[PHOTO] Five photos of Spadina Avenue at night

[BLOG] Some Sunday links

• Anthrodendum features a guest post from editors introducing a series on fieldwork and trauma.


• Crooked Timber's John Quiggin takes a stab at trying to define neoliberalism as an ideology, not just a catch-all phrase.


• The Crux looks at desalination, a difficult process that we may need to use regardless of its difficulty.


• D-Brief notes that narcissism is linked to lower levels of stress and depression.


• Jezebel notes the return and legacy of Bratz dolls.


• Joe. My. God. shares the Sam Smith cover of the Donna Summer classic "I Feel Love", along with other versions of that song.


• JSTOR Daily considers if graphene will ever become commercially usable.


• Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money links to an analysis warning about commercial debt. Another 2008?


• Marginal Revolution points to some papers suggesting that cannabis usage does not harm cognition, that the relationship is if anything reversed.


• Daphne Merkin at the NYR Daily looks back at her literary life, noting people now gone.


• Drew Rowsome reviews the new Daniel MacIvor play Let's Run Away.


• The Volokh Conspiracy looks at how the Trump Administration lost two cases against sanctuary cities.


• Window on Eurasia considers, briefly, the idea of Gorbachev giving to Germany Kaliningrad, last remnant of East Prussia.


• Worthwhile Canadian Initiative looks at the rises in health spending directed towards young people. Is this a warning sign of poor health?


• Arnold Zwicky looks at Gaysper, and then at other queer ghosts.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

• Urban Toronto looked at indigenous uses being proposed for the West Don Lands, here.


• That Toronto has become a major hub for Shopify is a significant economic factor. Global News reports.


• There will be an emergency exercise held at Union Station. Global News reports.


• Transit Toronto notes the opening of a new York Regional Transit bus hub at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.


• Transit Toronto shared video of a recent TTC public art project, "A Streetcar Called Toronto", here.


• Venerable Toronto movie rental store Videoflicks will be closing. blogTO reports.


• The Evergreen Brickworks in the Don Valley will be hosting a winter village this season. blogTO reports.

[URBAN NOTE] Five city notes: Montréal, Bronx, Nashville, Chicago, London

• People in Montréal will have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to walk over the Champlain Bridge, scheduled for demolition in the near future. Global News reports.


• The Conversation looks at the mass tourism, after Joker, directed towards a flight of stairs in The Bronx, and what this means for cities.


• CityLab notes the deep upset of the numerous and influential Kurds of Nashville with Trump.


• CityLab looks at how a Chicago magazine reflects the gentrification of large parts of that metropolis.


• Guardian Cities takes a look at what maps of Victorian London, mapping disparities of wealth and social dysfunction, reveal about the city now.