[BLOG] Some Monday links
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rfmcdonald- Beyond the Beyond shares Voltaire's critique of early globalization.
- blogTO reports on how TTC streetcars are failing earlier than expected.
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about her trip to Philadelphia to see art.
- Centauri Dreams
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<li>Beyond the Beyond <a href="https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2017/01/voltaire-regretting-globalization/"><U>shares</u></a> Voltaire's critique of early globalization.</li>
<li>blogTO <a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/01/new-ttc-streetcars-are-failing-sooner-than-expected/"><U>reports</u></a> on how TTC streetcars are failing earlier than expected.</li>
<li>The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly <a href="https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/an-art-adventure-nyc-to-philadelphia/"><U>talks</u></a> about her trip to Philadelphia to see art.</li>
<li>Centauri Dreams <a href='http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36955"><U>talks</u></a> about discovering streams of stars connecting the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy to the Milky Way.</li>
<li>Crooked Timber <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2017/01/16/is-trump-a-president-with-precedents-would-you-rather-brexit-or-mr-brexit/"><U>talks</u></a> about Donald Trump as a president with or without precedents.</li>
<li>The Dragon's Gaze <a href="http://thedragonsgaze.blogspot.ca/2017/01/the-fate-of-exomoons-in-white-dwarf.html"><U>talks</u></a> about the fate of exomoons in white dwarf systems.</li>
<li>The Everyday Sociology Blog <a href="http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2017/01/sociology-science-and-fake-news.html"><U>takes</u></a> a sociological perspective on fake news.</li>
<li>Language Log <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30382"><U>mourns</u></a> the death of pinyin inventor Zhou Youguang.</li>
<li>The LRB Blog <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2017/01/16/marina-warner/at-the-gogol-centre/"><U>talks</u></a> about the pleasures of incomprehension.</li>
<li>Lawyers, Guns and Money <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/vietnams-turn-to-the-sea"><U>talks</u></a> about Vietnam as a maritime power.</li>
<Li>Marginal Revolution <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/01/seasteading-deal-french-polynesia.html"><U>notes</u></a> that seasteading is set to have a go in French Polynesia.</li>
<li>Window on Eurasia <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/01/even-if-west-recognized-russian-sphere.html"><U>argues</u></a> Russia is too weak to keep a post-Soviet sphere of influence, and <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/01/when-it-comes-to-china-putin-needs-west.html"><UI>suggests</u></a> Russia is set to be dominated by China and so needs a Western alliance.</li>
</ul>
<li>Beyond the Beyond <a href="https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2017/01/voltaire-regretting-globalization/"><U>shares</u></a> Voltaire's critique of early globalization.</li>
<li>blogTO <a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/01/new-ttc-streetcars-are-failing-sooner-than-expected/"><U>reports</u></a> on how TTC streetcars are failing earlier than expected.</li>
<li>The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly <a href="https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/an-art-adventure-nyc-to-philadelphia/"><U>talks</u></a> about her trip to Philadelphia to see art.</li>
<li>Centauri Dreams <a href='http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=36955"><U>talks</u></a> about discovering streams of stars connecting the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy to the Milky Way.</li>
<li>Crooked Timber <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2017/01/16/is-trump-a-president-with-precedents-would-you-rather-brexit-or-mr-brexit/"><U>talks</u></a> about Donald Trump as a president with or without precedents.</li>
<li>The Dragon's Gaze <a href="http://thedragonsgaze.blogspot.ca/2017/01/the-fate-of-exomoons-in-white-dwarf.html"><U>talks</u></a> about the fate of exomoons in white dwarf systems.</li>
<li>The Everyday Sociology Blog <a href="http://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2017/01/sociology-science-and-fake-news.html"><U>takes</u></a> a sociological perspective on fake news.</li>
<li>Language Log <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30382"><U>mourns</u></a> the death of pinyin inventor Zhou Youguang.</li>
<li>The LRB Blog <a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2017/01/16/marina-warner/at-the-gogol-centre/"><U>talks</u></a> about the pleasures of incomprehension.</li>
<li>Lawyers, Guns and Money <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/01/vietnams-turn-to-the-sea"><U>talks</u></a> about Vietnam as a maritime power.</li>
<Li>Marginal Revolution <a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2017/01/seasteading-deal-french-polynesia.html"><U>notes</u></a> that seasteading is set to have a go in French Polynesia.</li>
<li>Window on Eurasia <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/01/even-if-west-recognized-russian-sphere.html"><U>argues</u></a> Russia is too weak to keep a post-Soviet sphere of influence, and <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/01/when-it-comes-to-china-putin-needs-west.html"><UI>suggests</u></a> Russia is set to be dominated by China and so needs a Western alliance.</li>
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