![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
[LINK] Some Friday links
Jan. 8th, 2010 10:59 am- Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait lets us know that T Pyxidis, a recurring nova star that might go supernova, isn't nearly close enough to kill us all.
- Global Sociology examines the very serious impact of the telenovela on all elements of popular culture but wonders how relevant it is to the North American soap opera experience.
- To commemorate Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's four planet-sized moons, Johnny Pez linked to four classic science-fiction short stories, each one set on a different moon. He also reports on the 1930s' race to ascend into the stratosphere.
- Marginal Revolution reports on a study of housing in India that suggests majority communities will respond more favourably to religious minorities if there's little residential segregation.
- Slap Upside the Head reports ona questionable Calgary Stampede marketing survey that asks respondents some homophobic questions.
- Spacing Toronto looks at Thistledown, a community long since assimilated into Toronto by the city's growth.
- Window on Eurasia considers whether Bonapartism--militarized and populist, but centralized and modernizing, on the model of Napoleon III--might be in Russia's future.
Tags:
