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[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- blogTO reports on the history of Toronto's Wellington Street.
- Dangerous Minds introduces me to the grim American gothic that is Wisconsin Death Trip. What happened to Black River Falls in the 1890s?
- The Dragon's Gaze links to hypotheses about KIC 8462852, one suggesting KIC 8462852 has four exoplanets, another talking about a planet's disintegration.
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[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- At Apostrophen, 'Nathan Smith writes about the status of his various writing projects.
- Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling links to an article examining pieces of software that have shaped modern music.
- blogTO notes the expansion of the Drake Hotel to a new Junction site. Clearly the Drake is becoming a brand.
- Citizen Science Salon looks at how ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- blogTO notes concerns in Church and Wellesley about a spike of reported anti-gay violence.
- Crooked Timber looks at the shambolic mess that is the Republican healthcare plan.
- Language Hat links to an article concerned with the question of how to try cracking the Indus Valley script.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that the malevolence and incompetence of ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- Anthropology.net describes an effort to digitize tapes recording Navajo oral history.
- Centauri Dreams remembers Vera Rubin.
- D-Brief looks
- Dangerous Minds shares a 1984 TV clip featuring George Michael and Morrissey talking about Joy Division.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting a gas giant exoplanet might be indicated by a protoplanetary ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- Bad Astronomy shares a video imagining of how Cassini will meet its end with Saturn.
- Cody Delistraty shares an interview with Rebecca Solnit.
- Far Outliers reports on Margaret Thatcher's unorthodox campaign in 1979.
- Joe. My. God. shares Hillary Clinton's thanks to her 66 million voters.
- Marginal Revolution looks at gender stereotypes among scientists.
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[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- 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.
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[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- Beyond the Beyond links to an interview with Darran Anderson, a writer of cartographic fiction.
- Centauri Dreams notes that 2028 will be a time when microlensing can b used to study the area of Alpha Centauri A.
- The Crux engages with the question of whether or not an astronaut's corpse could seed life on another planet.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Monday links
- Bad Astronomy notes that a NASA probe has photographed the site on Mars where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed.
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about being an immigrant, of sorts, in the United States.
- C.J. Cherry announces that work on her history of the Alliance-Union universe is continuing.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper looking ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- blogTO notes a photo series celebrating the corner stores of Toronto and reports on massive condo towers planned for Yonge and College.
- Centauri Dreams notes the antimatter sail as a potential future propulsion technology.
- D-Brief notes the beginning of a search for an Earth-like planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A or B.
- Joe. My. God. notes that it is ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Sunday links
- Joe. My. God. notes that Peter Thiel gave $US 1.25 million to the Donald Trump campaign.
- Language Log reports on one parents issues with traditional Chinese characters.
- Marginal Revolution reflects on the interaction between pain medication and labour force participation.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money shares the right's criticisms of Hillary Clinton for her ( Read more... )