[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- blogTO tries to pit the west side of Toronto against the east side.
- Centauri Dreams describes an inventive plan to launch a probe to rendezvous with Proxima Centauri.
- Crooked Timber looks at the idea of civil society in the age of Trump.
- The Dragon’s Gaze links to a paper that aims to explore why Neptune-class exoplanets are so common.
- Marginal Revolution notes an interesting history of Singapore.
- The New APPS Blog links to a report suggesting that big data may have created President Trump.
- The Planetary Society Blog reports on the latest plans for exploring Ceres.
- Towleroad notes a rumoured plan to legalize anti-LGBT discrimination under Trump.
- The Volokh Conspiracy has one take on Supreme Court obstructionism.
- Window on Eurasia suggests Russians may accept pension reforms which will place the minimum age for qualifying for a pension for men above the average male life expectancy, and reports from St. Petersburg about a dispute over the ownership of a church.
Written by Randy McDonald
February 2, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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