[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• Bad Astronomy notes the very odd structure of galaxy NGC 2775.


• Dangerous Minds reports on the 1987 riot by punks that wrecked a Seattle ferry.


• Bruce Dorminey reports on a new suggestion from NASA that the massive dust towers of Mars have helped dry out that world over eons.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at how changing technologies have led to younger people spending more social capital on maintaining relationships with friends over family.


• This forum hosted at Gizmodo considers the likely future causes of death of people in coming decades.


• In Media Res' Russell Arben Fox reports on the debate in Wichita on what to do with the Century II performance space.


• Joe. My. God. reports on the decision of Hungary to drop out of Eurovision, apparently because of its leaders' homophobia.


• JSTOR Daily reports on the debunking of the odd theory that the animals and people of the Americas were degenerate dwarfs.


• Language Hat reports on how the classics can be served by different sorts of translation.


• Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns and Money considers how Trump's liberation of war criminals relates to folk theories about just wars.


• The LRB Blog reports from the ground in the Scotland riding of East Dunbartonshire.


• Marginal Revolution shares a paper suggesting that, contrary to much opinion, social media might actually hinder the spread of right-wing populism.


• The NYR Daily looks at the nature of the proxy fighters in Syria of Turkey. Who are they?


• Drew Rowsome interviews Sensational Sugarbum, star of--among other things--the latest Ross Petty holiday farce.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why we still need to be able to conduct astronomy from the Earth.


• Strange Maps explains the odd division of Europe between east and west, as defined by different subspecies of mice.


• Window on Eurasia notes how Chinese apparently group Uighurs in together with other Central Asians of similar language and religion.


• Arnold Zwicky explores the concept of onomatomania.