Nov 09, 2016 14:39
- Beyond the Beyond notes an upcoming exhibition of photos of Vaclav Havel.
- blogTO notes a local controversy over the demolition of a community-built skate park.
- Centauri Dreams considers how advanced starfaring civilizations might deal with existential threats.
- Crooked Timber looks at how presidential debates could be used to teach logic.
- Language Hat examines the origins of the evocative Slavic phrase "they perished like Avars."
- Language Log notes how "Molotov cocktail" was confused by a Trump manager with "Mazel tov cocktail".
- The LRB Blog notes Brexit-related insecurity over the rule of law in the United Kingdom.
- The Map Room Blog notes an exhibition in Maine of Acadian-related maps.
- Marginal Revolution looks at how the Hong Kong press has been influenced by advertisers.
- The NYRB Daily looks an exhibition of abstract expressionism.
- The Planetary Society Blog looks at what we can learn from Rosetta.
- Savage Minds considers the place of archeology in anthropology.
- Window on Eurasia looks at Belarus' commemoration of the Bolshevik Revolution and considers the dispute in Kazakhstan as to whether the country should be known as Qazaqstan.
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