[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

• Beyond the Beyond’s Bruce Sterling notes the early Soviet science fiction genre of the “Red Pinkerton”.
• blogTO notes higher passenger densities on Toronto ferries.
• Centauri Dreams considers gravitational wave astronomy.
• Crooked Timber argues that personality emulations will not take over.
• The Crux looks at the perchlorate salts covering the Martian surface.
• Dangerous Minds shares a vintage Robert Crumb cartoon mocking Donald Trump.
• Steve Munro notes the unwarranted controversy over repairs on the 512 St. Clair line.
• The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer reveals his true feelings for Canadians by proposing Canada annex a post-Brexit UK.
• Progressive Download’s John Farrell celebrates Georges Lemaitre, developer of the Big Bang theory.
• Towleroad looks at out queer Lebanese band Mashrou Leila.
• Window on Eurasia notes falling remittances from Central Asians working in Russia.