[BLOG] Some Sunday links

• Bad Astronomy’s Phil Plait notes that it has been fifteen years since Space 1999 took place.
• blogTO notes that Sunrise Records is closing its downtown Toronto stores.
• The Dragon’s Gaze links to a study of nearby star BD-21 1074 suggesting that its close-in planets are forming not as a result of core accretion but rather gravitational collapse.
• Far Outliers notes the population exchanges of Muslims and Christians occurring after the Crimean War.
• A Fistful of Euros’ Edward Hugh worries about the Spanish government’s reaction, or lack thereof, to events in Catalonia.
• Marginal Revolution notes the pressures an independent Scotland would face for austerity.
• The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer notes that Scottish departure from the United Kingdom makes it unlikely that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union.
• The Russian Demographics Blog notes the Circassian diaspora.
• Spacing Toronto notes the political feudalism of the Ford family.
• Torontoist chronicles the appearances and murders of American serial killer H.H. Holmes in 1890s Toronto.
• Towleroad notes the importance of Ellen Degeneres.
• The Volokh Conspiracy continues covering the debate on Scottish separatism.
• Window on Eurasia notes the costs to Kaliningrad of European Union sanctions and suggests Russia has very intrusive war aims in Ukraine.
• Yorkshire Ratner Alex Harrowell takes a look at sub-national separatist movements in Europe.