[BLOG] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that an abandoned Toronto power plant is set to become an arts hub, despite being unreachable by transit at present.


• Crooked Timber argues against letting the Paris attacks lead to an anti-refugee backlash.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a new study of the complex WASP-47 planetary system.


• The Dragon's Tales notes the search for Archean-like atmospheres.


• Far Outliers follows a Soviet soldier in Afghanistan who became a Muslim convert.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the company bought by a man who increased the price of a drug used to treat an AIDS-related infection hugely is now suffering major losses.


• Language Log comes up with an origin for the Chinese word for pineapple in Vietnamese.


• Steve Munro updates readers on the Port Lands development.


• Torontoist notes how a Toronto critic of Gamergaters has been smeared as a terrorist implicated in the Paris attacks.


• Window on Eurasia notes the deep divisions of Russia's Muslims over ISIS.