[PHOTO] Queen Anne's Lace by the sidewalk, Dupont near Dovercourt

Daucus carota is a pretty plant that can grow anywhere. This particular clump has shot up from a thin margin of land between the edge of the sidewalk and a wire fence.

[PHOTO] Walking down Queen Street, Charlottetown

[BLOG] Some Friday links

• 3 Quarks Daily links to an article examining the plight of Iraqi immigrants in Arizona.


• A Budding Sociologist's Commonplace Book links to a discussion about the connection between the Coase Theorem and legroom on airplane flights.


• blogTO notes a new townhouse development on Ossington above Dupont.


• The Dragon's Tales links to a paper examining the once-stable, newly-changing climate of northern Labrador.


• Language Log notes that some Dalit in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh want to raise a monument to a goddess of the English language.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that in the American situation, switching to a multi-party system wouldn't make politics more responsive.


• Marginal Revolution notes that Japanese exports are substantially below their 2008 peak, and observes that remittances lower crime rates in Mexico.


• More Words, Deeper Hole's James Nicoll reviews an anthology of Andre Norton's science fiction.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes that the search for SETI via optical signalling is newly ongoing.


• Torontoist shares photos of the TTC's new streetcars.


• Towleroad links to a Gallup poll looking for the best and worst countries for non-heterosexuals around the world.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes contexts in which wearing Confederate flag T-shirts creates a hostile work environment, and links to an American judge's scathing criticism of two states' gay marriage bans.


• Window on Eurasia notes the mobilization of Buddhists, lists potential Russian military targets in Ukraine, and suggests that a Russian war effort in Ukraine will be problematic.

[FORUM] What do you think of the escalating Russo-Ukrainian war?

I've never had a Friday [FORUM] before, as alliterative as the phrase sounds. Today's escalation in fighting in Ukraine, to the point of near-open conflict between regular Ukrainian and Russian military forces, made it sounds like a good idea.

What do you think of what's going on? Consider this an open thread.