[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• blogTO looks at atypically-named TTC subway stations, the ones named not after streets.
• Centauri Dreams examines the protoplanetary disk of AU Microscopii.
• The Dragon’s Tales looks at China’s nuclear submarine issues.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog examines the intersections between game theory and water shortages.
• Far Outliers notes the travails of Buddhism in Buryatia and the decline of Russia’s Old Believers.
• Geocurrents looks at rural-urban–potentially ethnic–divides in Catalonia.
• Savage Minds examines controversies over tantra in contemporary Tibetan Buddhism.
• Torontoist notes that the TCHC is only now investing in energy-saving repairs.
• Window on Eurasia suggests contemporary Syria could have been Ukraine had Yanukovich been stronger, notes Belarusian opposition to a Russian military base, and notes discontent among Russia’s largely Sunni Muslims with the alliance with Iran and Syria.