[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

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• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the findings that the LISA Pathfinder satellite was impacted by hypervelocity comet fragments.


• Centauri Dreams reports on what we have learned about interstellar comet Borisov.


• Bruce Dorminey notes the ESA's Matisse instrument, capable of detecting nanodiamonds orbiting distant stars.


• Gizmodo reports a new study of the great auk, now extinct, suggesting that humans were wholly responsible for this extinction with their hunting.


• The Island Review links to articles noting the existential vulnerability of islands like Venice and Orkney to climate change.


• Joe. My. God. reports on the claim of Tucker Carlson--perhaps not believably retracted by him--to be supporting Russia versus Ukraine.


• Language Hat reports on the new Indigemoji, emoji created to reflect the culture and knowledge of Aboriginal groups in Australia.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes one of the sad consequences of the American president being a liar.


• James Butler at the LRB Blog writes about the optimism of the spending plans of Labour in the UK, a revived Keynesianism.


• Marginal Revolution notes the exceptional cost of apartments built for homeless people in San Francisco.


• Strange Maps looks at some remarkable gravity anomalies in parts of the US Midwest.


• Towleroad notes the support of Jamie Lee Curtis for outing LGBTQ people who are homophobic politicians.


• Understanding Society looks at organizations from the perspective of them as open systems.


• Whatever's John Scalzi gives a generally positive review of the Pixel 4.


• Arnold Zwicky notes the irony of sex pills at an outpost of British discount chain Poundland.