[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares pictures and photos of Toronto overhead from 1879 on, noting the ever-rising skyline.


• Centauri Dreams notes the fascinating results of an in-depth study of the emerging planetary system of HD100546.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper looking at causes for orbital eccentricty of planets in trinary systems.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the current state of eastern Ukraine and notes that Australia's Lynch Crater apparently conserves records of forty-five thousand years of human influence on the global environment.


• Joe. My. God. observes that Finland's Tom of Finland-themed stamps are a huge hit.


• The Planetary Society Blog charts patterns of growth of planetary exploration by probe over 1959-1989.


• pollotenchegg examines ethnically-driven patterns of support in Belarus' last free elections.


• Spacing Toronto reviews the 2014 State of the World.


• Supernova Condensate shares pictures of the Space Cats.


• Towleorad notes that Toronto school trustee Sam Sotiropoulous shuts down when asked on television about his transphobic and homophobic statements.


• Why I Love Toronto notes that Toronto's new streetcars are great.


• Window on Eurasia notes that on economic issues Putin is not Marxist but rather statist, and observes the long-term consequences of the utter breakdown in Russian-Ukrainian relations.