- 1st
- 10:34 am
[PHOTO] Red hibiscus, Allan Gardens
12:46 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- alpha centauri,
- astronomy,
- basque country,
- belarus,
- crime,
- crimean tatars,
- demographics,
- economics,
- english language,
- first nations,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- internet,
- korea,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- mass transit,
- north korea,
- nuclear energy,
- oil,
- popular literature,
- racism,
- russia,
- science,
- shopping,
- social networking,
- space science,
- subways,
- tatarstan,
- technology,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- yonge and eglinton
03:32 pm[ISL] "Sable Island horses should be removed, says biologist"
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06:24 pm[LINK] "Francophonie secretary-general [Michaëlle Jean] wins wide applause"
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06:28 pm[LINK] Bloomberg on the import of $40 dollar a barrel oil
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06:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Historicist: An Authentic Viking Hoax"
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06:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A brief history of queer music in Toronto"
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06:41 pm[LINK] "TV Stars From Italy Flock to Low-Cost Albania Amid Recession"
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09:06 pm[LINK] Two links on HIV/AIDS treatment, present and future, in Canada
11:48 pm[LINK] On the possible evolution of HIV towards decreased virulence
- 2nd
- 09:37 am
[PHOTO] Cactus fertilized with Princess Diana's compost, Allan Gardens
12:41 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
03:04 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Welcome to Tory Nation"
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06:34 pm[LINK] On the imminent encounters of probes with dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto (and Charon, too)
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06:43 pm[LINK] "When Social Unrest Vents Itself on Migrants"
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06:46 pm[LINK] "Syrian refugees in Europe: The law is not on their side"
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06:49 pm[LINK] "Taiwan Needs a Reboot"
06:53 pm[LINK] "Milkweed touted as oil-spill super-sucker — with butterfly benefits"
11:48 pm[LINK] Samir Gandesha on Canada becoming a petro-state
- 3rd
- 10:48 am
[PHOTO] Neil Young, "Varsity"
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03:06 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- africa,
- african-americans,
- anthropology,
- architecture,
- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- blogs,
- china,
- economics,
- european union,
- gender,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- hiv/aids,
- iraq,
- kazakhstan,
- links,
- middle east,
- military,
- movie reviews,
- nato,
- neighbourhoods,
- new york city,
- nigeria,
- oil,
- pakistan,
- popular literature,
- refugees,
- regionalism,
- russia,
- separatism,
- siberia,
- sociology,
- south asia,
- space science,
- the annex,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- war
05:06 pm[LINK] "Hollywood Bows to Chinese Censors, Courts Investors"
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05:09 pm[LINK] "Putin's Gas Deal With Turkey Is a Defeat"
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05:14 pm[LINK] "Few jobs despite booming Mozambique economy"
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05:19 pm[LINK] On the origins of the ethnic and religious war in the Central African Republic
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05:24 pm[LINK] "Canadian Olympic Committee offers new support to LGBTQ athletes"
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09:06 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Strand’s Stand: How It Keeps Going in the Age of Amazon"
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11:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the opening up of Gramercy Park, New York City, by Google
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- 4th
- 09:31 am
[PHOTO] Reaching for the sky, Allan Gardens
03:13 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
05:19 pm[LINK] "Engravings On A Shell Made 300,000 Years Before Humans Evolved"
05:26 pm[LINK] "Drug addiction grows on Thai rubber farms"
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05:29 pm[LINK] "Millions of Ash Trees Are Dying, Creating Huge Headaches for Cities"
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05:31 pm[LINK] "Obama’s conflict minerals law has destroyed everything, say Congo miners"
05:38 pm[LINK] "The New Horizons science mission to the Pluto-Charon system is about to begin"
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08:58 pm[LINK] "Aglukkaq reads newspaper while Nunavut food debate flares around her"
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11:53 pm[LINK] On Peter Mackay seeming not to know that the Montreal Massacre was driven by hatred of women
- 5th
- 12:09 pm
[PHOTO] Goldfish pond decorated for the holidays, Allan Gardens
03:40 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- africa,
- australia,
- blogs,
- borders,
- carlton street,
- chechnya,
- college street,
- earth,
- economics,
- environment,
- fashion,
- first nations,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- global warming,
- history,
- language,
- links,
- national identity,
- neighbourhoods,
- north caucasus,
- politics,
- religion,
- russia,
- toronto,
- urban note
07:18 pm[LINK] "Former ‘God Hates Fags’ church member travels to Jamaica to help homeless gays"
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07:22 pm[LINK] "French ISIL fighters want to return home, plead for clemency"
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07:25 pm[LINK] "'Daesh' adopted as new name for ISIS by U.S., France"
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07:27 pm[LINK] "Europa Life: Could ‘Extreme Shrimp’ Point To Microbes On That Moon?"
07:29 pm[PHOTO] "Fragmented Thoughts On Photography"
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10:22 pm[LINK] "Orion's 'Picture Perfect' Splashdown Marks New Era in Spaceflight"
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10:55 pm[LINK] "Russia's new European friend"
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11:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "In the Relics of a Desert Utopia, a More Sustainable Future"
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11:53 pm[LINK] Six links on the implosion of The New Republic
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- 8th
- 11:58 am
[PHOTO] Inside the Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto
03:40 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
06:40 pm[PHOTO] "Yahoo Starts Selling Flickr Users’ Photos"
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06:46 pm[LINK] "Pastor told gay Christian: Go kill yourself "
06:49 pm[LINK] "St. Louis’ Bosnians demand more policing in wake of brutal killing"
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06:53 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the new TCAF store in the Toronto Reference Library
06:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Here Comes the Equestrian Statue"
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08:59 pm[LINK] On the trajectory of John Maguire from high school joker to ISIS jihadi
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10:31 pm[LINK] "On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission"
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11:57 pm[LINK] "International Olympic Committee adds sexual orientation to anti-discrimination policy"
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- 9th
- 09:05 am
[PHOTO] Yellow hibiscus against red
11:40 am[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- africa,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- china,
- chinese language,
- crime,
- extraterrestrial life,
- feminism,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- hiv/aids,
- holidays,
- islands,
- language,
- links,
- migration,
- public art,
- racism,
- russia,
- russian language,
- social networking,
- space science,
- space travel,
- sweden,
- television,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- urban note
03:12 pm[LINK] Two links on a potential solar power renaissance
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06:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Denzil goes to the Waterfront"
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06:21 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Mammoliti wants public to pay his legal fees in fight against council"
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06:23 pm[URBAN NOTE] "America at the Trump hotel: The food is amazing – but you shouldn’t eat here, ever"
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06:25 pm[LINK] "AIDS campaigners say pandemic has finally reached tipping point"
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06:29 pm[LINK] "Iraqi Kurds Seek Greater Balance between Ankara and Baghdad"
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11:52 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the need to remove rage and retribution from our political decisions
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- 10th
- 10:02 am
[PHOTO] Some cacti and succulents of Allan Gardens
11:56 am[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- adoption,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- china,
- crime,
- disasters,
- economics,
- environment,
- europe,
- federalism,
- former soviet union,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- globalization,
- indonesia,
- ireland,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- mass transit,
- nightclubbing,
- northern ireland,
- oddities,
- pluto,
- popular culture,
- popular music,
- russia,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- space travel,
- toronto,
- torture,
- ukraine,
- united states
03:50 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On indigenous peoples and threatening geographic marginality in Canada and Australia
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05:52 pm[LINK] "Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents"
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05:55 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The rise of Poland's urban movement"
06:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A Gay Mayor in Poland? No Big Deal"
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10:18 pm[LINK] "The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like"
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10:22 pm[LINK] "Graduate students [at Columbia University] fight for union recognition"
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10:27 pm[LINK] "New York City restaurant serving up fancy 'scruncheons'"
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- 11th
- 08:19 am
[PHOTO] Pink hibiscus among the flowers, Allan Gardens
11:57 am[BLOG] Some Thursday links
03:46 pm[LINK] "What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?"
06:21 pm[LINK] "Locked Away for Years, Skeleton's Secrets Rewrite Prehistory of North America"
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06:28 pm[LINK] "A Test for Oman and Its Sultan"
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06:35 pm[LINK] "WKRP In Perpetuity"
06:40 pm[LINK] "Why NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Flew Old, Slow Computers Into Orbit"
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09:57 pm[LINK] "Big Data and the Hyper-Reserve Army"
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11:52 pm[META] On how Livejournal is just not working for me now
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- 12th
- 10:09 am
[PHOTO] Around Allan Gardens, Toronto
12:51 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
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03:37 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the debate over the high ticket prices of the Union-Pearson Express
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07:10 pm[LINK] "HPV vaccination concerns about promiscuity deemed 'unwarranted'"
07:14 pm[LINK] "Gender equality is holding Belarus back"
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07:18 pm[LINK] "Venezuela’s Oil Industry Exodus Slowing Crude Production: Energy"
07:22 pm[LINK] "Russian Grip Haunts Kazakhs Trying to Escape Ukraine’s Fate"
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07:26 pm[LINK] "Ethiopia: Dreaming of Europe"
09:01 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the meaninglessness of a supposed Jewish right of return
- 15th
- 12:02 pm
[PHOTO] Angel's trumpets hanging, Allan Gardens
03:32 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- anthropology,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- clash of ideologies,
- crime,
- democracy,
- diasporas,
- elections,
- former soviet union,
- gagauz,
- glbt issues,
- google,
- health,
- human rights,
- internet,
- israel,
- judaism,
- kazakh language,
- kazakhstan,
- korea,
- language,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- middle east,
- migration,
- moldova,
- moscow,
- ontario,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- popular music,
- racism,
- russia,
- shopping,
- social sciences,
- south korea,
- space science,
- terrorism,
- toronto,
- turkey,
- united states,
- urban note,
- yorkville
06:53 pm[LINK] "Why the ‘Coffee’ Words Are Not Cognates"
06:57 pm[LINK] "Crimea Ignores Economic Pain to Embrace Putin in New Russia Era"
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06:59 pm[LINK] "It’s Erdogan vs. Ataturk in a battle for Turkey’s soul"
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07:03 pm[LINK] "40 Years Ago, Earth Beamed Its First Postcard to the Stars"
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07:05 pm[ISL] "MSG Headache, West Papuan Heartache? Indonesia’s Melanesian Foray"
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09:05 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two more links about the Union-Pearson Express transit line
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10:37 pm[NEWS] Some Monday links
Tags:- africa,
- cities,
- clash of civilizations,
- clash of ideologies,
- crime,
- democracy,
- education,
- ethnic conflict,
- european union,
- fascism,
- federalism,
- first nations,
- former soviet union,
- geopolitics,
- germany,
- google,
- india,
- internet,
- irish language,
- islam,
- israel,
- kenya,
- links,
- middle east,
- migration,
- news,
- north caucasus,
- poland,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- public art,
- refugees,
- russia,
- scotland,
- separatism,
- syria,
- terrorism,
- tunisia,
- ukraine,
- united kingdom,
- united states
11:53 pm[DM] "On how Afghanistan shows the importance of having a census"
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- 16th
- 12:03 pm
[PHOTO] My carrots
03:42 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
05:46 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Detroit’s Art Museum Shoulders $350 Million Burden"
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05:49 pm[LINK] "Putin’s Friends Reap Billions in Deals as Economy Teeters"
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05:52 pm[LINK] "Russians do not want to adopt Russian children"
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05:56 pm[LINK] "Stephen Harper, a son—and antagonist—of Ontario"
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06:03 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Ask A Native New Yorker: Is Queens Doomed To Be The Next Brooklyn?"
10:45 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the end of the Wildrose Party of Alberta
- 17th
- 12:07 pm
[PHOTO] Walking into the Distillery District, Parliament and Mill
03:40 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- artificial intelligence,
- astronomy,
- australia,
- bosnia,
- christianity,
- clash of ideologies,
- computers,
- crime,
- economics,
- former yugoslavia,
- glbt issues,
- intelligence,
- internet,
- islam,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- mass transit,
- national identity,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- racism,
- russia,
- space science,
- terrorism,
- ttc,
- ukraine
06:47 pm[LINK] "For aspiring Nepali migrants, the risks start at home"
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06:52 pm[LINK] "Angelina Jolie boycott brewing in Japan over war movie Unbroken"
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06:55 pm[LINK] "Journalism ethics take a hit with Rolling Stone's unravelling rape story"
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06:58 pm[LINK] "Alien Life on Mars? NASA Rover Spots Methane, a Possible Sign of Microbes"
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07:00 pm[LINK] Two Bloomberg reports on Google and Apple leaving Russia, in different ways
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11:31 pm[LINK] "9 Wildrose MLAs, including Danielle Smith, cross to Alberta Tories"
11:38 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On how domestic politics in Russia have been hollowed out by trolling
11:48 pm[DM] "On looking at peripheries"
- 18th
- 10:32 am
[PHOTO] Rusted truck, Distillery District
12:59 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
05:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Walking the edge of Toronto in five days and 175,000 steps"
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06:50 pm[LINK] "India's Smartphone Solution"
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06:54 pm[LINK] "Kenya’s Economy Sees Growth at Top But No ‘Trickle-Down’"
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06:56 pm[LINK] "Federal NDP MP goes to the Ontario Liberals"
06:59 pm[LINK] "Pluto-like Objects Turn to Dust Around a Nearby Young Star"
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07:02 pm[LINK] "We’ve Put a Worm’s Mind in a Lego Robot's Body"
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10:04 pm[NEWS] Some links on the restoration of US-Cuba relations
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11:53 pm[DM] "One note on the global revolution in longevity"
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- 19th
- 08:52 am
[PHOTO] Distilling equipment and casks, Distillery District, Toronto
12:56 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogs,
- chile,
- china,
- clash of civilizations,
- clash of ideologies,
- computers,
- earth,
- environment,
- evolution,
- extraterrestrial life,
- former soviet union,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- human rights,
- korea,
- latin america,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- national identity,
- north korea,
- popular culture,
- russia,
- space science,
- ukraine
01:59 pm[NEWS] Some more links on Cuba, the United States, and their relationship
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04:38 pm[LINK] "U.S.-Cuba thaw means holiday is over for Canadian tourists, experts say"
07:48 pm[LINK] "Child refugees call tiny Swedish town home"
07:53 pm[LINK] "Front Yards Turn to Wetlands in Virginia as Climate Change Takes Toll"
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07:55 pm[LINK] "China's Lost Generation Finds Itself in Ukraine"
07:57 pm[LINK] "’50-mile’ rule uproots migrant children in California"
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07:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A."
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10:00 pm[LINK] Chris Turner on tourism, tipping and poverty in Cuba
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- 20th
- 05:26 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, resting
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03:35 pm[PHOTO] Scenes from the Toronto Christmas Market, Distillery District
11:37 pm[CAT] "For Leopards in Iran and Iraq, Land Mines Are a Surprising Refuge"
Tags:- cats,
- iran,
- iraq,
- links,
- middle east
11:43 pm[CAT] "To Spur Adoptions, an Oakland Cafe Puts Cats Among the Patrons"
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11:47 pm[CAT] "Who Killed Cat Fancy?"
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- 21st
- 04:11 pm
[PHOTO] Around the Distillery District, Toronto
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- 22nd
- 10:36 am
[PHOTO] Raven and beaver at the Kensington Winter Solstice Festival
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03:13 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
05:24 pm[LINK] "Chile’s Indigenous Rights Come at High Price for the Economy"
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05:26 pm[LINK] "Can Brazil Get Its Ethanol Mojo Back?"
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05:28 pm[LINK] "Chinese Annoyance With North Korea Bubbles to the Surface"
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05:31 pm[LINK] "Li Yinhe, sexologist in China, reveals relationship with transgender man"
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05:34 pm[LINK] "Torture, Russia, and Conservative Dictator-Envy"
09:04 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On mapping the languages of the world and their networks
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10:53 pm[LINK] Two CBC items on the Wildrose Party and Preston Manning
11:50 pm[DM] "Notes on the demographic future of Cuba"
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- 23rd
- 11:16 am
[PHOTO] Conifers in the dark, High Park Village
04:40 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- anglicanism,
- animal rights,
- argentina,
- astronomy,
- belarus,
- central america,
- clash of ideologies,
- cuba,
- east asia,
- economics,
- ethnic conflict,
- federalism,
- former soviet union,
- france,
- futurology,
- germany,
- glbt issues,
- globalization,
- internet,
- language,
- libraries,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- military,
- national identity,
- nationalism,
- new zealand,
- nicaragua,
- oil,
- pakistan,
- photography,
- popular culture,
- primates,
- regionalism,
- russia,
- space science,
- space travel,
- taiwan,
- technology,
- tourism,
- ukraine,
- united states
07:51 pm[LINK] "Cuba Property Claims, Yielding Pennies, May Spur Talks"
07:55 pm[LINK] On the fragility of the Internet in North Korea
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07:59 pm[LINK] "Russia Adds to Decade of Grain-Price Flux With Intervention"
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08:04 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Building Blocks of Bike Culture: Social Engagement and Promotional Strategies"
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08:08 pm[LINK] "141: For Tsepey Who Self-Immolated in Tibet Six Hours From Now"
10:04 pm[LINK] "An Orangutan Has (Some) Human Rights, Argentine Court Rules"
11:58 pm[LINK] "Sony's Got Bigger Problems Than North Korea"
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- 24th
- 02:58 pm
[PHOTO] Two towers of High Park Village, Toronto
07:51 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
09:49 pm[NEWS] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- afghanistan,
- africa,
- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- cbc,
- central asia,
- chechnya,
- china,
- crime,
- cuba,
- democracy,
- demographics,
- detroit,
- economics,
- education,
- elections,
- ethnic cleansing,
- european union,
- eurozone,
- feminism,
- florida,
- gender,
- genocide,
- geopolitics,
- health,
- japan,
- kenya,
- korea,
- latin america,
- libraries,
- links,
- lithuania,
- mars,
- mass media,
- medicine,
- middle east,
- military,
- news,
- newspapers,
- north africa,
- north caucasus,
- north korea,
- oceans,
- oil,
- pakistan,
- philippines,
- russia,
- sexuality,
- south asia,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- space travel,
- spain,
- terrorism,
- tourism,
- tunisia,
- ukraine,
- united kingdom,
- united states,
- venus,
- vermont
11:54 pm[PHOTO] Pictures from a spring-like Christmas Eve in Toronto, 2014
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- 25th
- 11:49 pm
[LINK] "What if they changed Christmas and we didn't notice?"
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- 26th
- 02:36 pm
[PHOTO] Looking east on Dundas, Yonge-Dundas Square
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11:54 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogs,
- borders,
- bosnia,
- china,
- economics,
- environment,
- former soviet union,
- former yugoslavia,
- glbt issues,
- internet,
- iran,
- latin america,
- links,
- maps,
- mass transit,
- military,
- national identity,
- nato,
- north caucasus,
- oil,
- popular culture,
- regionalism,
- religion,
- russia,
- separatism,
- space science,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- venezuela,
- war
- 27th
- 10:35 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, resting
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12:51 pm[PHOTO] Christmas Day at City Hall, Toronto
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04:02 pm[LINK] "Donovan McGlaughlin, Yukon man with no birth certificate, fights for citizenship"
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04:04 pm[LINK] "Girl says father gave her to Boko Haram"
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04:07 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A new reality for Toronto’s bathhouses"
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04:11 pm[PHOTO] Polaroid’s New Camera Prints Your Pics and Posts Them on Instagram
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06:33 pm[CAT] "Russia: Bailiffs seize cats over payments"
06:40 pm[CAT] "Grey Shadow, the cat who loved Christmas"
09:03 pm[LINK] "The Sex Education of Grindr’s Joel Simkhai"
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11:57 pm[DM] "Suggestions, feedback, comments? Leave them here."
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- 28th
- 01:53 pm
[PHOTO] The turtle climbs, Allan Gardens, Toronto
- 29th
- 11:55 am
[PHOTO] Turtles in the Allan Gardens, Toronto
02:44 pm[LINK] "The crisis in Iraq: Was the rise of ISIL a surprise?"
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02:50 pm[LINK] "Long-time allies, Cuba and Venezuela go different ways"
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02:52 pm[LINK] "Belarus enjoys bonanza amid Russia-West tensions"
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02:56 pm[LINK] "Okay, Canada: It’s time for the hard truth about Tim Hortons"
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02:58 pm[LINK] "Leery Chinese officials target county’s thriving Christian communities"
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06:20 pm[LINK] Two Open Democracy articles on autonomism in Brittany and Alsace
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08:08 pm[LINK] "No 'bird brains'? Crows exhibit advanced relational thinking, study suggests"
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11:54 pm[DM] "What demographics-related issues do you think are being underreported?"
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- 30th
- 08:18 am
[PHOTO] High Park station as the eastbound train enters
11:01 am[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- africa,
- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- belarus,
- blogs,
- book reviews,
- borders,
- ceres,
- clash of ideologies,
- crimean tatars,
- diasporas,
- earth,
- east asia,
- environment,
- ethnic conflict,
- former soviet union,
- globalization,
- history,
- language,
- latvia,
- links,
- mass media,
- military,
- morocco,
- national identity,
- nato,
- neighbourhoods,
- north america,
- regionalism,
- russia,
- russian language,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- space science,
- television,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- western sahara,
- yonge and eglinton
02:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver home prices worry businesses as they seek to hire staff"
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05:12 pm[LINK] "Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Is Seized at Rally After Suspended Sentence in Fraud Case"
05:18 pm[LINK] "Ruble’s Rout Breeds Uncertainty for Central Asian Migrants"
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05:22 pm[LINK] "Ex-Worker Theory Casts Doubt on North Korea as Sony Hacker"
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05:24 pm[LINK] "Science fiction and the post-Ferguson world"
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05:27 pm[LINK] "Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes"
08:02 pm[LINK] "Trudeau's Liberals led in 2014, but what does 2015 hold?"
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11:56 pm[LINK] "Possible Psychology of a Matrioshka Brain"
- 31st
- 07:49 am
[PHOTO] Bikes in front of former World's Biggest Bookstore
08:55 am[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- blogs,
- bosnia,
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