1st
07:22 am

[PHOTO] Confederation Landing Park, Charlottetown



10:51 am

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



02:25 pm

[LINK] On Canada keeping Russia and China from the 65th International Astronautical Conference



04:43 pm

[LINK] "Putin Has Destroyed Europe Trust in Russia: German Envoy"



06:44 pm

[LINK] "instead of chasing Ello, why not push LJ?"



06:48 pm

[LINK] "U.S. Company [Livejournal] Helps Russia Block Prominent Putin Critic"



06:52 pm

[LINK] "How Alexander Sodiqov was freed following espionage charges"



06:57 pm

[LINK] "Bloc's drop in Quebec a big chance for NDP and Liberals, polls suggest"



07:01 pm

[LINK] "Wild chimps learn from others to make new tools"



11:55 pm

[LINK] "PrEP, The Pill, and the Fear of Promiscuity"



2nd
11:01 am

[PHOTO] Last Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus, and sunflower



12:09 pm

[PHOTO] St. Dunstan's Basilica, Charlottetown



02:28 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "No subway service between Keele, Ossington after 10 p.m. for repairs"



04:34 pm

[LINK] Six links on Ebola in the United States and Canada, and on why people should not panic



06:44 pm

[LINK] "Why no one wants to host the 2022 Olympics"



06:48 pm

[LINK] "Orphaned by Ebola, West African children face rejection by extended family"



06:49 pm

[LINK] "Argentine Businessmen Plot Government Overthrow, Fernandez Says"



06:53 pm

[LINK] "First Nations girl's family rejects chemo, hospital goes to court to force treatment"



07:00 pm

[LINK] "Why Liberia Is Prosecuting the Man Who Brought Ebola to the U.S."



11:48 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



3rd
11:22 am

[PHOTO] Chinese lanterns, Physalia alkekengi, on Dovercourt



01:37 pm

[PHOTO] Some of the Inns on Great George



04:49 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Ailing Rob Ford says residents want him to run for Ward 2 council seat"



06:33 pm

[LINK] "Merkel Challenged on Russia by Ex-Chancellor Putin Friend"



06:35 pm

[LINK] "Former Top Official Says Kim Jong-un Is No Longer in Control of North Korea"



06:37 pm

[LINK] "Rochester Focuses On A New Picture Of American Manufacturing"



06:40 pm

[LINK] "FireChat 'off-the-grid' messaging app: What you need to know"



06:44 pm

[LINK] "Fashion Collides With Syrian War in Milan Central Station"



10:31 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Looking ahead to Nuit Blanche 2014



11:59 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



4th
11:28 am

[CAT] That knowing look



06:17 pm

[PHOTO] Some of the lobsters of Prince Edward Island



09:35 pm

[FORUM] What do you think of Nuit Blanche and similar public events?



5th
02:24 am

[PHOTO] Woman waiting for the next train, Yonge and Bloor



02:01 pm

[PHOTO] Some Anne of Green Gables merchandise around the Island



04:32 pm

[BLOG] Some Sunday links



07:06 pm

[NEWS] Some Sunday links



11:52 pm

[FORUM] Do you think that human beings are too dumb for democracy?



6th
03:36 pm

[PHOTO] A Lovebot here, a Lovebot there: robotic love in Toronto



06:39 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "In Little Liberia, expats nervously eye those returning from Africa to NYC"



06:42 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On anti-Semitic language and Rob and Doug Ford in Toronto



06:47 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Stollerys to close after 114 years at Yonge & Bloor"



06:53 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Kayaking the Rouge River and Toronto’s harbour and islands: A photo essay"



06:56 pm

[LINK] "Seeds of Doubt"



08:59 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links


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10:24 pm

[BRIEF NOTE] On the Postmedia purchase of Sun Media, and the future of Canadian journalism



11:54 pm

[VIDEO] On the need to get Just Passing Through on CBC



7th
10:01 am

[PHOTO] Lost purse, Spadina and College



01:04 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links



07:14 pm

[LINK] "Macau Casino Stocks Rise as Monthly Sales Meet Estimate"



07:20 pm

[LINK] "England should get what England wants – it’s time to find out what that is"



07:25 pm

[LINK] "With Robust Economy, Poland Navigates Around Eastern Europe’s Strains"



07:27 pm

[LINK] On the coded language and behaviour of Narendra Modi in the United States



09:09 pm

[LINK] Four links on the Postmedia purchase of the English-language properties of Sun Media



10:25 pm

[LINK] "Why Not Eat Octopus?"



11:50 pm

[LINK] "Conservative MPs approve combat mission in Iraq"



8th
08:24 am

[PHOTO] Alex Mazer for Ward 18, Toronto



11:36 am

[PHOTO] Red hibiscus, furled



02:31 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



04:32 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the Liberty Village shuttle supplementing the TTC



08:02 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the continuing story of 934 Ossington Avenue and the murder of Allan Lanteigne



08:13 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A brief history of no fun Toronto"



08:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Chow Channels De Blasio in Plans for Toronto Housing"



08:21 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "The Ford Family Subway Plan"



10:30 pm

[LINK] "How Nigeria contained its Ebola outbreak"



9th
09:37 am

[PHOTO] Walking to the Victoria University book sale, University of Toronto



11:47 am

[PHOTO] A giant 1864 on the west side of Province House, Charlottetown



02:21 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links


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04:24 pm

[LINK] Three classics Geocurrent posts at Languages of the World: Birobidzhan, Karelia, Crimea



06:29 pm

[LINK] "Lisbon Tourist Invasion Seen Threatening Ancient City’s Identity"



06:32 pm

[LINK] "Solar’s $30 Billion Splurge Proves Too Much for Japan"



06:35 pm

[LINK] "You Have Mail a for-profit alternative to Canada Post home delivery"



06:38 pm

[LINK] "Killer whales learn to communicate like dolphins"



10th
08:09 am

[PHOTO] Sign for Lightning Bolt Comics, 99 Grafton Street



12:45 pm

[PHOTO] A green courtyard at Victoria University, University of Toronto



03:03 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



05:58 pm

[LINK] "Pride party fills to capacity in Iqaluit, Nunavut"



06:01 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On bigotry and Ford in Toronto and with Olivia Chow



06:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mizrahi Developments buys Stollerys at Yonge and Bloor"



08:04 pm

[LINK] "How the Russian Orthodox Church answers Putin's prayers in Ukraine"



08:07 pm

[LINK] "Closure of South Dakota rural schools sparks fears of the end of an era"



08:12 pm

[LINK] "If the World Started Over, Would Life Evolve the Same Way?"



11th
11:57 am

[PHOTO] Not yet a park, at 11 Wellesley Street West



12th
11:55 pm

[FORUM] How did you plan for your future?



13th
04:00 pm

[PHOTO] A Rollo Bay home, Prince Edward Island



07:20 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



10:13 pm

[NEWS] Some Monday links


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14th
02:47 pm

[PHOTO] Blueberry field, Rollo Bay, at low tide



05:14 pm

[LINK] "Iron Price War Deepens Crisis in Ebola-Stricken Sierra Leone"



05:21 pm

[LINK] "A Secret of Uber's Success: Struggling Workers"



05:26 pm

[LINK] "P.E.I. faces housing glut"



05:30 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Fears that shoddy Toronto condos could become future slums"



05:33 pm

[LINK] "Q&A: Cave Art Older, More Widespread Than Thought, Archaeologist Says"



09:01 pm

[LINK] "Scenes from the New American Dustbowl"



10:42 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links


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10:51 pm

[LINK] "The Anti-Vaxxers Are Spreading Ebola Conspiracy Theories"



15th
12:13 pm

[PHOTO] Peonies of Rollo Bay



01:54 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links


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05:13 pm

[LINK] "Elephants Start Contraception at South Africa’s Oldest Reserve"



05:16 pm

[LINK] "Birth control pill threatens fish populations"



05:19 pm

[LINK] "Canada, EU edge toward agreement on Inuit sealskin products"



05:23 pm

[LINK] "‘No alternative’ but to fight to clear his name: Conrad Black"



05:25 pm

[LINK] "Were Lunar Volcanoes Active When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth?"



07:39 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "A Drone's Eye View of Toronto Reference Library"



11:35 pm

[BRIEF NOTE] On the debatable future of Ello



16th
12:48 pm

[PHOTO] Flowers of Rollo Bay



03:49 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



06:39 pm

[LINK] Paul Farmer on Ebola in Africa



06:48 pm

[LINK] "With a parade for Putin, Serbia walks a tightrope"



06:51 pm

[LINK] "Women named Isis face backlash over Islamic State acronym"



06:55 pm

[LINK] "What It's like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class"



06:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "How the CN Tower killed Toronto’s rooftop lookouts"



10:02 pm

[LINK] "How to mark the 20th anniversary of the Netscape Navigator?"



17th
06:58 am

[PHOTO] Red soil garden, Rollo Bay



08:29 am

[PHOTO] Tree under lights by the 519, Church and Wellesley



02:24 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



05:25 pm

[LINK] "The New International Brigades"



05:29 pm

[LINK] "Putin’s International Brigades"



05:33 pm

[LINK] "Germany Clamps Down on Flow of Fighters to Islamic State"



08:44 pm

[LINK] "'Death Star' Moon May Hide a Buried Ocean"



08:47 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Baghdadis Stay Put in Belief Islamic State Can’t Take City"



10:31 pm

[LINK] "A lesson for the Dalai Lama"



11:47 pm

[DM] "Some thematic links: France, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, China, South Pacific"



20th
12:06 pm

[PHOTO] Wallace Emerson Community Centre, evening of 19 October 2014



03:24 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



05:30 pm

[LINK] "Canadian soldiers run down in possible Quebec terror attack"



05:38 pm

[LINK] "Amish scout new community in P.E.I."



05:43 pm

[LINK] "Why high schools still shut down during harvest in Maine"



05:46 pm

[LINK] "Czech Roma Under the Swastika"



05:49 pm

[LINK] "Montreal’s French invasion: Why immigrants from France are moving in en masse"



09:02 pm

[OBSCURA] "Who knew voting in Toronto could be so beautiful?"



10:22 pm

[NEWS] Some Monday links



10:46 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Rob Ford might not be a slam dunk for city council"



21st
11:09 am

[PHOTO] A rainbow of lights at Barbara Hall Park



03:22 pm

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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06:40 pm

[LINK] "Moonshine Runs Through the Veins of Prince Edward Island"



06:43 pm

[LINK] ""Lost" Satellite Photos Reveal Surprising Views of Earth in the 1960s"



06:49 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "In Steeltown, a familiar refrain on light rail transit"



06:51 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Strategic voting: A troubling factor in Toronto’s race for mayor?"



06:55 pm

[ISL] "Bounty Descendants Face Self-Rule End on Bankrupt Pacific Island"



09:00 pm

[URBAN NOTE] On the case for Alex Mazer as councillor for Ward 18, Davenport, Toronto



10:30 pm

[BRIEF NOTE] On what the terrorist attack in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu will mean



11:58 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Buffalo airport courts Toronto travellers"



22nd
05:49 am

[PHOTO] Doll stranded in tree, High Park, Toronto



03:30 pm

[LINK] "Attack on Ottawa: One soldier killed, one suspect dead "



03:40 pm

[LINK] "Russia is conducting a massive McDonald's purge"



03:44 pm

[LINK] "Mr. Fusion? Compact Fusion Reactor Will be Available in 5 Years Says Lockheed-Martin"

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03:46 pm

[LINK] "People Are Looking at Your LinkedIn Profile and They’re Laughing at You"



03:48 pm

[LINK] "Pacific Islanders Take on Australian Coal"



06:22 pm

[LINK] "Ottawa shooting: Cpl. Nathan Cirillo dies of wounds, gunman also shot dead"



09:06 pm

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links



10:27 pm

[DM] "Does The Secular Stagnation Theory Have Any Sort of Validity?"

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23rd
08:03 am

[PHOTO] Behind the greenhouse, High Park, Toronto



12:55 pm

[BLOG] Some Thursday links



03:27 pm

[NEWS] Some links on the 2014 Ottawa Parliament Hill shooting



06:33 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto subway stops that will never happen"



06:37 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Class divisions at heart of this campaign"



06:40 pm

[LINK] "As Online Viewing Soars, Internet TV Will Soon Be the Only TV"



06:42 pm

[LINK] "Are Digital Magazines Dead?"



06:45 pm

[LINK] "The case for Northern devolution"



09:07 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Immigration and Visible Minority Status Shape Toronto Election Turnout, Study Finds"



24th
12:55 pm

[PHOTO] Canada Geese in High Park, Toronto



11:40 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links



27th
12:55 pm

[PHOTO] Looking east, Keele Station



03:41 pm

[URBAN NOTE] Vote in the Toronto 2014 election!



09:05 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "John Tory elected as Toronto's new mayor, replacing Rob Ford"



10:33 pm

[NEWS] Seven links on the Jian Ghomeshi BDSM scandal



11:59 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links



28th
02:09 pm

[PHOTO] Looking east down the track, Keele station



05:16 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Mayor-elect John Tory wants opponents Olivia Chow, David Soknacki on his team"



05:21 pm

[LINK] "Cpl. Nathan Cirillo mourned at funeral in Hamilton"



06:23 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "What went wrong for Olivia Chow?"



10:11 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Lake Ontario is a Sea"



29th
03:44 pm

[URBAN NOTE] "Why candidates who were #topoli Twitter favs didn’t win"



06:30 pm

[LINK] "Genius or offensive figure? How Ghomeshi divides our minds"



30th
03:10 pm

[PHOTO] Looking down McCaul Street, evening



31st
03:58 pm

[PHOTO] Me, wearing a lobster claw, at Welcome to Colville, AGO



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