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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2014-09-22 06:59 pm

[BLOG] Some Monday links


  • blogTO selects the top twenty music videos filmed in Toronto.

  • The Dragon's Tales notes that Catalonian separatists have not been put off by the failure of Scotland to separate.

  • The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the false stereotypes behind the child migrant crisis.

  • Geocurrents notes the advance of the Islamic State against Kurds in Syria.

  • Joe. My. God. quotes an anti-gay American conservative unhappy some people are suspicious of her just because she and hers are attending a conference in Putin's Moscow.

  • Marginal Revolution quotes a Japan pessimist who thinks demographics mean the Japanese economy will do well not to shrink.

  • Bruce Sterling shares a map of present and future natural gas pipelines in Europe.

  • Towleroad notes Nicolas Sarkozy's criticism of same-sex marriage for humiliating French families.

  • Window on Eurasia suggests Kaliningrad separatism is a major issue, or at least seen to be a major issue.