- 1st
- 11:41 am
[PHOTO] One of the towers at College Park
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03:10 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
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06:16 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Crowdsourcing the City’s Narrative"
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06:20 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The bloody Burlington Races and the war for Lake Ontario"
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06:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Inside the Reference Library's new gift shop"
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06:25 pm[LINK] "Nicaragua’s Future Canal a Threat to the Environment"
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06:27 pm[LINK] "Water, Fire, and Costa Rica’s Carbon-Zero Year So Far"
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06:31 pm[LINK] "How Russia’s opposition learned to stop worrying and love Crimea"
09:00 pm[LINK] On the impending war of Canada in Syria
09:57 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the January 2015 TTC constable fight videos
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11:55 pm[DM] "On the transformation of Canada's temporary foreign workers program"
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- 2nd
- 11:47 am
[PHOTO] The Bloor/Gladstone Library aglow
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03:44 pm[LINK] "Senator’s complaint of cold Camembert accidentally sums up Senate’s problems "
03:49 pm[LINK] "Euro Debate Ignites in East EU in Face of Public Skepticism"
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03:51 pm[LINK] "Greece-Russia Overtures Seen as Sideshow by Merkel, Hollande"
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03:53 pm[LINK] "Temporary foreign workers warned to leave Canada as required"
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03:56 pm[LINK] "Dawn Journal: Preparing to Photograph Ceres"
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03:58 pm[LINK] "The Economist wants to give you a sense of completeness, even if that’s an illusion"
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06:07 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- anthropology,
- architecture,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- crime,
- crimean tatars,
- earth,
- economics,
- education,
- ethnic conflict,
- former soviet union,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- humour,
- japan,
- journalism,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- mars,
- mass media,
- moon,
- norden,
- norway,
- photos,
- politics,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- space science,
- sports,
- streetcars,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- united states
08:57 pm[MUSIC] Joni Mitchell, "Slouching toward Bethlehem"
- 3rd
- 02:43 pm
[PHOTO] Escalator, Dufferin subway station
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03:55 pm[OBSCURA] One photo and some links on the cherry blossoms of Japan
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- 4th
- 12:16 pm
[CAT] Shakespeare, looking
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04:39 pm[CAT] On the very wealthy cat of Karl Lagerfeld, Choupette
04:46 pm[CAT] "After six years apart, Cleo the cat and owner reunited during tearful airport scene"
04:49 pm[CAT] "Phoenix truck driver rescues kitten from the trash"
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11:56 pm[DM] "On cat islands and the wider potential of rewilding"
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- 5th
- 07:09 pm
[PHOTO] Dark Phoenix at Yonge and Dundas
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11:51 pm[DM] "Population Ageing and Global Externalities - What if QE is not temporary?"
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- 6th
- 08:19 am
[PHOTO] On the site of the World's Biggest Bookstore
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01:57 pm[NEWS] Some Monday links
05:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Sidney Furie and A Dangerous Age"
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05:31 pm[LINK] "Research findings back up Aboriginal legend on origin of Central Australian palm trees"
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05:34 pm[LINK] "Mathematical Pattern Found in Enigmatic Radio Bursts, But It’s Not E.T."
05:37 pm[LINK] "Has Another Planet Been Found Orbiting Alpha Centauri B?"
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05:40 pm[LINK] "The Chemical Composition of τ Ceti and Possible Effects on Terrestrial Planets"
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05:52 pm[LINK] "A Beginner's Guide to More Mindful Media Consumption"
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07:59 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- belarus,
- blogs,
- borders,
- china,
- clash of ideologies,
- economics,
- extraterrestrial life,
- family,
- finland,
- former soviet union,
- genocide,
- geopolitics,
- iran,
- islands,
- jupiter,
- karelia,
- language,
- links,
- maps,
- mars,
- middle east,
- national identity,
- norden,
- north caucasus,
- pacific islands,
- photos,
- popular literature,
- prince edward island,
- restaurants,
- russia,
- science fiction,
- space science,
- space travel,
- subways,
- toronto,
- tourism,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- war
09:53 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the blessed impending arrival of cherry blossoms in Toronto
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- 7th
- 10:32 am
[PHOTO] Two commuters at Eglinton
03:33 pm[LINK] "Ethiopia Spends Very Little Money on Its Military — And It Works"
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03:37 pm[LINK] "Bakhtin's Europe and the Greek Novel"
03:39 pm[LINK] "Will Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water Help Drought-Hit California?"
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03:42 pm[LINK] "Korean-language classes are growing in popularity at U.S. colleges"
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03:45 pm[URBAN NOTE] On how racism helped created New York's Central Park
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03:48 pm[LINK] "And just like that, you’re an illegal immigrant"
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07:41 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- alaska,
- anthropology,
- argentina,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- china,
- crime,
- crimean tatars,
- disease,
- economics,
- english language,
- espionage,
- extraterrestrial intelligence,
- former soviet union,
- globalization,
- history,
- india,
- journalism,
- language,
- latin america,
- links,
- mass media,
- mass transit,
- medicine,
- military,
- ontario,
- photos,
- russia,
- russian language,
- sexuality,
- social sciences,
- space science,
- technology,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united kingdom,
- united states,
- urban note,
- writing
09:01 pm[ISL] On the first day of the trial of Mike Duffy
- 8th
- 11:30 am
[PHOTO] Escalator down, Eaton Center by Best Buy
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12:55 pm[WRITING] "In Celebration of Old-School LiveJournal"
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03:39 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogs,
- brazil,
- canada,
- condos,
- democracy,
- economics,
- environment,
- feminism,
- former soviet union,
- gender,
- glbt issues,
- journalism,
- links,
- mass media,
- mass transit,
- national identity,
- neighbourhoods,
- politics,
- prince edward island,
- russia,
- south america,
- space science,
- st. clair avenue,
- streetcars,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- united kingdom,
- urban note
06:09 pm[LINK] "Gazprom is the Biggest Loser of the War in Ukraine"
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06:15 pm[LINK] "A Bold Plan to Plant 1 Billion Trees a Year With Drones"
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06:19 pm[LINK] "Largest HIV outbreak in Indiana history hits tiny community"
06:21 pm[LINK] "In Myanmar, white elephants are prized symbols of rulers"
06:24 pm[LINK] "The writer’s life — MIA sources, LOIs, the quest for ideas"
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09:00 pm[LINK] "Mike Duffy 'probably ineligible' to be P.E.I. senator, Crown argues"
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- 9th
- 11:48 am
[PHOTO] Train stopped on the tracks, Bartlett north of Dupont
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03:42 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogging,
- blogs,
- borders,
- college street,
- crime,
- democracy,
- demographics,
- economics,
- elections,
- europa,
- former soviet union,
- ganymede,
- glbt issues,
- globalization,
- journalism,
- jupiter,
- links,
- mass media,
- oceans,
- politics,
- psychology,
- russia,
- space science,
- spadina avenue,
- statistics,
- streetcars,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- urban note,
- writing
06:36 pm[LINK] "The suspension of intervention"
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06:40 pm[LINK] "What is going on in Alberta?"
06:43 pm[ISL] "Stephen Harper should never have appointed Mike Duffy a P.E.I. senator"
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06:46 pm[LINK] "Catalan Leader Hopes EU Will Convince Spain to Discuss Split"
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06:49 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Artists to take over Chester station newsstand"
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06:52 pm[ISL] "Happily Obscure: the Kingdom of Macaronesia"
09:00 pm[URBAN NOTE] Vintage TTC streetcars on parade in the Beaches
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11:41 pm[WRITING] On the transience of blogging, or, is that all there is?
- 10th
- 10:10 am
[CAT] Shakespeare in bed
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12:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto couples with kids must make $18.52 per hour each to get by, report finds"
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03:15 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
05:41 pm[LINK] "IOC cites low iron ore prices as it lays off 150 in Labrador City"
05:43 pm[LINK] "An Official Language from a Foreign Land"
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05:47 pm[LINK] "Why The SNP Is Poised To Win In Scotland"
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05:50 pm[LINK] "Imagining a Post-Coal Appalachia"
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05:52 pm[LINK] "Rolling Stone’s story was never about rape on campus"
05:56 pm[ISL] "China building artificial islands in the Pacific, stoking tensions with neighbours"
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09:02 pm[BRIEF NOTE] More on the Mike Duffy affair
- 11th
- 12:11 pm
[CAT] Shakespeare, pensive
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07:35 pm[CAT] "Chanel Lethbridge hopes to open Edmonton's first cat cafe"
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07:38 pm[CAT] "Cats' world domination continues With TIFF's Just for Cats Fest"
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07:50 pm[CAT] "What type of music is best for relaxing cats during surgery? (Hint: it’s not heavy metal.)"
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07:54 pm[CAT] "Bobcat Drags Shark Out of Florida Surf"
- 13th
- 11:57 am
[PHOTO] Late Saturday evening off of Dupont Street, Dovercourt Village
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03:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Last-minute shoppers thwarted as GTA’s last Target closes early"
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03:32 pm[ISL] "Our Duffy, ourselves"
06:10 pm[LINK] "Elephants are people too (or soon could be)"
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06:13 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Farewell to Milwaukee's Classic, Hand-Crafted Bus Passes"
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06:17 pm[LINK] "‘The American People, Volume 1’ by Larry Kramer Retells History With Passion"
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06:21 pm[LINK] "What Did China’s First Daughter Find in America?"
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06:23 pm[LINK] "Just say ‘non’: The problem with French immersion"
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07:57 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- cities,
- clash of civilizations,
- clash of ideologies,
- computers,
- environment,
- estonia,
- evolution,
- extraterrestrial intelligence,
- former soviet union,
- french language,
- glbt issues,
- globalization,
- history,
- homo sapiens,
- intelligence,
- iran,
- islam,
- israel,
- journalism,
- language,
- links,
- maps,
- mass media,
- middle east,
- military,
- moscow,
- national identity,
- new york city,
- ontario,
- photography,
- popular culture,
- primates,
- psychology,
- public art,
- russia,
- second world war,
- space science,
- tatarstan,
- technology,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- urban note
- 14th
- 08:07 am
[PHOTO] Looking south on Yonge and Eglinton, 8 pm
12:58 pm[ISL] "P.E.I. gunman given life sentence for deadly act of revenge over sister’s death in 1970"
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03:08 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- biking,
- blogs,
- chile,
- clash of ideologies,
- cycling,
- east africa,
- economics,
- energy,
- european union,
- glbt issues,
- iraq,
- karelia,
- kenya,
- latin america,
- links,
- maps,
- marriage rights,
- middle east,
- military,
- nato,
- north caucasus,
- refugees,
- russia,
- russian language,
- somalia,
- space science,
- space travel,
- subways,
- terrorism,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- urban note,
- war
06:13 pm[LINK] "Boreal forest suffering 'significant' losses in Russia, Canada"
06:16 pm[LINK] "Two mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres are not alike"
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06:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Generational shift in real estate forces Gen Y to downsize"
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06:20 pm[LINK] "Statues Defaced as S. Africans Protest Colonial-Era Symbols"
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06:23 pm[ISL] "PEI denies breach of contract, conspiracy claims in eGaming lawsuit"
06:27 pm[LINK] On the recent inbreeding but continued survival of the mountain gorilla
- 15th
- 10:11 am
[PHOTO] Mannequins at Mina's Fabric, 918 Bloor Street West
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12:59 pm[ISL] "Police act to keep lid on P.E.I. feud after death threats shouted during sentencing"
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03:09 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- anthropology,
- baltic states,
- blogs,
- central asia,
- china,
- computers,
- crime,
- economics,
- estonia,
- european union,
- eurozone,
- extraterrestrial intelligence,
- former soviet union,
- geopolitics,
- glbt issues,
- human beings,
- internet,
- links,
- louisiana,
- mars,
- neanderthals,
- north caucasus,
- pluto,
- russia,
- russian language,
- social science,
- sociology,
- space travel,
- spain,
- technology,
- united states
06:22 pm[LINK] "Two Authors Withdraw Their Work From This Year's Hugo Awards"
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06:25 pm[LINK] "TV subscriber losses increased last year and will keep growing, report says"
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06:31 pm[LINK] "More bad news for Alberta Tories in latest election poll"
06:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Gardiner Debate Sheds Troubling Light on Infrastructure Investment Priorities"
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06:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] On a park crisis in Toronto, after Spacing
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09:02 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Lesbians lead the way when it comes to neighbourhood gentrification, research shows"
- 16th
- 03:09 pm
[PHOTO] On a sky that was a Derek Jarman blue
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- 18th
- 07:10 pm
[CAT] Shakespeare, looking up from bed
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- 19th
- 01:57 am
[PHOTO] Looking east at downtown Toronto, evening
- 20th
- 02:21 pm
[PHOTO] Everybody's looking for something at College Park
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05:39 pm[LINK] "Jian Ghomeshi scandal exposes workplace markers"
05:43 pm[LINK] "Ontario legal aid vows to ‘weed out’ bad refugee lawyers"
05:47 pm[LINK] "Canadian-backed telescope construction delayed as Hawaiians defend Mauna Kea’s sacred summit
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05:49 pm[LINK] "The Drought Isn’t California’s Only Water Problem"
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05:51 pm[LINK] "Killer of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara to face US justice"
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05:55 pm[LINK] "Russian dissidents seek asylum in Kyiv"
07:59 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland’s return to prosperity"
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- 21st
- 03:32 pm
[PHOTO] Pillar, Yonge Eglinton Centre
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- 30th
- 11:39 pm
[MUSIC] Kylie Minogue, "Je ne sais pourquoi"
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