[PHOTO] Looking north across the tracks, Bartlett above Dupont, with and without flash

[PHOTO] Fourteen photos of the woods and sea around Camp Buchan, Belfast, PEI

The woods and sea around Camp Buchan are favourite places of mine to explore, despite the clouds of mosquitoes coming from the adjacent marshes.

[BLOG] Some Monday links

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly takes a look at the concept of resilience.


• D-Brief notes the many ways in which human beings can be killed by heat waves.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a claim for the discovery of a new pulsar planet, PSR B0329+54 b, two Earth masses with an orbit three decades long.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas argues that, in some was, online connectivity is like a drug.


• Hornet Stories considers the plight of bisexuals in the closet.


• Language Hat considers the origins of the family name of Hungarian Karl-Maria Kertbeny, the man who developed the term "homosexuality", and much else besides.


• The NYR Daily looks at how the item of soap was a key component behind racism and apartheid in South Africa.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell notes a new book, The Quotable Darwin.


• Peter Rukavina takes a look at 18 years' worth of links on his blog. How many are still good? The answer may surprise you.


• Understanding Society considers the insights of Tony Judt on the psychology of Europeans after the Second World War.


• John Scalzi at Whatever considers, in Q&A format, some insights for men in the post-Weinstein era.


• Window on Eurasia looks at how boundaries in the Caucasus were not necessarily defined entirely by the Bolsheviks.


• Arnold Zwicky considers various odd appearances of pickles in contemporary popular culture.

[NEWS] Three clashes of ideologies: Sagan on religion and science, peace poppy, Russia and the West

• Christopher Douglas writes at The Conversation about how the Carl Sagan novel Contact explores Sagan's own perspective on the relationship between religion and science.


• I'm not at all sure I agree with the argument of Rob Breakenridge that the "peace poppy", the white poppy preferred by some anti-war protesters, tarnishes Remembrance Day. Global News has the report


• Leonid Bershidsky argues that the involvement of Putin's Russia in Western politics is best understood as a strategy to undermine the credibility of these institutions and countries. (Continental Europe is doing better than the US and UK.) Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-10/putin-s-trolling-of-the-west-is-not-just-a-tactic'><U>has it</u></a>.</li> </ul>

[NEWS] Four notes about new journalisms, media: Torontoist. non-profit journalism, online serials

• Simon Bredin, editor of the Torontoist that is last survivor of the Gothamist network, calls for more support as the website moves forward.


• DeSmog Canada's Emma Gilchrist argues, looking at models around the world, that non-profit journalism can work.


• David Beers at the National Observer argues that British Columbia has built up a cluster of strong digital journalism outlets.


• Adam Minter looks at the emergence and success of online serials as a profitable form of fiction in China, over at Bloomberg.

[ISL] Five Islands links: English in Colombia, Haida, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Sicily

• Can a new film help preserve the English Creole spoken on the Colombian Caribbean islands of San Andres and Old Providence? The Guardian reports.


• Using film to help preserve an indigenous language is also a strategy being used by the Haida of Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia. CBC reports.


• Fredreka Schouten's account of visiting her native Virgin Islands to see the continued devastation is heart-rending, featured in USA Today.


• The recovery of agriculture in Puerto Rico is a hopeful sign, but will it be enough? National Geographic reports.


• Things do not look very good in Sicily. Spiegel reports.

[ISL] Three PEI links: economic growth, employment insurance zones, gleaners in the fields

• Prince Edward Island is apparently again leading the Maritimes in economic growth. This is something of an unexpected reversal. The Guardian reports.


• The division of PEI into two zones for employment insurance purposes, one around Charlottetown and the other including the rest of the island, does--among other things--reflect growing regional economic divides. CBC reports.


• Gleaners, people combing the fields of the Island looking for edible food left after the harvest, is apparently a thing. CBC reports.