[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes a study suggesting the Milky Way Galaxy took many of its current satellite galaxies from another, smaller one.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks of the importance of having dreams.


• Centauri Dreams shares a study explaining how the debris polluting the atmospheres of white dwarfs reveals much about exoplanet chemistry.


• D-Brief notes that the intense radiation of Jupiter would not destroy potential traces of subsurface life on the surface of Europa.


• Dangerous Minds looks at the strange musical career of Vader Abraham, fan of the Smurfs and of the Weepuls.


• Aneesa Bodiat at JSTOR Daily writes about how the early Muslim woman of Haajar inspires her as a Muslim.


• Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how an influx of American guns destabilizes Mexico.


• The LRB Blog looks at the American abandonment of the Kurds of Syria.


• Marginal Revolution notes how many mass protests are driven by consumer complaints.


• The NYR Daily has an interview with EU chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt, on the future of sovereignty.


• Strange Company looks at the Dead Pig War between the US and the UK on San Juan Island in 1859.


• Towleroad features the defense of Frank Ocean of his PrEP+ club night and the release of his new music.


• Understanding Society looks at the sociology of norms.


• Window on Eurasia suggests Russia and Ukraine each have an interest in the Donbass being a frozen conflict.


• Arnold Zwicky looks at the weird masculinity of the pink jock.