[NEWS] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• MacLean's has a pleasantly thoughtful front-page article describing transgenderism among teenagers and even younger children.


• CBC notes that Toronto is experiencing record numbers of potholes owing to extreme temperatures.


• The comments in Al Jazeera's article on Nigeria's anti-gay legislation are as interesting as the article itself.


• Open Democracy notes Papua's skepticism of Indonesia's latest offer of autonomy.


• Shared on Facebook, this 2008 chart illustrating graphically the lexical distance between Europe's major languages is insightful and fun to look at.


• NPR notes a study suggesting that American viewings of the MTV show 16 and Pregnant actually lower the teen birth rate in that country.


• The Atlantic notes that one sign of China's real estate boom-turned-bubble is the number of European-themed towns and neighbourhoods built by realtors.