[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO examines the nature of Toronto's abundant consumption of electricity.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a study of the atmosphere of Wasp 80b.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that Russian rocket manufacturer Energomash may go out of business as a result not of sanctions but of threatened sanctions.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money does not approve of Kenya's plan to deport Somali refugees.


• Mark MacKinnon shares an old 2003 article of his from Iraq.


• The Planetary Society Blog looks at the new Vulcan rocket.


• pollotenchegg maps, by province, the proportion of Ukrainians claiming Russian as their mother language.


• Registan argues that NATO and Russia might be misinterpreting
  
• Spacing Toronto shares a screed on cyclists.


• Towleroad notes that Chile now has same-sex civil unions.


• Transit Toronto notes that the TTC has hired an external corporation to manage the problematic Spadina subway extension.


• The Volokh Conspiracy argues that libertarians do exist as a distinguishable political demographic.


• Window on Eurasia examines turmoil in Karelia and terrorism in Dagestan.