[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster considers, after Freeman Dyson, the possibility of discovering extraterrestrial civilizations not from their transmissions but rather from their artifacts.


• Discover blog Collideascape links to a paper arguing that ecosystems are not brittle, breaking down after a certain amount of disruption, but rather that they are more resilient.


• The Dragon's Tales' Will Baird links to a paper examining the dynamics of the oceans of Earth during periods of global glaciation, and points to another suggestions that quantum mechanical spooky action as a distance propagates very rapidly.


• Daniel Drezner notes the numerous reasons to expect that post-Chavez Venezuela will not become an American ally any time soon, for reasons rooted in the country's politics and culture. (Cf Cuba, of course.)


• Noel Maurer, at The Power and The Money, reports from Mexico, where officials are unhappy that the American government isn't doing much of anything to deal with the flow of illicit cash from the United States to Mexico.


• Torontoist pointed to MGM's proposed plan for a casino complex at Exhibition Place, on the waterfront at the foot of Dufferin Street.


• Window on Eurasia reports from Ukraine, where the notion of legalizing dual citizenship--in practice, dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship--is controversial for Ukrainians who fear this might undermine their country's statehood and independence.