[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
Jan. 5th, 2016 12:16 pm- 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.