[BLOG] Some Monday links

Mar. 4th, 2019 11:03 am
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  • The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the importance of seeing the world from new angles.

  • John Quiggin at Crooked Timber suggests that, worldwide, coal is becoming increasingly closely associated with corruption.

  • D-Brief looks at a study drawing on Twitter that suggests people will quickly get used to changing weather in the era of climate change.

  • Jonathan Wynn at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about a family trip during which he spent time listening to sociology-related podcasts.

  • Far Outliers notes the life-determining intensity of exam time for young people in Calcutta.

  • io9 notes that, finally, the classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Once More, With Feeling" is being released on vinyl.

  • JSTOR Daily looks at how medieval Europe regulated the sex trade.

  • Language Hat looks at how anthropologists have stopped using "hominid" and started using "hominin", and why.

  • Language Log considers the difficulty of talking about "Sinophone" given the unrepresented linguistic diversity included in the umbrella of "Chinese".

  • Marginal Revolution suggests there are conflicts between NIMBYism and supporting open immigration policies.

  • At Out There, Corey S. Powell interviews astronomer Slava Turyshev about the possibility not only of interstellar travel but of exploiting the Solar Gravity Lens, 550 AU away.

  • Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 9 mission.

  • Towleroad notes that Marvel Comics is planning to make its lead character in the Eternals gay.

  • Daniel Little at Understanding Society examines how the human body and its physical capacities are represented in sociology.

  • Window on Eurasia notes the growth of the Volga Tatar population of Moscow, something hidden by the high degree of assimilation of many of its members.

  • Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes, in connection to Huawei, the broad powers allotted to the British government under existing security and communications laws.

  • Arnold Zwicky looks at anteaters and antedaters.

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[BLOG] Some Thursday links

Feb. 14th, 2019 10:12 am
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  • Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the evidence for the massive collision that left exoplanet Kepler 107c an astoundingly dense body.

  • The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly tells her readers the secrets of the success of her relationship with her husband, Jose.

  • Centauri Dreams notes what the New Horizons probe has found out, of Ultima Thule and of Pluto, by looking back.

  • The Crux shares the obituaries of scientists from NASA for the Opportunity rover.

  • D-Brief reports that NASA has declared the Opportunity rover's mission officially complete.

  • Dead Things introduces its readers to Mnyamawamtuka, a titanosaur from Tanzania a hundred million years ago.

  • Drew Ex Machina shares a stunning photo of Tropical Cyclone Gita, taken from the ISS in 2018.

  • Far Outliers notes how the Indian Army helped save the British army's positions from collapse in the fall of 1914.

  • Joe. My. God. notes a Christian group in the United States trying to encourage a boycott of supposedly leftist candy manufacturers like Hershey's.

  • JSTOR Daily looks at why covenant marriage failed to become popular.

  • Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money explains the hatred for new Congressperson Ilham Omar.

  • The Planetary Society Blog links to ten interesting podcasts relating to exploration, of Earth and of space.

  • Drew Rowsome interviews Tobias Herzberg about Feygele, his show in the Rhubarb festival at Buddies in Bad Times.

  • Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps looks at the evidence, presented by (among others) Geneviève von Petzinger, suggesting that forty thousand years ago cave artists around the world may have shared a common language of symbols.

  • Window on Eurasia suggests that the policies of Putin are contributing to a growing sense of nationalism in Belarus.

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[BLOG] Some Monday links

Feb. 5th, 2018 03:26 pm
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  • Larisa Kurtović writes at anthro{dendum} about her experiences, as an anthropologist studying Bosnia and a native Sarajevan, at the time of the trial of Ratko Mladić. Representation in this circumstance was fraught.

  • Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the remarkable claim that extragalactic planets have been discovered 3.5 billion light-years away through gravitational lensing and does not find it intrinsically implausible. Centauri Dreams also looks at the background behind the claimed detection of two thousand rogue planets, ranging in mass from the Moon to Jupiter, in a distant galaxy.

  • Dangerous Minds reviews a fantastic-sounding book reviewing girl gangs and bikers in the pulp fiction of mid-20th century English-language literature.

  • Hornet Stories links to the Mattachine Podcast, a new podcast looking at pre-Stonwall LGBTQ history including that relating to the pioneering Mattachine Society.

  • JSTOR Daily notes the substantial evidence that fish can actually be quite smart, certainly smarter than popular stereotypes have them being.

  • Language Hat reports on the existence of a thriving population of speakers of Aramaic now in existence in New Jersey.

  • Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the many ways in which the privatization of state businesses have gone astray in the United Kingdom, and suggests that there is conflict between short-term capitalist desires and long-term needs. Renationalization a solution?

  • At Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen argues</> that the prospect of the future financial insolvency of Chicago helps limit the large-scale settlement of wealthy people there, keeping the metropolis relatively affordable.

  • Stephen Baker of The Numerati reflected, on the eve of the Superbowl, on the origins of his fandom with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1963 just before the assassination of JFK.

  • The NYR Daily shares a rational proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian confederation that, alas, will never fly given irrational reality.

  • Seriously Science notes a paper suggesting that Norway rats do, in fact, the reciprocal trade of goods and services.

  • Strange Company notes an unfortunate picnic in Indiana in 1931, where the Simmons family was unexpectedly poisoned by strychnine capsules? Who did it?

  • Window on Eurasia notes a demographers' observation that, given the age structure and fertility of the Russian population, even with plausible numbers of immigrants the country's population may never again grow.

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[BLOG] Some Thursday links

Jun. 8th, 2017 04:26 pm
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  • D-Brief notes the first-ever use of Einsteinian gravitational bending to examine the mass of a star.
  • Language Log announces the start of an investigation into the evolving rhetoric of Donald Trump. Something is up.

  • The LRB Blog reports from Tuareg Agadez in Niger, about rebellions and migrant-smuggling.

  • Marginal Revolution wonders what is the rationale for the extreme cut-off imposed on Qatar.

  • Maximos62 wonders about the impact of Indonesia's fires on not just wildlife but indigenous peoples.

  • Personal Reflections notes the irrelevance of the United States' withdrawal from Paris, at least from an Australian position.

  • Savage Minds points to a new anthropology podcast.

  • Window on Eurasia
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[AUDIO] "GOCHO TALKS With RANDY McDONALD @ Pacific Junction Hotel (2.6.17)"

Feb. 17th, 2017 11:56 pm
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[B5] A Babylon 5 Podcast?

Feb. 5th, 2006 10:34 pm
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www.babylonpodcast.com

This, I like. Thanks, T.!
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