[BLOG] Some Friday links
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- blogTO notes the rapid expansion of A&Ws across Toronto's neighbourhoods.
- Centauri Dreams reports that none of the exoplanets of nearby Wolf 1061 are likely to support Earth-like environments, owing to their eccentric and occasionally overclose orbits.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper looking at high-temperature condensate clouds in hot Jupiter atmospheres.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money reports on Trump's unsecured Android phone.
- Language Log reports on Caucasian words relating to tea.
- The LRB Blog notes the emerging close links connecting May's United Kingdom with Trump's United States and Netanyahu's Israel.
- Marginal Revolution shares an interview with chef and researcher Mark Miller and reports on the massive scale of Chinese investment in Cambodia.
- The Planetary Society Blog looks at the idea of choosing between the Moon and Mars as particular targets of manned space exploration.
- The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer looks at the mechanics of imposing a 20% tax in the United States on Mexican imports. (It is doable.)
- The Russian Demographics Blog reports Russian shortfalls in funding HIV/AIDS medication programs.
- Supernova Condensate warns that Trump's hostility to the very idea of climate change threatens the world.
- Towleroad shares the first gay kiss of (an) Iceman in Marvel's comics.
- The Volokh Conspiracy notes the constitutional problems with Trump's executive order against sanctuary cities.
- Window on Eurasia argues Ukraine is willing to fight if need be, even if sold out by Trump.