[PHOTO] Old revealed tiles, Wellesley subway station, Toronto

[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• blogTO notes the record high temperatures in Toronto this Christmas Eve, while James Bow describes his family's events.


• Centauri Dreams looks at remarkably evocative pictures of Ceres.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on how an exoplanet's rings were mapped.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on the ongoing controversy about the South China Sea's boundaries.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how some Brazilians suggesting high crime can be best fought be high rates of gun ownership.


• Stephen Baker at The Numerati reflects on the death, and rebirth, of fascism.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer is pleased by the success of the Falcon 9 reusable spacecraft.


• The Russian Demographics Blog and U>Window on Eurasia both note the refusal of Tatarstan to break with Turkey.


• Whatever's John Scalzi talks about how he can rationalize bad science in Star Wars.


• Window on Eurasia notes Tatarstan's resistance to abandoning the language of statehood.