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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2019-09-21 05:46 pm

[BLOG] Some Saturday links


  • The Crux takes a look at how those people who actually are short sleepers work.

  • D-Brief looks at a study noting how the moods of people are determined by the strengths of their phones' batteries.

  • Dan Lainer-Vos at the Everyday Sociology Blog looks at statistical certainty at a time of climate change.

  • JSTOR Daily looks at how, and why, the New England Puritans believed human bone might have medical power.

  • Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the press coverage that created the alleged Clinton uranium scandal.

  • The Map Room Blog shares maps noting that, already, since the late 19th century much of the world has warmed more than 2 degrees Celsius.

  • Strange Company shares a diverse collection of links.

  • Daniel Pfau at Towleroad writes about possible deep evolutionary roots of homosexuality.

  • Window on Eurasia notes how the Russian republic of Karelia, despite its border with Finland, suffers from repression.