[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• James Bow considers the idea of Christian privilege.


• Centauri Dreams reports on the oddities of Ross 128.


• D-Brief shares Matthew Buckley's proposal that it is possible to make planets out of dark matter.


• Dead Things reports on the discoveries at Madjedbebe, in northern Australia, suggesting humans arrived 65 thousand years ago.


• Bruce Dorminey reports on the idea that advanced civilizations may use sunshades to protect their worlds from overheating. (For terraforming purposes, too.)


• Language Hat notes the struggles of some Scots in coming up with a rationalized spelling for Scots. What of "hert"?


• The LRB Blog considers the way in which the unlimited power of Henry VIII will be recapitulated post-Brexit by the UK government.


• Drew Rowsome quite likes the High Park production of King Lear.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers the idea that Pluto's moons, including Charon, might be legacies of a giant impact.


• Unicorn Booty notes the terrible anti-trans "Civil Rights Uniformity Act." Americans, please act.


• The Volokh Conspiracy considers/u> the perhaps-unique way a sitting American president might be charged with obstruction of justice.

[URBAN NOTE] Five links on Toronto, from housing issues to renaming Ryerson

• blogTO notes apartment complexes will soon be rezoned to allow them to host more businesses.


• Torontoist's Tamara Yelland argues against Matt Gurney's dismissive take that people who can't afford Toronto housing should go.


• Global News reports on the bidding wars for condo rentals in Toronto.


• At CBC, Doug George-Kanentiio argues in favour of renaming Ryerson University, perhaps giving it a First Nations name.


• The Toronto Star's Martin Regg Cohn reflects on his experiences around the world, seeing statues to past regimes taken down.

[PHOTO] Four photo links: the perils of Instagram, doctored photos, pre-AIDS NYC and the Rust Belt

• I have limits as to what I will do to get a great photo. The limits of others may be more elastic, too much so even. VICE warns against this excessive dangerous.


• Lifehacker shares some quick tips to people looking for obvious signs of a photograph being doctored.


• These obviously NSFW photos from pre-AIDS New York City by Alvin Baltrop capture the ephemeral scene beautifully.


• Niko Kallianiotis' photos of small-town Rust Belt Pennsylvania are evocative. I recognize this kind of landscape.