[BLOG] Some Sunday links

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• Antipope shares a guest essay by an author pointing out how duelling was a social plague.
• 'Nathan Smith's Apostrophen shares an essay noting that being a Donald Trump supporter who reads gay romance is a contradiction.
• Beyond the Beyond notes new European Union interest in defense integration.
• blogTO reports that a Torontonian designed the new Starbucks holiday cup.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly wonders how much our parents shape us.
• D-Brief looks at Semantic Scholar, an AI tool for scholars.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on methane humidity near Titan's surface and an active drainage system.
• Joe. My. God. notes the interest of Florida attorney-general Pam Bondi at the interest of serving in the administration of Donald Trump.
• Language Hat shares a lovely poem translated from the Russian.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the upsurge in hate crimes post-election in the United States.
• The LRB Blog shares one man's memories of Leonard Cohen.
• Marginal Revolution notes the problems of Saudi Arabia.
• The NYRB Daily notes the largely negative effect of the Internet, and social media, on the election.
• Savage Minds notes how anthropology teachers can teach the Trump election.
• Towleroad shares RuPaul's horror at the election.
• The Volokh Conspiracy argues the Gary Johnson candidacy helped Hillary, though by not enough.
• Window on Eurasia argues that a state ideology would make Russia totalitarian.