[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO talks about the squirrels of Toronto.


• The Dragon's Gaze describes a recent study of the inner disc of debris surrounding Beta Pictoris.


• Eastern Approaches touches upon problems facing Polish business.


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  Discover's ImaGeo shares more pictures of the nascent coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.


• At Languages of the World, Asya Perelstvaig digs into the New York Times' interactive map depicting patterns of immigration in the United States.


• Marginal Revolution notes New Zealand's strict regulation of foreign investment, while some commenters wonder if that matters or not.


• At the Planetary Society Blog, Emily Lakdawalla notes that the Venus Express probe is set to plunge into that planet's atmosphere and provide more information.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that claims economic issues are encouraging Putin to draw down tensions in Ukraine are incorrect.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell notes that therapeutic cloning is making stem cells more usable than before as a medical treatment.


• Torontoist reports on the appearance of Rob Ford in Bracebridge, in Toronto's cottage country. (Apparently it was an escorted leave from rehab.)


• Window on Eurasia notes one author comparing the cultural conservatism of Russia's government to that of the Greek colonels, and reports on another's argument that speakers of the Russian language do not form a single community by any means.