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This r/mapporn map shows the scale of the collapse of Irish as a spoken language across most of Ireland. Was this avoidable?

This r/imaginarymaps map shows a Canada where the 1837 rebellions were successful, with an autonomous Upper Canada and a Lower Canada with a Patriote state. Doable?

This r/imaginarymaps map depicts a common alternate history trope, that of an independent but culturally Russian Alaska. What would it take for this to happen?

This r/imaginarymaps map depicts a world where Eurasia, from Germany to Korea, was dominated by a successfully industrializing Russian Empire. Was this common fear of the belle époque actually achievable?

This r/mapporn map shows the different proposals for different territorial configurations of the Canadian Prairies. (I like the ones with north-south divisions.)

Was a single South Africa covering most of British Southern Africa with relatively liberal racial policies, as Jan Smuts wanted, actually achievable? r/imaginarymaps hosts the map.

Anthro{dendum} features an essay examining trauma and resiliency as encountered in ethnographic fieldwork.

Architectuul highlights a new project seeking to promote historic churches built in the United Kingdom in the 20th century.

Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait examines Ahuna Mons, a muddy and icy volcano on Ceres, and looks at the nebula Westerhout 40.

Centauri Dreams notes the recent mass release of data from a SETI project, and notes the discovery of two vaguely Earth-like worlds orbiting the very dim Teegarden's Star, just 12 light-years away.

Chris Bertram at Crooked Timber notes that having universities as a safe space for trans people does not infringe upon academic freedom.

The Crux looks at the phenomenon of microsleep.

D-Brief notes evidence that the Milky Way Galaxy was warped a billion years ago by a collision with dark matter-heavy dwarf galaxy Antlia 2, and notes a robotic fish powered by a blood analogue.

The Dragon's Tales notes that India plans on building its own space station.

Earther notes the recording of the song of the endangered North Pacific right whale.

The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the role of emotional labour in leisure activities.

Far Outliers looks at how Japan prepared for the Battle of the Leyte Gulf in 1944.

Gizmodo looks at astronomers' analysis of B14-65666, an ancient galactic collision thirteen billion light-years away, and notes that the European Space Agency has a planned comet interception mission.

io9 notes how the plan for Star Trek in the near future is to not only have more Star Trek, but to have many different kinds of Star Trek for different audiences.

Joe. My. God. notes the observation of Pete Buttigieg that the US has probably already had a gay president.

JSTOR Daily looks at the many ways in which the rhetoric of Celtic identity has been used, and notes that the archerfish uses water ejected from its eyes to hunt.

Language Hat looks at why Chinese is such a hard language to learn for second-language learners, and looks at the Suso monastery in Spain, which played a key role in the coalescence of the Spanish language.

Language Log looks at the complexities of katakana.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the death of deposed Egypt president Mohammed Morsi looks like a slow-motion assassination, and notes collapse of industrial jobs in the Ohio town of Lordstown, as indicative of broader trends.

The LRB Blog looks at the death of Mohamed Morsi.

The Map Rom Blog shares a new British Antarctic Survey map of Greenland and the European Arctic.

Marginal Revolution notes how non-religious people are becoming much more common in the Middle East, and makes the point that the laying of cable for the transatlantic telegraph is noteworthy technologically.

Noah Smith at Noahpionion takes the idea of the Middle East going through its own version of the Thirty Years War seriously. What does this imply?

The NYR Daily takes a look at a Lebanon balanced somehow on the edge, and looks at the concentration camp system of the United States.

The Planetary Society Blog explains what people should expect from LightSail 2, noting that the LightSail 2 has launched.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw points readers to his stories on Australian spy Harry Freame.

Rocky Planet explains, in the year of the Apollo 50th anniversary, why the Moon matters.

Drew Rowsome reviews, and praises, South African film Kanarie, a gay romp in the apartheid era.

The Russian Demographics Blog links to a paper examining the relationship between childcare and fertility in Belgium, and looks at the nature of statistical data from Turkmenistan.

The Strange Maps Blog shares a map highlighting different famous people in the United States.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why different galaxies have different amounts of dark matter, and shares proof that the Apollo moon landings actually did happen.

Towleroad notes the new evidence that poppers, in fact, are not addictive.

Window on Eurasia warns about the parlous state of the Volga River.

Arnold Zwicky takes an extended look at the mid-20th century gay poet Frank O'Hara.

La Presse notes that the Bixi bike-sharing service in Montréal is celebrating its 11th anniversary.

Marginal Revolution notes how better policing cut into crime in Camden, New Jersey.

The NYR Daily looks at how Brexit and a hardened border will hit the Northern Ireland city of Derry.

Guardian Cities reports on the gang that goes around Rome at night making illegal repairs to crumbling infrastructure.

CityLab reports on how Cape Town is coping, one year after it nearly ran out of water.

Roads and Kingdoms shares tips for travellers visiting Hong Kong.

Guardian Cities reports on the families made refugees by Partition who tried to swap homes in Dhaka and Calcutta.

Bad Astronomy notes a push by astronomers to enlist help for giving trans-Neptunian object 2007-OR10 a name.

Centauri Dreams reflects on M87*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of M87 recently imaged, with its implications for galactic habitability.

Crooked Timber is right to note that Kirstjen Nielsen, architect of the cruel border policies of Trump, should not be allowed to resume a normal professional life.

The Crux looks at the Event Horizon Telescope Project that imaged M87*.

D-Brief notes that one-quarter of Japanese in their 20s and 30s have remained virgins, and explains why this might be the case.

Far Outliers notes the process of the writing of U.S. Grant's acclaimed memoirs.

Mark Graham highlights a BBC documentary, one he contributed to, asking if artificial intelligence will kill global development.

Gizmodo explains why the image of black hole M87* does not look exactly like the fictional one from the scientifically-grounded Interstellar.

Hornet Stories explains the joys of Hawai'i in fall.

io9 notes that the new Deep Space Nine anniversary documentary is scheduled for a one-day theatrical release. (Will it be in Toronto?)

JSTOR Daily makes the point that mass enfranchisement is the best way to ensure security for all.

Language Hat looks at the kitabs, the books written in Afrikaans using its original Arabic script kept by Cape Malays.

Language Log notes, with examples, some of the uses of the words "black" and "evil" in contemporary China.

Lawyers, Guns and Money makes the point that having a non-octogenarian president is a good idea.

Marginal Revolution shares the thoughts of Samir Varma on the new technologies--better computers, faster travel, artificial life--that may change the world in the near future.

The NYR Daily explores the subversive fairy tales of 19th century Frenchman Édouard Laboulaye.

The Planetary Society Blog notes the sad crash of the Beresheet probe on the surface of the Moon.

Drew Rowsome engages with the body of work of out horror writer John Saul.

Peter Rukavina maps out where Islanders will be voting, and the distances they will travel, in this month's election.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel engages with the possibility that we might be alone. What next? (Myself, I think the idea of humanity as an elder race is fascinating.)

Arnold Zwicky looks at the sort of humour that involves ambiguous adverbs.

This map at r/imaginarymaps imagines what might have been had the unlikely Scottish colonial project in Panama, the Darien Scheme, had succeeded.

This r/imaginarymaps map imagines an Islamic Greece.

This r/imaginarymaps map imagines a revisionist Afrikaner state in eastern South Africa.

What organized crime networks might have sprung up in an independent Confederacy? This r/imaginarymaps post considers.

The organization of a Europe unified under Napoleonic hegemony in 1820 is laid out in this r/imaginarymaps map.

CBC Montreal looks at how the city of Montréal deals with snow disposal in winter.

NOW Toronto reviews The World Before Your Feet, a documentary examining the life of one Matt Green, who aims to walk all the thousands of kilometres of streets of New York City.

VICE reports on how the mass shooting of Dunblane still affects survivors and townspeople even two decades later.

CityLab looks at the unique Schwebebahn mass transit system in the Ruhr town of Wuppertal, and what it says about transit culture in Germany.

CityLab takes a look at Cape Town, where a foodie culture is not reflected in ready access of all to food, and how some people are trying to fix this.

The 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, originally planned for New Brunswick, have been taken up--provisionally--by the Québec city of Sherbrooke. HuffPostQuebec reports.

Carmen Arroyo at Inter Press Service writes about Pedro, a migrant from Oaxaca in Mexico who has lived in new York City for a dozen years without papers.

CityLab notes evidence that natural disasters can indeed advance gentrification, looking at the example of New Orleans.

Guardian Cities shares some cartoons by Carol Adlam about the English city of Nottingham, neither northern nor southern.

Civil servant magazine Apolitical takes a look at how Cape Town managed to escape its threatened water crisis.

Architectuul looks at the divided cities of the divided island of Cyprus.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares an image of a galaxy that actually has a tail.

Maria Farrell at Crooked Timber talks about her pain as an immigrant in the United Kingdom in the era of Brexit, her pain being but one of many different types created by this move.

The Crux talks about the rejected American proposal to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon, and the several times the United States did arrange for lesser noteworthy events there (collisions, for the record).

D-Brief notes how the innovative use of Curiosity instruments has explained more about the watery past of Gale Crater.

Bruce Dorminey notes one astronomer's theory that Venus tipped early into a greenhouse effect because of a surfeit of carbon relative to Earth.

Far Outliers looks at missionaries in China, and their Yangtze explorations, in the late 19th century.

Gizmodo notes evidence that Neanderthals and Denisovans cohabited in a cave for millennia.

At In Media Res, Russell Arben Fox writes about his exploration of the solo music of Paul McCartney.

io9 looks at what is happening with Namor in the Marvel universe, with interesting echoes of recent Aquaman storylines.

JSTOR Daily looks at the Beothuk of Newfoundland and their sad fate.

Language Hat explores Patagonian Afrikaans.

Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on how mindboggling it is to want to be a billionaire. What would you do with that wealth?

The Map Room Blog shares a visualization of the polar vortex.

Marginal Revolution reports on the career of a writer who writes stories intended to help people fall asleep.

The New APPS Blog reports on the power of biometric data and the threat of its misuse.

Neuroskeptic takes a look at neurogenesis in human beings.

Out There notes the import, in understanding our solar system, of the New Horizons photos of Ultima Thule.

Jason Davis at the Planetary Society Blog notes that OSIRIS-REx is in orbit of Bennu and preparing to take samples.

Roads and Kingdoms shares a list of 21 things that visitors to Kolkata should know.

Mark Simpson takes a critical look at the idea of toxic masculinity. Who benefits?

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why global warming is responsible for the descent of the polar vortex.

Window on Eurasia notes how the pro-Russian Gagauz of Moldova are moving towards a break if the country at large becomes pro-Western.

Arnold Zwicky looks at the art of Finnish painter Hugo Simberg.

JSTOR Daily is a quality source of links that can accumulate quickly.

JSTOR Daily shares ten poems about travel.

JSTOR Daily notes the decidedly mixed environmental legacies of missionaries.

JSTOR Daily explains why, exactly, a landlord in the medieval world might ask for a rose at Christmas time as rent.

JSTOR Daily explores the immersive cyclorama of the 19th century.

JSTOR Daily notes how, with a canny emphasis on the prestige of their drink and their lineages, dealers of champagne were able to build lucrative empires.

JSTOR Daily takes a look at the 17th century German painter of insects Maria Sibylla Merian, now at last gaining recognition.

JSTOR Daily summarizes a paper that examines why the literal image of Nelson Mandela is so popular, is so iconic.

JSTOR Daily notes that, alas, the balance of the evidence suggests alcohol is not good for people.

JSTOR Daily looks at "story papers", the inexpensive 19th century periodicals carrying stories targeted at boys and young men which ended up changing both popular literature and gender identities.

Alexandra Samuel at JSTOR Daily takes a look, after Rachel Giese, at the ways in which the Internet and Internet culture can lead to outbreaks of misogyny.

Ici Radio-Canada notes the stiff competition that the port of Montréal is facing from its American competitors.

JSTOR Daily reports on the solidarities created among diverse groups in London by the effects of the Blitz.

Window on Eurasia notes the paranoia of some commentators and power figures about the emergence of ethnic neighbourhoods in Moscow, Central Asians featuring particularly.

Guardian Cities notes that Bo Kaap, a traditionally Muslim Coloured enclave in Cape Town, is facing severe pressure from gentrification.

The South Chima Morning Post notes the fact of the emergence of a thriving Chinatown in the Tokyo suburb of Kawaguchi, and the controversy that this new neighbourhood has created.

Anthro{dendum}'s Adam Fish looks at the phenomenon of permissionless innovation as part of a call for better regulation.

James Bow shares excerpts from his latest book, The Cloud Riders.

Bruce Dorminey notes how data from Voyager 1's cosmic ray detectors has been used to study dark matter.

Lawyers, Guns and Money begins a dissection of what Roe vs Wade meant, and means, for abortion in the United States, and what its overturn might do.

Ilan Stavans, writing for Lingua Franca at the Chronicle, considers the languages of the World Cup. The prominence of Spanish in the United States is particularly notable.

The LRB Blog gathers together articles referencing the now-departed Boris Johnson. What a man.

The Map Room Blog reports/u> on Matthew Blackett's remarkably intricate transit map of Canada.

Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution links to a study from Nature exploring how shifts in the definition of concepts like racism and sexism means that, even as many of the grossest forms disappear, racism and sexism continue to be recognized if in more minute form.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at how a Japanese experiment aimed at measuring proton decay ended up inaugurating the era of neutrino astronomy, thanks to SN1987A.

Window on Eurasia reports on how a Russian proposal to resettle Afrikaner farmers from South Africa to the North Caucasus (!) is, unsurprisingly, meeting with resistance from local populations, including non-Russian ones.

Linguist Arnold Zwicky takes a look at how, exactly, one learns to use the F word.

The Conversation takes a look at the fierce repression faced by the Macedonian language in early 20th century Greece.

Creating an Inuktitut word for marijuana is a surprisingly controversial task. The Toronto Star reports.

The representation of non-whites in the Afrikaans language community--the majority population of Afrikaans speakers, actually, despite racism--is a continuing issue. The Christian Science Monitor reports.

Far Outliers considers the question of just how many different Slavic languages there actually are. Where are boundaries drawn?

The Catalan language remains widely spoken by ten million people in Europe, but outside of Catalonia proper--especially in French Roussillon--usage is declining.

At Anthrodendum, Elizabeth Marino takes issue with what she identifies as the naively and fiercely neoliberal elements of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now.

Anthropology.net's Kambiz Kamrani takes a look at an innovative study of the Surinamese creole of Sranan Tongo that uncovers that language's linguistic origins in remarkably fine detail.

Architectuul examines the architecture of Communist-era Hungarian architect István Szábo.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the nearly naked black hole at the heart of galaxy ZwCl 8193, 2.2 billion light-years away.

The Big Picture shares photos from the 2018 Paralympics in South Korea.

Gerry Canavan has an interesting critical take on Star Trek: Discovery. Is it really doing new things, or is its newness just superficial?

Centauri Dreams considers the impact the spectra of red dwarfs would have on biosignatures from their worlds.

Russell Darnley takes a look at Australia's Darling River, a critical watercourse threatened by extensive water withdrawals.

Inkfish notes that patterns of wear on the tusks of elephants indicate most are right-handed.

Joe. My. God. links to a study suggesting a relationship between Trump rallies and violent assaults.

JSTOR Daily links to a paper examining why people drink Guinness on St. Patrick's Day.

Language Hat takes a look at the use of Xhosa as the language of Wakanda.

Lawyers, Guns and Money mourns Alfred Crosby, the historian whose work examined the epidemiological and ecological changes wrought by contact with the Americas.

The Map Room Blog links to a map showing indigenous placenames in Canada.

Marginal Revolution suggests AI will never be able to centrally plan an economy because the complexity of the economy will always escape it.

In the aftermath of the death of Stephen Hawking, Out There had a lovely idea: what nearby major stars emitted life than arrive at the moment of his birth? Hawking's star is Regulus, and mine was (nearly) Arcturus.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel examines Stephen Hawking's contribution to the study of black holes.

Supernova Condensate shares a list of moons, fictional and otherwise, from Endor on down.

I entirely agree with the argument of Aluki Kotierk, writing at MacLean's, who thinks the Inuit of Nunavut have been entirely too passive, too nice, in letting Inuktitut get marginalized. Making it a central feature in education is the least that can be done. (Québec-style language policies work.)

Although ostensibly a thriving language in many domains of life, the marginalization of the Icelandic language in the online world could be an existential threat. The Guardian reports.

As part of a bid to keep alive Ladino, traditional language of the Sephardic Jews, Spain has extended to the language official status including support and funding. Ha'aretz reports.

A new set of policies of Spain aiming at promoting the Spanish language have been criticized by some in Hispanic American states, who call the Spanish moves excessively unilateral. El Pais reports.

isiXhosa, the language of the Xhosa people of South Africa, is getting huge international attention thanks to its inclusion in Black Panther. The Toronto Star reports.

Kambiz at Anthropology.net notes evidence that Neanderthals in Italy used fire to shape digging sticks 170 thousand years ago.

Missing persons blog Charley Ross reminds online commentators to be careful and reasonable in their speculations online, if only because these last forever.

D-Brief notes a new study of the TRAPPIST-1 system suggesting that its outermost planets, in the circumstellar habitable zone, are so low density that they must have abundant volatiles. Water is the most likely candidate.

Hornet Stories introduces readers to the impressive photography of New York City's Peter Hujar.

At In Media Res, Russell Arben Fox meditates on the issues of friendship in the contemporary world.

Joe. My. God. shares representative Tammy Duckworth's mockery of the authoritarian Donald Trump, aka "Cadet Bone Spurs".

JSTOR Daily notes the continuing importance of the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The Map Room Blog notes that someone has made cute maps of seven solar system worlds for children.

Marginal Revolution links to an article looking at how some of the schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria by Boko Haram are doing.

The NYR Daily engages with "Soul of a Nation", a touring exhibit of African-American art in the era of Black Power.

The Planetary Society Blog reports from the scene of the impending Falcon Heavy launch, sharing photos.

Towleroad notes a South African church that not only beats its queer parishoners but fines them, too.

Window on Eurasia suggests Western sanctions could hinder the Russian development of its Arctic presence.

That New York City is the safest big city in the United States, as Henry Goldman reports for Bloomberg, does not surprise me. When I was there last month, it felt safe, throughout, even at 11 o'clock at night in the middle of Brooklyn.

This brief article about the effects of the world-record high crime in Caracas terrifies me, and makes me feel very sorry for Venezuelans.

Cape Town may be facing water shortages, Craig Welch writes at National Geographic, but it is not alone. Los Angeles and São Paulo are also on this unhappy shortlist.

Tracey Lindeman argues at Motherboard that bike-sharing programs in cities like Dallas, where there has been no planning to make the city bike-friendly, are doomed to fail unless the work is put in.

Diana Karliner at Open Democracy takes a look at the plight of workers in Russia's car industry, in its heartland of the city of Tolyatti.

Rex at Anthro{dendum} considers Ursula K Le Guin from as an anthropologist by background and interests, and as a denizen of a "Redwood Zone" of western North America with a particular climate.

Centauri Dreams notes the exceptional technical progress being made towards the next generation of space telescope technology.

Dangerous Minds shares photos of collaborations between Grace Jones and Keith Haring in 1984 and 1986, when Haring painted the star's body.

Gizmodo at io9 shares stunningly detailed photographs of the giant Pi1 Gruis, some 530 light-years away.

Hornet Stories shares a letter from the mother of a girl ten years old who describes how this theatre fan was positively affected by the Manhattan production of Kinky Boots.

Language Hat shares a Quora answer talking about the way Azerbaijani sounds to speakers of the related Turkish. Much discussion ensues.

Lawyers, Guns and Money shares the disturbing report that moderate conservative Victor Cha has been rejected as a candidate for US ambassador to South Korea because he warns against war with the North.

The Map Room Blog shares disturbing maps showing the extent to which the water reservoirs of Cape Town have been depleted.

Non-binary writer Robin Dembroff argues at the NYR Daily that state recognition of non-binary gender identity, while well-meaning, is ultimately less good than the withdrawal of gender identity as a category of state concern.

The Planetary Science Blog wonders if space travel and space science, of the sort favoured by Society president Bill Nye, could become a bipartisan issue uniting Americans.

Seriously Science notes that at least some species of birds prefer to date before they pair-bond and have children.

Towleroad reports that The Gangway, oldest surviving gay bar in San Francisco, has shut down to make way for a new laundromat/movie theatre.
Understanding Society's Daniel Little considers the factors that lead the people in charge of industries facing decline to ignore this. Could the education sector be one of these, too, depending on future change?

The metropolitan area of Saint John, in New Brunswick, is investigating the possibility of a general municipal amalgamation. Myself, I suspect cost savings would be limited. Global News reports.

Having been in Brooklyn--having, in fact, been in Williamsburg--I can only imagine the catastrophe that the extended shutdown of the L subway line will have on local nightlife. I hope they can adapt. VICE reports.

A Cape Town that faces a possible water shortage--perhaps a probable water shortage, given weather patterns--is going to feel a lot of pain. MacLean's reports.

If Kingston is moving away from honouring Canada's first prime minister and hometown son, John A. MacDonald, on account of his governments' policies towards indigenous peoples, this indicates a sea change. Global News reports.

Ezgi Tuncer examines how Syrians displaced to Istanbul have integrated into their new home through, among other things, selling their traditional foods to Syrians and Turks alike, over at Open Democracy.

Is Dubai truly a good example of a modernized Middle Eastern economy? I wonder. Bloomberg makes the argument.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the discovery of rings around Kuiper belt dwarf planet Haumea, as does the Planetary Society Blog's Jason Davis.

The Big Picture, from the Boston Globe, shares photos of the devastation of Puerto Rico by Maria.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the strong support of many--most?--on the American right for apartheid.

The LRB Blog shares an article by Mike Davis looking at the vulnerability of California, especially Napa, to wildfires.

The Map Room Blog links to a beautiful detailed map of the French railway network.

The NYR Daily reports from Catalonia on the edge of a meltdown.

North's Justin Petrone writes about going hunting for mushroooms in Estonia.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel shares five especially noteworthy photos provided by NASA. (What, no Pale Blue Dot?)

Window on Eurasia suggests Russians in Tatarstan, unlike other groups, are unique in not wanting to learn Tatar.

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[PHOTO] Port Elizabeth on my screen in Toronto

[AH] Six #alternatehistory maps from Reddit: Irish, Canada, Alaska, Russia, Prairies, South Africa

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Montréal, Camden, Derry, Rome, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Dhaka & Calcutta

[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[AH] Five r/imaginarymaps maps: Panama, Greece, South Africa, US, Europe

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, New York City, Dunblane, Wuppertal, Cape Town

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Sherbrooke, New York City, New Orleans, Nottingham, Cape Town

[BLOG] Some Friday links

[NEWS] Ten JSTOR Daily links (@jstor_daily)

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, London, Moscow, Cape Town, Tokyo and Kawaguchi

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[NEWS] Five language links: Macedonian, Inuktitut, Afrikaans, Slavic languages, Catalan

[BLOG] Some Monday links

[NEWS] Five language links: Inuktitut, Icelandic, Ladino, Spanish, isiXhosa

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[URBAN NOTE] Five cities links: New York City, Caracas, Cape Town, Dallas, Tolyatti

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