• 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.

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• Beyond the Beyond references Vincent Cerf's concern about the fragility of new media.
• Crooked Timber considers the politics inherent in monetary unions.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper suggesting Alpha Centauri A is quite evolved.
• Discover's Dead Things wonders if Georgia is the birthplace of wine.
• Joe. My. God. notes the claim of a Florida public ( Read more... )

Wonkman blogs about why it matters that Toronto's mayor Rob Ford has refused, for a third year, to attend Toronto Pride. A decade ago, when GLBT rights were that much less mainstream, suburban conservative Mel Lastman went.

Mel went because he was a tremendous baby-kisser. Mel was never happier than when he was shaking hands and meeting new people ( Read more... )

What the subject line says.


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Following links throughout the blogosphere last night, I came upon Joe My God's reposted essay "Watching The Defectives". A spirited defense of Pride Parades in their full outrageousness, the author makes the point that, in their uncensored forms, they're a necessary rite for a traumatized community still in the process of recovery ( Read more... )

Pride Toronto finished yesterday for 2006 with the Pride Parade. I watched it with J. and finfin from a convenient position on Yonge above Wellesley for a couple of hours, leaving before the parade finished fully for beer but after I'd managed to acquire a deep tan on my face and forearms. Chatting over the issue with finfin, we came to the conclusion that ( Read more... )

I'm rather glad that of_evangeline insisted I join her and select others at the Pride Prom last night, hosted at the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre on Alexander. More shall be said of this later, and hopefully, pictures provided. (Hint, hint.)