[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO lists ten quirky things about the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale.


• D-Brief notes that the Philae lander is in a precarious position.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that a nearby brown dwarf is likely a singleton.


• The Dragon's Tales looks at a reconstruction of ancient Brazilian forest.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes an attempt to recover the path of San Francisco's buried creeks.


• Marginal Revolution questions if Scandianvians really are heavily taxed.


• The Numerati's Stephen Baker argues we should consider how we'll integrate artificial intelligences into our lives now.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Philae landing.


• pollotenchegg lists the changing list of top 10 Ukrainian cities by population size over the past century and more.


• Registan notes that despite turmoil Azerbaijan is not going to see reform.


• Window on Eurasia notes the close alignment of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Russian state, as explained by a speech in which the patriarch does not mention God once.