[BLOG] Some Monday links
- blogTO’s Chris Bateman notes a proposal to put a 39-story condo at Yonge and Dundas.
- The Burgh Diaspora’s Jim Russell is strongly supportive of developing Pennsylvania’s shale gas resources.
- Centauri Dreams’ Paul Gilster, reacting to the Chelyabinsk meteor incident, points to a collection of resources on dealing with asteroid impacts.
- Eastern Approaches notes the protests in Bulgaria over sharp rises in electricity prices.
- At A Fistful of Euros, Edward Hugh notes the decidedly negative trajectory of the Hungarian economy.
- Greenland, ImaGeo’s Tom Yulsman notes, is melting. In January.
- Language Hat notes the imprecise connection between language and ethnicity in the 19th century North Caucasus.
- Towleroad notes that the appeal of the Republican Party to economic libertarians is hamstrung by its position on cultural issues, including gay rights and same-sex marriage.
- Understanding Society’s Daniel Little takes a look at James Scott’s writings on anarchism, arguing that many of the small-scale collective social endeavours he talks about fit not with stateless environments but rather citizen engagement in a liberal democracy.
- Zero Geography’s Mark Graham maps geotagged Twitter posts in Francophone African cities.
Written by Randy McDonald
February 18, 2013 at 10:21 pm
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