[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO looks at atypically-named TTC subway stations, the ones named not after streets.


• Centauri Dreams examines the protoplanetary disk of AU Microscopii.


• The Dragon's Tales looks at China's nuclear submarine issues.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog examines the intersections between game theory and water shortages.


• Far Outliers notes the travails of Buddhism in Buryatia and the decline of Russia's Old Believers.


• Geocurrents looks at rural-urban--potentially ethnic--divides in Catalonia.


• Savage Minds examines controversies over tantra in contemporary Tibetan Buddhism.


• Torontoist notes that the TCHC is only now investing in energy-saving repairs.


• Window on Eurasia suggests contemporary Syria could have been Ukraine had Yanukovich been stronger, notes Belarusian opposition to a Russian military base, and notes discontent among Russia's largely Sunni Muslims with the alliance with Iran and Syria.