[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- blogTO looks at eleven recent Toronto-themed books, from fiction to children’s literature.
- Centauri Dreams considers the idea of using waste heat to detect extraterrestrial civilizations.
- Far Outliers reports on how German East Africa substituted for foreign imports during the blockade of the First World War.
- Marginal Revolution suggests that the fall of Rome may have been due to the failure to reconquer North Africa.
- The NYRB Daily looks at the exuberant art of Jazz Age Florence Stettheimer.
- The Planetary Society Blog shares a stunning portrait of Jupiter from the New Horizons probe.
- Window on Eurasia considers the idea of containment in the post-Cold War world.
- Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell looks at the British election.
Written by Randy McDonald
May 17, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Photo, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto
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