[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes that 1975 was a formative year for Toronto.


• Centauri Dreams speculates about the oceans of Pluto and Saturn's Dione.


• Crooked Timber talks about Hannah Arendt's arguments about the importance of bearing testament.


• D-Brief looks at the cnyodont, an extinct reptile ancestral to mammals.


• Dangerous Minds shares photos of Patti Smith.


• The Dragon's Gaze suggests that K-class dwarf stars are best for life.


• Language Log looks at a merging of Wu and Mandarin Chinese on signage.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on how supply chains can hide corporations from responsibility.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes an American court ruling to the effect that barring Syrian refugees is unconstitutional discrimination.


• Window on Eurasia reports on collapsing life expectancy in many Russian regions, looks at Russia's withdrawal from the plutonium agreement with the United States, and criticizes American policy towards Belarus and Lukashenka.