[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

Aug. 21st, 2018 12:32 pm
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  • Bad Astronomer Phil Plait tells the story of how the Andromeda Galaxy ate most of its Local Group partner two billion years ago, M32p.

  • Centauri Dreams looks at what the preponderance of water worlds--worlds with vast amounts of water--mean for life.

  • Corey Robin at Crooked Timber links to an essay of his noting that the Avital Ronell scandal reveals deep problems inside academia.

  • D-Brief notes reactions involving protons that play a major role in powering neutron stars.

  • Bruce Dorminey shares five questions about the universe that bug--productively, I think--astrobiologists.

  • The Dragon's Tales examines the challenges facing the proposal by Modi for the creation of a manned Indian space program within a decade.

  • Colby King writes at the Everyday Sociology Blog about challenges facing students building social networks. How broad and diverse can they be?

  • David Finger at the Finger Post writes, and shows, a one-day trip to Cuzco.

  • Hornet Stories starts a fun discussion on heroic monsters. I'm pleased to say that the Addams Family ranked highly.

  • Information is Beautiful shares a new infographic exploring what, exactly, a trillion dollars is.

  • JSTOR Daily looks at how, not just the concept of the Mediterranean as a unified region, but of the Mediterranean as uniquely attractive, came about.

  • The LRB Blog reports from the Edinburgh Fringe, where the Brexit-themed play Leave. To Remain is playing.

  • Ryan Holmberg at the NYR Daily looks at how manga in Japan have dealt with nuclear danger before and after Fukushima, looking particular at the work of Susumu Katsumata.

  • Strange Company tells the story of the strange hauntings that beset, in mid-19th century Normandy, the Château des Noyers.

  • Towleroad shares a video of older gay men reacting to the definitely out videos of queer pop singer Troye Sivan.

  • At Understanding Society, Daniel Little takes a look at the arguments of Andrew Hopkins regarding safety culture in an enterprise versus safety behaviour.

  • Window on Eurasia notes a continued Russian threat, post-Crimea, to Ukrainian sovereignty in its territorial waters on the Sea of Azov and elsewhere.

  • Arnold Zwicky notes the impending end of summer, between flowers and sex and more.

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[PHOTO] Under the bridge

Dec. 20th, 2009 01:08 pm
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The railroad on Prince Edward Island closed down in 1987 for want of economic sense, leaving the trail to be converted into the (rather nice) Confederation Trail, a nice place to go hiking or biking. One thing among many things that I like about my home in Toronto is that it lies directly south of a freight line belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railroad, the movement of the trains punctuating my days and lulling me to sleep. The same line has also been suggested as the corridor for a midtown commuter rail line, one that would also connect to the Summerhill CPR station on Yonge Street that I've photographed before.

Crossing midtown Toronto as it does, this rail line can't help but cross over streets. Below are pictures of the undersides of two of these bridges on two of these streets.



This is the bridge crossing Yonge Street at the Summerhill stations, TTC and CPR both.



This is one of my neighbourhood bridges, at Dupont and Dovercourt.
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[PHOTO] Dark subways, not at night

Nov. 12th, 2009 08:48 pm
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Both of these pictures were taken in the afternoon, but because my camera can't pick up the full darkness I just get these eerie images.





Located a bit north and below of the Summerhilll TTC station and old railway station that I blogged about in February of this year, the usual slopes by the track reveal that this part of the track used to be aboveground. I've been told that some tree stumps are still visible.
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