[BLOG] Some Thursday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the growing evidence for the detection of a Neptune-size exomoon, provisionally named Kepler-1625b I, as does Centauri Dreams, as does D-Brief.


• D-Brief notes evidence that the songs of humpback whales last over generations.


• JSTOR Daily considers the fascination of Mary Shelley with cemeteries.


• Lingua Franca, at the Chronicle of Higher Education, considers an important question: "different from", or "different than"?


• The Map Room Blog shares maps of the earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi, and the relief effort.


• Drew Rowsome takes a look at a new documentary examining the famed Studio 54.


• Daniel Little, at Understanding Society, considers (after others) the idea of emotions as neurophysical phenomena.


• Window on Eurasia suggests that Turkey's recent efforts to become a power in Central Asia are being aided by the way its efforts mesh with China's.

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Galleria Mall, Keesmaat on Gardiner, anti-Ford, TTC, housing

• blogTO highlights a fascinating new book project by Toronto writer Shari Kasman, assembling a hundred photos of the beloved Galleria Mall.


• Chris Selley notes how the promise of mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat to tear down the eastern Gardiner speaks directly to her progressive supporters, over at the National Post.


• The Conversation hosts this well-reasoned article arguing that the City of Toronto must keep resisting the Ford government's intrusions.


• Steve Munro has many questions about the idea of a takeover of the TTC by the Ontario government.


• That more than three thousand people joined a lottery for less than one hundred apartments at the new Toronto Community Housing location at 110 River Street speaks to the new for affordable housing in Toronto. Global News reports.

[PHOTO] White houses at night, Delaware at Northumberland