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Architectuul looks at the Portuguese architectural cooperative Ateliermob, here.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at how white dwarf WD J091405.30+191412.25 is literally vapourizing a planet in close orbit.

Caitlin Kelly at the Broadside Blog explains
Centauri Dreams looks at the slowing of the solar wind far from the Sun.

John Holbo at Crooked Timber considers the gap between ideals and actuals in the context of conspiracies and politics.

The Dragon's Tales reports on how the ESA is trying to solve a problem with the parachutes of the ExoMars probe.

Far Outliers reports on what Harry Truman thought about politicians.

Gizmodo reports on a new method for identifying potential Earth-like worlds.

io9 pays tribute to legendary writer, of Star Trek and much else, D.C. Fontana.

The Island Review reports on the football team of the Chagos Islands.

Joe. My. God. reports that gay Olympian Gus Kenworthy will compete for the United Kingdom in 2020.

JSTOR Daily looks at how early English imperialists saw America and empire through the lens of Ireland.

Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money does not like Pete Buttigieg.

The LRB Blog looks at the London Bridge terrorist attack.

The Map Room Blog shares a map of Prince William Sound, in Alaska, that is already out of date because of global warming.

Marginal Revolution questions if Cuba, in the Philippines, is the most typical city in the world.

The NYR Daily looks at gun violence among Arab Israelis.

The Planetary Society Blog considers what needs to be researched next on Mars.

Roads and Kingdoms tells the story of Sister Gracy, a Salesian nun at work in South Sudan.

The Russian Demographics Blog shares a paper noting continued population growth expected in much of Europe, and the impact of this growth on the environment.

Strange Maps shares a map of fried chicken restaurants in London.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why a 70 solar mass black hole is not unexpected.

John Scalzi at Whatever gives his further thoughts on the Pixel 4.

Window on Eurasia notes that, last year, 37 thousand Russians died of HIV/AIDS.

Arnold Zwicky starts from a consideration of the 1948 film Kind Hearts and Coronets.

Bad Astronomer notes the circumstances of the discovery of a low-mass black hole, only 3.3 solar masses.

Crooked Timber shares a photo of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.

The Crux looks at Monte Verde, the site in Chile that has the evidence of the oldest human population known to have lived in South America.

The Dragon's Tales notes that Russia may provide India with help in the design of its Gaganyaan manned capsule.

L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing talks of his work, including his upcoming conference and his newsletter, The Convivial Society. (Subscribe at the website.)

Gizmodo shares the Voyager 2 report from the edges of interstellar space.

JSTOR Daily looks at the East India Company and its corporate lobbying.

Language Hat shares an account from Ken Liu of the challenges in translating The Three Body Problem, linguistic and otherwise.

Language Log looks at the problems faced by the word "liberation" in Hong Kong.

Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the implications of the surprising new relationship between Russia and the Philippines.

Marginal Revolution seems to like Terminator: Dark Fate, as a revisiting of the series' origins, with a Mesoamerican twist.

Sean Marshall announces his attendance at a transit summit in Guelph on Saturday the 9th.

Garry Wills writes at the NYR Daily about his experience as a man in the mid-20th century American higher education looking at the rise of women.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at the strangely faint distant young galaxy MACS2129-1.

Window on Eurasia considers the possibility of Latvia developing a national Eastern Orthodox church of its own.

Tracey Lindeman writes at CityLab about how Montréal is trying to keep the redevelopment of the Molson-Coors Brewery site from killing the Centre-Sud.

In the Montréal neighbourhood of Park-Extension, evictions--renovictions, even--are on the rise. Global News reports.

Lac-Mégantic now has a train depot that bypasses the heart of this traumatized community. CBC Montreal reports.

Halifax is now celebrating the Mosaic Festival, celebrating its diversity. Global News reports.

Jill Croteau reports for Global News about Club Carousel, an underground club in Calgary that played a vital role in that city's LGBTQ history.

This business plan, aiming to bypass long lineups at the Edmonton outpost of the Jollibee chain, is ingenious. Global News reports.

The Iowa town of Pacific Junction, already staggering, may never recover from a recent bout of devastating flooding. VICE reports.

Avery Gregurich writes for CityLab about the Illinois town of Atlas, a crossroads seemingly on the verge of disappearing from Google Maps.

The proposal for Metropica, a new sort of suburb in Florida, certainly looks interesting. VICE reports.

Guardian Cities shares a cartoon looking affectionately at Lisbon.

National Geographic reports on the discovery of animals slaughtered by mysterious hominins present in the Philippines some 700 thousand years ago. Who were they?

National Geographic notes a new study suggesting that, before the Chixculub impact, the dinosaurs were doing fine as a group of animals, that they were not on the verge of dying out. The dinosaurs simply had bad luck.

CityLab notes how the jobs typically filled by women, particularly, are especially vulnerable to roboticization.

CBC recently reported from a conference in Las Vegas, where robots demonstrated their ability to fill any number of jobs, displacing human workers.

Matt Simon at WIRED wrote about the potential for robot and human workers to co-exist, each with their own strengths.

Cody Delistraty considers the new field of dystopian realism--of dystopia as a real thing in contemporary lives--in popular culture.

D-Brief notes how direct experiments in laboratories have helped geologists better understand the mantle of the Earth.

Far Outliers shares a terribly sad anecdote of a young woman in China who killed herself, victim of social pressures which claim many more victims.

Imageo notes how recent headlines about ocean temperature increases are misleading in that they did not represent the steady incremental improvements of science generally.

Joe. My. God. notes the unexpectedly rapid shift of the location of the northern magnetic pole.

JSTOR Daily links to a paper that links to the quietly subversive aesthetics and politics of the 1950s and 1960s surf movie.

Language Hat links to an intriguing paper looking at the relationship between the size of an individual's Broca's area, in their brain, and the ways in which they can learn language.

Language Log shares a poster from Taiwan trying to promote use of the Hakka language, currently a threatened language among traditional speakers.

Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the extreme secrecy of Trump regarding his Helsinki discussions with Putin, going so far as to confiscate his translator's notes.

Justin Petrone at north! writes about the exhilarating and liberating joys of hope, of fantasy.

The NYR Daily examines the new Alfonso Cuarón film, the autobiographical Roma.

Drew Rowsome takes a look at the interesting show by Damien Atkins at Crow's Nest Theatre, We Are Not Alone.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on what a report of the discovery of of the brightest quasar actually means.

Window on Eurasia notes the historical cooperation, before Operation Barbarossa, between the Nazis' Gestapo and Stalin's NKVD.

Arnold Zwicky shares a video examining Chavacano, the Spanish-based creole still spoken in the Philippines.

This Joseph Kelly extract at Longreads looks at how maroons and pirates made common cause in the Caribbean in fighting for their freedom.

The Atlantic reports on how witchcraft is becoming popular among many African-Americans, especially African-American women, who reject Christianity.

The Conversation looks at the feminist critiques of the novels of Jane Austen, only barely hidden.

The BBC notes how an ancient myth of a Korean queen's origins in India is being used to build a new relationship between South Korea and India.

Ozy takes a look at a Filipino man who is trying to save the ancient baybayin script of the Philippines.

Vancouver and its neighbor, Richmond, have each opted to adopt very different policies towards marijuana sale and use. The National Post reports.

CityLab notes the efforts of San Jose to build affordable housing for its teachers, and the opposition of many residents to this seemingly sensible move.

Guardian Cities shares a beautiful series of photos looking at the New York City skyline over time.

Metro reports that the opening of the first restaurant in London of Filipino fast food chain Jollibee's saw huge lines.

Open Democracy features a fascinating interview on the subject of the English city of Bristol, as a place of creative resistance.

The Dragon's Tales notes that Raytheon has been awarded a contract to deliver a 100 kilowatt laser weapon system.

Hornet Stories offers a guide to LGBTQ sites in Manila.

JSTOR Daily explores the writing career of mid-20th century SF writer "James Tiptree Jr", the pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon.

Dan Nexon at Lawyers, Guns and Money explores the idea of a liberal world order, particularly as a manifestation of American policy post-1945.

Ben Yagoda at Lingua Franca takes a look at how Big Data--specifically, large archives of the written word--can illuminate lots about patterns of language usage, noting some examples.

The Map Room Blog looks at the way that maps of population density are being used in the United States to legitimate or delegitimate specific groups of voters.

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen considers the concept of "reciprocity anxiety", of owing people.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer reports on some swear words in Argentine Spanish as well as a case of government expropriation of Mapuche lands.

Drew Rowsome takes an extended look at Scotty and the Secret Life of Hollywood, an extended documentary looking at the life of scotty Bowers in closeted 20th century Hollywood.

Can Charlottetown support a gay bar? A LGBTQ-oriented place might indeed do better than a nightclub, but even with students and tourists could the city support one? CBC reports.

The City of Charlottetown needs to do better on creating affordable housing. The perfect is, after all, the enemy of the good. CBC reports.
The West Prince community of Tignish seems to be doing as good a job as it can of remaining a dynamic community, at least according to this CBC article.

The Guardian reports on the opening of a Filipino store in Bloomfield, oriented towards the growing Filipino community in that part of the Island.

The Cavendish Musical Festival is apparently going well, with a minimum of unexpected issues. (Has anyone reading this ever been there? What is it like?) CBC reports.

John Lorinc takes a look at the latest involved in the Quayside development, with turmoil at Sidewalk Labs. Spacing has it.

I am perplexed by this unsightly mooring of boats on a heavy trafficked beach like Woodbine. CBC reports.

Feed It Forward, a pay what you can grocery store in the Junction, is apparently still open. NOW Toronto reports.

Women on the Toronto comedy scene are organizing for the #metoo era. Buzzfeed has it.

Toronto's only Jollibee restaurant is still attracting crowds. blogTO examines why, and how the restaurant manages the crush.

CBC reports on the impending creation of the Meadoway Park, a substantial corridor stretching from the Don Valley northeast to the Rouge River.

Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto shares some more cool facts about the Meadoway Park, with 40% of its projected cost of $C 85 million already funded.

I am quite interested in seeing this west-end Toronto home with terracotta tiles for myself. The Toronto Star reports.

Toronto Guardian has shared some lovely vintage photographs of Ontario Place back at its height, here.

This NOW Toronto guide to the offerings of Jollibee makes me interested, and perhaps a bit hungry.

Edward Keenan writes movingly about how he and his deal with being a Toronto Maple Leafs Fan at playoff time. (As someone not born in Toronto, I think this city deserves better of its teams. Just saying.) The Toronto Star has it.

Saudi Arabia is planning to dig a canal the length of its border with Qatar, making that peninsular polity and island one. That is ... intense. Gulf News reports.

The Filipino resort island of Boracay has been declared off-limits by President Duterte, at least until its environment is rehabilitated. The National Post reports.

The establishment of a Chinese base in Melanesian Vanuatu would upset geopolitical calculations in Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The Map Room Blog notes that some supporters of Scotland's Shetland Islands are opposed to the idea of putting the archipelago, so far from the mainland, in inset maps.

Royal Caribbean is making an island in the Bahamas, CocoCay, into a custom-designed resort at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. Bloomberg reports.

The Toronto Police Service was claiming as recently as four months ago that, contrary to community concern, there was no serial killer at work in the Village. How are they to believed, especially when police chief Saunders lies about people not approaching the police with their concerns? Why should it be marching during Pride this year? The Ottawa Citizen preserves the truth.

Tess Kalinowski suggests that the impending departure of Bombardier from Downsview Park might lead to the regeneration of that neighbourhood, over at the Toronto Star.

That the Harbourfront Centre, despite its prominence, is apparently unable to pay $C 1.4 million in rent and back taxes to the City of Toronto is alarming. The Toronto Star reports.

The rejection by University of Toronto students, in a very recent vote, of a subsidized U-Pass for the TTC surprises me. I suppose if they live downtown and don't want access to the rest of the city that might be a partial explanation, but still. The Toronto Star reports.

Justine Torres writes at NOW Toronto about the importance of the Jollibee opening for her, as someone of Filipino background.

The death late last month of poet laureate John Smith has left the Island bereft. He was a wonderful man, and is much missed. The Guardian reports.

47 acres of land have been bought near Brudenell, PEI, for a Buddhist nuns' monastery. Buddhism is getting deep roots on the Island, I see. The Guardian reports.

The Filipino tradition of touring churches on Easter Monday has been transplanted to the Island. CBC reports.

Kevin Yarr reports on the extensive upgrades that Charlottetown's Province House will need, even after the current emergency repairs are finished, over at CBC.

The Green Party is strengthening its growing roots in Atlantic Canada by appointing Island-born Jo-Ann Roberts as a deputy leader. CBC reports.

Spice Indian Bistro, downtown on Richmond Street, promotes the cuisine of Goa. CBC reports.

The opening of the first Toronto outpost of Filipino restaurant chain Jolibee in Toronto, in Scarborough, attracted huge crowds. The Toronto Star reports.

What should Toronto's signature food be? Edward Keenan has some suggestions over at the Toronto Star.

I respect the nerve of the Toronto chef who carved up a deer in the front window of his Junction restaurant, Antler, before the vegan protesters who have been harassing him. VICE reports.

Jason Chow takes a look at some of the food halls of Toronto, over at The Globe and Mail.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at the remarkably enduring supernova iPTF14hls, which seems to have attained its longevity through massive amounts of antimatter.

blogTO notes plans for the construction of a new public square in Chinatown, on Huron Street.

James Bow shares a short story of his, set in a future where everyone has a guaranteed minimum income but few have a job.

A poster at Crasstalk shares a nostalgic story about long-lost summers as a child in Albuquerque in the 1960s.

Bruce Dorminey reports on Universe, a beautiful book concerned with the history of astronomical imagery.

The Everyday Sociology Blog explores the latent and manifest functions of education for job-seekers.

Far Outliers' Joel talks about the Red Terror imposed by Lenin in 1918, and its foreshadowing of the future of the Soviet Union.

Language Hat links to a lovely analysis of a Tang Chinese poem, "On the Frontier."

Language Log notes how the name of Chinese food "congee" ultimately has origins in Dravidian languages.

Lawyers, Guns and Money takes note of the suspicious timing of links between the Trump family and Wikileaks.

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen recounts his visit to an Amazon bookstore, and what he found lacking (or found good).

The NYR Daily notes the continuing controversy over the bells of the church of Balangiga, in the Philippines, taken as booty in 1901 by American forces and not returned.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders why Canadian incomes and productivity have historically been 20-30% lower than those of the United States, and why incomes have lately caught up.

Roads and Kingdoms considers the simple pleasures of an egg and cracker snack in the Faroe Islands.

Strange Company considers the bizarre 1910 murder of Massachusetts lawyer William Lowe Rice.

The Volokh Conspiracy notes an Australian publisher that suspended publication of a book in Australia for fear of negative reaction from China.

Arnold Zwicky shares some photos of his orchids, blooming early because of warm temperatures.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait looks at Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, loneliest galaxy in the Local Group.

Centauri Dreams examines the recent detailed view of the star Antares, and notes Antares' mysteries.

False Steps' Paul Drye notes Project Adam, a Sputnik-era proposal for a manned American suborbital flight.

Far Outliers recounts a 1945 encounter between an American general and the Sultan of Sulu, impoverished by the war.

Language Log notes the Sino-Indian propaganda video war over their border dispute in the Himalayas.

The LRB Blog looks at the messy process of the demobilization of FARC in Colombia.

Marginal Revolution looks at how Virginia has managed to become a multicultural success story.

The NYR Daily looks at the photos of India taken by Cartier-Bresson.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer wonders how, despite the drug war, Mexico City continues to feel (even be) so peaceful. Can it last?

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel goes through the many reasons why it makes no sense to fear first contact with aliens.

Strange Company tells of Bunkie Dodge, pool-playing cat of early 20th century New England.

Unicorn Booty notes that the new Taylor Swift song is inspired by Right Said Fred's "I'm So Sexy."

Window on Eurasia shares an argument that an essentially post-colonial Russophone cultural community cannot coexist with a Russian empire.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the pleasures of the unmediated life, experienced in her recent vacation.

This celebration at Centauri Dreams of the forty years of science from the Voyager missions is heart-warming.

White racism in power is touched upon at Lawyers, Guns and Money.

Noel Maurer notes that the Philippines, where indiscriminate violence is state policy, no longer counts as a true democracy. Duturte as Marcos?

The Russian Demographics Blog shares a map depicting the frequency with which young adults live with parents across Europe. Northwestern Europe stands out.

Understanding Society looks at an early critique of positivism in sociology.

Window on Eurasia looks at Belarus' preparation for the Zapad 2017 military exercises with Russia.

In Toronto, the new Port Lands plan imagines a new island, Villiers, at the mouth of the Don.

Brexit means, among other thing, that the EU is no longer supporting the UK on the Chagos. The Economist reports.

VICE notes that people on Mauritius fear extensive fish farming will also boost the shark population offshore.

The Independent notes that tides and currents have created a new sand bar-cum-island more than 1 km long off of North Carolina, Shelly Island.

The National Post notes that sub-Arctic Vardo Island, in Norway, has moved on from its fisheries to become a NATO outpost set to watch Russia.

Carmela Fonbuena reports for The Guardian from Thitu Island, a Filipino-occupied island uncomfortably near a Chinese base in the contested South China Sea.

blogTO notes the amazing spike upwards in temperatures for this weekend.

Dangerous Minds shares photos of some stark war memorials of the former Communist world.

The Dragon's Gaze reports on brown dwarf HIP 67537b.

The LRB Blog looks at Donald Trump's interest in a Middle Eastern peace settlement that looks as if it will badly disadvantage the isolated Palestinians.

Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen reflects on his reading of Julius Evola and other hitherto-marginal writers.

The NYRB Daily notes the potential health catastrophe that could result from Donald Trump's anti-vax positions.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests that the corruption marking the relationship of France and Gabon over that country's oil is finding an echo in the Trump organization's involvement in Filipino real estate.

Torontoist calls for regulation of road salt on grounds of its toxicity.

Transit Toronto looks at the various scenarios for King Street.

Window on Eurasia suggests Russia's economic growth will lag behind growth elsewhere for the foreseeable future, and looks at protest in St. Petersburg over the return of an old church to the Orthodox Church.

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[BLOG] Some Friday links

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[URBAN NOTE] Ten city links: Montréal, Lac-Mégantic, Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton ...

[NEWS] Five sci-tech links: Southeast Asian hominins, dinosaurs, robots

[BLOG] Some Sunday links

[NEWS] Five culture links: maroons and pirates, witchcraft, Jane Austen, Korea/India, baybayin

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Richmond and Vancouver, San Jose, New York City, London, Bristol

[BLOG] Some Monday links

[ISL] Five Island links: gay bar, Charlottetown housing, Tignish, Filipino Bloomfield, Cavendish

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Quayside, Woodbine Beach, Feed It Forward, comedy, Jollibee

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Meadoway Park, terracotta home, Ontario Place, Jollibee, Maple Leafs

[ISL] Five islands links: Qatar, Boracay, Vanuatu, Shetlands, CocoCay

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: police, Downsview Park, Harbourfront, U-Pass at U of T, Jollibee

[ISL] Five Island links: John Smith, Buddhism, Easter Monday FIlipino tour, Province House, Greens

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Goa, Jolibee, signature food, Antler, food halls

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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[BLOG] Some Thursday links

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