[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• BlogTO links to vintage photographs of Bloor Street.


• Centauri Dreams documents intergalactic flows of star-fueling hydrogen around the galaxy M82.


• D-Brief explains what Hawking meant when he said black holes didn't exist.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper analyzing the likely structures of the Nu Ophiuchi and Gliese 581 systems.


• The Financial Times's World Blog doesn't think Italy is likely to escape its institutional deadlock and examines the issues related to German-style labour market reforms in France.


• The New APPS Blog's Jon Cogburn writes an interesting piece comparing Nazi plans for conquered eastern Europe with North America's own racial issues.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer links to a recent set of scenarios on Syria's future. Best-case scenario involves a partition, worst-case scenario involves wholesale regional war.


• Supernova Condensate takes a look at the pharmacology of tea.


• Window on Eurasia notes China's use of soft power to win hearts and minds in Central Asia.