[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares photos of the destruction of the World's Biggest Bookstore.


• Centauri Dreams looks at a proposal for interstellar slingshots.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting that tidally-locked Earth analogues will be habitable, avoiding scenarios where all their water is trapped on the nightside unless they have too little water.


• The Dragon's Tales notes a paper studying mechanisms for creating Ganymede's grooves.


• A Fistful of Euros' Alex Harrowell is skeptical of separatism in Catalonia, as in other relatively rich European regions, where it involves a desire to separate from poorer areas.


• Language Hat links to a paper suggesting that Taiwan is not the ultimate homeland of the Austronesian language family.


• Robert Farley of Lawyers, Guns and Money links to an article of his commenting on what China learned from the Gulf War of 1991.


• Marginal Revolution notes that Brazil once enjoyed roaring economic growth until the 1980s. Is this China's future?


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw has a forum post seeking to explore stereotypes of Australia, as a country as a whole and as component regions.


• The Russian Demographics Blog links to an article suggesting that the shrinkage of Russia's working-age population may lead to a decline of the oil industry, if it lacks sufficient workers.


• Torontoist looks at the new TTC Pioneer Village station being worked on.


• Towleroad notes furor creating by the decision of a transgender woman to bury her as a man.


• Towleroad looks at problems with PReP.


• Window on Eurasia notes non-recognition of Crimean annexation and suggests that Russian minorities outside Russia are now in a weaker position because of Russian irredentism.