[BLOG] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Anthropology.net notes the ancient Bronze Age trade routes between Iran and Mesopotamia.


• blogTO notes the impending facelift of Osgoode subway station.


• James Bow overhears a conversation at the DMV started by a guy who wanted special vanity plates.


• Centauri Dreams notes a proposed satellite that would be dedicated to the search for planets around Alpha Centauri.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that stellar metallicity has nothing to do with planet formation.


• Far Outliers notes religious warfare in the Central African Republic.


• Geocurrents notes the superb Middle Eastern maps of the Institute for the Study of War.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the terrible effects of gentrification.


• Marginal Revolution notes Finland's introduction of a guaranteed minimum income.


• pollotenchegg maps the distribution of Russian and Ukrainian populations in Ukraine.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes senior poverty around the world.


• Transit Toronto notes that the last of the Orion V buses have left the service of the TTC.


• Window on Eurasia notes Russia's redirection of traffic from ports in the Baltic States, observes the need for a modern Ukrainian military, and suggests Russia will annex South Ossetia.