[CAT] Shakespeare, uncertain about posing and looking down

Two photos today!

[BLOG] Some Saturday links

• Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the surprisingly exciting British elections. What will come of them?


• The LRB Blog considers the question of the underlying motivations of pollsters.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen reshares an old column noting the destabilizing effects of Trump on American alliances.


• The Planetary Society Blog looks at India's new heavy-lift rocket, the GSLV-MK3.


• Torontoist looks at the City of Toronto's response to the overdose crisis.


• Towleroad notes that the Japanese city of Sapporo has recognized same-sex relationships.


• The Volokh Conspiracy argues that the constitutionality of Trump's edicts should not be defined by their being issued by Trump.


• Window on Eurasia argues that Russian policy towards Ukraine since 1991 has been marked by consistent disinterest in Ukraine going its own way.

[LINK] Three notes about the problems of life in the Canadian North

• CBC noted how poverty and climate change is leading to food shortages in the north of Labrador.


• Also from Labrador, CBC noted the negative effect of climate change on the mental health of indigenous peoples.


• The whole Inuit lifestyle, CBC notes, is being undermined by climate change.

[NEWS] Eight links from around the world

• Yahoo News shares the story of a cat that visited every national park in the United States, with photos.


• CBC's Mike Crawley takes a look at the impact of the Ontario $15 minimum wage, finding it should have little effect on the economy at large.


• In The Globe and Mail, Tony Keller suggests that Donald Trump's actions do a great job of promoting China as a responsible superpower.


• CBC notes research suggesting that global warming will make the heat island effect in cities much worse.


• It is easy, editor David Shribman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes in The Globe and Mail, to mistake Pittsburgh for Paris.


• The Toronto Star notes Ariana Grande's surprise visit to her fans in hospital before tomorrow benefit concert.


• The Atlantic reports on the problems of post-Communist gentrification in Moscow.


• The Georgia Straight shares one Vancouver artist's goodbye to her adopted city, beloved but now too expensive.

[URBAN NOTE] Three notes about real estate in the Greater Toronto Area

• Torontoist's Tamara Yelland reports on the intensification of the rent strike in Parkdale aimed against Metcap.


• The Toronto Star's Tess Kalinowski notes that the market for detached homes in Toronto is facing unmanageable levels of demand.


• Torontoist's David Stokes makes the case that suburbs should allow homes in residential districts to be converted into businesses.