[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- blogTO notes that Toronto will be holding a public meeting on ways to host the city’s music scene.
- Centauri Dreams looks at a recent transit study of Alpha Centauri B that hints at the existence fo a second close-orbiting planet.
- The Dragon’s Gaze links to a paper on rogue exoplanets.
- The Dragon’s Tales looks at Korean military aircraft procurement.
- Steve Munro writes at length about the minutiae of TTC signaling contracts.
- Torontoist notes that most people in a recent Forum Research poll want alcoholic beverages to be available in grocery stores.
- Towleroad argues that the show Looking could have benefitted from a mote interesting take on sex.
- The Volokh Conspiracy suggests the Indiana religious freedom law isn’t as bad as described.
- Window on Eurasia suggests Russians are misled about their relationship with China, notes the relative decline of the arms industry vis-a-vis more advanced competitors, looks at the impact on Crimean mass media of Russian annexation, and examines problematic links between Russia and Latvian Russophones.
- The Yorkshire Ranter continues to write (1, 2, 3) about the ill-thought Biryani Project.
Written by Randy McDonald
April 1, 2015 at 1:02 am
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
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