[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• The Big Picture shares photos from the Asian Games.
• blogTO notes that Loblaws in Toronto will pioneer drive-through grocery sales.
• The Broadside Blog’s Caitlin Kelly describes her issues with being an adjunct professor.
• The Dragon’s Tales notes the ongoing disputes within the European Space Agency behind the creation of the next generation of Ariane rockets.
• The Frailest Thing’s Michael Sacasas notes some good recent criticism of Arendt and her Eichmann in Jerusalem.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money and the New APPS Blog both note the expanding controversy surrounding philosopher Brian Leiter.
• Marginal Revolution notes the beginning of drone delivery in Germany.
• pollotenchegg notes the scale of demographic collapse and rapid aging in Ukraine’s Donetsk.
• Torontoist notes that a Toronto policeman has been acquitted on charges of assaulting a former Torontoist contributor at the G20 protests.
• Towleroad notes the Serbian Orthodox Church’s opposition to Belgrade Pride and observes that France has streamlined the adoption process for lesbian mothers.
• Window on Eurasia suggests that Crimean Tatars should prepare for another deportation and notes that Russia’s economic travails are weakening its influence in Central Asia at China’s expense.