[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• Anthropology.net notes evidence that injured Neanderthals were cared for by their kin.


• James Bow shares a photo of Ottawa at night and considers the growing city with its greenbelt.


• Centauri Dreams reacts to the immense discoveries surrounding GW170817.


• Crooked Timber considers the vexed nature of the phrase "Judeo-Christian."


• Bruce Dorminey notes an American government study suggesting a North Korean EMP attack could cause collapse.


• Hornet Stories reports that Russian pop singer Zelimkhan Bakaev has been murdered in Chechnya as part of the anti-gay purges.


• Language Hat looks at lunfardo, the Italian-inflicted argot of Buenos Aires.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that, with Trump undermining the US, the prospects of China's rise to define the new world order are looking good.


• The NYR Daily looks at reports of significant electoral fraud in Kenya.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw looks at the continuing Australian reaction to China's Belt and Road project.


• Roads and Kingdoms reports from Sichuan's peppercorn fields at harvest time.


• Drew Rowsome responds to Andrew Pyper's new novel, The Only Child.


• Strange Company looks at the mysterious 1900 murder of New Yorker Kathryn Scharn.


• Strange Maps looks at an ingenious, if flawed, map of the Berlin metro dating from the 1920s.


• Peter Watts considers the question of individual identity over time. What changes, what stays the same?


• Window on Eurasia notes that a shift from their native languages to Russian will not end minority ethnic identities.

[URBAN NOTE] Four Toronto notes: new TTC stations, Davenportage on Davenport, Lawrence West, Trump

• Transit Toronto notes that, on the 28th, three new TTC stations will be open for visitors.


• Samantha Beattie describes Davenportage, a recent exploration of Davenport Road's past as a portage route, at the Toronto Star.


• Edward Keenan talks about how the Lawrence West SmartTrack station can be made a success, over at the Toronto Star.


• The Toronto Star reports on how Donald Trump was the only person to profit from the former Trump Tower in Toronto.

[URBAN NOTE] Four notes around the world: New York City, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Mexico City

• Bloomberg notes global warming can expose New York City to heightened flood risks every five years, not every 500.


• Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg notes, plans to build a new city from scratch.


• VICE notes that Hong Kong, with its dear real estate, is running out of space for its dead.


• Spacing looks at how Mexico City is expanding its cycling infrastructure as part of its bid for world status.