- 1st
- 03:01 am
[PHOTO] Closed for condo construction on Yonge Street, Toronto
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09:57 am[BLOG] Some Monday links
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01:13 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Get Rid of Those Sideburns!"
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01:15 pm[URBAN NOTE] "What Toronto will lose when Mirvish Village is gone"
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01:17 pm[URBAN NOTE] "America’s long history of trashing ‘New York values’"
01:20 pm[LINK] "The first Indo-French Prehistorical Mission in Siwaliks and the discovery of anthropic activ
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01:23 pm[LINK] "Science Makes Room for Compassionate Rodents"
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01:24 pm[LINK] "Inside Facebook’s Decision to Blow Up the Like Button"
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01:26 pm[LINK] "Why a Russian-Saudi Deal on Oil Output Cut Remains Elusive"
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01:28 pm[LINK] "The poisoned diplomacy between Russia and the United Kingdom"
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01:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two links on the need for change in the Toronto Community Housing Corporation
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07:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two reviews of Long Winter at the Galleria Mall, Toronto
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10:20 pm[WRITING] "Impostor Syndrome, or Not"
- 2nd
- 02:48 pm
[PHOTO] The crane of a condo at Yonge and Eglinton
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- 3rd
- 10:39 am
[PHOTO] "Wild Thing and Max"
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01:08 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogs,
- borders,
- canada,
- central asia,
- chechnya,
- demographics,
- earth,
- economics,
- european union,
- extraterrestrial intelligence,
- extraterrestrial life,
- federalism,
- food,
- former soviet union,
- greece,
- history,
- islam,
- links,
- migration,
- moon,
- north caucasus,
- ottawa,
- philippines,
- pluto,
- refugees,
- russia,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- streetcars,
- tatarstan,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- winter
05:05 pm[LINK] "Massive Ariane 5 To Launch Giant NextGen Telescope In Dynamic Deployment To L2"
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05:10 pm[LINK] "Appalachian Miners Are Learning to Code"
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05:12 pm[LINK] "Small-scale Fishing Is About Much More than Just Subsistence in Chile"
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05:15 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Vancouver housing market more unaffordable than New York and London: survey"
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05:17 pm[URBAN NOTE] "‘Green’ Gardiner proposal includes a park over the eastern end of the highway"
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05:19 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Subway touted as a way to awaken Scarborough’s downtown dream"
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05:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The War in San Bernardino"
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05:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Convicting Jian Ghomeshi will be hard — for good reason"
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05:27 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the likely establishment of a chain of physical Amazon stores
07:49 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On being queer
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11:34 pm[ISL] #heywade, @iamkarats, Anne of Green Gables, and Island abortion
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- 4th
- 12:35 pm
[PHOTO] Primula for sale, $C 1 each
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01:28 pm[PHOTO] "Rise of rooftopping photography concerns police"
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05:31 pm[LINK] "Romania Can Shine as Haven From Regional Politics, Minister Says"
05:33 pm[LINK] "This Little Red Book Confronts Sexism in the Chinese Language"
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05:37 pm[LINK] "Why Canada’s military risks returning to a decade of darkness"
05:39 pm[LINK] On Stephen Harper's interest in withdrawing Canada from the OSCE
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05:42 pm[LINK] "A century later, the mystery of the Parliament Hill fire remains unsolved"
05:45 pm[LINK] "Kathleen Wynne honoured at holy Sikh shrine despite same-sex marriage media controversy"
05:48 pm[LINK] "One Country Will Destroy Its Ivory—and Pray for Elephants"
05:51 pm[LINK] The Toast interview with Sarah Jeong on how the Internet is garbage
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08:16 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- architecture,
- astronomy,
- belarus,
- blogs,
- chinese language,
- condos,
- demographics,
- environment,
- former soviet union,
- germany,
- history,
- kaliningrad,
- links,
- middle east,
- national identity,
- nuclear energy,
- philippines,
- russia,
- science,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- syria,
- taiwan,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- urban note,
- war
- 5th
- 03:14 pm
[PHOTO] Looking west down the subway tunnel at Ossington Station, Toronto
06:41 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- anthropology,
- blogs,
- borders,
- charlottetown,
- clash of ideologies,
- crime,
- economics,
- education,
- glbt issues,
- global warming,
- history,
- islam,
- israel,
- latin america,
- links,
- maps,
- middle east,
- oceans,
- oil,
- politics,
- prince edward island,
- slavery,
- south america,
- toronto,
- united states,
- urban note,
- venezuela,
- writing
08:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Shaping Toronto: Chinatowns"
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08:24 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Yonge and Bloor of today could be anywhere"
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08:26 pm[ISL] "From Charlottetown to Ottawa, Anne & Gilbert rises to the top"
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08:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How Ottawa got its groove on. No, seriously."
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08:30 pm[ISL] "P.E.I. Supreme Court tosses out $25M e-gaming lawsuit against province"
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08:32 pm[LINK] "Morocco Unveils A Massive Solar Power Plant In The Sahara"
08:34 pm[LINK] On the loss of the African grey parrot from the wild
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08:35 pm[LINK] "Ravens might possess a Theory of Mind, say scientists"
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08:37 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the 35th anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids, "Toronto's Stonewall"
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11:18 pm[DM] "How the world went from 170 million people to 7.3 billion, in one map"
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- 6th
- 09:48 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, at a right angle
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12:56 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
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04:06 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Metrolinx reconsidering Union Pearson Express fares as ridership sinks"
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04:12 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The challenge of getting to the bus stop"
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04:14 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto’s Michelle DuBarry on being the oldest performing drag queen"
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04:16 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the shooting of the Drake and Rihanna video "Work" at The Real Jerk
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- 7th
- 03:05 pm
[PHOTO] Revealed wall, Yonge and Eglinton
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03:08 pm[ISL] "'Ash to cash': Montserrat gambles future on the volcano that nearly destroyed it"
03:11 pm[LINK] "One of Africa’s Biggest Dams Is Falling Apart"
03:13 pm[LINK] "In the Fastest-Growing African Economy, Government is the Fuel"
03:15 pm[LINK] "How cheap oil could bring down the Saudi royal family"
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03:17 pm[LINK] "Colombia's Unconquered, Empty Half Can Be Developed, Santos Says"
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03:19 pm[LINK] "BlackBerry lays off 200 employees in Waterloo, Ont., and Sunrise, Fla."
05:27 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Historicist: Public History and William Peyton Hubbard"
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05:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How Do We Solve a Problem Like UPX?"
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05:32 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Metrolinx Fare Integration: Get Ready to Pay More For Subway Trips"
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- 8th
- 02:17 pm
[PHOTO] Looking down from the viewing platform, Dupont Station, Toronto
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02:42 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
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07:54 pm[LINK] "In a global economy adrift, leaders don't know where to take us next"
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08:00 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Goodwill Toronto files for bankruptcy, loses Goodwill name"
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08:02 pm[LINK] "DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree"
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08:06 pm[LINK] On a possible replacement of Europe's ancient population of homo sapiens
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08:11 pm[LINK] On the possible detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes by LIGO
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08:21 pm[LINK] "Ireland and Iceland: when cosiness kills"
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08:27 pm[LINK] "Tracing Slaves to Their African Homelands"
08:32 pm[LINK] "Earth from afar would look only 82% right for life"
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08:39 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Cars are part of the mix in Kensington Market"
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10:59 pm[META] What social media do you recommend?
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11:55 pm[LINK] "Donald Trump’s Russian cousins"
- 9th
- 12:31 pm
[PHOTO] On Lovebot, or, the global #loveinvasion
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12:54 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
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05:18 pm[URBAN NOTE] Torontoist on making Old City Hall a civic museum
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05:20 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Metrolinx to explore all options to save struggling Union-Pearson Express"
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05:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Student files human-rights complaint against Catholic high school, board"
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05:24 pm[LINK] "The problem with Postmedia"
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05:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Relief line subway advocates look beyond downtown"
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05:28 pm[LINK] "Petition calls for Northern Ontario's separation"
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05:31 pm[ISL] "Mi’kmaq leader calls PEI park name a ‘grave insult’"
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05:33 pm[LINK] "New 'Little Ice Age' coincides with fall of Eastern Roman Empire and growth of Arab Empire"
08:22 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On Paul Bronfman's decision to hurt York University students
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11:55 pm[DM] "Some thoughts on the origins of low fertility in Germany in reactions to totalitarianism"
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- 10th
- 01:03 pm
[PHOTO] Condo construction at night, Yonge and Gerrard, Toronto
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01:12 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
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05:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How the City plans to pay for services in the future"
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05:03 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Torontoist Explains: Short Turns"
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05:05 pm[LINK] "New Type of Seafloor Vent Discovered, Dominated by Talc"
05:08 pm[LINK] "Zika Virus May Push South America to Loosen Abortion Bans"
05:11 pm[LINK] "Here's How Hard It Will Be to Unpoison Flint's Water"
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05:14 pm[LINK] "Fountain of Youth: The Secret Power of Friends and Family"
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07:23 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two links on housing market issues across Canada
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07:25 pm[LINK] Two links from The Dragon's Gaze about young Venus and Mars
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10:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the arrival of the Sam the Record Man sign at Yonge-Dundas Square
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11:56 pm[LINK] "CBS Picked the Perfect Showrunner for The New Star Trek"
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- 11th
- 07:07 am
[PHOTO] A covering of snow on the ground
11:09 am[BLOG] Some Thursday links
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02:23 pm[LINK] Three links on the detection of gravitational waves by LIGO
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02:31 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Queen and Dovercourt Starbucks Closes, “Drake You Ho” Culprit Still at Large"
02:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Market Gallery's "Tunnel Vision" exhibition highlights Toronto's subway story"
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02:36 pm[LINK] "Ancient Martian lakes may have harboured life, researchers say"
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02:38 pm[LINK] "Apple smartphones affected by ‘Error 53’ spark controversy"
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02:40 pm[LINK] "Senegal to Add 200 Megawatts of Solar Through IFC Program"
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02:43 pm[LINK] "South Korea Planning to Pull Firms From North Factory Park"
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06:03 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the travails of Toronto's Union-Pearson Express
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11:57 pm[MUSIC] What music do you listen to?
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- 12th
- 12:42 pm
[PHOTO] Front window lions, Honest Ed's
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04:15 pm[LINK] "Massive Tree Farms May Be a Really Bad Climate Idea"
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04:19 pm[LINK] "Blame an Ivory Ban for China’s Vanishing Giant Clams"
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04:21 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Nuns who feed San Francisco’s homeless face eviction"
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04:25 pm[LINK] On crowdsourcing a dialect map of Swiss German
04:28 pm[LINK] "Higher Education Widens Global Inequality"
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04:30 pm[LINK] "Crispr Gene-Editing Upstart Editas Goes Public as Patent Battle Rages"
04:36 pm[LINK] "The Hindu right is quietly funding—and lobbying—American universities"
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04:37 pm[LINK] "Facebook and the New Colonialism"
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04:40 pm[LINK] "Gravitational waves detected for 1st time, 'opens a brand new window on the universe'"
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07:32 pm[OBSCURA] On the Milky Way Galaxy in the Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual
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- 14th
- 01:48 pm
[PHOTO] Underpress, Dovercourt Road north of Dupont
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01:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A crisis in Vancouver: The lifeblood of the city is leaving"
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01:54 pm[ISL] On a supposed scandal involving Philippe Couillard, Anticosti island, oil, and Arthur Porter
01:58 pm[MUSIC] "Canadian gets Grammy nom for historical album, a category not at the Junos"
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05:31 pm[LINK] On a massive rogue planet in the Beta Pictoris moving group
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05:34 pm[LINK] "The Link Between Neanderthal DNA and Depression Risk"
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05:36 pm[LINK] "Humans could have driven Neanderthals extinct, even if they were as smart as us"
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05:39 pm[LINK] The Dragon's Tales on mass extinctions in the history of the Earth
08:35 pm[BLOG] Some Sunday links
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10:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] "A Night at the Continental Baths"
- 15th
- 05:25 pm
[PHOTO] Looking north, York Street, Toronto
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08:19 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
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09:58 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the racist reaction in Toronto to an interracial dance in 1959
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10:01 pm[URBAN NOTE] "No, little chickens, the sky is not falling on Toronto's gay Village"
10:05 pm[URBAN NOTE] "What Would Fare By Distance Mean For Toronto?"
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10:10 pm[LINK] "Travel in Nunatsiavut, Labrador is a little different"
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10:12 pm[LINK] "Ontario First Nation says aging ferry must be replaced or they will be cut off"
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10:17 pm[LINK] "How indigenous wealth is changing Bolivian architecture"
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10:20 pm[LINK] "Venezuela Expanding Military Influence Over Oil and Mining"
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10:22 pm[LINK] "Fromelles: Australia picks a fresh fight with Britain over a 100-year-old battle"
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10:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Feral parakeets taking over London, prompting concerns they'll push out native birds"
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10:50 pm[META] Blogroll update!
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11:54 pm[DM] "Blogroll suggestions, anyone?"
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- 16th
- 09:48 am
[PHOTO] Family Day visitors to the Union-Pearson Express to the left, paying customers to the right
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12:36 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
05:15 pm[LINK] "'Hobbits' found on Flores island are not Homo sapiens, but mystery remains"
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05:18 pm[LINK] "New Iqaluit mosque opens doors"
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05:20 pm[LINK] On the completion of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway
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05:22 pm[LINK] "Can we make sense of the Malheur mess?"
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05:26 pm[LINK] "Praying to Allah in Mexico: Islam Is Gaining a Foothold in Chiapas"
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05:28 pm[LINK] "Six Nations Polytechnic to offer course in disappearing language"
05:31 pm[LINK] "How Bernie Sanders Spent His Soviet 'Honeymoon'"
08:07 pm[URBAN NOTE] On a big bang approach to mass transit in the Greater Toronto Area
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- 17th
- 10:56 pm
[PHOTO] Three photos of the SkyWalk
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11:49 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
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- 18th
- 01:38 pm
[PHOTO] Seen from on high from the Union-Pearson Express
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03:36 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- archeology,
- astronomy,
- australia,
- blogs,
- canada,
- detroit,
- easter island,
- economics,
- european union,
- former soviet union,
- german language,
- globalization,
- history,
- indonesia,
- internet,
- italian language,
- japanese language,
- journalism,
- latin america,
- links,
- mars,
- mass media,
- mass transit,
- mexico,
- migration,
- national identity,
- neighbourhoods,
- oil,
- pacific islands,
- pet shop boys,
- polynesia,
- popular music,
- refugees,
- russia,
- second world war,
- solar system,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- united kingdom,
- united states,
- writing
06:19 pm[ISL] "Burnt Out Caribbean Pirate Castle Taps Expanding China for Funds"
06:26 pm[LINK] "China's Thirst for Wine Has Chile Raising a Glass"
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06:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Manhattan Skyscraper New Coup for No. 4 U.S. Office Buyer Korea"
06:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Is a housing price correction coming in Toronto and Vancouver?"
06:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The PATH defies navigation, just go outside"
06:45 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Complex Ecosystems of Cities, Where Plants Meet Politics"
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06:48 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Laurentian University to shut campus in Barrie, Ont."
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06:56 pm[LINK] "Russia's New Ballistic Missiles to Be Tested On Asteroids"
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11:52 pm[MUSIC] What is your favourite remix?
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- 19th
- 08:51 am
[PHOTO] Riding the rails of the Union-Pearson Express in Toronto
01:16 pm[BLOG] Some Friday links
Tags:- africa,
- asteroids,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- central asia,
- disasters,
- economics,
- food,
- former soviet union,
- latin america,
- links,
- london,
- mexico,
- middle east,
- parkdale,
- photography,
- photos,
- popular music,
- psychogeography,
- restaurants,
- russia,
- space science,
- syria,
- toronto,
- united kingdom,
- united states,
- urban note
02:25 pm[META] Another blogroll update
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06:41 pm[LINK] "China museum offers reward to decode historic coins"
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06:44 pm[LINK] "Want insurance to cover your PrEP? Good luck"
06:46 pm[LINK] "The Downfall of a Russian Soccer Team"
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06:49 pm[LINK] "Detroit’s Comeback Has an Arabic Accent"
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06:52 pm[LINK] "From ‘Vegas girl’ to MP, Ruth Ellen Brosseau had to prove her legitimacy"
06:55 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Fort McMurray and the Canadian boom-to-bust experience"
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06:57 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Don Valley gondola could lift Toronto tourism"
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07:00 pm[URBAN NOTE] Two links on the opening of Saks Fifth Avenue in Toronto
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09:29 pm[BRIEF NOTE] On the death of Umberto Eco
09:34 pm[WRITING] Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis
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- 20th
- 02:05 pm
[CAT] Shakespeare, stretched
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03:15 pm[PHOTO] On the signs of global warming in Toronto
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06:35 pm[LINK] "Why the world needs World Anthropology Day"
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06:36 pm[LINK] The Economist on the stagnation of Twitter
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06:39 pm[LINK] "Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ Moon Charon: A Possible Ancient Ocean?"
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06:42 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Sister cities: One foot in Germany, the other in Poland"
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06:46 pm[LINK] "Latin America’s Indigenous Peoples Find an Ally in the Pope"
06:47 pm[LINK] "Activists fear missing Native American women were swept up in oil-worker sex-trafficking"
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06:49 pm[LINK] "Canadian tourism in Cuba: Will American travellers affect the experience?"
06:50 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Will legal pot make Vancouver’s annual 420 rally go away?"
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09:05 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
Tags:- alternate history,
- architecture,
- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- blogs,
- blondie,
- cold war,
- disasters,
- estonia,
- former soviet union,
- history,
- humour,
- language,
- links,
- mass media,
- military,
- newspapers,
- poland,
- popular culture,
- popular music,
- russia,
- space science,
- technology,
- terrorism,
- ukraine,
- united states
09:14 pm[LINK] "Ursula K Le Guin calls on fantasy and sci fi writers to envision alternatives to capitalism"
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- 21st
- 02:44 pm
[PHOTO] Moss Park at night
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05:36 pm[LINK] "Texting brings out passive-aggressive in people"
05:39 pm[LINK] "The Rajab family is home, at last"
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05:42 pm[LINK] "Why Canada risks losing out on minerals in space"
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05:44 pm[LINK] "Exoplanet Census Suggests Earth Is Special after All"
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05:50 pm[LINK] "Forum Research poll: Liberals would win 70% of seats in election today"
05:52 pm[URBAN NOTE] On Justin Trudeau's visit to Dovercourt Village, Toronto
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05:55 pm[LINK] "Tom Mulcair's plea for redemption"
05:57 pm[LINK] On what happened with Dolores Huerta, Bernie Sanders, and a Nevada crowd
07:46 pm[BLOG] Some Sunday links
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- 22nd
- 08:44 am
[PHOTO] Seasonal St. Patrick's Day Greenery, Dollarama, Leslieville
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12:18 pm[LINK] "Disenchanted U.S. voters look with longing eyes to Canada, but few follow through"
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12:21 pm[LINK] "Will anyone in Mulcair’s circle ever take the rap for the election fiasco?"
12:23 pm[LINK] "China's Huawei Backs Apple Stance in Phone Unlocking Dispute"
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12:25 pm[LINK] "FBI’s Fight With Apple Over Encryption May Erode European Trust in U.S."
12:28 pm[LINK] "How Indonesia's Tech Boom Poster Child Proved His Doubters Wrong"
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12:33 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Cough Up, Cyclists: Sydney Fines Soar in World's Toughest Regime"
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12:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Hamilton ready for post-Steeltown boom as loonie continues to sink"
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12:37 pm[LINK] "Burning down the Harper legacy serving Trudeau well"
02:54 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
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10:25 pm[URBAN NOTE] RIhanna ft. Drake, "Work"
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11:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] On Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's upcoming attendance at Pride Toronto
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- 23rd
- 11:31 am
[PHOTO] On the import of the spring seeds rack at Dollarama
02:28 pm[URBAN NOTE] On the decision to deeply slash fares for the Union-Pearson Express
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06:22 pm[URBAN NOTE] Michael Coren (@michaelcoren) on why he will be attending Pride Toronto
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06:26 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Why architect Frank Gehry is thinking of coming back to Toronto"
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06:30 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Ontario’s uncounted homeless dead"
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06:33 pm[ISL] "Whether he walks or not, Senator Mike Duffy’s glory days are over"
06:37 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The Unruly Pleasures of the Mid-Manhattan Library"
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06:39 pm[LINK] "Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables"
Tags:- energy,
- links,
- oil,
- science,
- technology
06:42 pm[LINK] "A TV Network for Native Americans"
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08:23 pm[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- china,
- clash of ideologies,
- crime,
- dufferin street,
- east asia,
- european union,
- former soviet union,
- japan,
- links,
- london,
- mass transit,
- oceans,
- photos,
- pluto,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- public art,
- rail,
- russia,
- saturn,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- thailand,
- toronto,
- united kingdom,
- united states
11:52 pm[LINK] "The Last Days of Target Canada"
- 24th
- 02:47 pm
[PHOTO] Rainy day in Dovercourt Village, Toronto
04:26 pm[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
07:54 pm[VIDEO] Between Castle Frank and Broadview and back again
11:38 pm[OBSCURA] On a historic same-sex military couple's kiss in Victoria
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- 25th
- 12:37 pm
[PHOTO] On the 50th anniversary of the Bloor-Danforth line, as celebrated at Chester station
01:18 pm[BLOG] Some Thursday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- bay street,
- blogs,
- chinese language,
- demographics,
- estonia,
- europe,
- european union,
- financial district,
- former soviet union,
- genetics,
- germany,
- glbt issues,
- hong kong,
- human beings,
- in memoriam,
- islam,
- japanese language,
- kazakh language,
- kazakhstan,
- latin america,
- links,
- mass transit,
- migration,
- panama,
- refugees,
- russia,
- space science,
- subways,
- toronto,
- ttc,
- urban note,
- writing
05:29 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Hidden Poverty Lurks Beneath the City of Vaughan’s Wealthy Veneer"
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05:34 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Shaping Toronto: Centennial Projects"
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05:36 pm[LINK] "The Muslims of Appalachia: Kentucky coal country embracing the faithful"
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05:38 pm[LINK] "Why Orange County police departments have trouble recruiting Vietnamese American officers"
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05:41 pm[LINK] On the origins of the word "petaloso" (#petaloso)
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05:44 pm[LINK] "How North Korea Funnels Cash Into the Country"
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05:46 pm[LINK] "Montreal a haven for homosexual Yemeni refugee"
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05:50 pm[LINK] "Descendants of black loyalists seeking help to gain land title"
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08:24 pm[URBAN NOTE] "There's A New Subway On The Way": @SwanBoatSteve on the Bloor-Danforth Line
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11:53 pm[MUSIC] The Smashing Pumpkins, "Ava Adore"
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- 26th
- 03:29 am
[PHOTO] Waiting in the rain, Dupont Station
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- 27th
- 09:33 am
[CAT] Shakespeare, at night, by books
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09:35 am[PHOTO] Rail crossing at night. Bartlett north of Dupont
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01:38 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Metrolinx blames you": Jonathan Goldsbie on Metrolinx confusion over the UP Express
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01:41 pm[LINK] "For French speakers, an unwelcome grammatical hat trick"
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01:45 pm[LINK] "Can Things Get Any Worse for Russia? You’re About to Find Out"
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01:48 pm[LINK] "Why Russia Stopped at Crimea"
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01:50 pm[LINK] "Kobo CEO faces uphill e-book battle against Apple, Amazon"
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01:53 pm[LINK] "An Unloved Light Bulb Shows Signs of Burning Out"
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01:55 pm[LINK] "Being Bilingual Changes the Architecture of Your Brain"
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01:58 pm[WRITING] "The Retro Freewrite May Just Be the Ultimate Word Processor"
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02:01 pm[WRITING] "Burnout, creativity, and the tyranny of production schedules"
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05:25 pm[BLOG] Some Saturday links
Tags:- anthropology,
- astronomy,
- australia,
- blogs,
- book reviews,
- borders,
- clash of ideologies,
- david bowie,
- diaspora,
- economics,
- environment,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- health,
- history,
- hiv/aids,
- judaism,
- language,
- links,
- london,
- medicine,
- ontario,
- pacific islands,
- politics,
- popular culture,
- popular literature,
- popular music,
- regionalism,
- russia,
- saturn,
- science,
- shopping,
- social sciences,
- sociology,
- solar system,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- taiwan,
- titan,
- toronto,
- united kingdom,
- video,
- writing
11:53 pm[DM] "On the demographic limits to future economic growth"
- 28th
- 03:29 am
[PHOTO] Honest Ed's, early evening
09:11 am[META] More blogroll additions
12:28 pm[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- 29th
- 12:42 pm
[PHOTO] Me and the Steam Canoe on Woodbine Beach (#winterstations)
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04:39 pm[URBAN NOTE] "How Queens Quay came to be in Toronto"
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04:46 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Before Toronto Had the 6ix, We Had Toronto 1"
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04:47 pm[URBAN NOTE] "The modernist Bloor-Danforth line at 50"
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04:49 pm[URBAN NOTE] "Internal Metrolinx reports pointed to lower Union-Pearson train fares"
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04:51 pm[LINK] "Liberals’ gay-pardon decision applauded but obstacles still exist"
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04:56 pm[URBAN NOTE] "HMV to shutter Bloor Street store"
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04:58 pm[LINK] "Trump: The American Version of European White Nationalist Politicians"
05:00 pm[LINK] "Japan’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Inspires Real Robots"
05:03 pm[LINK] "Genetics reveal 50,000 years of independent history of aboriginal Australian people"
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07:38 pm[BLOG] Some Monday links
Tags:- astronomy,
- blogging,
- blogs,
- china,
- computers,
- demographics,
- economics,
- education,
- ethnic cleansing,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- history,
- indonesia,
- language,
- links,
- mass media,
- migration,
- neighbourhoods,
- photos,
- poland,
- russia,
- shopping,
- southeast asia,
- space science,
- television,
- theatre,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- urban note,
- writing
11:31 pm[LINK] "Values, directions, and action", or, sociological self-help
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