[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that Diner en blanc will be returning to Toronto this summer.


• D-Brief observes that DNA testing of the skeleton of Kennewick Man reveals the person to have been of indigenous American background.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper making the case for circumbinary exoplanets orbiting compact binaries.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the controversy over the question of whether flooding doomed pre-Columbian Cahokia.


• In the aftermath of the Charleston tragedy, Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the close linkage of the Confederate flag to racism.


• Marginal Revolution looks at rhetoric of austerity in Greece.


• The New APPS Blog considers the inhibitory role of copyright in popular culture.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw muses that the clash of ideologies is fundamentally irrelevant to Australian life, that things work differently than left versus right.


• The Planetary Society Blog notes transient hot spots on Venus indicative of volcanism.


• Peter Rukavina celebrated Autism Acceptance Day yesterday, and his son Oliver.


• Mark Simpson notes the ridiculous rhetoric of masculinity with commercial products.


• Speed River Journals' Van Waffle celebrates the rebirth of St. Jacob's Farmer's Market.


• Towleroad shares a video of Lady Gaga's stunning performance of "Imagine."


• Window on Eurasia is skeptical about the prospects of the Russian economy and argues Ukrainians should not hope for much from Russia.