[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that Toronto has placed ninth on a list of the best cities in the world to be a student.


• The Dragon's Tales notes a report examining the recent Russian naval deployment towards Australia.


• Far Outliers notes the role of women in North Korea's informal markets.


• Language Hat comments on a haunting Hungarian-Polish phrasebook from 1940.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money continues an interesting debate on the American immigration amnesty.


• Marginal Revolution suggests South Korea's clean-up of its environment occurring within the past decade is indicative of China's developments.


• Justin Petrone notes one example of racial stereotyping of northern Italians versus southern Italians.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares some recent Hubble images of Mars.


• Savage Minds shares the reactions of some anthropologists to Ferguson.


• Spacing considers if Uber is part of the sharing economy.


• Strange Maps shares cartographic domestic propaganda from the First World War.


• Torontoist suggests that, with Nijinsky, Toronto is playing an important role as the host of narrative ballet.


• Transit Toronto reports on the #grumpyrider hashtag.


• Window on Eurasia reports on Ukrainian military cooperation with Poland and Lithuania and suggests on Ukrainian alienation from Russia.