[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Andart's Anders Sandberg links to an essay he co-wrote about human longevity. The lessons of centenarians are important, but they also indicate the problems with extended: the damage of ageing has to be slowed down or even repaired, somehow.


• BlogTO has two photoposts about alternate subways in Toronto, one showing a 1913 proposal for a downtown route, the other examining the Lower Queen Station that could have anchored a Queen Street subway.


• Crooked Timber and Lawyers, Guns and Money both go after Conor Friedersdorf's article that doesn't identify bigoted behaviour as bigoted.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that the results of a search for exomoons, while not turning any up, has produced interesting data on planetary densities.


• Eastern Approaches, looking to the examples of Arab Spring states, argues that Ukraine will have trouble getting back state assets appropriated by the Yanukovich elite.


• Geocurrents wonders whether mealtimes in Spain are product of geography and climate.


• Language Hat notes the disappearance of Yiddish as a major American language.


• Marginal Revolution links to a paper asking whether too many cultural similarities can lead to interstate war and notes Ukraine's weak post-Soviet economic growth.


• The Planetary Society Blog features a Marc Rayman post talking about the Dawn probe's maneuvering towards dwarf planet Ceres.


• Steve Munro breaks down Toronto's transit history into three different phases.


• Torontoist goes into more detail about the school trustees who would like a crackdown on nudity at Pride.


• Towleroad examines Liz Dahl, the second Russia Today anchor to quit on a live broadcast over Crimea.