[BLOG] Some Monday links

• Anthropology.net notes the ancient Bronze Age trade routes between Iran and Mesopotamia.
• blogTO notes the impending facelift of Osgoode subway station.
• James Bow overhears a conversation at the DMV started by a guy who wanted special vanity plates.
• Centauri Dreams notes a proposed satellite that would be dedicated to the search for planets around Alpha Centauri.
• The Dragon’s Gaze notes that stellar metallicity has nothing to do with planet formation.
• Far Outliers notes religious warfare in the Central African Republic.
• Geocurrents notes the superb Middle Eastern maps of the Institute for the Study of War.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the terrible effects of gentrification.
• Marginal Revolution notes Finland’s introduction of a guaranteed minimum income.
• pollotenchegg maps the distribution of Russian and Ukrainian populations in Ukraine.
• The Russian Demographics Blog notes senior poverty around the world.
• Transit Toronto notes that the last of the Orion V buses have left the service of the TTC.
• Window on Eurasia notes Russia’s redirection of traffic from ports in the Baltic States, observes the need for a modern Ukrainian military, and suggests Russia will annex South Ossetia.