[NEWS] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The Sacramento Bee reports that UC Davis spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on trying to salvage its reputation online, after famously being linked with security guards pepper-spraying student protesters.


• Bloomberg notes China's island-building spree in the South China Sea is causing environmental damage, notes Hungary may lose out on future investment because of labour shortages, and notes London property prices are sliding because of Brexit.


• The Guardian suggests Russians do not care about Putin's corruption.


• The Independent reports on a Muslim anti-ISIS march not covered by mainstream media.


• MacLean's writes about the NDP, about the hard left turn, about James Laxer's criticism of the Leap manifesto, and about the disinterest of Megan Leslie and other NDPers in going for the leadership.


• The National Post notes the potential huge market for insects as human food and notes controversy over First Nations support for a controversial wind energy farm.


• Quartz notes the culture gap between Koreans and Korean-Americans.


• In the Toronto Star, Emma Teitel writes about how the pronoun "they" is easy to use.


• Wired looks at a brain implant that gave a quadriplegic man control of his arm.