[CAT] Shakespeare, resting

[BLOG] Some Saturday links

• Architectuul looks at how, in Communist Romania, postcards sent from the resorts ot the Black Sea coast were used to bolster the image of the regime.


• Bad Astronomy notes the evidence for a recent planetary collision in the young system of RW Aurigae A.


• Crux visits the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at present the main spaceport for human passengers on Earth.


• D-Brief notes how radial velocity methods can be used to quickly find exoplanets with relatively distant orbits around their star.


• Dead Things notes evidence that Neanderthals did make use of fire.


• Hornet Stories notes an interview given by Barry Humphries, the actor behind Dame Edna, in which he reveals pro-Trump and anti-trans opinions.


• At In Media Res, Russell Arben Fox grapples with the possibility of human technological civilization not being sustainable, not being natural.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how early modern alchemists imagined human beings might be created.


• Drew Rowsome celebrates the reappearance of Buddy Cole, the signature creation of Scott Thompson.


• Towleroad shares an extended interview with Steven Canals, the screenwriter behind Pose, talking about this series' background and his goals.


• At the Volokh Conspiracy, Jonathan M. Adler deconstructs the argument of Michael Anton against birthright citizenship in the United States.


• At Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, Livio di Matteo wonders what Trump's incessant political Russophilia has in common with the CoDominium of SF writer Jerry Pournelle, a Russian-American alliance aimed at dominating the world.

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: CNE photos, bike lanes, ward boundaries, Kent Monkman, skyline

• Olivia Bednar at NOW Toronto reports on a new photo exhibit examining the history of the CNE, and examines five photos particularly.


• The Toronto bike lane strategy is falling behind schedule, activists report over at the Toronto Star.


• Shawn Micallef notes the new political alliances being forged in Toronto by the shift in ward boundaries, over at the Toronto Star.


• Olivia Bednar at NOW Toronto reports on an upcoming exhibit of the art of Kent Monkman, this September at the Project Gallery.


• Urban Toronto contrasts two photos of the downtown Toronto skyline from Kensington Market, taken from the same point in 2013 and 2018, here.

[NEWS] Five PEI links: anti-immigration, O'Leary, tourism, housing, Buffalo of Buffaloland

• The Guardian reports on an Island woman's publicizing of an anti-immigrant flyer being mailed out locally.


• The West Prince community of O'Leary now has a family doctor again. The Guardian reports.


• The 2018 tourist season on the Island so far is apparently going quite nicely, with 92 cruise ships coming by. CBC reports.


• The Island housing market is continuing to boom with plenty of new investment. (What, I wonder, of housing prices?) CBC reports.


• The buffalo of Buffaloland Provincial Park continue to grow in number, reaching a population of 56. CBC reports.