[PHOTO] Looking north, Rosedale, 1 December

The platform of Rosedale station, open to the air, can be quite photogenic if you know where to look.

[OBSCURA] Toronto, 1971

I found this black-and-white photo depicting the Toronto skyline circa 1971 at Tumblr's Fuck Yeah Toronto. I could not find a source for this image, which is a pity since it does provide a lovely overview of downtown Toronto in the early 1970s. The skyscrapers of the Financial District are mostly there, but the CN Tower is still under construction and vast wastes stretch out to the Lake Ontario shoreline.

[BLOG] Some Sunday links

• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling looks at the art scene in Istanbul.


• Crooked Timber takes issue with Tyler Cowen's support for school vouchers.


• The Dragon's Tales notes signs that the ephemeral Martian lakes were temporary creations of methane outbursts, and considers how to use WISE to hunt for Planet Nine.


• Far Outliers looks at Britain's contracts with petty German states for soldiers.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas looks at Trump in the context of the conflict between orality and literacy.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes Donald Trump's complication of the United States' China policy and reports that Seattle's new minimum wage has apparently not led to job loss.


• The LRB Blog reports on The Gambia on the eve of the elections.


• Marginal Revolution notes that truth is essential for liberty and freedom.


• From the Heart of Europe's Nicholas Whyte looks at the strange history of an enclave on the border of Belfast.


• pollotenchegg maps language in Ukraine.


• Savage Minds announces that the blog will seek a new name, and that they are looking for suggestions.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russia's fertility uptick will not alter the dynamics of population loss, and reports on a Russian radical's astonishing suggestion that Russia is now in the same position versus Ukraine as Nazi Germany was versus Poland.