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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-05-16 10:16 am
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[BLOG] Some Monday links
- Charlie Stross at Antipope wonders what subtle techniques could be used to sabotage a modern technology firm.
- Bad Astronomy notes the work that went into determining the origins of a high-energy neutrino.
- blogTO praises the Toronto Islands.
- Imageo shares this unsettling graphic depicting rising global temperatures over time.
- The Map Room notes, using Amazon's controversy over same-day delivery being coincidentally limited largely to areas with non-black populations, the problems involved with being blind about data.
- Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen makes the case for Britain staying in the imperfect European Union.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that the new Brazilian government's all-male cabinet required some work, given the presence of women in Brazil's business life.
- Transit Toronto looks at plans for new GO Station construction in the GTA.
- Window on Eurasia looks at Russian coverage of Crimean Tatar Jamala's song "1944" and her victory for Ukraine at Eurovision.