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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-02-25 01:18 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2016-02-25 01:18 pm
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- astronomy,
- baltic states,
- bay street,
- blogs,
- chinese language,
- demographics,
- estonia,
- europe,
- european union,
- financial district,
- former soviet union,
- genetics,
- germany,
- glbt issues,
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[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith updates readers on his writing projects and points them to anthologies looking for new submissions.
- blogTO talks about the origins of Bay Street.
- Centauri Dreams notes new discoveries about the origins of mysterious "fast radio bursts".
- The Dragon's Tales notes how a genetic study of Panama's population showed the impact of colonization.
- Joe. My. God. notes Germany's opening of a centre for LGBT refugees.
- Language Log notes controversy over simplified characters in Hong Kong and poor fluency in kanji in Japan.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the controversies surrounding the commemoration of the death of Scalia at Georgetown University.
- Steve Munro looks at various routes for a relief line in the east of the city.
- North's Justin Petrone talks about teaching his daughter who ran Estonia during the Soviet era.
- Strange Maps maps Europe divided into city-states.
- Window on Eurasia notes Kazakhstan's plan to shift to Latin script for Kazakh and looks at ethnic Russian converts to Islam.