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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-03-08 02:47 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2016-03-08 02:47 pm
Entry tags:
- african-americans,
- astronomy,
- birds,
- blogs,
- christie pits,
- cities,
- conrad black,
- glbt issues,
- hawaii,
- humour,
- italian language,
- japan,
- koreatown,
- language,
- links,
- mexico,
- military,
- oddities,
- parks,
- photos,
- racism,
- second world war,
- south africa,
- space science,
- the annex,
- toronto,
- united states,
- urban note,
- video,
- war
[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- blogTO notes that Conrad Black's mansion is up for sale, and looks inside the climbing gym that replaced Koreatown's Metro Theatre.
- Centauri Dreams notes a new telescope optimized for detecting, among other things, Kuiper Belt objects.
- Dangerous Minds shares a video of South African cyclists chased by an ostrich.
- Far Outliers notes the existence of a Second World War prisoner of war camp in Hawai'i that sought to detect dissidents among the Japanese prisoners.
- Joe. My. God. notes Caitlyn Jenner's dislike of Hillary.
- Language Hat and Language Log report on the crowdsource-legitimized Italian word "petaloso".
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the lasting effects of segregation in the South and a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2016/03/why-are-our-cities-segregated">in cities.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes the unpopularity of Trump in Mexico has progressed to the point that the president made a statement criticizing the man.
- Torontoist has an essay about Toronto parks that features a photo of mine of Christie Pits.