[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Big Picture shares pictures of the devastating flooding in the Balkans.


• Crooked Timber discusses the ethics of immigration, with particular emphasis on the United Kingdom.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes the discovery of a Neptune-mass planet orbiting nearby brown dwarf Gliese 687.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that increased soot and rising temperatures have been responsible for the shrinkage of the Greenland ice cap since the late 19th century.


• Far Outliers notes that hundreds of British prisoners of war taken in Singapore were used as forced labourers in the Solomon Islands.


• A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh notes the pressures on the Eurozone for changing policies.


• Geocurrents' Martin Lewis notes the recent election in India shows the BJP dominating most of India save for the southeast where regionalist parties reign.


• Peter Rukavina shares a map of his movements around Charlottetown, tracked by social media apps.


• Steve Munro uses traffic data to suggest that the new articulated buses haven't improved things on the Bathurst Street route.


• Torontoist reacts to the recent arrest of a driver of Rob Ford's Escalade.


• Transit Toronto examines the various TTC-related locations open for Doors Open this year, including a new streetcar.


• Window on Eurasia notes that some Tatars in the adjoining republic of Bashkortostan want their territory to secede to Tatarstan.