[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO identifies five fast-changing neighbourhoods.


• Crooked Timber praises Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet.


• The Dragon's Gaze examines the formation of supermassive stars.


• A Fistful of Euros reflects on global income inequality.


• Geocurrents examines Russia's demographic issues.


• Joe. My. God. notes that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has blamed ISIS on gay pride parades.


• Language Log looks at how language issues influenced the outcome of Taiwan's election.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money argues that First Worlders are responsible for poor conditions in Bangladeshi factories.


• The Map Room examines "persuasive cartography".
  
• Marginal Revolution notes that discrimination hurts economies.


• Livejournal's pollotenchegg notes Ukraine's rapid shifts in natural gas consumption by source country.


• The Power and the Money considers if the United States might be governed by people who think it a good idea to provoke a war with China.


• The Russian Demographics Blog links to sources on the Circassian genocide.


• Strange Maps notes Chinese cartographic propaganda.


• Transit Toronto favours a partial pedestrianization of King Street.