[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes a Toronto vigil for the Jordanian pilot murdered by ISIS.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about friends and age gaps.


• Centauri Dreams draws from Poul Anderson
  
• Crooked Timber considers trolling.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper wondering why circumbinary exoplanets are so detectable.


• The Dragon's Tales looks at robots: robots which put out fires on American navy ships, robots in China which do deliveries for Alibaba, robots which smuggle drugs.


• Far Outliers notes Singapore's pragmatism and its strong military.


• Language Log notes the language of language diversity.


• Marginal Revolution wonders about the prospects of the Euro-tied Danish crown.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes the approach of Ceres.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer considers scenarios for a profitable Nicaragua Canal and notes the oddities of Argentina.


• Registan looks at Mongolian investment in Tuva, and other adjacent Mongolian-influence Russian regions.


• Savage Minds looks at Iroquois linguistic J.N.B. Hewitt.


• Seriously Science notes how immigrant chimpanzees adapt tothe vocalizations of native chimps.


• Spacing Toronto talks about the need for an activist mayor in Toronto.


• Torontoist examines the history of important black bookstore Third World Books and Crafts.


• Towleroad notes many young gay/bi students are looking for sugar daddies, and notes the failure of Slovakia's anti-gay referendum.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes a new Bosnian Serb law strictly regulating offensive speech online.


• Window on Eurasia notes the collapse of the Russian world, suggests Russia should not be allowed a role in Donbas, argues that a Ukrainian scenario is unlikely in the Latvian region of Latgale and in the Baltics more broadly, and looks at the growth of fascism in Russia.