[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes Yonge Street probably beats out Davenport Road as Toronto's oldest street.


• The Dragon's Tales notes simulations of Earth's early atmosphere that might help us determine if exoplanets host life.


• Joe. My. God. notes an American Christian who thinks France deserved ISIS.


• Language Hat notes how song lyrics help preserve the Berber dialect of Siwa, in Egypt.


• Languages of the World's Asya Pereltsvaig reposts an old article of hers on the English language of the islands of the South Atlantic.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the complexity of solidarity with France in our post-imperial era.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests well-timed American aid helped Greece enormously.


• Savage Minds notes the return of the Anthrozine.


• Window on Eurasia notes that Russian is now widely spoken by ISIS and looks at the exact demographics of traditional families in Russia (largely rural, largely non-Russian).