[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO recommends things to do in Bloorale and the Junction Triangle.


• The Cranky Sociologists look at the portrayal of gender in The Wire.


• The Dragon's Gaze examines the phenomenon of the tidal disruption of extremely eccentric asteroids in orbit of white dwarfs.


• A Fistful of Euros recommends Orlando Figes' Just Send Me Word, a history of a couple whose romance survived the gulag.


• Geocurrents contests the idea of an "arc of instability".


• Joe. My. God. reports on a Berlin Grindr-based art project that got shut down early for streaming private messages and images.


• Language Log shares video of Jiamg Zemin demonstrating his multilingualism in criticizing a Hong Kong journalist.


• Languages of the World's Asya Perelstvaig is critical of the idea that some words are "ultra-conserved", preserving records of ancient languages.


• Marginal Revolution notes a study suggesting that the French economy is less productive than its age structure indicates.


• The Russian Demographics Blog suggests that the Russian campaign in Ukraine has worked, at least in making European integration more difficult.


• Spacing Toronto notes one complication for construction companies: Toronto's bedrock swells.


• Torontoist covers the Torontonian relief given to survivors of the great 1922 Teminskaming fire in 1922.


• Towleroad shares video on the occasion of Denmark's first recognized same-sex union.


• The Volokh Conspiracy shares information on how Ebola is transmitted.


• Window on Eurasia notes Crimean Tatar disappearances, notes continuing divisions in Ukraine on attitudes towards Russia, and observes that many Chinese immigrants to Kazakhstan are not ethnically Chinese.


• The Financial Times's The World notes that many in Norway are still divided about their country's rejection of the 2022 Winter Olympics.