[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bruce Dorminey notes that NASA plans to launch a CubeSat into lunar orbit for navigational purposes.


• Far Outliers looks at an instance of a knight seeking to avoid battle.


• io9 looks at how Boris Johnson ludicrously compared himself to the Hulk.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how climate change helped make civil war in Syria possible.


• Language Hat looks at a bad etymology for "province" published by a reputable source.


• Marginal Revolution notes that the United States has had below-average economic growth since 2005. (The new average, I suppose?)


• Drew Rowsome reviews the new Stephen King novel, The Institute.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains that, with K2-18b, we did not find water on an Earth-like exoplanet.


• Strange Company looks at a peculiar case of alleged reincarnation from mid-20th century Canada.


• Window on Eurasia notes how, although North Caucasians marry at higher rates than the Russian average, these marriages are often not reported to officialdom.


• Arnold Zwicky considers the possible meanings, salacious and otherwise, of a "Boy Party".