[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares the new face of the Broadview Hotel.


• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the joys of the unscreened life.


• Dead Things reports on a study suggesting that although humans are violent by the standards of mammals, we are among the least violent primates.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on the discovery of five sizable planets orbiting HIP 41378.


• Language Log reports on the perils of 7 and 9 in Cantonese.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers the usefulness of The Battle of Algiers.


• The Planetary Society Blog reacts to the Elon Musk proposal for colonizing Mars.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer responds briefly to the question of what Mexico can do about Trump.


• Window on Eurasia notes how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has spurred new arms purchases throughout the eastern half of Europe, even in Belarus.