[PHOTO] Five photos of vintage calculators and Commodores, Z&Z Accounting (#thejunction)

I was passing by with Jim through the Junction on Dundas West one recent night when we came across the storefront location of Z & Z Accounting and Income Tax Services, at 3102 Dundas Street West. There, they had on display vintage machines of the sort that earlier generations of accountants would have used, including mechanical calculators and some vintage Commodore computers. (The C64 was not there, but the PET and VIC-20 were.)

[PHOTO] Model railroad, Mint Dentistry, 3084 Dundas Street West

The outpost of Mint Dentistry on 3084 Dundas Street West in The Junction had--has still, I hope--a lovely model railroad on display in its front window.

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait shares a stunning photo taken by a friend of the Pleiades star cluster.


• The Buzz, at the Toronto Public Library, shares a collection of books suitable for World Vegan Month, here.


• Henry Farrell at Crooked Timber considers, with an eye towards China and the Uighurs, how panopticon attempts can stray badly on account of--among other things--false assumptions.


• Gizmodo considers how antimatter could end up providing interesting information about the unseen universe.


• Joe. My. God. reports from New York City, where new HIV cases are dropping sharply on account of PrEP.


• JSTOR Daily shares a vintage early review of Darwin's Origin of Species.


• Language Hat examines the origins of the semicolon, in Venice in 1494.


• Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money shares a critical report of the new Jill Lepore book These Truths.


• The LRB Blog reports from the Museum of Corruption in Kyiv, devoted to the corruption of the ancient regime in Ukraine.


• Marginal Revolution shares a new history of the Lakota.


• The NYR Daily looks at the photography of Duane Michals.


• The Russian Demographics Blog looks at population trends in Russia, still below 1991 totals in current frontiers.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why some of the lightest elements, like lithium, are so rare.


• Window on Eurasia shares the opinion of a Russian historian that Eastern Europe is back as a geopolitical zone.


• Arnold Zwicky considers Jacques Transue in the light of other pop culture figures and trends.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

• John Lorinc at Spacing considers the complication idea of a city charter for Toronto. Is it worth it? Does it ignore other governance issues?


• Tourism is booming in Toronto, transforming the economy of the metropolis. The Toronto Star reports.


• NOW Toronto notes how the Toronto District School Board is introducing educational courses intended to prepare students for careers in hospitality.


• Legal controversy surrounding the governance of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and other like cemeteries in Toronto, is ongoing. The Toronto Star reports.


• In Milton, the owner of an illegal rooming house where one tenant died has been found financially liable. CBC reports.


• The Toronto Star tells the story of soldiers returning from the First World War who attacked Chinatown and its inhabitants, here.


• NOW Toronto points to an exhibition of photos created in solidarity with Hong Kong journalists.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Pierrefonds, Edmundston, Saskatoon, Louisville, Belfast, Jerusalem ..

• Ending free coffee for municipal employees in the Québec community of Pierrefonds created massive controversy. CBC reports.


• The mayor of the Francophone city of Edmundston in New Brunswick has encouraged immigrant Québec students hurt by immigration changes to come to his community. CTV News reports.


• The price of crystal meth in Saskatoon is apparently as low as $3 a bag. Global News reports.


• Guardian Cities notes how Louisville, low on trees, is trying to regreen the city as a way to deal with rising temperatures.


• Open Democracy considers if the DUP is about to lose its strongholds in Belfast.


• Guardian Cities looks at the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr Aqab, a place where Palestinians can access their metropolis (and their partners).


• CityLab shares photos of the wonderful new public library of Helsinki.