[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares vintage photos of cycling Torontonians, some dating back a century. Apparently there was much more traffic a century ago.


• Centauri Dreams comments on exoplanet habitability, noting the discovery of Kepler-186f and the importance of a wildly shifting axis.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to two papers, one examining the stability of the planets in the Gliese 581 system, the other looking at factors which might aid or hinder the habitability of exomoons.


• Geocurrents' Martin Lewis compares India and Indonesia, noting how Indonesia, while less territorially secure than India, is more culturally united. (By and large.)


• Lawyers, Guns and Money's Robert Farley links to some interesting papers examining Jewish practice and politics in the US South and then the Confederacy.


• Torontoist notes how TTC policies on graffitied streetcars led to a traffic shutdown on the Sheppard line.


• Understanding Society's Daniel Little examines paradigms we can adopt to make change easier (or not).


• The Volokh Conspiracy takes a look at the contentious subject of the sterilization of the intellectually disabled. Are there circumstances where this is possible?


• Window on Eurasia quotes from Eurasianist ideology Alexander Dugin, who (speaking of a supportive Armenia and a non-supportive Azerbaijan), warns that other post-Soviet countries can keep their borders only with Russian permission, and speculates about the possibility of Russian threats in Latvia.