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The Map Room Blog shares a map of Prince William Sound, in Alaska, that is already out of date because of global warming.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

The Map Room Blog links to some old maps of Montréal.

Major English-language newspapers in Montréal, including the Montreal Gazette, are no longer being distributed to Québec City clients. CBC reports.

Radio-Canada employees' union is concerned over cost overruns in the construction of a new headquarters for the French-language chain. CTV NEws reports.

La Presse notes how the to-be-demolished Champlain Bridge is a home for, among others, falcons.

The Bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice, after the latest delay, will have been closed for nearly two decades. La Presse reports.

The Montreal Children's Library is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a fundraiser. CBC reports.

CBC Montreal looks at how, even without a stadium, legendary mayor Jean Drapeau brought major league baseball to his city.

The anti-gentrification University of the Streets group has some interesting ideas. CBC reports.

The city government of Montréal is looking into the issue of the high retail vacancy rates in parts of the city. CBC reports.

At CBC Montreal, Ontario-born Jessica Brown writes about her struggles with employment in her adopted city.

CBC reports on suggestions that Kingston should plan for a population expected to grow significantly in coming decades, to not just expand but to have intensified development downtown.

The rental housing market for Kingston is very tight, not only because of large student populations. Global News reports.

Kingstonist reports on Queen's plans to build a large new student residence on Albert Street, here.

The Whig-Standard carries an account of the new Queen's principal being interrogated by Kingston city council over issues of friction between school and city, including costs for policing (and not only at Homecoming weekend).

This summer, farmers in the Kingston area saw poor crop production as a consequence of the weather. Global News reports.

Happily, the budget of the city of Kingston was made to accommodate costs for Murney, the police force's horse. Global News reports.

Weston Food's plant in Kingston has seen forty jobs cut. Global News reports.

Lake Ontario Park, in the west of the city, may be reopened to limited camping. The Whig-Standard reports.

Kingston hockey player Rebecca Thompson is now playing for the team of Queen's. Global News reports.

Queen's University is not alone in urging its exchange students in Hong Kong to evacuate. The Whig-Standard reports.

Yesterday, a plane crashed in the west of Kingston, killing all seven people aboard. CBC reports.

Chris Morris at Kingstonist has a long feature examining the Kingston Street Mission, interviewing outreach worker Marilyn McLean about her work with the homeless of the city.

Kingston-born street nurse Cathy Crowe talks about homelessness, in Kingston and across Canada. Global News reports.

The family of Royal Military College cadet Joe Grozelle, who disappeared from his campus and was later found dead two decades ago, wants his fate reinvestigated. Global News reports.

A hundred students at a Kingston public school are being taught how to skate, part of a pilot program. Global News reports.

The 9th floor restaurant at the Montréal Eaton's looks like an architectural delight. CBC reports.

This bike repair shop in Greenfield Park looks cool. CBC repors.

I quite like the idea behind this rooftop garden in Saint-Henri. CBC reports.

Is building a baseball stadium for Montréal after the Expos went going to be as much of an issue, and in the same ways, as building a hockey stadium after the Nordiques was for Québec City? CTV News reports.

Renovictions are almost always a bad thing. CTV News reports.

A cooperative of artisans has banded together to operate a storefront location in Saint-Henri that none could afford individually. CTV News reports.

Amherst Street has been renamed Atateken, as part of reconciliation with indigenous peoples. CBC reports.

The plight of homeless indigenous people around Cabot Square is desperate. CBC reports.

La Presse notes a sharp fall in attendance at the Grande Bibliothèque over the past decade, a consequence of cutbacks.

Patriotism is not cheap.

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Joshua Clipperton writes, here at CTV News, about how tennis like the Rogers Cup is much more popular in Montréal than in Toronto for a variety of reasons.

The CFL's Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts are set to play another exhibition game in Moncton, as Touchdown Atlantic tries to gather support for an Atlantic Canadian franchise.

Guardian Cities considers, with interviews, how Brexit might impact the town twinning that united British communities with those of wider Europe.

Guardian Cities notes how churches and other houses of worship are starting to market themselves as spaces for coworking.

I think it entirely possible that space settlements may end up evoking the company towns of Earth. Slate has it.

The Conversation suggests that blaming the 1976 Montréal Olympics for the reluctance of Canada to host an Olympics should stop.

Is it possible that a Conservative majority government could be plausibly achieved by a breakthrough in Québec? Phiippe J. Fournier at MacLean's considers.

A Conservative majority government, again, is perfectly imaginable. MacLean's reports.

Don Pittis at CBC notes how worker shortages in Canada are leading to rising wages, in at least some areas.

What will happen, in Canada and elsewhere, when Queen Elizabeth II dies? MacLean's speculates.

I intentionally made my way down to Yonge Street after midnight in order to witness the city celebrating the Toronto Raptors' victory over the Golden State Warriors. The crowds were huge, though well-behaved; everyone, it seemed, was united behind the goal of celebrating this sports victory.

"Toronto Raptors Celebrations, Church and Carlton" (Watch on YouTube)

"Celebrations, Yonge and College" (Watch on YouTube)

"Celebrations, Yonge and Gerrard" (Watch on YouTube)

"Celebrations, Yonge below Gerrard" (Watch on YouTube)

"Celebrations, Yonge-Dundas Square" (Watch on YouTube)

NOW Toronto notes that poor and racialized people in Toronto find it difficult to access healthy food.

blogTO observes that the McDonald's at King and Dufferin has installed blue lights in washrooms to try to discourage the shooting up there of heroin.

The TTC is set to offer cell phone service in some downtown tunnels. blogTO reports.

Perry King at Spacing reports on how Toronto needs to expand its facilities for the growing number of players of cricket.

Samantha Edwards at NOW Toronto reports that the owner of 795 College has been fined $C 135 000 for the renoviction of prior tenants.

Architectuul notes the recent death of I.M. Pei.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes what, exactly, rubble-pile asteroids are.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about definitions of home.

Centauri Dreams considers white dwarf planets.

The Crux notes how ultra-processed foods are liked closely to weight gain.

D-Brief observes that a thin layer of insulating ice might be saving the subsurface oceans of Pluto from freezing out.

Bruce Dorminey notes the critical role played by Apollo 10 in getting NASA ready for the Moon landings.

The Dragon's Tales notes the American government's expectation that China will seek to set up its own global network of military bases.

Andrew LePage at Drew Ex Machina reports on the Soviet Union's Venera 5 and 6 missions to Venus.

Far Outliers looks at the visit of U.S. Grant to Japan and China.

Gizmodo notes a recent analysis of Neanderthal teeth suggesting that they split with Homo sapiens at a date substantially earlier than commonly believed.

io9 notes the sheer scale of the Jonathan Hickman reboots for the X-Men comics of Marvel.

Joe. My. God. shares the argument of Ted Cruz that people should stop making fun of his "space pirate" suggestion.I am inclined to think Cruz more right than not, actually.

JSTOR Daily notes the wave of anti-black violence that hit the United States in 1919, often driven by returned veterans.

Language Hat shares a recognizable complaint, written in ancient Akkadian, of bad customers.

Language Log shares a report of a village in Brittany seeking people to decipher a mysterious etching.

This Scott Lemieux report at Lawyers, Guns and Money about how British conservatives received Ben Shapiro is a must-read summary.

Benjamin Markovits at the LRB Blog shares the reasons why he left his immigrant-heavy basketball team in Germany.

Marginal Revolution looks at one effort in Brazil to separate people from their street gangs.

The NYR Daily looks at how ISIS, deprived of its proto-state, has managed to thrive as a decentralized network.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw tells of his experiences and perceptions of his native region of New England, in southeastern Australia.

The Planetary Society Blog notes how the Chang'e 4 rover may have found lunar mantle on the surface of the Moon.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes that while Argentine president Mauricio Macri is polling badly, his opponents are not polling well.

Roads and Kingdoms shares a list of things to do in see in the Peru capital of Lima.

The Signal examines how the Library of Congress engages in photodocumentation.

Van Waffle at the Speed River Journal explains how he is helping native insects by planting native plants in his garden.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes how scientific illiteracy should never be seen as cool.

Towleroad notes the questions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as to why Truvada costs so much in the United States.

Window on Eurasia notes how family structures in the North Caucasus are at once modernizing and becoming more conservative.

Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes how the distribution of US carriers and their fleets at present does not support the idea of a planned impending war with Iran.

Arnold Zwicky examines the tent caterpillar of California.

Leo Mantha, the last man executed in British Columbia in 1959, was executing for killing his estranged lover. Was homophobia the cause of what was, even then, a unique lack of mercy? Global News considers.

Brian D. Johnson at MacLean's, reviewing Killing Patient Zero, notes how the openness of Gaëtan Dugas about his sexual past was one feature that led him to be unfairly branded Patient Zero, cause of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

This invaluable Justin Ling AMA at reddit's unresolvedmysteries about the Church-Wellesley serial killings, besides exposing the accidents that led police not following up on reports, highlights a historic worldwide pattern of rage-filled killing sprees against queer people.

Shaun Brodie at NOW Toronto pays tribute to the late, great writer Wayson Choy.

CTV News reports that the Québec National Assembly has extended official recognition of the historic importance of the Village gay of Montréal.

Phys.org links to a study suggesting that countries which extend civil rights to LGBTQ people experience higher economic growth as a result.

Peter Mendelsohn at Daily Xtra looks at homophobia in Canadian hockey, a factor that deters many queer people from playing the sport. Can it be easily dealt with?

Erica Lenti at Daily Xtra has a fantastic article looking at how gay-straight alliances at schools help young people learn how to be queer in a safe environment, providing them with the socialization they do not get elsewhere.

This lovely essay by wedding photographer Dana Koster at them explores, in general and in a specific example, the miracle and joys of legal same-sex marriage.

Elio Iannacci at Daily Xtra writes, in the wake of the Met gala, about the specifically queer nature of camp.

Sean Marshall considers how recent changes in provincial policy are affecting the Ontario city of Brampton.

There is some interest in the city of Kitchener in deeper integration of the Kitchener-Waterloo region, though not necessarily amalgamation. Global News reports.

The Waterloo Record notes that Waterloo city council has voted unanimously against amalgamation.

Taylor Noakes at CBC Montreal notes that a revived Expos baseball team, whartever its other merits, would not be an economic asset for the city.

Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, unaccountably, was built on a lakebed regardless of the flooding risks. CBC Montreal reports.

The Detroit Free Press looks at the impressive former home of Patti Smith in suburban St. Clair Shores.

Guardian Cities reports on the upset of residents in Newcastle at a recent claim that their city's high street is the worst one in the United Kingdom.

Crooked Timber at John Quiggin takes issue with the idea that, now, there are many Republicans who accept Trump only conditionally, for what a Trump presidency could achieve.

D-Brief notes the XT2 signal, issue of a collision between two magnetars in a galaxy 6.6 billion light-years away.

Cody Delistraty reports on an exhibit at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris on the history of soccer in world politics.

Earther reports on a new satellite mission focused on studying solar-induced fluorescence, the glow of plants as they photosynthesize.

Far Outliers notes how U.S. Grant responded to slaves seeking freedom from the Union Army.

JSTOR Daily explores Lake Baikal.

Language Log reports on the multilingualism of Pete Buttigieg.

Abigail Nussbaum at Lawyers, Guns and Money gives deserved praise to the Jason Lutes graphic novel Berlin.

Marginal Revolution looks at the ways in which dense social networks can keep stroke victims from getting quick help.

The NYR Daily looks at the campaigns and ideas of anti-authoritarian Chinese professor and writer Xu Zhangrun.

Drew Rowsome gives a largely negative review to the 2014 Easter horror film The Beaster Bunny.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why the singularities of black holes have spin.

Window on Eurasia notes on the report of a Muslim community leader in Norilsk that a quarter of the population of that Russian Arctic city is of Muslim background.

Arnold Zwicky considers the ways in which flowers and penguins and cuteness can interact, with photos.

Le Devoir wonders if excessive tourism will make Vieux-Québec unlivable for locals.

Sam Sklar at CityLab, native of the New Jersey community of Fort Lee, wonders when it will burst out from the shadow of New York City.

The question of how Vancouver in the era of legalization will celebrate 4/20 remains actively contested. The National Post reports.

CityLab reports on how the 2024 Paris Olympics may help regenerate Saint-Denis.

The story about how resettled refugees helped revive the Italian town of Sutera, on the island of Sicily, needs to be better-known. VICE reports.

CTV News reports the exceptional popularity of a Toronto Blue Jays away game in Montréal.

A library n Thunder Bay is playing a critical role in helping treat the ills of that city. Tanya Talaga writes at the Toronto Star.

Guardian Cities reports on how poor children in mixed-use housing in London are being kept from using public playgrounds.

The Financial Times reports on the rapid growth of the French immigrant community in Hong Kong, now numbering tens of thousands of people.

Céline von Engelhardt writes at MacLean's about how Sobey's has secured for itself, in the new north-central Edmonton neighbourhood of Griesbach, restrictive covenants that exclude any possible retail competition elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

Rick Zamperin at Global News makes the case for Hamilton to at least investigate the idea of bidding for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

HuffPostQuébec hosts the argument for bringing back to the surface, in Montréal on the McGill campus, a stream running down Mount Royal that has been canalized for nearly two centuries.

Wired highlights the photos of Atlantic City taken by photographer Brian Rose, a city that stands as testimony to the failed promises of Trump.

DW notes how the French port of Dieppe stands unprepared and vulnerable in the face of Brexit.

Guardian Cities notes how activists and historians in the Indian city of Bangalore, or Bengaluru, are trying to preserve the ancient stone markets from development.

APTN is broadcasting NHL hockey games with Cree-language commentary, a first. Global News reports.

New funding and authority has been given to Nova Scotia's Mi'kmaq educational authority. Global News reports.

The National Observer notes the significant damage that the Trump border wall could cause indigenous peoples bisected by the US-Mexico frontier.

A school in Melbourne, Australia, is doing interesting work trying to help Aborigine children bridge the cultural divide in their lives. The Toronto Star reports.

Natan Obed writes in MacLean's about how the press following Trudeau in Iqaluit failing to deal with his apology to the Inuit reflects a failed implementation of reconciliation.

After years of renovations, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library is set to reopen to the public this weekend. Global News reports.

McGill is taking care of the tens of thousands of ants in a colony displaced from the Insectarium in Montréal during renovations there. CBC reports.

Russell Arben Fox writes about the politics and economics of funding a new baseball stadium in the Kansas city of Wichita.

Where will the 4/20 marijuana celebration be held in Vancouver in 2020? Global News reports.

This article at Slate explains how lower Manhattan can only be protected from rising sea levels by land reclamation.

Them writes about the importance of queer spaces like coffee shops where people can gather while being sober.

Folio links to a fascinating study examining why professional hockey players have not come out, and what might make them do so.

JSTOR Daily reports on the fascinating process of recovering black queer history through researching articles in sensationalist magazines.

Hornet Stories describes the fascinating, disastrous history of closeted New York City mayor Ed Koch.

A controversy over the headlining of Ariana Grande at 2019 Manchester Pride led to a debate to questions of queer representation on Pride stages. Global News reports.

D-Brief considers the possibility that human food when eaten by bears, by shortening their hibernation periods, might contribute to their premature aging.

The Everyday Sociology Blog considers the political power of sports and of music.

Far Outliers notes the rising bourgeoisie of Calcutta in the 1990s.

Steve Roby at The Fifteenth makes the case for Discovery as worthy of being considered Star Trek, not least because it is doing something new.

L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing notes how our tendency to track our lives through data can become dystopian.

JSTOR Daily notes that Illinois is starting to become home to resident populations of bald eagles.

Language Log takes a look at Ubykh.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes a Trumpist Canadian border guard.

The New APPS Blog notes how helicopter parenting is linked to rising levels of inequality.

The NYR Daily considers Jasper Johns.

At Out of Ambit, Diane Duane considers the rhythms and cycles of life generally and of being a writer specifically.

Otto Pohl looks at how people from the different German communities of southeast Europe were, at the end of the Second World War, taken to the Soviet Union as forced labourers.

Steve Maynard writes at Spacing, in the aftermath of the death of Jackie Shane, about the erasure and recovery of non-white queer history in Toronto.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains what would happen if someone fell into a blackhole.

Window on Eurasia notes that the number of immigrants to Russia are falling, with Ukrainians diminishing particularly in number while Central Asian numbers remain more resistant to the trend.

Arnold Zwicky notes the telling omission of sexual orientation as a protected category re: hate crimes.

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[BLOG] Some Friday links
[URBAN NOTE] Ten Montréal links
[URBAN NOTE] Fifteen Kingston, Ontario links (#kingstonon)
[URBAN NOTE] Nine Montréal links
[PHOTO] We The Champs sweatshirt, $C 69.99
[URBAN NOTE] Five links about cities: tennis, CFL, twin towns, coworking, space company towns
[NEWS] Five links about Canada and the future: Olympics, politics, demographics, Elizabeth II
[VIDEO] Five clips of Toronto celebrating the Toronto Raptors victory on Yonge Street
[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: food, McDonald's, cell phones, cricket, renoviction
[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
[NEWS] Ten LGBTQ links: crime, Toronto, Montréal, HIV/AIDS, in memoriam, education, sports, camp
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[BLOG] Some Monday blog links
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[BLOG] Some Friday links

[URBAN NOTE] Ten Montréal links

[URBAN NOTE] Fifteen Kingston, Ontario links (#kingstonon)

[URBAN NOTE] Nine Montréal links

[PHOTO] We The Champs sweatshirt, $C 69.99

[URBAN NOTE] Five links about cities: tennis, CFL, twin towns, coworking, space company towns

[NEWS] Five links about Canada and the future: Olympics, politics, demographics, Elizabeth II

[VIDEO] Five clips of Toronto celebrating the Toronto Raptors victory on Yonge Street

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: food, McDonald's, cell phones, cricket, renoviction

[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

[NEWS] Ten LGBTQ links: crime, Toronto, Montréal, HIV/AIDS, in memoriam, education, sports, camp

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Brampton, Kitchener, Waterloo, Montréal, Sainte-Marte, Detroit ...

[BLOG] Some Monday blog links

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Québec City, Fort Lee, Vancouver, Paris and Saint-Denis, Sutera

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Montréal, Thunder Bay, London, Hong Kong, Edmonton

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Hamilton, Montréal, Atlantic City, Dieppe, Bangalore

[NEWS] Five Indigenous links: Cree NHL, Mi'kmaq, US-Mexico border, Australia, reconciliation

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: Kingston, Montréal, Wichita, Vancouver, New York City

[NEWS] Five LGBTQ links: sober queer spaces, hockey, recovering history, Ed Koch, Pride

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links