May 24, 2016 13:32
- Centauri Dreams considers agriculture in space.
- Crooked Timber examines the tribalisms which benefit Donald Trump.
- Dangerous Minds notes an angry New York City television editorial criticizing the Sex Pistols.
- The Dragon's Tales notes the cycles of Mars' north polar gap.
- Language Log talks about Chinese script, starting with Ted Chiang's criticisms.
- The LRB Blog speculates about the future of a Labour Party that has lost its working-class support.
- Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen likes the Chinese city of Qingdao.
- The Planetary Society Blog notes the dispatch of the OSIRIS-REx probe to the launch pad.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders what solution Bernie Sanders is proposing for Puerto Rico.
- Understanding Society describes sociological frameworks for writing biographies.
- Window on Eurasia speculates the doping scandal may cost Russia not only the Olympics but FIFA in 2018, and is unsurprised by Gorbachev's support of the annexation of Crimea.
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