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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2014-09-26 12:46 pm

[BLOG] Some Friday links


  • blogTO notes a projection suggesting there will be nearly seven million Torontonians by 2025.

  • The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining how
  • The Dragon's Tales links to a paper examining a very unusual planetary system around a subdwarf B star and fears the Russo-Ukrainian war will heat up again.

  • Language Hat examines the nearly extinct dialect of Missouri French.

  • Marginal Revolution wonders about the impact of big data on the criminal justice system and argues New Zealand might have the best-designed government in the world.

  • Torontoist shares the 125 years of history of the Gladstone Hotel.

  • Towleroad notes that gay asylum seekers in Australia might be resettled in anti-gay Papua New Guinea.

  • Transit Toronto notes the expansion of wireless Internet to College station.

  • Window on Eurasia predicts that the European Union and the United States will try to engage Belarus while accepting the dictatorship.