[BLOG] Some Tuesday links

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• The Big Picture has photos of the winter snowtowns in New England.
• blogTO has old photos of various Toronto intersections.
• Centauri Dreams notes how atmospheres can break the tidal locks of close-orbiting planets.
• The Dragon's Gaze suggests Fomalhaut b is a false positive, speculates on the evaporation time of hot Jupiters, and wonders if planetoids impacting on white dwarfs can trigger Type Ia supernovas.
• The Dragon's Tales considers the status of the Brazilian navy, notes the Egyptian purchase of 24 Rafale fighters from France, and observes that Russia no longer has early-warning satellites.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the sociology of the red carpet.
• Far Outliers assesses the achievements and problems of Chiang Kai-shek.
• A Fistful of Euros notes intra-European negotiations over Greece.
• Joe. My. God. notes the progress of a same-sex marriage bill in Slovenia.
• Languages of the World argues that of all of the minority languages of Russia, Tuvan is the least endangered.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the Confederate diaspora in Brazil.
• Marginal Revolution suggests that the larger the American state the more likely it is to be unequal, notes that South Korean wages have exceeded Japanese wages for the first time, and looks at anti-Valentine's Day men in Japan.
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• Out of Ambit's Diane Duane notes how a German translator of her Star Trek novels put subtle advertisements for soup in.
• The Planetary Society Blog shares photos from Rosetta of its target comet.
• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer is skeptical about the Nicaragua Canal, wonders about Greece in the Eurozone, looks at instability in Venezuela, and suggests an inverse relationship between social networking platforms--mass media, even--and social capital.
• Spacing Toronto wonders if the Scarborough subway will survive.
• Towleroad notes popular American-born Russian actor Odin Biron's coming out and observes that Antonin Scalia doesn't want people to call him anti-gay.
• Understanding Society's Daniel Little looks at the forces which lead to the split of communtiies.
• Window on Eurasia suggests that the non-Russian republics of Russia will survive, argues that Putin's Russia is already fascist, and notes that Russians overwhelmingly support non-traditional families.