[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• blogTO provides a history of Queen Street West's fabled Horseshore Tavern.
• Centauri Dreams features an essay by J. N. Nielsen arguing that the Kardashev scale of development of extrasterrestrial civilizations is misused. (Kardashev was talking about energy usage, we tend to talk about the size of a civilization.)
• The Everyday Sociology Blog features a post by Sally Raskoff talking about how technology influences our understanding of world events.
• Far Outliers describes the grisly massacre of Australian prisoners by Japanese armed with bayonets in the Second World War.
• Joe. My. God. and Towleroad both note how the organizers of New York City's pride march called the bluff of the Catholic League's Bill Donohue by accepting his request to march. (He has since retracted his bid.)
• Language Log describes some interesting wordplay in the Taiwanese protests.
• North's Justin Petrone talks about Estonia's continued concern with Russia, especially after Crimea.
• Savage Minds' P. Kerim Friedman describes how the mass protests in Taiwan of students are driven by a fear that further economic integration with China will worsen islanders' standard of living.
• Window on Eurasia suggests that the Moldovan enclave of Transnistria may become the next scene of confrontation.
• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell examines the meaning of a 1984 installation by British artist Richard Hamilton, Treatment Room, as it has changed over time with technology and politics.