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rfmcdonald) wrote2016-08-26 02:46 pm
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[BLOG] Some Friday links
- blogTO notes the 1970s, when Yonge around Queen was under reconstruction.
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about her writing life in New York City.
- The Crux considers: Neandertal or Neanderthal?
- Dangerous Minds notes the new Laibach app.
- The Dragon's Gaze looks at evaporating hot Jupiter HD 209458b.
- The Dragon's Tales notes Russia's planned reduction of its crew on the International Space Station.
- Joe. My. God. notes the reactions of the Trump camp to Hillary's alt-right speech.
- Language Hat links to a paper examining the transition from classical to modern Arabic.
- Marginal Revolution considers the economics of durable art.
- The Russian Demographics Blog looks at post-Soviet patterns of migration and examines the ethnic composition of Georgia circa 1926.
- Une heure de peine reports on a new French series on sociology in comic book format.
- The Volokh Conspiracy considers the legal question of a head transplant.
- Window on Eurasia notes the violent rivalries of the two Donbas republics and looks at a refugee-prompted restricted movement zone on Russia's frontier with Norway.