[BLOG] Some Sunday links

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• Beyond the Beyond references Vincent Cerf's concern about the fragility of new media.
• Crooked Timber considers the politics inherent in monetary unions.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper suggesting Alpha Centauri A is quite evolved.
• Discover's Dead Things wonders if Georgia is the birthplace of wine.
• Joe. My. God. notes the claim of a Florida public employee that the rainbow flag creates a hostile work environment.
• Language Hat looks at records of ancient Greek music.
• The LRB Blog considers the politics of hate in the United Kingdom.
• Marginal Revolution wonders which European financial centres would win at the expense of London.
• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests the United Kingdom should merge with Canada.
• Registan notes domestic terrorism in Kazakhstan.
• Torontoist looks at queer people who opt not to celebrate Pride with the crowds.
• Towleroad looks at a Thai gym for trans men.
• The Volokh Conspiracy makes the case for sports boycotts.
• Window on Eurasia notes the fragility of the post-Soviet order, in Ukraine and in Russia.