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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.

Far Outliers notes how the new Suez Canal helped create a network of coal-using port cities across Eurasia.

Hornet Stories notes that Serbia's out lesbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, marched in Belgrade's pride parade.

Joe. My. God. notes a statement by the Pentagon that transgender troops can still re-enlist for the next few months.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes a fundamentally ill-thought defense of colonialism by Bruce Gilley.

Marginal Revolutions notes that Swedish support for the far right is linked to perceptions of foreign threats to employment.

Out There looks at the last days of Cassini at Saturn.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw notes real estate shenanigans in greater Sydney.

Drew Rowsome has a critical, but positive, review of closeted gay author Frank M. Robinson's autobiography.

The Volokh Conspiracy sums up the outcome of the controversial monkey selfie copyright case.

Window on Eurasia suggests that Russian challenges to language legislation in Tatarstan hint at future challenges.

blogTO lists some interesting things to do and see in Toronto's American neighbour, Buffalo.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly strongly defends contemporary journalism as essential for understanding the world.

Lawyers, Guns and Money rightly takes issue with the claim identity politics hinders the US left. Remember New Deal coalitions?

Marginal Revolution notes just how expensive it is to run Harvard.

Otto Pohl notes the upcoming 76th anniversary of the Soviet deportation of the Volga Germans.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer reports on the remarkably fluent code-switching between English and French of some Washington D.C. subway riders.

Strange Maps notes rival food and fabric maps of India and Pakistan.

Tricia Wood at Torontoist argues that, for environmental and economic reasons, Ontario needs high-speed rail.

Window on Eurasia suggests Tatarstan has done a poor job of defending its sovereignty from the Russian government.

Citizen Science Salon links to some ongoing crowdsourced experiments that non-scientists can take part in.

The LRB Blog reports on the return of Newt Gingrich to the American political scene.

The NYR Daily compares Donald Trump to a 19th century counterpart, Andrew Jackson.

Roads and Kingdoms reports on the now rather different cocaine problem of Medellín, Colombia.

Starts with a Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on a paper suggesting potential problems with gravitational observatory LIGO.

Towleroad notes a recent sharp drop in new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom, thanks to treatment and PrEP.

Window on Eurasia reports on projected long-run economic decline in Russia, argues about the potential for instability in Tatarstan, and reports on Belarusianization.

Arnold Zwicky describes Silver Age Rainbow Batman and his later pride appearances.

Language Hat blogs about appearances of Nahuatl in Los Angeles, in television and in education.
Language Log talks about "Zhonghua minzu", meaning "Chinese nation" or "Chinese race" depending on the translation.

Marginal Revolution notes that Canada, with inelastic production, might have a marijuana shortage come legalization/
In the NYR Daily, Christopher de Bellaigue wonders if Britain--the West, even--might be on the verge of a descent into communal violence.

Peter Rukavina looks at the accessibility of VIA Rail's data on trade arrivals and departures.

Starts with a Bang's Ethan Siegel notes that, in the far distant starless future, the decay of binary brown dwarf orbits can still start stars.

Torontoist shares photos of the Dyke March.

Window on Eurasia argues that Tatarstan's tradition of bourgeois and intellectually critical nationalism could have wider consequences, in Russia and beyond.

blogTO describes the changing designs of TTC maps over the past generations.

Cody Delistraty links to an article of his contrasting and comparing Donald Trump to Louis XIV.

Marginal Revolution shares facts about Qatar in this time of its issues.

Peter Rukavina describes the latest innovations in his homebrew blogging.

Towleroad notes the sad anniversary of the Pulse massacre in Orlando.

Window on Eurasia argues that there is still potent for Idel-Ural, a coalition of non-Russian minorities by the Volga.

Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell examines how Labour and the Tories made use of Big Data, and how Labour did much better.

blogTO reports on the history of Toronto's Wellington Street.

Dangerous Minds introduces me to the grim American gothic that is Wisconsin Death Trip. What happened to Black River Falls in the 1890s?

The Dragon's Gaze links to hypotheses about KIC 8462852, one suggesting KIC 8462852 has four exoplanets, another talking about a planet's disintegration.

The Dragon's Tales links to a paper modeling the mantles of icy moons.

Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at small city NIMBYism in the Oregon city of Eugene.

The LRB Blog reports on toxically racist misogyny directed towards Labour's Diane Abbott by Tory minister David Davis, "misogynoir" as it is called.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw reports on the elections in Indonesia, a country increasingly important to Australia.

Peter Rukavina describes how the builders of his various indie phones, promising in their own rights, keep dropping them.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer is optimistic that NAFTA will survive mostly as is.

The Volokh Conspiracy examines the ruling against Trump's immigration order on the grounds that its planners explicitly designed it as an anti-Muslim ban.

Window on Eurasia suggests that the treaty-based federalism of Tatarstan within Russia is increasingly unpopular with many wanting a more centralized country.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5503089.html

At Apostrophen, 'Nathan Smith writes about the status of his various writing projects.

Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling links to an article examining pieces of software that have shaped modern music.

blogTO notes the expansion of the Drake Hotel to a new Junction site. Clearly the Drake is becoming a brand.

Citizen Science Salon looks at how Internet users can help fight illegal fishing in the Pacific.

Crooked Timber asks readers for new Doctor Who candidates.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper finding that the presence of Proxima Centauri would not have inhibited planetary formation around Alpha Centauri A and B.

The LRB Blog notes the growing fear among Muslims in the diaspora.

The Map Room Blog shares a reimagined map of the Paris metro.

The Volokh Conspiracy and Towleroad have very different opinions on the nomination of Neil Gorusch to the US Supreme Court.

Transit Toronto reports on the reopening of the TTC parking lot at Yorkdale.

Whatever's John Sclazi responds to the past two weeks of Trump-related chaos, and is not impressed.

Window on Eurasia notes that the Russian Orthodox Church carries itself as an embattled minority because it is one, and looks at the future of Russian federalism in regards to Tatarstan.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5474619.html

blogTO notes concerns in Church and Wellesley about a spike of reported anti-gay violence.

Crooked Timber looks at the shambolic mess that is the Republican healthcare plan.

Language Hat links to an article concerned with the question of how to try cracking the Indus Valley script.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the malevolence and incompetence of the Trump Administration are record-breaking.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that the proposed border tax on Mexican imports is likely workable for all the major actors.

Strange Maps examines with maps how families of landowners centuries old still own huge swathes of downtown London.

Une heure de peine's Denis Colombi examines, in French and in the French political context, the idea of a guaranteed minimum income.

The Volokh Conspiracy shares Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus" welcoming refugees to American shores.

Window on Eurasia notes the concerns of one Tatar historian that Russian federalism is being undermined and looks at the consequences of Putin's chat with Trump.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5468875.html

Anthropology.net describes an effort to digitize tapes recording Navajo oral history.

Centauri Dreams remembers Vera Rubin.

D-Brief looks
Dangerous Minds shares a 1984 TV clip featuring George Michael and Morrissey talking about Joy Division.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting a gas giant exoplanet might be indicated by a protoplanetary disk.

Language Log reports on how Chinese netizens are criticizing pollution through the mockery of official slogans.

Language Hat looks at the question of how the word "pecan" is pronounced.

Lawyers, Guns and Money argues political science is not a science at all, like economics.

The NYRB Daily notes that the shared inability of Trump and Putin to plan things and account for unexpected consequences does not lend itself to optimism.

Window on Euruasia looks at Tatarstan's issues with regional transfer funding in Russia and shares an apocalyptic account of what will happen to Ukraine in the Russian sphere of influence.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5396086.html

Bad Astronomy shares a video imagining of how Cassini will meet its end with Saturn.

Cody Delistraty shares an interview with Rebecca Solnit.

Far Outliers reports on Margaret Thatcher's unorthodox campaign in 1979.

Joe. My. God. shares Hillary Clinton's thanks to her 66 million voters.

Marginal Revolution looks at gender stereotypes among scientists.

The NYRB Daily talks about the visual art of Pipilotti Rist.

Otto Pohl commemorates the 73rd anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyks.

Window on Eurasia suggests China might follow Russia's Crimea strategy in invading Taiwan, and looks at the latest on controversies about Tatar identity and genetics.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5392664.html

Bad Astronomy reports on the astounding scientific illiteracy of Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci.

blogTO compiles a list of the best tobagganing hills in Toronto.

Citizen Science Salon looks at what we can do in the redwood forests.

The Dragon's Gaze notes a gap in the disk of TW Hydrae.

Imageo notes that 2016 is the warmest year in the records.

Joe. My. God. notes that a pride parade protected by police went off in Montenegro.

Language Hat shares the story of Lazer Lederhendler, a son of Holocaust survivors in Montréal who became one of the leading translators into English of Québec literature.

Language Log looks at the distant origins of Japanese terms for "dog."

Marginal Revolution notes the rising popularity of Vladimir Putin on the American right.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer looks at the links between Russia and the "Calexit" movement.

The Volokh Conspiracy celebrates Saturnalia.

Window on Eurasia looks at Russia's use of genetics to disentangle the Tatar peoples and argues that the definition of Russians and Ukrainians as fraternal is dangerous to the latter.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5373039.html

Beyond the Beyond links to an interview with Darran Anderson, a writer of cartographic fiction.

Centauri Dreams notes that 2028 will be a time when microlensing can b used to study the area of Alpha Centauri A.

The Crux engages with the question of whether or not an astronaut's corpse could seed life on another planet.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a study that gathers together signals for planetary companions orbiting nearby stars.

Joe. My. God. notes that the only gay bar in Portland, Maine, is set to close.

Language Log notes the proliferation of Chinese characters and notes that a parrot could not be called to the stand in Kuwait.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the last time the Chicago Cubs won, Germany was an empire.

The Map Room Blog notes the discovery of an ancient stone map on the Danish island of Bornholm.

The Planetary Society Blog examines some of the New Horizons findings of Pluto.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer argues that Venezuela is now a dictatorship.

Towleroad notes
Window on Eurasia notes a Russian cleric's call for the children of ethnically mixed marriages in Tatarstan to be legally identified as Russians.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5257861.html

Bad Astronomy notes that a NASA probe has photographed the site on Mars where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about being an immigrant, of sorts, in the United States.

C.J. Cherry announces that work on her history of the Alliance-Union universe is continuing.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper looking at the ionization of protoplanetary disks by cosmic radiations.

The Dragon's Tales finds evidence for Planet Nine in the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects and the inner Oort cloud.

Far Outliers looks at the culture of addiction in Appalachia.

Joe. My. God. notes how a Russian embassy has mocked the European Union for defending GLBT rights.

Language Log looks at the sounds made by speakers of English, native and Chinese-language mother tongue both.

The Map Room Blog links to a map of the river basins of the United States.

Torontoist looks at the history of clowns in Toronto.

Window on Eurasia looks at how Central Asia is non-Muslim, reports a call for a historical reorientation of Azerbaijan, reports on a Tatar dramatist's fear that Russia is trying to assimilate non-Russians, and looks at how a court in Sakha has defended the constitutional rights of the republic and its titular people.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5252472.html

blogTO notes a photo series celebrating the corner stores of Toronto and reports on massive condo towers planned for Yonge and College.

Centauri Dreams notes the antimatter sail as a potential future propulsion technology.

D-Brief notes the beginning of a search for an Earth-like planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A or B.

Joe. My. God. notes that it is Ecuador that disrupted Assange's Internet connection.

Language Hat looks at distinctions between fiction and non-fiction in different literatures.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how Republicans are concerned for the future of the US Supreme Court and links to Matt Taibbi's article suggesting that Trump might reinforce the existing American system.

Maximos62 links to his new audiobook of tales from Asia and the Pacific.

The Planetary Society Blog looks at the relationship between rapidly rotating regular satellite and their tides.

Window on Eurasia suggests that language shift among the Kalmyks to Russia has not weakened their ethnic identity, and shares arguments that Tatarstan and Bashkortostan must be brought back into line in with Russia's national government.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5238852.html

Joe. My. God. notes that Peter Thiel gave $US 1.25 million to the Donald Trump campaign.

Language Log reports on one parents issues with traditional Chinese characters.

Marginal Revolution reflects on the interaction between pain medication and labour force participation.

Lawyers, Guns and Money shares the right's criticisms of Hillary Clinton for her politics and Miley Cyrus for her sexuality.

The NYRB Daily reports on one Syrian's despair at the fighting in his country.

Window on Eurasia reports on history wars in Tatarstan over Ivan the Terrible and looks at Belarus' opening to the European Union.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5233435.html

blogTO looks at 1970s representations of Toronto on television and in film.

Centauri Dreams looks at the genesis of antimatter propulsion.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper asking if we might be one of the first intelligent civilizations to arise.

Joe. My. God. notes the questioned future of Orlando's Pulse nightclub.

Language Log reports on a fascinating-sounding concert of the Turkic world's music.

Understanding Society's Daniel Little considers ethnographic studies of far-right movements and their memberships.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5083613.html

Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling mourns the death of Alvin Toffler.

The Big Picture shares images of the Istanbul airport attack.

blogTO notes Toronto's recent Trans March was the largest in world history.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly interviews memoirist Plum Johnson.

Centauri Dreams considers the determination of distances to dim stars and looks at the total energies likely to be used in interstellar travel and interplanetary colonization.

Crooked Timber notes the ordered recount in Austria's presidential elections and advocates for anti-militarism.

D-Brief notes the exciting discoveries of Ceres, and observes that ancient tombs may have doubled as astronomical observatories.

The Dragon's Gaze considers where warm Jupiters form, considers the stability of complex exoplanet systems, and notes a high-precision analysis of solar twin HIP 100963.

The Dragon's Tales wonders if the shape of Martian sand dunes indicate a denser Martian atmosphere a bit more than four billion years ago.

The Everyday Sociology Blog considers evictions and poverty in the United States.

Inkfish notes that different honeybees seem to have different personalities.

Language Hat notes the import of Maltese in Mediterranean history.

Language Log talks about Sino-Japanese.

Lovesick Cyborg shares the doubts of polled Americans with the viability of virtual lovers.

The LRB Blog shares an article supporting Corbyn.

The Map Room Blog notes that San Francisco was literally built on buried ships.

Marginal Revolution notes the collapse of Greek savings and looks at Euroskepticism's history in the United Kingdom.

Steve Munro updates readers on Union-Pearson Express ridership.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer thinks the Netherlands Antilles offer useful models to the United Kingdom, and is confused by a claim that that bias against Mexican immigrants does not exist when the data seems to suggest it does.

Torontoist goes into the life of conservative Protestant newspaper publishing Black Jack Robinson.

Transit Toronto notes that in a decade, GO Trains will connect Hamilton to Niagara Falls.

The Volokh Conspiracy argues against using the Brexit vote to argue against referenda.

Window on Eurasia notes the Russian deployment of military forces to the Belarus border, looks at Tatarstan's concern for its autonomy, observes the changing demographics of Ukraine, and notes the Russian debate over what sort of European Union collapse they would like.

Arnold Zwicky remembers his father through ephemera.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/5043192.html

Acts of Minor Treason's Andrew Barton writes about the deep, ineradicable, legacies of the past.

The Dragon's Tales looks at China's Shijian-10 reusable satellite.

Far Outliers notes the bloody naval tactics of the War of the Spanish Succession and looks at the plight of the post-war English sailors in the Caribbean.

Geocurrents explains why Muslims in Tatarstan are much less radicalized than their Chechen counterparts.

Language Hat looks at the 2002 Nobel lecture of Imre Kertész.

Marginal Revolution misreads talk of Brexit as political theatre.

Steve Munro looks at the ability of the TTC to absorb, or not, an influx of money from the federal government.

pollotenchegg maps various language minorities in Ukraine.

Window on Eurasia wonders if Putin's new National Guard will affect Chechnya's Kadyrov, and wonders if Putin is preparing to strike against oligarchs for the elections.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/4889689.html

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer is concerned with Trump: what would happen if a terrorist attack occurred under his rule, would he actually be able to save money from changing foreign basing, do terrorist attacks help him in the polls?

Towleroad notes the advent of marriage equality in Greenland.

Window on Eurasia notes legal challenges to Russian autocracy in regional courts, notes Tatarstan's controversial support of the Gagauz, notes Protestants in Ukraine are strongly Ukrainian, and analyzes Russia's response to the Brussels attack.

The Financial Times' The World notes Poland's use of public relations firms to deal with its PR problems.

Crossposts: http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/4873655.html

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