[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes an upcoming group photo of prominent Toronto musicians.


• Centauri Dreams speculates about the sort of starship a Kardashev II civilization would build.


• The Dragon's Gaze has a couple of papers noting the interactions between hot Jupiters and their parent suns.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on Russian nuclear submarine advances.


• Joe. My. God. notes that same-sex marriage in Slovenia is safe and observes the advance of civil unions in Italy.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how revitalizing neighbourhoods can lead to complicated politics, politely put.


• Marginal Revolution considers ways to improve the allocation of water in drought-hit areas like California.


• The Numerati's Stephen Baker wonders if Apple might be able to regain its lost customers.


• Torontoist approves of a Haitian restaurant in a Scarborough strip mall.


• Window on Eurasia notes the complexities of language policy in the former Soviet Union, looks at the institutionalization of Islam in the Crimea, and examines the issues of self-identifying Ukrainians in the Russian Far East.