https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ A Bit More Detail - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:15:52 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios rfmcdonald personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/5086217/1786650 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/ 94 100 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4801493.html Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:15:52 GMT https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4801493.html <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 https://rfmcdonald.dreamwidth.org/4801493.html federalism geopolitics russia citizenship crime blogs united states media extraterrestrial intelligence astronomy clash of ideologies space travel niagara falls asteroids animal intelligence space science cetaceans niagara saturn politics links health migration detroit ceres chinese language public 0