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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-04-29 11:43 am
rfmcdonald) wrote2016-04-29 11:43 am
Entry tags:
- astronomy,
- australia,
- blogs,
- china,
- disasters,
- economics,
- eurozone,
- federalism,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- greece,
- history,
- human beings,
- intelligence,
- language,
- links,
- popular culture,
- popular music,
- public art,
- rail,
- russia,
- ryerson university,
- solar system,
- space science,
- toronto,
- ukraine,
- united states,
- video,
- yiddish
[BLOG] Some Friday links
- blogTO notes how Ryerson University has launched an incubator for the local music scene.
- Crooked Timber notes the high minimum wage in Australia.
- Dangerous Minds shares a video of Keith Haring getting arrested from 1982.
- The Dragon's Gaze reports on a study of hot Neptunes.
- The Dragon's Tales notes that a search of WISE data did not produce Planet Nine.
- Joe. My. God. notes that Beyoncé has produced merchandise calling for her own boycott, to the anger of her detractors.
- Languages of the World wonders how anyone could argue that Yiddish comes from Turkey, never mind argue so badly.
- Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen is pessimistic about Greece.
- Neuroskeptic notes a new brain study tracing human thought.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer looks at how Republicans are coming to accept Trump.
- Towleroad notes that Timothy Conigrave's Holding the Man is set to be adapted for the movies.
- Window on Eurasia notes Chernobyl's impact on the Soviet Union, considers which Russian federal subjects might be next for merger, and notes Russia's acceptance of a Chinese railroad built with international gauge on its territory.