[PHOTO] Six photos of Dovercourt Village on a fall morning

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• Bad Astronomy looks at ALMA's observations of the birth of binary star system, here.


• The Buzz, at the Toronto Public Library, announces the Governor-General's Literary Awards from 2019, here.


• Centauri Dreams notes how we might be able to find a wormhole at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy.


• The Crux commemorates the enormously successful and long-lasting Voyager missions.


• D-Brief notes a self-tending swarm search and rescue drones.


• Bruce Dorminey notes how the first discoveries of exoplanets were a consequence of innovative technology and thinking.


• Steve Attewell at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that he is talking about the new idea in X-Men of a mutant nation-state over at Graphic Policy Radio.


• The LRB Blog notes Manif pour Tous mobilizing against new human reproduction laws in France.


• Marginal Revolution looks at how the drug war in Mexico has been getting worse.


• Neuroskeptic considers: What traits would a human population adapted to contemporary environmental pressures exhibit?


• The NYR Daily looks at a new exhibition of critical Internet-related art by Meriam Bennani.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at a remarkable double gravitational lens, and what it reveals about the universe.


• Window on Eurasia notes that although half of working-age people in Uzbekistan have been educated in the Latin script, many remain fluent in Cyrillic.


• Arnold Zwicky considers the many implications of fried pickles with ranch dressing.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto notes

• Matt Gurney wonders if the losses of votes for the Conservatives in the Greater Toronto Area will doom Andrew Scheer, over at the National Post.


• Jamie Bradburn took a look at the opening of the Ontario Science Centre, here.


• Spacing shares an argument for density transition zones in Toronto, here.


• The Village Idiot Pub in Toronto, across Dundas from the AGO, will rebrand itself the Village Genius. Global News reports.


• Queen and Coxwell will soon host some new affordable housing. Global News reports.


• The closure of a flea market on Old Weston road, a year after a tragic shooting, is a shame. The Toronto Star
  
• I am going to see at least some of the works in this year's Toronto Biennial. NOW Toronto reports.

[URBAN NOTE] Nine Montréal links

• The 9th floor restaurant at the Montréal Eaton's looks like an architectural delight. CBC reports.


• This bike repair shop in Greenfield Park looks cool. CBC repors.


• I quite like the idea behind this rooftop garden in Saint-Henri. CBC reports.


• Is building a baseball stadium for Montréal after the Expos went going to be as much of an issue, and in the same ways, as building a hockey stadium after the Nordiques was for Québec City? CTV News reports.


• Renovictions are almost always a bad thing. CTV News reports.


• A cooperative of artisans has banded together to operate a storefront location in Saint-Henri that none could afford individually. CTV News reports.


• Amherst Street has been renamed Atateken, as part of reconciliation with indigenous peoples. CBC reports.


• The plight of homeless indigenous people around Cabot Square is desperate. CBC reports.


• La Presse notes a sharp fall in attendance at the Grande Bibliothèque over the past decade, a consequence of cutbacks.

[URBAN NOTE] Nine city links

• The new LRT that will unite Brampton and Mississauga looks very cool. blogTO reports.


• The small farming town of Belfountain is apparently facing a major influx of Toronto tourists seeking fall sights. Global News reports.


• Ridership on Kitchener-Waterloo transit generally has increased sharply since the opening of the Ion LRT. CBC reports.


• London, Ontario, is trying to regenerate its downtown. Global News reports.


• CTV Ottawa reports on O-Train Fans, a new fan community devoted to exploring the Confederation Line.


• La Presse looks at how people cross the street in Montréal in a way different from people in Québec City, here.


• A high-density apartment development in Fredericton is unpopular among some neighbours. Global News reports.


• Hillsborough, New Brunswick, is trying to keep its grocery store alive. Global News reports.


• Calgary hosts a new development of compact homes for military veterans. Global News reports.