[PHOTO] Ten photos taken along College Street and in Kensington Market on Tuesday

Tuesday afternoon, in a gloriously warm late afternoon full of brilliant sunshine, I took a nice walk west on College Street, dipping in and out of Kensington Market.

[PHOTO] Shopping for the World Cup in the parking lot at Galleria Mall

Every summer, a kiosk selling soccer merchandise sets up on the northeast corner of the Galleria Mall's parking lot, at Dufferin and Dupont. In World Cup years like this one, the array of merchandise offered becomes particularly diverse.

[PHOTO] Ten photos of a walk home west from St. Clair West to Dovercourt Village

Last night, I took a leisurely walk home on a warm summer evening, west on St. Clair from St. Clair West station and then south through Regal Heights, down to the northwesternmost corner of Dovercourt Village.

[META] Eight new news sources

It's time to add new links and news sources to my blogroll, ones reflecting my interests.

• CityLab is a great news source looking at different urban phenomena within individual cities and uniting cities. CityLab hosts Sam Weber's article looking at the many problems facing North Korean defectors as they try to assimilate into ultra-sophisticated Seoul.


• The Conversation CA hosts Stephen Scherer's article explaining the importance of sequencing the genomes of Canadian animals.


• The Discourse is a new Canadian media start-up promising in-depth coverage on Canadian issues. Before the recent Ontario election, they started a hashtag, #GTADiscourse, to see what people in the GTA underserved by the media were concerned about.


• The Guardian Cities takes a look at urban issues around the world. I liked this Mireille Silcoff article explaining the import of 1 July to the inhabitants of Montréal: It's moving day!


• Steve Benjamins hosts Village, a new subscriber-only newsletter focusing on Toronto. I liked this article about a Seaton Village beekeeper, here.


• The venerable hard-left Canadian news site Rabble has plenty of thought-provoking articles, like Barâa Arar's essay explaining their fear of what a Doug Ford government in Ontario might do.


• American queer magazine Them has plenty of great articles. I liked this one confirming that Tessa Thompson, Valkyrie in Thor and Janelle Monáe's rumoured girlfriend, is out as bi.


• Toronto website and discussion forum Urban Toronto reports on a massive mural set to grace the Parkside Student Residences at Jarvis and Carlton.

[META] Four new blogroll links

• Writer Jamie Bradburn, a person known for excellent essays exploring the history of Toronto at Torontoist and elsewhere, writes about his goals for new content at his Wordpress blog. (Bringing old material from the missed The Grid would be great.)


• The Island Review is a blog that brings together interesting links about islands. This post, a map depicting the forms of the different minor islands around Great Britain, is fun, is a good start.


• TVO journalist Steve Paikin's blog is a great source for information on politics in Ontario. This post takes a look at the first meeting of the new NDP provincial caucus.


• Author Patricia C. Wrede has a nice blog focusing on writing fiction, as with this post concentrating on well-intended advice that can wreck stories.