[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO reports on the latest doings of blood-painting artist Istvan Kantor.


• The Dragon's Gaze posts links to a two-part study (1, 2) suggesting that there aren't any high-energy galaxy-dominating civilizations in the universe, at least not easily detectable ones.


• Joe. My. God. notes that a serial killer of gay men in Seattle says he was trying to wreak vengeance for American policy in the Middle East.


• Language Log analyses a fascinating study of pronoun use by gender on Facebook.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money marks the 200th anniversary of the burning of the White House in the War of 1812.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw is tiring of the use of slogans as a replacement for communication.


• Livejournal's pollotenchegg maps the demographics of Kiev.


• Towleroad reports on the furor prompted by Sam Smith's dismissal of dating apps like Grindr as not conducive to romance.


• Transit Toronto celebrates the imminent return of streetcars to Spadina Avenue.


• Window on Eurasia links to a Russian analyst who thinks that Stalin shouldn't have annexed Galicia to the Soviet Union, so as to prevent the formation of a separate and potentially anti-Russian Ukraine.