[CAT] Shakespeare, against the blanket

[BLOG] Some Saturday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the discovery of activity on distant comet
  C/2017 K2.


• Centauri Dreams notes a new proposal for an orbital telescope that could detect Earth-like worlds at Alpha Centauri A and B.


• D-Brief notes a new research finding that chimpanzees can learn to use tools on their own, without teaching.


• Dangerous Minds notes the interesting Detroit character of Gundella, the Green Witch of Detroit.


• Language Log tries to decipher some garbled Hebrew at an American wedding.


• The LRB Blog looks at the continued aftershocks, social and otherwise, from the recent earthquake in Mexico.


• Marginal Revolution argues that North Korea is set to become more China's problem than the United States'.


• Roads and Kingdoms notes the simple pleasures of soy milk in China.


• Seriously Science notes a study looking at the different factors in the personalities of cats.


• Towleroad notes the recent discovery of an antibody effective against 99% or so variants of HIV.


• Window on Eurasia argues Russian politics play a central role in getting Russophones in Ukraine to become Ukrainian.

[NEWS] Five Toronto links: Bloordale towers, St. Regis, Toronto design failures, North Market, books

• There will be huge changes at Bloor and Dufferin, including one proposed tower a few dozen stories high. blogTO reports.


• The St. Regis, the former Trump Tower, is set to offer very high-end luxury condos in the Financial District. The Toronto Star reports.


• In the aftermath of a string of pedestrian deaths, Shawn Micallef notes the design failures of Toronto leading to loss of life.


• Spacing talks about what the North Market of Toronto can learn from the historic El Born of Barcelona.


• blogTO notes that an abortive scandal over the placement of a Little Free Library came to nothing in the end.

[URBAN NOTE] Four links about Toronto Nuit Blanche 2017 (#nbto17)

• Kevin Ritchie noted in NOW Toronto that this Nuit Blanche will be dominated by the theme of protest and revolution.


• Chris Rattan talks with different curators and artists about what public art in Toronto should aim to do.


• NOW Toronto lists its top ten exhibits for Nuit Blanche.


• Toronto Life lists some cool places to visit for Nuit Blanche.