[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• blogTO notes that Toronto finally got its first test LRT from Bombardier, after many delays.


• Centauri Dreams considers some of the problems with drafting a message to extraterrestrial civilizations.


• The Dragon's Gaze notes that an upcoming Japanese telescope could detect oxygen on, among other planets, K2-3d.


• Joe. My. God. notes that Ivanka Trump's shoe factory is moving from China to Ethiopia in pursuit of lower wages.


• Language Hat links to a report on Alghero, the city that is the heart of a fading enclave of Catalan on the Italian island of Sardinia.


• The LRB Blog notes the ascent of François Filion in France.


• Otto Pohl describes the position of Soviet Kurds.


• pollotenchegg reports on ethnic diversity in the different raions of Ukraine.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer links to a 2013 study suggesting Cuba under Communism underperformed significantly.


• Towleroad looks at Donald Trump's claim of voter fraud.


• Window on Eurasia argues that deniers of the Holodomor should be shamed.