[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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• The Burgh Diaspora's Jim Russell notes that Canadians don't migrate that much within their country in response to economic stimuli.


• Collide-a-scape's Keith Kloor wonders why an ostensibly pro-science city like Portland, Oregon, has taken fluoride out of its water.


• Geocurrents notes the rapid fall of fertility rates in Turkey and Iran.


• Itching in Eestimaa's Palun wonders about future multilingualism in Estonia.


• At Lawyers, Guns and Money, Robert Farley wonders what would have become of Japanese admiral Isoruku Yamamoto had he lived to the end of the Second World War.


• Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution disagrees with Paul Krugman on the prospects of the Portuguese economy.


• The Numerati's Stephen Baker is conflicted about Flickr's upgrading, not least since they make all his photos available to everyone.


• Strange Maps produces a map where the Dakotas were divided differently, west-east along the Missouri River.


• Van Waffle describes, with photos, how a picture of an exotic pigeon inspired a beautiful shawl.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Circassians are unhappy with Russia.


• Alexander Harrowell notes that once-progressive David Goodhart is now using the language of far-right fascists to describe migrants and immigration.