns and Money about beers that can serve industrial purposes like film development.


• The Map Room Blog notes new maps of a modern Westeros created by designer Jamie Shadrach.


• Marginal Revolution notes regulatory controversy in Alexandria, Virginia, regarding a potential halal butchery facility for chickens.


• Roads and Kingdoms interviews writer L. Kasimu Harris about the inequalities of New Orleans.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel shows readers what the galaxy would look like in electromagnetic frequencies other than those of visible light.


• Arnold Zwicky writes about progress in education.