[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that a new Toronto condo building will have separate entrances for the rich and the poor.


• Centauri Dreams has more about our galactic supercluster Laniakea.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining the atmosphere of very nearby sub-brown dwarf J085510.83-071442.5.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the deterioration of the Ukrainian military situation in the east.


• Far Outliers notes how, in 1854, the French army was generally better than the British.


• A Fistful of Euros' Edward Hugh notes the critical role of expectations in driving economic growth and change.


• Joe. My. God. notes the recent death of Joan Rivers.


• Marginal Revolution considers whether or not basic minimum incomes will continue to rise in democracies.


• pollotenchegg maps the very sharp population declines across Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.


• The Financial Times' Gideon Rachman notes France's problems as seen from the perspective of a southwestern French village.


• Torontoist and blogTO both note Ontario's sale of the lucrative site of the Queen's Quay LCBO store.


• Towelroad notes protests over the partial and grudging inclusion of LGBT groups at New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russian agriculture simply isn't capable of feeding Russia in the sanctions era.