[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Centauri Dreams considers "mirage" Earths, apparently Earth-like worlds with oxygen atmospheres produced by excessive early heating of their oceans.


• Crooked Timber notes a remarkable new book examining the genesis of Wonder Woman in the avant-garde politics of the 1930s US.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper examining the formation of close-orbiting rocky exoplanets.


• The Dragon's Tales notes evidence that art in the hominid clan predates Homo sapiens, with an apparent artwork.


• Far Outliers notes Burma's complex relationship with its ethnic minorities.


• Languages of the World's Asya Pereltsvaig notes the complexities of Jewish nostalgia, ex post facto and otherwise, for the Soviet era.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the idea of reparations to undocumented workers, for the income they lost due to their lack of status.


• Marginal Revolution considers if Chile is overrated as an economic model.


• Steve Munro notes the complexities and problems with Presto integration into the TTC.


• Why I Love Toronto considers inexpensive options for daters in the Annex.


• Window on Eurasia notes the radicalization of Crimean Tatars under Russian rule, considers the relevance of the Weimar model to contemporary Russia, and wonders if Gagauzia might undermine Moldova's shift to Europe.