[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[rfmcdonald]

• James Bow writes about the importance to him of Toronto's Bakka-Phoenix bookstore.


• The Dragon's Gaze considers the search for the debris disk of HR 8799.


• The Dragon's Tales notes that, early in the solar system's history, Venus may have been much better for life than Earth.


• The Russian Demographics Blog shares a map noting the names for "tea" in different European languages.


• Savage Minds considers the ethnography of danger and risk for tourists at the Rio Olympics.


• Window on Eurasia notes the degeneration of the Donbas conflict.


• The Financial Times' The World notes Obama's expressed concern for Polish democracy.