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Bad Astronomer Phil Plait reports suggestions the bizarre happenings at Boyajian's Star could be explained by an evaporating exomoon.

Centauri Dreams looks at how the crowdsourced evScope telescope is being used to support the Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojans.

The Crux explains the phenomenon of misophobia.

D-Brief shares suggestions that an asteroid collision a half-billion years ago released clouds of dust that, reaching Earth, triggered the mid-Ordovician ice age.

Dangerous Minds shares video of a perhaps underwhelming meeting of William Burroughs with Francis Bacon.

io9 makes the case for more near-future space exploration movies like Ad Astra.

Joe. My. God. notes a Trump retweeting of the lie that Ilham Omar celebrated on 9/11.

JSTOR Daily notes how fire could destroy the stressed rainforest of the Amazon.

Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how few judges in the US have been impeached.

The LRB Blog looks at how the already tenuous position of Haitians in the Bahamas has been worsened by Dorian.

The Map Room Blog looks at the importance of the integrity of official maps in the era of Trump.

Marginal Revolution looks at the political importance of marriage ceremonies in Lebanon and Gaza.

Drew Rowsome interviews the Zakar Twins on the occasion of their new play Pray the Gay Away, playing in Toronto in October.

The Russian Demographic Blog shares statistics on birthrates in the different provinces of the Russian Empire circa 1906.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on the first experiment done on the photoelectric effect, revealing quantum mechanics.

Window on Eurasia looks at growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Central Asia.

Arnold Zwicky looks at "The Hurtful Dog", a Cyanide and Happiness cartoon.

Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait shares a video of the expansion of supernova remnant Cas A.

James Bow shares an alternate history Toronto transit map from his new novel The Night Girl.

Chris Bertram at Crooked Timber notes the Boris Johnson coup.

The Crux notes a flawed study claiming that some plants had a recognizable intelligence.

D-Brief notes the mysterious absorbers in the clouds of Venus. Are they life?

Dangerous Minds shares, apropos of nothing, the Jah Wabbles song "A Very British Coup."

Cody Delistraty looks at bullfighting.

Dead Things notes the discovery of stone tools sixteen thousand years old in Idaho which are evidence of the first humans in the Americas.

io9 features an interview with authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz on worldbuilding.

Joe. My. God. notes that a bill in Thailand to establish civil unions is nearing approval.

JSTOR Daily looks at how using plastic in road construction can reduce pollution in oceans.

Language Log looks to see if some police in Hong Kong are speaking Cantonese or Putonghua.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the perplexing ramblings and--generously--inaccuracy of Joe Biden.

The LRB Blog asks why the United Kingdom is involved in the Yemen war, with Saudi Arabia.

The Map Room Blog looks at the different efforts aiming to map the fires of Amazonia.

Marginal Revolution reports on how some southern US communities, perhaps because they lack other sources of income, depend heavily on fines.

The NYR Daily looks at the complex literary career of Louisa May Alcott, writing for all sorts of markets.

Window on Eurasia reports on the apparently sincere belief of Stalin, based on new documents, that in 1934 he faced a threat from the Soviet army.

Arnold Zwicky takes a look at fixings, or fixins, as the case may be.

Leo Mantha, the last man executed in British Columbia in 1959, was executing for killing his estranged lover. Was homophobia the cause of what was, even then, a unique lack of mercy? Global News considers.

Brian D. Johnson at MacLean's, reviewing Killing Patient Zero, notes how the openness of Gaëtan Dugas about his sexual past was one feature that led him to be unfairly branded Patient Zero, cause of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

This invaluable Justin Ling AMA at reddit's unresolvedmysteries about the Church-Wellesley serial killings, besides exposing the accidents that led police not following up on reports, highlights a historic worldwide pattern of rage-filled killing sprees against queer people.

Shaun Brodie at NOW Toronto pays tribute to the late, great writer Wayson Choy.

CTV News reports that the Québec National Assembly has extended official recognition of the historic importance of the Village gay of Montréal.

Phys.org links to a study suggesting that countries which extend civil rights to LGBTQ people experience higher economic growth as a result.

Peter Mendelsohn at Daily Xtra looks at homophobia in Canadian hockey, a factor that deters many queer people from playing the sport. Can it be easily dealt with?

Erica Lenti at Daily Xtra has a fantastic article looking at how gay-straight alliances at schools help young people learn how to be queer in a safe environment, providing them with the socialization they do not get elsewhere.

This lovely essay by wedding photographer Dana Koster at them explores, in general and in a specific example, the miracle and joys of legal same-sex marriage.

Elio Iannacci at Daily Xtra writes, in the wake of the Met gala, about the specifically queer nature of camp.

Architectuul profiles the construction of the Modern Berlin Temple built to a design by Mies van der Rohe in 1968.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the beauty of galaxy M61.

D-Brief notes new evidence that Mars sustained rivers on its surface at a surprising late date.

Gizmodo notes a theory that the oddly shaped ring moons of Saturn might be product of a collision.

Hornet Stories suggests/u> that recent raids on gay bars in New Orleans might be driven by internecine politics within the LGBTQ community.

Joe. My. God. notes that a court in the Cayman Islands has recently legalized same-sex marriage there.

JSTOR Daily looks at the origins of the Chipko activists of 1960s and 1970s India, whose tree-hugging helped save forests there.

Language Log notes the story of Beau Jessep, who got rich off of a business creating English names for Chinese children.

Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money, looking at the introduction of public healthcare in Saskatchewan and wider Canada, notes the great institutional differences that do not make that a close model for public healthcare in the US now.

Marginal Revolution links to a paper examining the close relationship over time between population growth and economic and technological change.

Roads and Kingdoms interviews documentary filmmaker Nadir Bouhmouch about a Amazigh community's resistance to an intrusive mine on their territory.

The Russian Demographics Blog notes, correctly, that one reason why Ukrainians are more prone to emigration to Europe and points beyond than Russians is that Ukraine has long been included, in whole or in part, in European states.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes that we still do not know why antimatter does not dominate in our universe.

Understanding Society features a guest post from Indian sociologist V.K. Ramachandran talking about two visits four decades apart to one of his subjects.

Vintage Space makes a compelling case for people not to be afraid of nuclear rockets in space, like the vintage never-deployed NERVA.

Window on Eurasia takes issue with the bilingual radio programs aired in Russian republics, which subtly undermine local non-Russian languages.

Arnold Zwicky starts with lilacs, which include hybrids tolerant of the California climate, and goes on to explore lavender in all of its glories, queer and otherwise.

Centauri Dreams considers the possibility of life not based on DNA as we know it.

D-Brief considers the possibility that the formation of stratocumulus clouds might be halted by climate change.

Karen Sternheimer writes at the Everyday Sociology Blog about the negative health effects of the stresses imposed by racists.

Far Outliers notes the mix of migrants in the population of Calcutta.

Hornet Stories notes that the Brazilian government is preparing to revoke marriage equality.

Erin Blakemore writes at JSTOR Daily about the gloriously messy complexity of Jane Eyre.

Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on the growing anti-government protests in Algeria.

The NYR Daily notes the response of Auden to an anthology's no-platforming of the poems of Ezra Pound.

pollotenchegg reports on Soviet census data from 1990, mapping the great disparities between different parts of the Soviet Union.

Starts With A Bang notes the mysterious quiet of the black hole at the heart of the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51.

Window on Eurasia suggests that Russia is growing increasingly dependent on a more competent China.

Arnold Zwicky writes about some of his encounters, past and present, on Emerson Street in Palo Alto.

Them looks at issues with queer representation in the STEM professions.

Them reports on a new exhibition at the Museum of Sex in New York City, looking at the queer history of punk.

Towleroad examines the new book by Hugh Ryan, When Brooklyn Was Queer, looking at the LGBTQ history of Brooklyn from the 1850s to the present day.

VICE takes a look at the latest stage of the development of the Babadook into a queer cultural icon.

Rachel Levy-McLaughlin writes at Daily Xtra about Ron and Lloyd Cameron-Lewis, a couple whose relationship 50 years long has been recognized by the Canadian government, relatively recent advent of marriage equality notwithstanding.

CBC reports on how the New Brunswick village of Shipman briefly gave an official sanction to the so-called "straight pride" flag. What can I say but that rural decline in the Maritimes does not have its good points?

Mike Miksche at NewNowNext takes a look at flagging, something that is at once nightclubbing activity, performance art, and a uniquely queer sport.

Hornet Stories notes that "tongzhi," the Chinese word for comrade appropriated by queer men, is no longer used by the Communist Party of China in light of this appropriation.

CBC takes a look at the new explicitly queer opera by Rufus Wainwright, Hadrian.

Asia Times notes the disappointing slow progress of LGBTQ rights, including marriage equality, in Taiwan.

Atlas Obscura takes a look at the history of Florent, the all-night diner in Manhattan's Meatpacking District that watched over a whole generation of LGBTQ history and community.

S. Bear Bergman writes at the Forward about how the introduction of the Trump administration's anti-trans laws are a Nuremberg Laws moment. Resistance is needed.

Queerty reports on the news, recently found by scientists, that the genes linked to non-heterosexual orientations are also linked to straight possessors of those genes having more sex. (You're welcome.)

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that new astrometric data from Gaia has confirmed that Albiero, Beta Cygni, is only a visual binary, its two components being separated by perhaps dozens of light-years.

Centauri Dreams notes the details of a new study suggesting the stars at the heart of globular cluster Omega Centauri are too closely packed to be able to support possibly life-bearing planets with stable orbits.

The Crux examines the question of whether or not astronauts can remain psychologically healthy in deep space.

D-Brief notes that the shallow stripes of the atmosphere of Jupiter might be explained by the planet's strong magnetic field.

Cody Delistraty shares an essay of his on V.S. Naipaul and the difficulties many writers face returning home.

Hornet Stories notes that some conservative Republicans in Texas would like to deal with same-sex marriage by stripping marriage benefits away from all couples.

Language Hat notes some appearances of Eurasianism in Russian linguistics.

Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes an Elizabeth Warren plan for corporate reform in the US.

The LRB Blog notes a pop-up theatre being maintained by Good Chance Paris for refugees on the fringes of the French capital.

The NYR Daily looks at the strength, and possible future attenuation, of anti-Haitian sentiment in the Dominican Republic.

Jason Davis at the Planetary Society Blog shares some gorgeous Juno photos of Jupiter.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers what happened in the early universe when antimatter was destroyed.

Window on Eurasia notes the argument of one Russian journalist that Putin's maneuvering has made good relations with the West, and the United States, next to impossible for the foreseeable future.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes how the recently-charted orbit of S2 around Sagittarius A* in the heart of our galaxy proves Einstein's theory of relativity right.

D-Brief notes a recent NASA study of Mars concluding that, because of the planet's shortfalls in conceivably extractable carbon dioxide, terraforming Mars is impossible with current technology.

Dead Things suggests that one key to the rise of Homo sapiens may be the fact that we are such good generalists, capable of adapting to different environments and challenges with speed even if we are not optimized for them. (Poor Neanderthals.)

At the Everyday Sociology Blog, Karen Sternheimer examines how individuals' identities shift as they engage, encountering new problems.

Hornet Stories notes that Thailand may well beat Taiwan in creating civil unions for same-sex couples.

JSTOR Daily examines the famed, nay iconic, baobab tree of Africa.

Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money wonders about how, as the centennial of the introduction of women's suffrage approaches, the white racism of many suffragettes will be dealt with.

The Map Room Blog reports on Michael Plichta's very impressed hand-crafted globe of the Moon.

Russell Darnley at Maximos' Blog reports on the massive forest fires in Indonesia's Jambi Province.

Guardian Cities reports on how prices for land in Ontario are propelling a Mennonite migration to Prince Edward Island.

Peter Rukavina takes a look at the regularity, or not, of the street grids of major Island communities.

Civil wedding ceremonies on PEI are starting to outnumber religious ones. CBC reports.

A heritage log cabin in Charlottetown, dating back to the mid-19th century, is being torn down by its owner for wanting of funding to help preserve it. CBC reports.

Construction of the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society's headquarters, in the eastern PEI community of Heatherdale, is being slowed down by construction and other issues. CBC reports.

Masha Gessen at The New Yorker reports on the arguments of American queer historian Martin Duberman about mistakes that gay rights movement has made.

Arshy Mann at Daily Xtra reports on how, in Russia and Poland and Hungary and now Brazil, homophobia is being used as a mobilizing tool by the far right.

Them reports on a study suggesting LGBTQ people are twenty times as likely to be social activists as cishets. (The overall rates, though, are still low.)

Mike Miksche writes at Them about the genesis of the famous Andrew Holleran novel Dancer from the Dance and its impact.

Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy points to a compelling argument at the Wall Street Journal why the Obergefell decision legalizing gay marriage nation-wide in the United States will not be revisited. (I hope.)

Hornet Stories notes how All in the Family was path-breaking with its depiction of a gay character on TV back in 1971, here.

Making more LGBTQ-friendly hair salons is a worthy goal. The Globe and Mail reports.

Northern Ireland may yet achieve marriage equality in the near future. Hornet Stories reports.

Strange Maps' Frank Jacobs shares this useful map depicting which countries are, and are not, safe for LGBTQ tourists, here.

The representation of out bisexual DC character John Constantine on Legends of Tomorrow is interesting, and hopeful. The Atlantic looks at this.

Eddie Chong at anthro{dendum} shares a listing of anthropology-relevant links from around the blogosphere.

The Everyday Sociology Blog takes a quick look at the sociology of food.

Joe. My. God. notes that a court ruling making same-sex marriage imaginable has helped an evangelical Christian candidate leap to the front of Costa Rica's presidential elections.

JSTOR Daily explains the import of President's Day to, among others, non-Americans.

Language Hat examines the spelling of the Irish word "imbolc" or "imbolg", used to describe a festival marking the start of spring.

Lawyers, Guns and Money calls for legal enforcement of supply chains for minerals and the like, to ensure that they were not produce through human exploitation (for instance).

Miranda Vane at the LRB Blog introduces her readers to the northern English sport of Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling.

Marginal Revolution highlights the argument of a commenter who argued that self-driving trucks cannot perform on themselves the tasks that human truckers are expected to. (Yet?)

The NYR Daily examines the transformation of Putin in office from mere oligarch to the world's leading kleptocrat.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw celebrates a new Australian satirical newssite, the Betoota Advocate.

At the Planetary Society Blog, Emily Lakdawalla notes new findings suggesting some Kuiper belt objects have huge moons, relatively and absolutely.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes that while a powerful laser cannot rip up space literally, it can do pretty remarkable things nonetheless.

Towleroad shares an essay by Cyd Ziegler talking about the importance of gay Atlantis Cruise ships for him, in the light of a scandal onboard a ship involving a fatal drug overdose.

Arnold Zwicky looks at, among other things, tulip trees and magnolias.

Bruce Dorminey notes that a Brazilian startup hopes to send a Brazilian probe to lunar orbit, for astrobiological research.

Far Outliers notes the scale of the Western aid funneled to the Soviet Union through Murmansk in the Second World War.

Hornet Stories notes that Tarell Alvin McCraney, author of the play adapted into the stunning Moonlight, now has a new play set to premier on Brodway for the 2018-2019 season, Choir Boy.

JSTOR Daily notes the conspiracy behind the sabotage that led to the destruction in 1916 of a munitions stockpile on Black Tom Island, of German spies with Irish and Indian nationalists.

Lawyers, Guns and Money is critical of the false equivalence in journalism that, in 2016, placed Trump on a level with Hillary.

The Map Room Blog notes that fitness app Strava can be used to detect the movements of soldiers (and others) around classified installations.
Marginal Revolution links to a New York Times profile of World Bank president Jim Young Kim.

Roads and Kingdoms talks about the joys of stuffed bread, paan, in Sri Lanka.

Towleroad notes that a Russian gay couple whose marriage in Denmark was briefly recognized in Russia are now being persecuted.

At Whatever, John Scalzi tells the story of his favourite teacher, Keith Johnson, and a man who happened to be gay. Would that all students could have been as lucky as Scalzi.

Window on Eurasia notes that the pronatalist policies of the Putin regime, which have basically cash subsidies to parents, have not reversed underlying trends towards population decline.

The Big Picture shares adorable photos of baby animals.

Multi-planet system K2-138 is one of the systems found via crowdsourcing, Centauri Dreams notes.

I did not know that David Bowie and Brian Eno visited the Gugging mental health clinic in Austria in 1994. Dangerous Minds has the photos.

Hornet Stories notes that Mike Pence has tried to defend himself from Adam Rippon's criticisms by lying about his past.

Information is Beautiful shares an infographic depicting the edit wars last year on Wikipedia.

Joe. My. God. notes that Northern Ireland may get a referendum on marriage equality, giving it a chance to catch up to the Republic of Ireland and to the rest of the United Kingdom.

JSTOR Daily links to a vintage article noting that trying to apply the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, which could unseat a sitting president if the president was disabled, could cause a constitutional crisis.

Language Hat notes a study suggesting that, as humans become more sedentary, linguistic evidence suggests smell becomes less important.

Lawyers, Guns and Money wonders: how many films, how many novels, have been about _women_, not men, who are difficult geniuses? Where is the female equivalent of House?

The NYR Daily examines the Afro-futurism of 20th century novelist George Schuyler and his Black No More.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers what someone would see as they descended into a black hole.

At Towleroad, Steven Petrow tells how HIV/AIDS doctor Mathilde Krim saved his life.

Window on Eurasia notes one, militant, response in the Donbas republics to the breakdown of the Minsk Accords with Ukraine.

'Nathan Smith at Apostrophen points out that claiming to disagree with homosexuality while respecting gay people is nonsensical. https://apostrophen.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/queer-isnt-an-opinion/

Centauri Dreams notes the innovative cheap PicSat satellite, currently monitoring Beta Pictoris with its known exoplanet. https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=39109

Corey Robin at Crooked Timber argues that Trump is shaky, weaker than American democracy. (Not that that is going that well, mind.) http://crookedtimber.org/2018/01/13/trumps-power-is-shakier-than-american-democracy/

The Crux points out the sentient, including emotions, of any number of animal species. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/01/11/animals-feelings-sentient/

Far Outliers notes some German commanders in western Europe who quickly surrendered to the Allies in the Second World War, and why they did that. http://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2018/01/quick-german-surrenders-in-west.html

Hornet Stories notes how a court decision dealing with a Romanian man and his American husband could lead to European Union-wide recognition of same-sex marriage. https://hornetapp.com/stories/european-union-gay-marriage/

JSTOR Daily notes how air pollution is a human rights issue. https://daily.jstor.org/why-air-pollution-is-a-socioeconomic-issue/

Language Hat notes how the use of the apostrophe in the newly Latin script-using Kazakh language is controversial. http://languagehat.com/apostrophe-catastrophe-in-kazakhstan/

Geoffrey Pullim at Lingua Franca shares a passage from Muriel Spark's fiction depicting students' reactions to learning foreign languages. https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/01/11/a-foreign-way-which-never-really-caught-on

The LRB Blog tells the story of Omid, an Iranian who managed to smuggle himself from his home country to a precarious life in the United Kingdom. https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/01/15/behzad-yaghmaian/omids-journey/

The Map Room Blog shares a newly-updated map of "Trumpworld" the world as seen by Donald Trump. http://www.maproomblog.com/2018/01/trumpworld/

Marginal Revolution notes research indicating that dolphins have a grasp on economics, and what this indicates about their sentience. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/01/dolphin-capital-theory.html

The Planetary Society Blog notes how the upcoming Europa Clipper probe will be able to analyze Europa's oceans without encountering plumes of water. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2018/20180111-no-plumes-no-problem.html

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests that, with the declining import of informal rules in American politics, a future Democratic-majority Congress might be able to sneak through statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. http://noelmaurer.typepad.com/aab/2018/01/breaking-norms-by-adding-states.html

Rocky Planet reports on the disastrous mudflows that have hit southern California after the fires. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/12/mudflows-devastate-parts-of-southern-california/

Drew Rowsome praises new horror from Matt Ruff. http://drewrowsome.blogspot.com/2018/01/lovecraft-country-matt-ruffs-multi.html

Peter Rukavina talks about his positive experiences with a walk-in mental health clinic on the Island. https://ruk.ca/content/i-went-mental-health-walk-clinic-and-so-can-you

Strange Company talks about the bizarre 1982 disappearance of one Donald Kemp. Did he even die? http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-strange-exit-of-donald-kemp.html

Towleroad notes that Peter Thiel is trying to buy Gawker, perhaps to destroy its archives. http://www.towleroad.com/2018/01/gawker-peter-thiel/

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares a stunning photo of two galaxies colliding in the eternal night and considers the implications of the Milky Way's future encounter with Andromeda.

Centauri Dreams looks at the latest discoveries regarding FRB 121102 and fast radio bursts generally.

Hornet Stories suggests that a recent ruling by the Inter American Court of Human Rights sets the stage for marriage equality across Latin America.

Inkfish notes that the biomass of dead squid mothers plays a major role in the environments and ecologies of seafloors.

JSTOR Daily suggests retirees can actually learn a lot from the lifestyles of members of the RV--recreational vehicle--community.

Language Hat reports on wordplay, and its translations, in the works of Homer.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the turn to anti-intellectualism among American conservatives.

At Lingua Franca, William Germano talks about telling numbers.

The LRB Blog notes the story of the English village of Imber, intentionally depopulated by the British military during the Second World War and never allowed to be restored.

The NYR Daily talks about a London exhibition on the art of our era of terrorism and terror.

The Planetary Society Blog reports on the latest Juno discoveries from Jupiter.

Progressive Download's John Farrell reports on a debate as to whether the origin of life is a more difficult question than the origin of consciousness.

Roads and Kingdoms reports on the simple pleasures of an iced coffee enjoyed in the Australian Outback.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel U>considers an interesting question: is ours the only advanced civilization in the universe?

Understanding Society's Daniel Little tackles the concept of organizational cultures.

Window on Eurasia suggests that post-1991 immigrants from the former Soviet Union form a tenth of the Russian labour force.

Arshy Mann at Daily Xtra suggests a new Canadian bill aimed at expunging unjust convictions of LGBTQ people does not go far enough in rehabilitating entire classes of victims.

Denise Balkissoon and Tu Thanh Ha report on the life and struggles of Alloura Wells, a biracial transgender woman who was neglected even after death, over at The Globe and Mail.

Rob Salerno at Daily Xtra examines why Bermuda is set to revoke marriage equality.

Jack Hobbs at VICE examines why body dysmorphia and poor body image are so common, still, among queer men.

Jeff Leavell has a nice article at VICE talking about the emancipatory potential of some avant-garde queer nightlife, catering not to narrow demographics but to broader communities.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares beautiful images of nebula Sharpless 2-29, brilliant and beautiful from the heart of our galaxy.

Centauri Dreams notes how New Horizons is maneuvering for its rendezvous with KBO MU69 on 1 January 2019.

Daily JSTOR notes how Indian schools were at once vehicles for the assimilation of American indigenous peoples and also sites for potential resistance.

Dangerous Minds shares the vintage Vampirella art of Enrique Torres-Prat.

From Tumblr, Explain It Like I'm Not From Lawrence looks at a very unusual tower in the downtown of that Kansas community.

Hornet Stories notes that PrEP is becoming available in Brazil, but only for a small subset of potential users.

Imageo notes a recent American study observing that the degree of Arctic heating is in at least two millennia.

Joe. My. God. notes that Bermuda has repealed marriage equality. I can't help but think this will not help the island's tourism.

Language Hat links to a new encyclopedia article examining the origins of the Japanese language. I'm surprised the article suggests there are no verifiable links to Korean, Paekche aside.

Lawyers, Guns and Money has an after-action report on the Alabama senate election. I agree with most of the conclusions--certainly it shows a need to contest every election!

Allan Metcalf at Lingua Franca quite likes the term "fake news" for its specific power, claiming it as his word of 2017.

The NYR Daily reflects on an exhibition of the powerful works of Modigliani.

The Planetary Society Blog reports on some infrared images taken by Juno of Jupiter and volcanic Io.

Roads and Kingdoms shares 21 pieces of advice for people interested in visiting Iran as tourists.

Towleroad's list of the Top 10 albums of 2017 is worth paying attention to.

If this Window on Eurasia report is correct and HIV seroprevalence in Russia is twice the proportion officially claimed, 1.5% of the population ...

D-Brief notes that the opioid epidemic seems to be hitting baby boomers and millennials worst, of all major American demographics.

Hornet Stories shares one timetable for new DC films following Justice League.

Joe. My. God. notes a case brought by a Romanian before the European Court of Justice regarding citizenship rights for his American spouse. This could have broad implications for the recognition of same-sex couples across the EU, not just its member-states.

Language Hat reports on a journalist's search for a village in India where Sanskrit, ancient liturgical language of Hinduism, remains the vernacular.

The Map Room Blog links to a review of an intriuging new book, Nowherelands, looking at ephemeral countries in the 1840-1975 era.

The NYR Daily looks at the textile art of Anni Albers.

The Planetary Society Blog explores the navigational skills of the Polynesians, and their reflection in Moana.

Roads and Kingdoms reports on the widespread jubilation in Zimbabwe following the overthrow of Mugabe.

Rocky Planet notes that Öræfajökull, the largest volcano in Iceland if a hidden one, has been showing worrying signs of potential eruption.

Drew Rowsome reports on House Guests, an art installation that has taken over an entire house at Dundas and Ossington.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at the story of how the quantum property of spin was discovered.

Window on Eurasia suggests new Russian policies largely excluding non-Russian languages from education are causing significant problems, even ethnic conflict.

Arnold Zwicky considers music as a trigger of emotional memory, generally and in his own life.

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