[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- blogTO notes that the site of the former Linux Caffè on Harbord at Grace is set to become a retro-style malt shop.
- Centauri Dreams reacts to the discovery of an exoplanet in the uadruple 30 Arietis system.
- The Dragon’s Gaze links to a paper suggesting that the protoplanetary disk of T Chamaeleontis can be best explained by stationary structures.
- The Dragon’s Gaze notes controversy over Gliese 581d’s existence.
- The Everyday Sociology Blog’s Sally Raskoff notes the complex relationship between sex and gender.
- The Frailest Thing considers the possibility of being cruel towards artificial entities like robots.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money is critical of anarchism’s ability to organize workers.
- The Map Room’s Jonathan Crowe shares a detailed image of Ceres’ surface.
- Marginal Revolution debates David Shambaugh’s argument of impending political change in China.
- The Planetary Society Blog describes when we should expect detailed images of Pluto and its moons to come in from New Horizons.
- The Russian Demographics Blog charts falling fertility in the North Caucasus.
- Torontoist notes mourning and anger at the police reaction to the death of Toronto transwoman Sumaya Dalmar.
- Towleroad notes a Michigan gym’s defense of a transwoman client.
- Why I Love Toronto celebrates the new Honest Ed’s development plans.
- Window on Eurasia is skeptical about the prospects for Russian immigrants in Europe to constitute a political force and mourns Nemtsov’s death.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 12, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
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