• blogTO notes that TTC tunnels will get WiFi in 2018.
• Border Thinking's Laura Augustín shares some of Edvard Munch's brothel paintings.
• Centauri Dreams looks at the latest science on fast radio bursts.
• Dangerous Minds shares some of the sexy covers of Yugoslavian computer magazine Računari.
• Dead Things looks at the latest research into dinosaur eggs.

• Bad Astronomy reports on the astounding scientific illiteracy of Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci.
• blogTO compiles a list of the best tobagganing hills in Toronto.
• Citizen Science Salon looks at what we can do in the redwood forests.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a gap in the disk of TW Hydrae.
• Imageo notes that 2016 is the warmest year in the records.

• blogTO notes that all TTC streetcars will support Presto by the end of the year.
• Crooked Timber continues its examination of Piketty's thoughts on inequality and social justice.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on German surveillance of Germany's allies.
• Joe. My. God. notes the support of the Pope for the anti-gay marriage movement in Slovenia.
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• The Big Picture shares photos from the commemoration in France of the terrorist attacks.
• Centauri Dreams looks, literally, at the atmosphères of hot Jupiters.
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• The Dragon's Gaze links to a report on a model of solar system evolution suggesting the terrestrial planets had to form after Jupiter and Saturn.
• The Dragon's Tales notes one report suggesting ( Read more... )

Bloomberg's Jasmina Kuzmanovic and Gordana Filipovic report on the renewed push in the western Balkans for European Union membership. Certainly it's not as if the western Balkans have any other future.

Former Yugoslav republics and neighboring Albania vowed to resuscitate their drive for European Union integration after the migrant crisis rocked ( Read more... )

At The Balkanist, one Susanna Bitters has a marvelous photo essay examining the unusual but striking monuments to the Second World War built in Yugoslavia.


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In a photo essay at National Geographic, writer Meghan Collins Sullivan and photographer Ciril Jazbec look at the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on a small unprepared border town in Slovenia.

Rigonce, Slovenia was a quiet, bucolic town on the border with Croatia where farmers tended crops and neighbors greeted each other warmly in the street ( Read more... )

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly describes what it takes to be a professional writer.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper considering dust in atmospheres.
• The Dragon's Tales notes the study of a medieval Korean star catalogue.
• Language Hat notes a program to translate Mexican writers who write in indigenous languages.
• Steve Munro offers advice on what ( Read more... )

Fedja Pavlovic at Open Democracy writes about the state of affairs in Montenegro, which includes a crowdfunding campaign against the incumbent.

On 27 September, thousands of Montenegrin citizens, led by the main opposition group (the Democratic Front), gathered in front of their parliament to demand an end to the 26 year rule of Milo Djukanovic’s ( Read more... )

Bloomberg reports on the breakdown in Serbian-Croatian relations over border controls imposed on account of the refugee crisis.

Croatia, an EU member, on Wednesday banned Serb vehicles from entering except those with perishable goods. In retaliation, Serbia blocked imports of Croat products. Croatia also accused Serbia of having directed migrants ( Read more... )