[BLOG] Some Friday links

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• blogTO notes that a waterfront LCBO is set to become another Toronto condo development.


• Centauri Dreams looks at the difficulties involving with slowing down a light sail launched at relativistic speeds towards an extrasolar destination.


• Dangerous Minds looks at a 1972 mail-order catalogue from a German retailer, full to the brim with retro-ness.


• The Dragon's Tales reports on the discovery of a hot Jupiter orbiting T Tauri star V830 Tauri.


• Language Log looks at Trump's odd phrasing regarding Frederick Douglas, while Marginal Revolution notes the man's opposition to racist immigration bars.


• Marginal Revolution looks at how some children at Cambodian orphanages are not actual orphans, but are merely taking advantage of foreign funding.


• The Planetary Society Blog looks at a proposal for a new probe to study Enceladus and Titan for signs of habitability.


• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes Trump's command responsibility for a failed military raid in Yemen.


• The Russian Demographics Blog shares a map looking at the word for "church" in different European languages.


• Towleroad notes a court ruling in the United Kingdom barring an Orthodox Jewish transgender woman from interacting with her children in real time, and reports on a Russian website that purports to warn users how many gay people are in any given city.


• Understanding Society describes the problems with implementing ideologies and even policies in a very complex world.


• Window on Eurasia notes one Russian parliamentarian's call for taking northern Kazakhstan, and reports on new border controls between Russia and Belarus.