[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO comes up with a shortlist of some of the most noteworthy Giorgio Mammoliti controversies.


• Centauri Dreams has a couple of posts (1, 2) talking about how nice it would be to have space probes orbiting the ice giants of Uranus and Neptune.


• The Dragon's Tales links to an analysis suggesting that Russia is going to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia to punish Georgia.


• Language Log tackles a myth that vocal fry is caused by stress.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the superexploitation associated with prison labour.


• Steve Munro notes the latest delays with reopening Queens Quay to streetcars.


• The Search has a fascinating interview regarding what it takes to archive electronic art, including video and programs.


• Torontoist shares photos of the Monday night storm.


• Towleroad notes the story of two Texas gay fathers who not only weren't allowed to cross-adopt the other's biological son (each father having one child, both children product of the same egg donor), but who weren't registered as the fathers of their own biological child.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes that up to a quarter-million people were displaced in Brazil to make way for the World Cup.


• Window on Eurasia notes the weakness of Russian liberalism.