[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that yesterday's heavy snowfall in Toronto created plenty of problems for commuters. (It did for me, I know.)


• The Dragon's Tales wonders why Canada is buying F-35s, on the basis of a government report rating the likelihood of Canada taking part in interstate war as low.


• Livejournaler jsburbidge supports the idea of boycotting Ontario's Beer Store on account of its unaccountable monopoly.


• Languages of the World considers the idea that languages might have evolved not only to share information, but as ways to hide information from non-group members.


• Language Log notes the mistake made by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker in confusing "mazel tov" with "molotov".

Lawyers, Guns and Money is more skeptical of the ways in which lumberjacks represent a myth of masculinity.

• Marginal Revolution argues that falling purchasing power per dollar has hit people at the lower end harder than we might recognize, and argues in favour of geoengineering.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla notes that the Venus Express probe is still alive.


• Towleroad shares an essay suggesting digital gay social networks can be reconfigured to encourage community building.


• The Volokh Conspiracy's David Post approves of Google's reaction to restrictive Spanish copyright laws by shutting down its Spanish operations, but wonders how much longer this will be a viable strategy.