[PHOTO] "Love Me Till I'm Me Again", by daylight, waiting for the 26

[PHOTO] Three photos from Yonge and Eglinton, Sunday morning

[BLOG] Some Monday links

• Anthropology.net notes a remarkably thorough genetic analysis of a piece of chewing gum 5700 years old that reveals volumes of data about the girl who chew it.


• 'Nathan Burgoine at Apostrophen writes an amazing review of Cats that actually does make me want to see it.


• Bad Astronomy reports on galaxy NGC 6240, a galaxy produced by a collision with three supermassive black holes.


• Caitlin Kelly at the Broadside Blog writes about the mechanics of journalism.


• Centauri Dreams argues that the question of whether humans will walk on exoplanets is ultimately distracting to the study of these worlds.


• Crooked Timber shares a Sunday morning photo of Bristol.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that India has a launch date of December 2021 for its first mission in its Gaganyaan crewed space program.


• Andrew LePage at Drew Ex Machina looks at the Saturn C-1 rocket.


• Karen Sternheimer at the Everyday Sociology Blog considers if the vogue for minimalism meets the criteria to be considered a social movement.


• Far Outliers ?notes how, in the War of 1812, some in New England considered the possibility of seceding from the Union.


• Gizmodo looks at evidence of the last populations known of Homo erectus, on Java just over a hundred thousand years ago.


• Mark Graham links to a new paper co-authored by him looking at how African workers deal with the gig economy.


• io9 announces that the Michael Chabon novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, is set to become a television series.


• Joe. My. God. shares a report that Putin gave Trump anti-Ukrainian conspiracy theories.


• JSTOR Daily considers what a world with an economy no longer structured around oil could look like.


• Language Hat takes issue with the latest talk of the Icelandic language facing extinction.


• Language Log shares a multilingual sign photographed in Philadelphia's Chinatown.


• Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the document release revealing the futility of the war in Afghanistan.


• The LRB Blog looks at class identity and mass movements and social democracy.


• Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution suggests that, even if the economy of China is larger than the United States, Chinese per capita poverty means China does not have the leading economy.


• Diane Duane at Out of Ambit writes about how she is writing a gay sex scene.


• Jim Belshaw at Personal Reflections reflects on "OK Boomer".


• Roads and Kingdoms interviews Mexican chef Ruffo Ibarra.


• Peter Rukavina shares his list of levees for New Year's Day 2020 on PEI.


• The Russian Demographics Blog shares a map indicating fertility rates in the different regions of the European Union.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains how quantum physics are responsible for vast cosmic structures.


• Charles Soule at Whatever explains his reasoning behind his new body-swap novel.


• Window on Eurasia notes how the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Paris show the lack of meaningful pro-Russian sentiment there.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell talks about his lessons from working in the recent British election.


• Arnold Zwicky looks at a syncretic, Jewish-Jedi, holiday poster.

[NEWS] Twenty news links

• NOW Toronto looks at the Pickering nuclear plant and its role in providing fuel for space travel.


• In some places like California, traffic is so bad that airlines actually play a role for high-end commuters. CBC reports.


• Goldfish released into the wild are a major issue for the environment in Québec, too. CTV News reports.


• China's investments in Jamaica have good sides and bad sides. CBC reports.


• A potato museum in Peru might help solve world hunger. The Guardian reports.


• Is the Alberta-Saskatchewan alliance going to be a lasting one? Maclean's considers.


• Is the fossil fuel industry collapsing? The Tyee makes the case.


• Should Japan and Europe co-finance a EUrasia trade initiative to rival China's? Bloomberg argues.


• Should websites receive protection as historically significant? VICE reports.


• Food tourism in the Maritimes is a very good idea. Global News reports.


• Atlantic Canada lobster exports to China thrive as New England gets hit by the trade war. CBC reports.


• The Bloc Québécois experienced its revival by drawing on the same demographics as the provincial CAQ. Maclean's reports.


• Population density is a factor that, in Canada, determines political issues, splitting urban and rural voters. The National Observer observes.


• US border policies aimed against migration from Mexico have been harming businesses on the border with Canada. The National Post reports.


• The warming of the ocean is changing the relationship of coastal communities with their seas. The Conversation looks.


• Archival research in the digital age differs from what occurred in previous eras. The Conversation explains.


• The Persian-language Wikipedia is an actively contested space. Open Democracy reports.


• Vox notes how the US labour shortage has been driven partly by workers quitting the labour force, here.


• Laurie Penny at WIRED has a stirring essay about hope, about the belief in some sort of future.

[PHOTO] Looking north up Church under a pale blue sky, Sunday afternoon