Nov. 27th, 2019

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  • Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the findings that the LISA Pathfinder satellite was impacted by hypervelocity comet fragments.

  • Centauri Dreams reports on what we have learned about interstellar comet Borisov.

  • Bruce Dorminey notes the ESA's Matisse instrument, capable of detecting nanodiamonds orbiting distant stars.

  • Gizmodo reports a new study of the great auk, now extinct, suggesting that humans were wholly responsible for this extinction with their hunting.

  • The Island Review links to articles noting the existential vulnerability of islands like Venice and Orkney to climate change.

  • Joe. My. God. reports on the claim of Tucker Carlson--perhaps not believably retracted by him--to be supporting Russia versus Ukraine.

  • Language Hat reports on the new Indigemoji, emoji created to reflect the culture and knowledge of Aboriginal groups in Australia.

  • Lawyers, Guns and Money notes one of the sad consequences of the American president being a liar.

  • James Butler at the LRB Blog writes about the optimism of the spending plans of Labour in the UK, a revived Keynesianism.

  • Marginal Revolution notes the exceptional cost of apartments built for homeless people in San Francisco.

  • Strange Maps looks at some remarkable gravity anomalies in parts of the US Midwest.

  • Towleroad notes the support of Jamie Lee Curtis for outing LGBTQ people who are homophobic politicians.

  • Understanding Society looks at organizations from the perspective of them as open systems.

  • Whatever's John Scalzi gives a generally positive review of the Pixel 4.

  • Arnold Zwicky notes the irony of sex pills at an outpost of British discount chain Poundland.

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  • A beautiful Toronto would be nice, but this goal will take planning. The Toronto Star reports.

  • Sean Marshall writes about the sad ironies of suburban neighbourhoods in Toronto unsafe for pedestrians.

  • Jamie Bradburn takes a look at Davenport Road in the past, here.

  • Transit Toronto notes the arrival tomorrow in the GTA of the Holiday Trains of the CPR, part of a fundraising campaign for foodbanks.

  • Spacing shares an essay considering the idea of a map of Toronto according to runnability.

  • Sidekick West, a new comic shop in the Junction Triangle, has unfortunately closed down. blogTO reports.

  • Toronto Life breaks down the references in the massive 10-story mural painted by BirdO at Yonge and St. Clair.

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  • The city of Gatineau is going to take land with constructions devastated by flooding and make it into a buffer zone. CBC reports.

  • There is controversy around the idea of naming a REM station in Montréal's Griffintown neighbourhood after Bernard Landry. Global News reports.

  • Halifax has a third heritage district. Global News reports.

  • The wild turkey is now thriving in many American cities, in New Jersey's Toms River and even in Washington D.C. CityLab reports.

  • The monk parakeet is thriving in European cities like Madrid and London. CityLab reports.

  • The Conversation suggests that Venice may yet benefit from the attention brought to its problems by the recent flooding.

  • Guardian Cities looks at the remarkably rapid construction of the city in Albania of Kamza, driven by (among other factors) remittances from emigrants.

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  • Climate change is playing a major role in the wildfires of California. Are we now in the Fire Age? Global News considers.

  • The new normal of the Arctic Ocean is to be ice-free. Global News reports.

  • Plants first reached land through unexpected horizontal gene transfers. CBC reports.

  • Zebra mussels have made it to the Lake of the Woods. Global News reports.

  • An artificial leaf that turns carbon dioxide into usable fuel is a remarkable technology. Universe Today reports.

  • Earth once hosted nine human species; now it has one. What happened? National Pot considers.

  • Thanks to better medical care and preventative measures, people have longer healthy lifespans than ever before. Global News reports.

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