[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares photos of old Toronto department stores.


• Discover's Citizen Science Salon reports on how people are facing California seals and sea lions faced with famine.


• D-Brief warns people to be cautious about the newest claim of detections of extraterrestrial intelligence.


• The Dragon's Gaze reports on the discovery through microlensing of a distant planet, KMT-2015-BLG-0048Lb.


• Dangerous Minds reports on a line of collectible china plates with nuclear reactors on them.


• Joe. My. God. notes Christianity Today's denunciation of Trump as a fool.


• Language Log looks at the new Hong Kong legislators who insulted China when they were being sworn in.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on the racism behind allegations of voter fraud.


• The LRB Blog reports on the unrest in Kashmir.


• The Map Room Blog looks at a new website devoted to the 1507 Waldseemüller world map.


• Marginal Revolution notes how Brexit has hit food supplies.


• Understanding Society presents a new study of assemblage social theory.


• Window on Eurasia reports Russian allegations that outside forces are trying to break Russia down on regional lines, looks at how more prosperous Russian regions also send out more migrants, and reports on the linguistic Ukrainianization of Ukraine.