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- brazil,
- charlottetown,
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- geoengineering,
- ghana,
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[BLOG] Some pop culture links
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talked about her social networks, and about the need to have faith in one's abilities and to be strong.
- C.J. Cherryh describes her visit to Grand Coulee Dam.
- Crooked Timber notes the ways in which Ian Macleod is actually a romantic writer.
- The Crux looks at the controversy over the siting of a new telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
- Cody Delistraty wonders if social rejection is needed for creative people.
- The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at how difficult it is for Americans with criminal records to get jobs.
- Mathew Ingram notes how young Saudis can find freedom on their phones for apps.
- Language Hat suggests that a computer's word analysis has identified a lost Shakespeare play.
- Personal Reflection's Jim Belshaw linked to his local history columns.
- Otto Pohl notes the culinary links between Ghana and Brazil.
- Peter Rukavina remembers the fallen elms of Charlottetown and reports on innovative uses of Raspberry Pi computers.
- The Search reports on format migration at Harvard's libraries.
- Mark Simpson notes homoeroticism on British television.
- Speed River Journal's Van Waffle describes his discovery of wild leeks.
- Towleroad notes an Austrian magazine's printing of a limited edition with ink including HIV-infected blood, notes a gay Mormon's defense of his life to his church, and observes an Argentine judge who thought it acceptable to give a man who raped a possibly gay child a lighter sentence because of the child's presumed orientation.
- The Volokh Conspiracy notes the repeal of blasphemy laws in Norway and examines the questionable concept of Straight Pride.