[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Big Picture shares photos from the Asian Games.


• blogTO notes that Loblaws in Toronto will pioneer drive-through grocery sales.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly describes her issues with being an adjunct professor.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the ongoing disputes within the European Space Agency behind the creation of the next generation of Ariane rockets.


• The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas notes some good recent criticism of Arendt and her Eichmann in Jerusalem.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money and the New APPS Blog both note the expanding controversy surrounding philosopher Brian Leiter.


• Marginal Revolution notes the beginning of drone delivery in Germany.


• pollotenchegg notes the scale of demographic collapse and rapid aging in Ukraine's Donetsk.


• Torontoist notes that a Toronto policeman has been acquitted on charges of assaulting a former Torontoist contributor at the G20 protests.


• Towleroad notes the Serbian Orthodox Church's opposition to Belgrade Pride and observes that France has streamlined the adoption process for lesbian mothers.


• Window on Eurasia suggests that Crimean Tatars should prepare for another deportation and notes that Russia's economic travails are weakening its influence in Central Asia at China's expense.