[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- blogTO notes an interesting play being put on at Buddies in Bad Times about a same-sex couple’s divorce.
- Centauri Dreams features a guest post from Andrew Lepage examining habitable exomoons.
- Crooked Timber notes the exceptionally high voter turn-out in Scotland.
- The Dragon’s Tales notes China’s attempts to construct a new security architecture in Asia.
- Eastern Approaches notes that Poland’s Radek Sikorski is now foreign minister.
- A Fistful of Euros’ Edward Hugh notes that the Eurozone is set to become Japan-like economically.
- Far Outliers has a whole slew of posts on Romanian history, noting early Romanian history, the autonomy of the Danubian principalities from Ottoman rule, and the complex relationships in Transylvania and with central Europe.
- Geocurrents notes that one Islamic State map was made from a computer game.
- Joe. My. God. notes that the final segment of New York City’s High Line park is complete.
- Language Hat notes the Scots dialect of Yiddish.
- Marginal Revolution looks forward to the complexities of Catalonian separatism.
- Registan notes Kazakhstan’s concerns with Russia.
- The Search examines methodologies for preserving E-mails.
- Towleroad notes that a Grindr poll in Scotland accurately predicted the outcome of the Scottish referendum and also notes Grindr’s concern with Egyptian police use of the app.
- Understanding Society considers the idea of turning points in history. Do they exist, or not?
- The Volokh Conspiracy’s Ilya Somin comes out in favour of allowing informed teenagers–16 years and older–to vote.
- Window on Eurasia notes Russification in the Gagauz leadership and observes Russophilia among Ukrainian evangelical Protestants.
- Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell imagines likely issues with devolution in the near future in the United Kingdom.
Written by Randy McDonald
September 21, 2014 at 11:09 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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