[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes the TTC's commitment to imrprove the 501 Queen streetcar.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes one white dwarf that has the debris of a planetary system about it and looks at a brown dwarf with detectable clouds.


• Far Outliers notes how, in 1988, Armenia-Azerbaijani disputes over Karabakh started destabilizing the entire Soviet Union.


• Language Hat considers what a language is.


• Language Log considers the linguistic effect of Reddit.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money mocks George Lucas' statement comparing his sale of Star Wars to Disney to white slavery.


• Marginal Revolution notes that Ontario is a very highly indebted subnational jurisdiction indeed, though much of this has to do with the fiscal elements of Canadian federalism.


• The Planetary Society Blog examines the findings from Ceres.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes the hardening of Europe's borders.


• Transit Toronto notes that TTC has its thirteenth new streetcar and reports on the rollout of PRESTO.


• Towleroad reports on a legal challenge in Hong Kong to that jurisdiction's ban on same-sex marriage.


• Window on Eurasia notes the winddown of many of Russia's business dealings with Central Asia.