• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling notes the early Soviet science fiction genre of the "Red Pinkerton".
• blogTO notes higher passenger densities on Toronto ferries.
• Centauri Dreams considers gravitational wave astronomy.
• Crooked Timber argues that personality emulations will not take over.
• The Crux looks at the perchlorate salts covering the Martian ( Read more... )

• Charlie Stross at Antipope wonders what subtle techniques could be used to sabotage a modern technology firm.
• Bad Astronomy notes the work that went into determining the origins of a high-energy neutrino.
• blogTO praises the Toronto Islands.
• Imageo shares this unsettling graphic depicting rising global temperatures over time.
• The Map Room notes, using ( Read more... )

• blogTO shares ten facts about the Toronto Islands.
• Centauri Dreams features an article talking about "exoanthropology", a theoretical branch of that social science aimed at examining human adaptation to offworld environments.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper speculating that white dwarf NLTT19868 shows signs of having eaten a rocky world.
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The Toronto Star's Dan Taekema notes how substantial erosion might end up splitting the Toronto Islands' Gibraltar Point.

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is betting on a breakwater to stop one of the city’s most popular summer destinations from washing away ( Read more... )

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Chris Selley's article definitely caught my attention.

TTC fares went up again this week, but few seemed to have the energy to complain - perhaps because for once, Metropass users were spared the hike. The monthly pass stays at $141.50, a jolly 20 points above inflation from 15 years ago. But here’s something novel to get mad about, courtesy of ( Read more... )

• Former Globe and Mail editor William Thorsell's essay throwout, a scathing criticism of the Conservative government by a right-leaning critic, got widely syndicated, first on the Medium account of MacLean's journalist Paul Wells then at MacLean's itself. Scott Gilmore's similar MacLean's essay is also worth reading in this light.
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Whether it was Adam Vaughan or Olivia Chow who got elected in Spadina-Fort York, if the Liberals and/or the NDP formed a government the Toronto islands' airport was not going to expand. This seems to be what will happen.

With a Liberal majority, Adam Vaughan may finally stop the Billy Bishop Island Airport expansion ( Read more... )

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