[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO's Chris Bateman notes that Yonge and Eglinton is set to boom in coming years, between condo and mass transit construction.


• Centauri Dreams looks at the second stage of the Kepler mission.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes the redetection of exoplanets WASP 39b and WASP 43b, and links to a study of proto-Kuiper belts in young planetary systems.


• The Dragon's Tales notes Russian air deployments to Belarus.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog considers the concept of "kung fu" sociology, used to undermine false claims.


• Geocurrents considers the environmental implications of marijuana cultivation.


• Language Log notes a paper mapping language diversity onto geographic complexity, regions more difficult to traverse being more linguistically diverse.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money is very critical of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.


• Marginal Revolution notes that the Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara is enormously costly.


• Otto Pohl commemorates the 71st anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyks, while Window on Eurasia notes the high degree of assimilation of Kalmyks.


• The Planetary Society Blog provides an overview of the observational history of Ceres.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer takes issue with a review of his new book, The Empire Trap.


• Window on Eurasia notes Ukrainian support for NATO and Ukrainian opposition to giving up the Donbas, notes Tsarist emigrés' support for Russia in Crimea, argues that Russia really hasn't incorporated Crimea, and notes Latvian interest in launching a Russian-language television channel.