[BLOG] Some Monday links

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• blogTO takes a look at the reasons for the failure of the Toronto Sushi Festival, a failure that included the blog's own misrepresentation of the event's success.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly argues that, in our media-saturated environment, paying attention to everything is exhausting.
• Centauri Dreams and D-Brief react to Dawn's arrival at Ceres.
• The Crux notes that Enceladus' seas appear to be driven by tectonic activity, suggesting they may support life.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the remarkably eccentric orbit of exoplanet HD 8673Ab, links to a paper suggesting that hot Jupiters disrupt their planetary systems as they migrate inwards, and suggests that planetary systems discovered by Kepler with only one or two planets are the remnants of much denser systems.
• The Dragon's Tales and The Power and the Money discuss the idea of military unity in the European Union.
• A Fistful of Euros compares the recent trajectories of Greece and Iceland following their
  
• Joe. My. God. notes an Irish bishop who made an odd comparison of gay people to people with Down's syndrome.
• Language Hat notes that the Parisian journals of Russian exiles from the Soviet Union are online and notes the South Arabian language of the Yemeni island of Socotra.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money considers if rudeness can be a firing offense.
• Marginal Revolution criticizes the Greek government, and argues that Krugman's criticism of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is misfounded.
• The Planetary Society Blog calls for a return to Venus.
• Otto Pohl observes that just over 62 years after his death, Stalin remains a popular figure in Russia.
• The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer notes worsening American-Venezuelan relations and argues that Venezuela's PetroCaribe scheme hasn't achieved its geopolitical goals.
• Registan considers the controversy surrounding the disappearance of Vladimir Putin.
• Peter Rukavina notes how, by tweaking an inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer, he can detect aircraft incoming to Charlottetown.
• Spacing Toronto notes gendered violence on mass transit.
• Towleroad observes the conviction of a California man on charges of intentionally trying to infect others with HIV.
• The Volokh Conspiracy considers the legal issues surrounding an Indian state's ban on beef, by comparison to California's horse meat ban.
• Window on Eurasia notes one Russian's call to partition Ukraine, observes Russian irredentism towards the Baltics, considers the consequences of Russia's statements about Crimea, looks at Hungarian irredentism towards western Ukraine, argues that a new Yalta is impossible, and compares the position of Vladimir Putin to that of Khrushchev afte the humiliating Cuban Missile Crisis.