• blogTO notes Uber competition could mean lower taxi rates.
• Centauri Dreams notes the New Horizons data is starting to come in.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to some papers suggesting that the solar system is not exceptional.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on the linkage between Enceladus' surface features and its geysers.
• Far Outliers' Joel writes about efforts ( Read more... )

• 3 Quarks Daily notes, after the Economist, that badly-educated men have not adapted well to global trade, high technology, and feminism.
• blogTO notes that the High Park peacock roaming around Roncesvalles may have returned to its home in the zoo.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly provides tips for people moving to freelance writing from staff ( Read more... )

The National Post's Lauren Strapagiel looks at how a Canadian-backed telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea has become a major issue for indigenous Hawaiian activists.

The construction of what will be one of the world’s largest observatories - a project to which Canada has pledged $243 million - is on hold amid passionate protest by indigenous Hawaiians ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes a running race this summer sponsored by Nike on the Toronto Islands.
• Centauri Dreams argues that the sustainability of technological civilizations should be taken into account by the Drake equation.
• The Dragon's Tales notes that a F-117 downed by Serbia in 1999 ended up sparking a Russian technological revolution.
• Joe. My. God. notes the ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes that television comedian John Oliver called for Doug Ford's election, to amuse the rest of the world.
• Centauri Dreams considers philosophical considerations to SETI.
• The Dragon's Tales links to a paper simulating the tides and currents of the seas of Titan.
• Eastern Approaches notes the generally pro-European results of the Ukrainian ( Read more... )

• At the Cranky Sociologists, SocProf notes the militarization of policing in the United States.
• The Dragon's Tales updates us on fighting in the east of Ukraine.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog's Jonathan Wynn notes the quiet potential for controversy over representations of non-traditional gender and sexual orientation.
• Far Outliers discovers the first ( Read more... )

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait approves of the names of Pluto's two most recently-discovered moons, Kereberos and Styx.
• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling observes that Altavista is set to disappear from the Internet as of the 8th.
• Daniel Drezner notes that the inability of Edward Snowden to find a country to grant him, buster of state secrets, asylum ( Read more... )

It's no secret that racism has played a substantial role in the reaction of many Americans to the election of President Obama. Can a man like Obama, African-American (at least according to the one-drop rule prevailing in North America), with a Kenyan father and perhaps signfiicantly a white mother (and even more significantly a Muslim father), be a ( Read more... )