[PHOTO] Twilight blue, north up Church

[PHOTO] Blue lupines (?) and red begonias, Paul Kane House Parkette

[BLOG] Some Monday links

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares images of galaxy M61.


• Centauri Dreams looks at a proposal for the Solar Cruiser probe, a NASA probe that would use a solar sail.


• D-Brief notes the discovery of bacteria on coasts which manufacture dimethyl sulfide.


• Bruce Dorminey writes about some facts about the NASA X-15 rocket plane.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on the strange nuclear accident in Nyonoksa, Russia.


• JSTOR Daily reports on the recent uncovering of the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion, under the Mediterranean.


• Language Hat looks at 19th century standards on ancient Greek language.


• Language Log notes an ironically swapped newspaper article subhead.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the role of Tom Cotton in the recent Greenland scandal.


• Marginal Revolution glances at the relationship between China and Singapore.


• The NYR Daily looks at how the car ride played a role in the writing of Jacques Lacan.


• The Russian Demographics Blog shares an index on state fragility around the world.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why Jupiter suffers so many impacts from incoming bodies.


• John Scalzi at Whatever reports on what seems to have been an enjoyable concert experience with Iron Maiden.


• Window on Eurasia reports a claim that, with regards to a border dispute, Chechnya is much more unified than Dagestan.

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links; transit, Jane-Finch, Rob Ford, Riverdale Park East, beaches

• The federal government will provide a billion dollars in funding to Toronto transit, including to Bloor-Yonge station and GO Transit. CBC reports.


• The Jane-Finch anti-violence barbecue has celebrated its tenth anniversary. CBC reports.


• blogTO notes that people in Toronto can vote for--or against--naming a new street in Etobicoke's Six Points after Rob Ford.


• blogTO reports on the joys of Riverdale Park East.


• Shawn Micallef writes at the Toronto Star about what the city can do to make it easier for Torontonians to get to their city's beaches.

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Peterborough, Kingston, Québec City, Detroit, Richmond

• Peterborough is facing a serious shortage of housing. Global News reports.


• In Kingston, the restoration of the Bellevue House that was home to John A MacDonald continues. Global News reports.


• The federal government will provide funding for the new streetcar route in Québec City. CTV News reports.


• Will the Detroit television documentary series filmed by Anthony Bourdain see a release? One hopes.


• Richmond, a Vancouver suburb home for decades to a substantial diaspora from Hong Kong, is deeply affected by the ongoing protests there. The Toronto Star reports.

[NEWS] Five links about politics: pro-Bernier billboard, elx2019, Alberta, #mayorpete, Andrew Yang

• The way this pro-Maxine Bernier anti-immigrant billboard campaign ended up collapsing so completely pleases me. Global News reports.


• The CBC polls different experts to see if the unpopularity of Doug Ford in Ontario will undermine the Conservatives across Canada.


• I will be interested to see if separatism in Alberta will take off. The National Post reports.


• The proposal of Pete Buttigieg to get mental health care funded by insurance makes sense to me. VICE has it.


• Michael Kruse writes at POLITICO about the growing appeal of Andrew Yang to many voters in the US.