[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares photos of Yonge Street going back a century.


• Centauri Dreams talks about some vintage science fictions set at Alpha Centauri.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes a simulation suggesting that, in solar systems like ours with massive outer gas giants, impacts like those which formed the Moon are common.


• The Dragon's Tales notes Russia's interests in roboticizing its military.


• Far Outliers shares Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan's concern about the new gatedness of the Internet.


• Language Log notes the death of John Holm, a linguist who studied creoles.


• Marginal Revolution notes Sweden's imposition of border controls.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw speculates about Australia's prospects in the coming year.


• Torontoist shares its list of local heroes and villains.