[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Buzz shares a TIFF reading list, here.


• Centauri Dreams notes the growing sensitivity of radial velocity techniques in finding weird exoplanet HR 5183 b, here.


• The Crux reports on circumgalactic gas and the death of galaxies.


• Dead Things notes the import of the discovery of the oldest known Australopithecine skull.


• Dangerous Minds reports on pioneering 1930s queer artist Hannah Gluckstein, also known as Gluck.


• Gizmodo notes that, for an unnamed reason, DARPA needs a large secure underground testing facility for tomorrow.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how Jim Crow laws affected Mexican immigrants in the early 20th century US.


• Language Hat looks at a new project to study Irish texts and language over centuries.


• Language Log shares some Chinglish signs from a top university in China.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money shares an interview with Jeffrey Melnick suggesting Charles Manson was substantially a convenient boogeyman.


• Marginal Revolution shares a paper suggesting marijuana legalization is linked to declining crime rates.


• Susan Neiman at the NYR Daily tells how she began her life as a white woman in Atlanta and is ending it as a Jewish woman in Berlin.


• The Planetary Society Blog looks at Hayabusa2 at Ryugu.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel celebrated the 230th anniversary of Enceladus, the Saturn moon that might harbour life.


• Window on Eurasia notes how global warming is harming the rivers of Siberia, causing many to run short.