[PHOTO] Eight photos of the The Family Camera, Royal Ontario Museum (#romfamcam)

The Royal Ontario Museum's The Family Camera exhibit, open during Nuit Blanche and running until the 29th of October, provides an interesting look at the role photography plays in the internal lives of families, preserving memories of noteworthy events indefinitely. The exhibit's emphasis was on film photography, the only form available to most people until very recently.

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• The Crux considers the idea that lower food consumption can lead to greater longevity.


• D-Brief notes an English field of barley grown entirely by robots.


• Language Hat wonders if Brexit means that EU English will start to diverge from the norms of the United Kingdom.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money shares an article taking issue with sports fans' treatment of players.


• The LRB Blog notes that Nicaragua has signed up to climate-change accords, leaving only the United States.


• The Map Room Blog links to a new atlas of the Irish Revolution.


• Marginal Revolution notes that the economy of Turkey is doing surprisingly well.


• The Planetary Society Blog takes a look at the sorts of technology needed to survive on Mars.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, for their detection of gravitational waves.


• Towleroad shares Mashrou' Leila's condemnation of Egyptian authorities for arresting people waving the rainbow flag.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes, in passing, the hard work needed to keep artificial intelligences from being racist.


• Arnold Zwicky links to an interactive map of the bookstores of San Francisco.

[URBAN NOTE] Four Toronto links: urban poverty, GO Transit subsidies, 1 Bloor West, environment

• A new report suggests that, in Toronto, you need to learn at least twice minimum wage in order to thrive. The Toronto Star reports.


• GO Transit users will apparently get half-price TTC fares. The Toronto Star reports.


• From the former Stollery's, at 1 Bloor Street West, will rise Toronto's tallest condo tower. The Globe and Mail reports.


• Torontoist shares an opinion piece looking at the infrastructure of environmental protection in the GTHA.