[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• James Bow, in the Kitchener-Waterloo area in southwestern Ontario, reports on what the recession looks like in his part of the world. So far things aren’t too bad.
• The Dragon’s Gaze links to a study on exoplanets looking for binary star companions.
• The Frailest Thing’s Michael Sacasas bids farewell to his blog for now.
• Personal Reflections’ Jim Belshaw describes the competitive portrait scene in Australia.
• pollotenchegg looks to the 1926 Soviet census to see what it has to say on ethnicity in Ukraine’s mixed Donbas region.
• Torontoist looks at the city’s floating houseboats.
• The Volokh Conspiracy analyzes to death the false allegations of a positive link between immigration and crime.
• Window on Eurasia notes nationality policy in Russia’s regions.