[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO recommends things to do on the Danforth.


• Centauri Dreams notes the importance of the discovery of water in the atmosphere of exoplanet HAT-P-11b.


• Crooked Timber goes on at length about Kevin Williamson's statement as noted by Joe. My. God. that women who have abortions should be executed.


• The Dragon's Tales notes plans for futuristic architecture in Shenzhen.


• Eastern Approaches observes the travails of a Roma soccer team in the Czech Republic.


• Far Outliers notes two different movements of Romanian intellectuals responding to relative backwardness, pasoptism referring to the post-1848 effort at modernization and protocronism referring to efforts to claim all was invented first in Romania.


• Marginal Revolution notes that in France, added years of education associated with avoiding conscription don't produce different job results.


• Spacing Toronto notes the failed visit of Upper Canadian reformer William Lyon Mackenzie to London in 1832.


• Torontoist notes building regulations prevent Toronto from making use of green roofs.


• Towleroad links to a study discussing the economic impact of anti-LGBT laws on Americans.


• Why I Love Toronto talks about the importance of having a local barber.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russians will begin to draft first Chechens then Crimeans, notes increased state spending on Russia Today, observes the belief among some Russians that Ukraine is somehow not really a nation, and suggests that Belarus is cracking down on pro-Russians.