[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO looks at eleven recent Toronto-themed books, from fiction to children's literature.


• Centauri Dreams considers the idea of using waste heat to detect extraterrestrial civilizations.


• Far Outliers reports on how German East Africa substituted for foreign imports during the blockade of the First World War.


• Marginal Revolution suggests that the fall of Rome may have been due to the failure to reconquer North Africa.


• The NYRB Daily looks at the exuberant art of Jazz Age Florence Stettheimer.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares a stunning portrait of Jupiter from the New Horizons probe.


• Window on Eurasia considers the idea of containment in the post-Cold War world.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell looks at the British election.