[PHOTO] Three photos taken last night in Davenport, between Dufferin and Geary

[BLOG] Some Friday links

• Architectuul looks at the Portuguese architectural cooperative Ateliermob, here.


• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at how white dwarf WD J091405.30+191412.25 is literally vapourizing a planet in close orbit.


• Caitlin Kelly at the Broadside Blog explains
  
• Centauri Dreams looks at the slowing of the solar wind far from the Sun.


• John Holbo at Crooked Timber considers the gap between ideals and actuals in the context of conspiracies and politics.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on how the ESA is trying to solve a problem with the parachutes of the ExoMars probe.


• Far Outliers reports on what Harry Truman thought about politicians.


• Gizmodo reports on a new method for identifying potential Earth-like worlds.


• io9 pays tribute to legendary writer, of Star Trek and much else, D.C. Fontana.


• The Island Review reports on the football team of the Chagos Islands.


• Joe. My. God. reports that gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy will compete for the United Kingdom in 2020.


• JSTOR Daily looks at how early English imperialists saw America and empire through the lens of Ireland.


• Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money does not like Pete Buttigieg.


• The LRB Blog looks at the London Bridge terrorist attack.


• The Map Room Blog shares a map of Prince William Sound, in Alaska, that is already out of date because of global warming.


• Marginal Revolution questions if Cuba, in the Philippines, is the most typical city in the world.


• The NYR Daily looks at gun violence among Arab Israelis.


• The Planetary Society Blog considers what needs to be researched next on Mars.


• Roads and Kingdoms tells the story of Sister Gracy, a Salesian nun at work in South Sudan.


• The Russian Demographics Blog shares a paper noting continued population growth expected in much of Europe, and the impact of this growth on the environment.


• Strange Maps shares a map of fried chicken restaurants in London.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why a 70 solar mass black hole is not unexpected.


• John Scalzi at Whatever gives his further thoughts on the Pixel 4.


• Window on Eurasia notes that, last year, 37 thousand Russians died of HIV/AIDS.


• Arnold Zwicky starts from a consideration of the 1948 film Kind Hearts and Coronets.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

• Transit Toronto celebrates the life of photographer John Bromney, here.


• blogTO explains, with photos, the cause of the subway shutdown on Line 1 Wednesday night.


• blogTO notes that the TTC wants to create five transit corridor for buses, including one on Dufferin Street.


• Toronto is apparently the top tech city in Canada. blogTO reports.


• John Lorinc at Spacing considers what affordable housing actually is, especially in the context of real-world constraints less generous than often imagined.


• The displaced residents of Gosford have seen nothing from their apartment block's owners about housing options. Global News reports.


• The TTC plans to have even more subway closures in 2020 than in 2019. Global News reports.

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Innisfil, Buffalo, Ottawa, Montréal, Winnipeg, Amsterdam, Singapore

• The town of Innisfil is looking forward to some very futuristic developments. Global News reports.


• Jeremy Deaton at CityLab reports on how, buffered by the Great Lakes, Buffalo NY may end gaining from climate change.


• The Ottawa chain Bridgehead Coffee has been sold to national chain Second Cup. Global News reports.


• Many of the more eye-raising installations in the Gay Village of Montréal have since been removed. CTV News reports.


• Warming huts for homeless people in Winnipeg were torn down because the builders did not follow procedures. Global News reports.


• Open Democracy looks at innovative new public governance of the city budget in Amsterdam, here.


• Singapore, located in a well-positioned Southeast Asia and with working government, may take over from Hong Kong. Bloomberg View makes the case.