[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO reports on five of the smallest libraries in Toronto. Two of them are near me.


• James Bow notes the odd recent Facebook slowdowns.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly notes there is no such thing as a low-skilled job.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes three recently-discovered hot Jupiters.


• The Dragon's Tales notes geological evidence of ancient atmospheric oxygen in rocks 3.2 billion years ago and reports on the discovery of water ice on Pluto.


• Geocurrents notes the lack of support for Catalonian separatism in Occitan-speaking Val d'Aran.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the kissing marine couple has married.


• Language Log celebrated Korea's Hangul Day yesterday.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes toxic masculinity in team sports.


• The Planetary Society Blog considers the role of telerobotics in space exploration.


• Towleroad notes the definitive arrival of marriage equality in Ireland.


• Window on Eurasia suggests Russia's Syria gambit is failing, with implications for tensions among Russia's Muslims, and notes Crimean Tatar institutions' issues with the Russian state.