tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-31:1786650 Assorted Personal Notations, Essays, and Other Jottings rfmcdonald 2016-11-30T15:15:52Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-10-31:1786650:4801493 2016-11-30T15:15:52Z 2016-11-30T15:15:52Z public 0 <ul><br /><li>blogTO <a href="http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2016/11/niagara-falls-get-amazing-new-light-show/"><u>notes</u></a> Niagara Falls' new light show.</li><br /><li>Body Horrors <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2016/11/29/mrsa-detroit-ivdu/"><u>reports</u></a> on a 1980 epidemic of MRSA among Detroit drug users.</li><br /><li>Centauri Dreams <a href="http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36703"><u>describes</u></a> the final orbits of Cassini around Saturn.</li><br /><li>The Dragon's Gaze <a href="http://thedragonsgaze.blogspot.ca/2016/11/beyond-extraordinary-claim-tabbys-star.html"><u>links</u></a> to a paper suggesting Tabby's Star is being star-mined.</li><br /><li>Language Log <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29538"><u>looks</u></a> at an element of Chinese slang regarding telecommunications.</li><br /><li>The LRB Blog <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2016/11/29/rachel-shabi/stop-blaming-migrants/"><u>argues</u></a> against blaming migrants for problems on the left.</li><br /><li>The Planetary Society Blog <a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/marc-rayman/20161129-dawn-journal-maneuvering-for-science.html"><u>discusses</u></a> the continued Dawn mission around Ceres.</li><br /><li>Savage Minds <a href="http://savageminds.org/2016/11/29/were-in-crisis-time-to-slow-down-discernment-in-a-trumpian-age/"><u>talks</u></a> about the need to slow down in a time of crisis.</li><br /><li>Seriously Science <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2016/11/29/scientists-finally-figure-out-why-whales-like-to-jump-out-of-the-water/"><u>notes</u></a> research suggesting whales jump out of the water for purposes of communication.</li><br /><li>The Volokh Conspiracy <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/29/no-you-couldnt-strip-flag-burners-of-citizenship-even-if-flag-burning-could-be-made-a-crime/"><u>notes</u></a> that, in the United States, flag burners cannot be stripped of their citizenship.</li><br /><li>Window on Eurasia <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2016/11/russians-want-west-to-make-up-with-them.html"><u>suggests</u></a> Russians would like the West to make up on Russia's terms and <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2016/11/not-just-facade-federalism-russias.html"><u>looks</u></a> at the embassies and delegations of Russia's component regions.</li><br /></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=rfmcdonald&ditemid=4801493" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments