• Language Hat reports on the Wenzhounese of Italy.
• Language Log writes about the tones of Cantonese.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money writes about the costs of law school. (They are significant, and escalating hugely.)
• Marginal Revolution reports on the problems facing the Brazilian pension system, perhaps overgenerous for a relatively poor country facing rapid ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes that yesterday was a temperature record here in Toronto, reaching 12 degrees Celsius in the middle of February.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about the pleasure of using old things.
• Joe. My. God. notes the death of Roe v Wade plaintiff Norma McCorvey.
• Language Hat notes that, apparently, dictionaries are hot again because ( Read more... )

• 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.

For Bloomberg, Stephanie Baker and Helena Bedwell report from the Georgian port city of Batumi about how a mothballed Trump Organization project there is set to take off. The next four years will be interesting, won't they?

Donald Trump flew to the Black Sea resort town of Batumi in 2012 and, standing alongside then Georgian President Mikheil ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the 1970s, when Yonge around Queen was under reconstruction.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about her writing life in New York City.
• The Crux considers: Neandertal or Neanderthal?
• Dangerous Minds notes the new Laibach app.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at evaporating hot Jupiter HD 209458b.

• Centauri Dreams considers the oceans of Pluto and Enceladus.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a disintegrating exoplanet.
• The Dragon's Tales notes that the American military can't afford Iron Man suits.
• Language Hat notes a study of fragmented language.
• Language Log looks at multilingual signage in Manhattan.

• Bloomberg notes Japan's neglected geothermal potential, looks at one Nobel laureate's concern over Brexit's fallout, examines Thailand's economic success, and looks at how labuor shortages are hindering Swedish economic growth.
• Bloomberg View looks at the role of Brazil's supreme court in fighting top-level corruption, and suggests the only thing ( Read more... )

• The BBC notes an attack on a vegan restaurant in Tbilisi by meat-eating nationalists.
• Bloomberg notes a slur by a German populist against a non-white soccer player, reports on Sweden's economic boom, Looks at rail investment in India, and notes Southeast Asia is beating out China as a destination for Japanese investment.
• Bloomberg View looks at ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg looks at the restarting of northern Alberta oil, looks at the deterioration in Sino-Taiwanese relations, reports on how Norway is using oil money to buffer its economic shocks, and suggests low ECB rates might contribute to a property boom in Germany.
• Bloomberg View notes the idea of a third party in the US, one on the right to counter ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams imagines how a mission to Planet Nine might work.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a literal gap in our mapping of nearby brown dwarfs.
• The Dragon's Tales analyzes the makeup of Saturn's moon Tethys.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog offers advice on resume writing for sociology majors.
• Joe. My. God. notes Bruce Springsteen's cancellation of a North ( Read more... )