[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

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<li>blogTO <a href-"http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/02/facts-about-union-station-toronto/"><U>shares</u></a> ten facts about Union Station.</li>
<li>Centauri Dreams <a href="http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=37096"><U>describes</u></a> possible ice volcanoes on Ceres.</li>
<li>Crooked Timber <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2017/02/08/why-we-should-put-basic-before-universal-in-the-pursuit-of-income-equality/"><U>argues</u></a> in favour of implementing a basic income before a universal income, on grounds of reducing inequality and easing the very poor.</li>
<li>The Crux <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/02/06/dogma-derailed-search-dark-matter/"><U>shares</u></a> an argument against dark matter.</li>
<li>The Dragon's Gaze <a href="http://thedragonsgaze.blogspot.ca/2017/02/nitrogen-oxygen-in-exoplanet-atmosphere.html"><U>talks</u></a> about nitrogen and oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres as biomarkers.</li>
<li>Far Outliers <a href="http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2017/02/tribe-vs-tribe-in-northern-plains.html"><U>looks</u></a> at intertribal warfare on the American plains in the 19th century.</li>
<li>The LRB Blog <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2017/02/06/anna-aslanyan/shambles-in-court/"><U>talks</u></a> about critical shortages of translators, and funding for said, at official functions in the United Kingdom.</li>
<li>Language Log <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30924"><U>tries to translate</a> the Chinese word used by the head of the Chinese supreme court to insult Donald Trump.</li>
<li>The Map Room Blog <a href="http://www.maproomblog.com/2017/02/mapping-where-america-depends-on-trade/"><U>shares a map</u></a> showing how particular areas of the United States are especially dependent on foreign trade.</li>
<li><b>pollotenchegg</a> <a href="http://pollotenchegg.livejournal.com/240929.html"><U>maps</u></a> areas of relative youth and agedness in Ukraine.</li>
<li>Peter Rukavina <a href="https://ruk.ca/content/i-broke-twitter"><U>looks</u></a> at what happened to his Twitter stats after he quite.</li>
<li>Towleroad <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2017/02/chrissie-hynde-neil-tennant/"><U>links</u></a> to a new duet featuring Chrissie Hynde and Neil Tennant.</li>
<li>Window on Eurasia <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/02/putin-may-exploit-disarray-in.html"><U>warns</u></a> of a Russian invasion of Belarus and <a href="http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.ca/2017/02/little-remains-of-novgorod-tradition.html"><U>argues</u></a> that Novgorod's proto-democratic tradition no longer exists.</li>
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