Aug. 28th, 2018

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  • Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares the latest from exoplanet PDS 70b, which has a gain in mass that has actually been detected by astronomers.

  • The Crux considers what information, exactly, hypothetical extraterrestrials could extract from the Golden Record of Voyager. Are the messages decipherable?

  • D-Brief shares the most detailed map yet assembled of Comet 67P, compiled from images taken by the Rosetta probe.

  • Karen Sternheimer at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about the way changing shopping malls reflect, and influence, changes in the broader culture.

  • Hornet Stories notes that, while Pope Francis may not want parents of gay children to cut their ties, he does think the parents should look into conversion therapy.

  • JSTOR Daily links to a paper examining how beekeeping in early modern England led to the creation of a broader pattern of communications and discourse on the subject.

  • Language Hat shares the story of an American diplomat in 1960s Argentina, and his experiences learning Spanish (after having spoken Portuguese) and travelling in the provinces.

  • Language Log shares a biscriptal ad from Hong Kong.

  • The LRB Blog shares a story told by Harry Stopes about a maritime trip with harbour pilots from Cornwall.

  • Roads and Kingdoms shares an anecdote of a family meal of empanadas in the Argentine city of Cordoba during the world cup.

  • Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why, in the early universe, the most massive stars massed the equivalent of a thousand suns, much larger than any star known now.

  • Towleroad shares Karl Schmid's appearance on NBC Today, where he talked with Megyn Kelly about HIV in the era of undetectability.

  • Window on Eurasia notes the many obstacles placed by the Russian government in the way of Circassian refugees from Syria seeking refuge in their ancestral North Caucasus homeland.

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  • Gilbert Ngabo reports on the understandable frustration of the many hundreds of tenants of the St. James Town tower of 650 Parliament Street, left to collect their belongings in lines in the stifling heat after a 6-alarm fire and facing months of potential homelessness, over at the Toronto Star.

  • blogTO notes that a majority of Torontonians are willing to imagine moving to the suburbs on account of spiraling real estate prices.

  • Are the affordable housing programs being put forward by John Tory and Jennifer Keesmaat plausible? The Toronto Star considers.

  • Steve Munro notes that the 514 Cherry streetcar route is now no more, merged into others.

  • The four Bombardier streetcars damaged by recent flooding in Toronto will be out of service for months as they are cleaned and repaired. CBC reports.

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  • This Ryan Diduck article at CultMTL taking a look at the MUTEK electronic music festival and Never Apart, evoking what I suppose might be called midtown Montréal, is wonderfully evocative.

  • The mayor of Québec City wants to increase immigration to his metropolis, the better to deal with labour shortages. CBC reports.

  • Guardian Cities takes a look at the famously Italianate 1930s capital of Eritrea, Asmara. What future does it face as the country opens up?

  • Guardian Cities reports on how lethal being a graffiti artist can be in São Paulo.

  • This Dara Bramson article at Protocols sharing a first-hand perspective on the revival of Jewish life in Krakow is beautiful.

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  • This John Ivison article noting Canada and Mexico need to be united on trade issues versus Trump's United States still makes sense, and can be read at the National Post.

  • MacLean's last month took a look at what Mexico's new president, AMLO, meant for bilateral Canadian-Mexican relations and wider North America.

  • Freezing out Canada from NAFTA negotiations is apparently a Trump tactic presented in The Art of the Deal. Business Insider reports.

  • The proposed terms of the NAFTA renegotiations, which involve higher wages for workers, may have a minimal effect on Canada. Global News reports.

  • Is it possible, as suggested at Quartz, that the renegotiated NAFTA might play to the benefit of Canada?

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