• 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 concern in Northern Ireland's border towns over Brexit, reports that Morgan may shift its offices from London to Dublin or Frankfurt, and looks at the hostile reaction Donald Trump is likely to receive in Scotland.
• Bloomberg View looks at the vexed issues of American funding for Israel's defense industry.
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• Bad Astronomy reports on the discovery of two hot Jupiters and what this means.
• Centauri Dreams looks at hot Jupiter K2-33b.
• D-Brief notes that pollution has reached even the bottom of the Mariana trench.
• Dangerous Minds notes a 1971 BBC documentary that was actually respectful towards the young.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at tidal locking for gas giants.

• Bloomberg notes Venezuela's hopes for an oil price at $US 50, looks at Labour keeping the current London mayor's seat, observes the vulnerability of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and warns of a possible drought in the US Corn Belt.
• Bloomberg View notes the continuing fragmentation of the Orthodox Church, and suggests Putin might accept a partial ban ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes a report of Egypt's discovery of the wreckage of the crashed EgyptAir jet, reports on the visit of a IMF team to Mozambique, and looks at Vietnam's success in capturing Southeast Asian trade with the European Union.
• Bloomberg View notes that Donald Trump's candidacy can mean bad things for the Republican Party.
• CBC looks at how a top ( Read more... )

Bloomberg's David Tweed notes a maritime dispute between China and the Philippines that might be heating up.

Global defense chiefs meeting in a plush hotel in Singapore on the weekend were faced with one of Asia’s biggest looming security challenges, but left without any tangible sense of how to tackle it ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg considers wind power off of Long Island, looks at Odebrecht's progress despite high-level arrests, and notes New Zealand's criticism of China's maritime expansionism.
• Bloomberg View notes that Germany is a country thoroughly opposed to genocide.
• The CBC notes the Tragically Hip tickets have sold out, and looks at ice melt in Antarctica.


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• Bloomberg notes Saudi Arabia's efforts to cut Iran off from trade with its neighoburs, looks at how population growth in London will outpace--and be different from--population change in the rest of the United Kingdom, and reports on the plight of child labourers in Indonesia's tobacco fields.
• Bloomberg View argues Uber is no match for mass transit ( Read more... )

• blogTO celebrates High Park.
• Marginal Revolution celebrates the life and achievements of Benedict Anderson.
• Out of Ambit's Diane Duane shares a beautiful map of the Atlantic seaboard of the United States that she hand-drew in 1980.
• Towleroad discusses the mechanics of a same-sex couple's wedding.
• Transit Toronto notes upcoming meetings to discuss the ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes this weekend is going to be warm.
• Centauri Dreams looks at moons of the dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt.
• Dangerous Minds looks at some photos of American malls taken in the late 1980s.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a white dwarf that stole so much matter from its stellar partner to make it a brown dwarf.
• The Dragon's Tales notes Greenland may ( Read more... )