[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO reports on 12 great regional Chinese restaurants in Toronto.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes eccentric hot Jupiter HD 17156b.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on the Ukrainian war.


• Joe. My. God. notes Ben Carson's claim that homosexuality brought down the Roman Empire.


• Language Hat shares a language map of France circa 1847.


• The Map Room's Jonathan Crowe shares maps of Ceres.


• Marginal Revolution makes judgments about Uber.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Casey Dreier reports on five NASA proposals for space probes.


• Peter Rukavina reports on a nice quilt show in Charlottetown.


• Spacing Toronto considers the potential of parks to build communities.


• Window on Eurasia notes pressure on Russia to take in Circassian refugees and considers the costs of Crimea.