[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO tries to pit the west side of Toronto against the east side.


• Centauri Dreams describes an inventive plan to launch a probe to rendezvous with Proxima Centauri.


• Crooked Timber looks at the idea of civil society in the age of Trump.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper that aims to explore why Neptune-class exoplanets are so common.


• Marginal Revolution notes an interesting history of Singapore.


• The New APPS Blog links to a report suggesting that big data may have created President Trump.


• The Planetary Society Blog reports on the latest plans for exploring Ceres.


• Towleroad notes a rumoured plan to legalize anti-LGBT discrimination under Trump.


• The Volokh Conspiracy has one take on Supreme Court obstructionism.


• Window on Eurasia suggests Russians may accept pension reforms which will place the minimum age for qualifying for a pension for men above the average male life expectancy, and reports from St. Petersburg about a dispute over the ownership of a church.