[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO considers if the Union-Pearson Express might work as a rapid transit line.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that Earth-like worlds which rapidly lose most of their water can extend their habitable lifetimes.


• The Everyday Sociology Blog talks about the sociological lessons of party crashers.


• Geocurrents notes the complexities of Valencian identity and its relationship to Catalonia.


• Joe. My. God. notes the introduction of a civil unions bill into the Italian parliament.


• Language Hat links to a contemporary survey of spoken Irish in the Aran Islands.


• Language Log looks at the Hakka and their distinctive Chinese language.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the impacts of structural racism on the lives of people living in unincorporated communities in California.


• Marginal Revolution notes some young Argentines are throwing wedding parties without an actual married couple.


• Steve Munro looks at waterfront transit plans.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Emily Lakdawalla notes a 3-d model of Charon.
  
• The Russian Demographics Blog shows the 1897 Russian Imperial census' data on speakers of the Ukrainian language.


• Window on Eurasia notes the extension of the Chinese transport net to the Russian Far East, argues Ukrainians are losing interest in Russia, and notes potential Russian border issues with the Baltic States.