Morning Coffee (10/30/15)

Happy Friday!

Me elsewhere: We have some staff recommendations for you at Insatiable Booksluts.

Gary Oldman and his manager are . . . writing a vampire novel?!?!

This interview about editing the Middle Eastern edition of Cosmo is fascinating.

The candy corn controversy always amuses me.

Ooh, new annotated Little Women! That's going on my Christmas list . . .

Awesome: Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

Love this: "Since when does everyone feel entitled to love every fucking second of their job? Really, what is so wrong with working an OK normal job with some cool people you like, and then pursuing your passion in your free time on the side? Has the world turned upside-down or is this not suddenly a novel idea to people?"

Whoa: A French Museum Dedicated to Over 100 Hyperrealistic Miniature Film Sets

Which Baby-Sitter Are You? (I got Mallory. Of course.)

The Onion, barely: Creative Writing Professor Takes Time To Give Every Student Personalized False Hope

Reasons I Would Make An Excellent Housekeeper In A Forbidding Eighteenth-Century Estate And You Should Consider Me For The Position

Morning Coffee (10/29/15)

Me elsewhere: I wanted Wicked City to be good but it wasn't.

Wow: China to End One Child Policy

Why the Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio showdown during the debate was so dramatic

Ben Carson’s Winning GOP Debate Strategy: Flat Out Lying About Mannatech

Here's a crazy thought: We could NOT ask male politicians to play Fuck, Marry, Kill regarding female politicians.

Gamergate didn't fade into obscurity. We just stopped noticing its existence.

This is really interesting, actually: When should media companies disclose distant relationships to other companies?

A shocking amount of conservative politics is a multilevel marketing scam

I didn't know a lot of this: The Deadly Legacy of HIV Truthers

I will read practically anything about secretive religious organizations, ESPECIALLY if some people say they're cults.

“I for one could do with a little LESStorianism.” – Cyril of Alexandria

Morning Coffee (10/28/15)

Me elsewhere: Thoughts on Supergirl - I liked it! - and my latest Haven recap.

Many of the things below are FAR MORE IMPORTANT to this, but oh my gosh, this Rockapella reunion rendition of the Carmen Sandiego song just made me so freaking happy.

No, Portugal is not having a constitutional crisis. This is the real story.

What Would Jeb Do?

This Is Not a Game: How SXSW Turned GamerGate Abuse Into a Spectator Sport

Here's BuzzFeed's letter about withdrawing.

And an update: Exclusive: After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighing an All-Day Forum on Online Harassment

I liked this Crimson Peak review: "And the thing to understand about a proper British ghost story is that the ghosts are often incidental to the action. Yes, they're there, but they're a way of making the story's psychological subtext into text, the lurching reminders of the past that threaten to uncover long-buried secrets." (That actually suddenly occurred to me a little while after I saw the movie - that yeah, the ghosts were creepy, but the actual bad things in the movie were done by humans and that was scarier.)

Oooh: Skeleton of ancient warrior and hoard of treasure found in 3,500-year-old tomb

Fascinating: Raiders of the Lost Web

"THE LEARNING WOMAN: I will untie your cravats and your secrets
THE BAD MAN: don’t try to understand me
THE LEARNING WOMAN: I think I can understand you"

Morning Coffee (10/27/15)

Paul Ryan as Speaker: A Preview of the Fights He Will Face, in Plain English

I really enjoyed Supergirl - my post on it will be up at The Televixen today - and Alyssa Rosenberg's interview with the creators about the show's feminism is a must-read.

!!!! There's a new app to stream Broadway shows!

Ughhhhh. Ricky Gervais To Return As Golden Globes Host In 2016

Phoebe Tonkin has important things to say about the double standard to which female characters are held: “He killed Tyler’s mom on Christmas Eve!” she said. “And [Hayley] was the bad guy for giving birth to his child. Yet he was drowning people’s moms during the holidays.”

Fascinating: Jem and the Holograms Fails in a Way That I've Never Seen a Movie Fail Before

Belgian Scientologists go on trial for fraud and extortion

How Soviets Got Away with Stealing a Van Gogh

June Thomas has interesting things to say about TV's competence fetish, though I don't entirely agree - in certain types of shows, what I WANT is to watch super smart people being smart.

This is the greatest business idea ever.

Morning Coffee (10/26/15)

Me elsewhere! TV news and a Last Kingdom recap.

Hillary Clinton's 11-hour Benghazi testimony was her best campaign ad yet

Why the Jem flop is important: "The lesson they will take from this is that girl-centric properties are not worth the resources of boy-centric properties."

The U.K. is getting its own Sound of Music Live! TV thing, and I am actually interested in this one because they have JULIAN OVENDEN (Andrew Foyle) playing Captain Von Trapp. Please please please make it available here somehow, ITV?

I've always been suspicious of Airbnb anyway, but these ads are the worst, and their spokesman sounds RIDICULOUSLY unprofessional.

Shocking research finding of the day: "Though the thought of a smart woman is appealing to men, a real, live smart woman standing in front of them is actually a turnoff."

Feminists should cheer Paul Ryan for taking a stand for work-life balance

'You're the Worst' just aired the best depiction of clinical depression. Ever.

The fan reaction to the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child news has been fascinating, and Melissa Anelli (of course) has some good things to say here.

Headline guaranteed to make me click: Queen intervenes to settle title feud opening way to title pretenders (But really, the question of the role of modern science in traditional inheritance rules is fascinating!)

I am very exciting about National Geographic's Mayflower movie, though also concerned that it will be terrible! (These things are not mutually exclusive.)

Morning Coffee (10/23/15)

Happy Friday!

Me elsewhere: Hey look! I'm really excited about this! I wrote a piece on Salem for the relaunch of Insatiable Booksluts! Also, my recap of last week's Haven, which - I'm really liking this season so far!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - the stage play in the works - is officially a sequel!

Aaah, new Shameless trailer!

And new X-Files pictures! (I still haven't found a straight answer to whether the premiere title is a deliberate Knausgaard reference, which is apparently what I'm fixated on with this whole thing for some reason.)

I've been trying to figure out whether I could handle seeing Crimson Peak on the big screen - I'm a scaredy-cat - and also wondering if the heroine has any agency, and behold! Deanna Raybourn has answered all my questions, and I shall see the movie this weekend.

Related: Movie Yelling With Nicole and Mallory: Crimson Peak

I concur: Hulu has overtaken Netflix to become the best streaming service.

I don't know much about the publisher but this pun just delights me so: A Side of Relish: Little Pickle Adds YA Imprint

Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne? Yes please.

Heh. The Onion: MPAA Adds New Rating To Warn Audiences Of Films Not Based On Existing Works

Important: Craft-Beer Pairings for Halloween Candy (2015 Update)

Morning Coffee (10/22/15)

I'm sure you've seen this elsewhere by now, but Biden is not running. I'm mostly relieved.

Sounds of War Recede to Background in an Eastern Ukraine City

The United States May Soon Give Secret Service Protection to Reality TV Star Donald Trump Okay, everyone, it's been fun, but this has gone far enough.

YouTube's new subscription service does not sound good for creators.

Wow, I had no idea that non-Catholic children have trouble getting into state schools in Ireland. (Also, it kind of sounds like there just . . . aren't enough schools?)

Whoa: The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield

How Do You Sell the Last Two Burial Plots in Manhattan?

This is one of those profiles that's fascinating even if you don't particularly care about the subject: HSN and the Power of the TV Shopper

The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ

Code Words for Spinster Throughout History

Morning Coffee (10/21/15)

Me elsewhere: I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ROYAL WE. I am not excited about Truth Be Told.

Oops: Washington Post Accidentally Publishes Biden Presidential Announcement Story (Someone did that with a One Direction story yesterday too. CALM DOWN, EVERYONE.)

If you are inclined to write off the CW and its shows, or interested in how TV works in general, please read this.

This is so important: Why We Are Burning Out in the Arts

Trollope Uncut Comparing those two versions sounds fascinating.

This New Yorker true crime reader look great. I keep going to order it and then remembering I have access to all the stories in the archives. But if you don't, maybe you should order it!

This "Psychic Robot" Can Read Your Mind. Um. Oh goody?

Hee: Honest Harry Potter titles. Harry Potter and the Time Hermione Did Literally Everything is my favorite.

A Sailor’s Annotated Map of the Pacific Illustrates a Tour of Duty During WWII

American Women in the 1900s Called Street Harassers 'Mashers' and Stabbed Them With Hatpins

Things Men in Literature Have Died From is perfect:
"Chaste homoeroticism for a schoolfellow who died in the trenches
That surprise in the corridor
Patriotism"

Morning Coffee (10/20/15)

Very exciting Lauren Graham-related news part one: THEY'RE REVIVING GILMORE GIRLS. THIS IS FOR REAL.

And part two: She and Mae Whitman are adaption the Fug Girls' delightful novel The Royal We!!! I am beside myself.

Plans for permanent crime museum in London Let's go to London!

More Dragon Tattoo books are coming. (I haven't read the new one yet so I'm not sure how I feel about this specifically, but I'm always wary of new authors continuing series by dead authors.)

Ooh, interesting: Mummies May Have Been Scattered Across Bronze Age Britain

13 Rules for Owning a Castle

My cousin has Turkish towels and I was skeptical but THEY ARE GREAT.

Heh. The Onion, but just barely: Man With No Real-Life Career Goals Knows Exact Job He’d Want In Harry Potter Universe

Finding Work/Life Balance in the Face of the Unexpected

Poems I Have Misunderstood

Morning Coffee (10/19/15)

Me elsewhere: The Last Kingdom Episode 1 recap and the week's TV news.

Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice

9 questions about Denmark, Bernie Sanders’s favorite socialist utopia (Watch Borgen! I must say that every time Denmark comes up.)

Whoa: The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy

This year in news, according to terrible sexy Halloween costumes

Nifty: Electronic Beowulf 4.0

Too Close to Ted Bundy

Huh, this John Lennon/Brian Epstein movie sounds interesting.

Beautiful Early-20th-Century Watercolors of Apple Varieties You Don’t See Much Anymore

Scientists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Case of Decapitation in the Americas

Emails From Luna Lovegood

Morning Coffee (10/16/15)

Happy Friday!

Me elsewhere: I recapped the Haven premiere.

This week's New Yorker arrived in my mailbox yesterday with a piece about Thoreau LITERALLY ENTITLED "POND SCUM" and few things have ever made me so happy.

Except, actually, GQ's Taylor Swift cover story (by Chuck Klosterman!), which pulls off the pretty amazing feat of being genuinely interesting while making her seem even more exactly the person I've always wanted her to be. (Reading profiles of celebrities you like is always such a RISK.) There are many, MANY great things in that piece, and I really urge you to read it, but probably the BEST is the way Swift realizes that if her parents hadn't moved her to Nashville to focus on her music as a teen, she'd now be working in some kind of marketing like the rest of us.

I tend to put The Toast at the bottom of the link list, I guess because I'm a creature of habit and like ending with something funny, but Mallory's North and South is just too good:
"MARGARET: can you at least give me a general outline of your problems with the Church?
MR. HALE: sorry no
MARGARET: are you an atheist? a Methodist? a Tractarian? a schismatic? a Baptist?
MR. HALE: don’t worry about it
just know that I cannot renew my vows, so we must move North and be unemployed
MARGARET: Can you…specify which doctrine?
MR. HALE: No
and in fact I will never be discussing my new beliefs again
MARGARET: Will you at least be following your conscience and preaching whatever doctrine you think soundest up North?
MR. HALE: I will not."

The Zombies have a new album! Did you know the Zombies were still a thing? I most certainly did not!

"Being Santa Claus gives a person a political edge, he said. On more than one occasion he has called a legislator, lobbying for support on a child welfare issue. When he’s been brushed off, he has called local media and introduced himself. Then the local media, seeing a story, called the legislator. And then, magically, someone from the politician’s office called to discuss his concerns. It seems no politician wants to come out publicly against Santa Claus, he said."

!!!!!! Students Create 3D-Printed Wheelchair For Disabled Kitten

It's Friday. Let's look at Tom Hiddleston in glasses.

Go Inside the World Of June Kenton, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Bra Fitter

Whoa: Beautiful Harry Potter stop-motion short film builds Hogwarts from the pages of the books themselves

In a Small Village High in the Peruvian Andes, Life Stories Are Written in Textiles

Morning Coffee (10/15/15)

Me elsewhere: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was . . . INTERESTING, at least?

Guest submission from my dad: THE GREATEST LEDE OF ALL TIME: "LONDON — A former meerkat expert at London Zoo has been ordered to pay compensation to a monkey handler she attacked with a wine glass in a love spat over a llama-keeper."

Perfect: Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting.

The Politics of Pantyhose (A quick aside: I have just - I know, I know - discovered the wonders of leggings under skirts and dresses and IT IS AMAZING. WHY DID I NEVER TRY THIS BEFORE?)

How to Get Some Rest When Stress Is Keeping You Up at Night

Huh! Artisanal Pizza Is Boosting the Coal Industry

This book on Korea and the history of international adoption sounds fascinating.

“Does your country have this yet?” she asked. “It will certainly spread abroad.” Let's . . . not?

Seven Truly Ill-Advised Pieces I Have Mostly Written but Never Published

Heh. The Onion: Aides Gently Remind Hillary Clinton Not To Refer To Opponents As ‘Obstacles To Greatness’

Texts from Francisco Goya

Morning Coffee (10/14/15)

Me elsewhere: The Last Kingdom is promising. As is the new Magicians trailer.

This is one of those headlines that makes you say "Wait, ALL options here are terrible:" Afghan ISIS Branch Makes Inroads in Battle Against Taliban

!!!! “Serial” Update: We Need To Talk About Hae’s Boyfriend Don

Well: "In August of last year, its website dispensed with nudity. As a result, Playboy executives said, the average age of its reader dropped from 47 to just over 30, and its web traffic jumped to about 16 million from about four million unique users per month."

Nobel Renews Debate on Chinese Medicine

Who Will Save the World's Chocolate? AN IMPORTANT QUESTION INDEED.

Happy belated Ada Lovelace Day! Here's a good book list.

This conversation between Ezra Klein and the CEO of Trello is great, if you, like me, are fascinated by productivity software and organization methods.

How a Fake Typhus Epidemic Saved a Polish City from the Nazis

Decades After Her Death, Mystery Still Surrounds Crime Novelist Josephine Tey

Perfect: A Harry Potter Where Hermione Doesn’t Do Anyone’s Homework For Them

Morning Coffee (10/13/15)

Me elsewhere: Amazon's Red Oaks was okay. And new trailers and premiere dates for Shadowhunters and The Shannara Chronicles.

Whoa: Dell's takeover of EMC is the biggest tech deal ever.

Ha: Guy buys Google’s web domain for 1 minute, gives his reward to charity

Ooh, did they find Henry V's warship Holigost?

Useful! The One Podcast to Start With, Across 24 Topics

I'm one of those people who will read anything about Roanoke, and this look at how Virginia Dare has been co-opted over the centuries is fascinating.

Uh-oh: Wet Weather Causes Shortage of Pumpkins (and Pie)

Hallmark is going to have a Christmas float in the Macy's parade, so that's perfect.

On My Mother and the Person I Could Have Become

Interesting point: "The fact that servants used to be a fixture of domestic life and are now reserved for the wealthy is one of the key, but little discussed, reasons why contemporary middle-class men and women feel overwhelmed by responsibilities."

As usual, I'm skeptical of the ID of possibly famous bones.

Morning Coffee (10/12/15)

Me elsewhere: The week's TV news and the first Shadowhunters trailer.

The House Republican leadership crisis, explained

Sad and compelling: She’s 10. She has HIV. And she’s about to learn the truth.

Huh: This video game is designed to teach people to manage trauma.

Twitter polls? Hmm.

Heavenly Creatures is so good. "Murder, like love, exceeds the sum of the evidence."

Good news! New Research Says Overthinking Worriers Are Probably Creative Geniuses

"Alluring" is not a word I would have ever used to describe the Merritt Parkway.

!!! China unveils the world’s largest 3-D printed structure

I'm not sure how to feel about the Doctor Who YA spinoff.

Whoa: Attention Kmart Shoppers

Morning Coffee (10/9/15)

So interesting: How GOG.com Save And Restore Classic Videogames

Wow: The Undercover Princess! Princess Mako of Japan Goes Undetected at British University for a Whole Year

Aww: Flower Girl and Ring Bearer Marry Each Other in the Same Church 17 Years Later

9 Candles Every Book-Loving Pyro Needs

I love this kind of thing: Schools around the world – in pictures

Hee: Scenes From Our Unproduced Screenplay: ‘Strunk & White: Grammar Police’

Beautiful 1847 Map Shows the Many Languages of France

Look at these gorgeous pictures of minerals.

The Onion: Screen Actors Guild Develops Retraining Program For 30-Year-Old Actresses Aging Out Of Workforce

Signs You're About to Write a Dear Prudence Letter

Morning Coffee (10/8/15)

This is AMAZING: The Bolivian women who knit parts for hearts (That's one of the heart problems I had as a baby, actually.)

Vox has a new podcast!

What My Uterus Can Teach You About Being a Tech Leader

How publishing a 35,000-word manifesto led to the Unabomber

This story about Nazi porcelain is fascinating.

The Heartbreaking Posters That Convinced Americans to Help Displaced Syrians During WWI

Does John Banville not plan his books even when he writes MYSTERIES? I don't get it.

I'm curious to see this Market Basket documentary. Man, that was crazy.

Six Easy Ways to Tell If That Viral Story Is a Hoax

"COME IN HERE AT ONCE
I want to dictate ten thousand lines of verse to you
about how cool the Devil isn’t"

Morning Coffee (10/7/15)

This Voter app sounds neat, but when I read "Tinder-like app for matching with a presidential candidate" I thought it was going to tell me which candidates were GEOGRAPHICALLY NEAR ME. Because I live in New Hampshire, and that would actually be a useful function. (I mean. To go to campaign events. Not to hook up with them. If that was unclear.)

This Brazilian Woman Turns Domestic Violence Scars Into Beautiful Tattoos

A sad, powerful read: "Are You Still Married?"

High School Football Inc.

This "find your perfect climate" map is fun!

WELL: Ancient Cats Drove Ancient Dogs to Extinction

"He has now become a full-time Viking."

The history of Tiger Beat is fascinating!

I am weirdly freaked out by Avery Fisher Hall changing its name.

Don’t Stand So Close To Me: People Ignoring Personal Boundaries In Western Art History

Morning Coffee (10/6/15)

Good news, I think. I hope. Gov. Hassan is running for Senate (against Ayotte).

Sad: For a teen aspiring to be president, being Muslim is a hurdle in post-9/11 America

"I'm A Grown-Up Now": The Teen Who Accused Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse Speaks Out

Can you steal your own life story?

I'm not even that into Doctor Who, but the Lego set is exciting.

Ooh: Scientists Hope to Learn How Pompeians Lived, Before the Big Day

And huh: Pompeii and the Ancient Origins of Blaming the Victim

The Martian was very good, but I'm not sure it's the movie I'd want to see IN SPACE.

Whatever happened to Eddy Crane?

You, There! Stop! You Can’t Go In There! Why, –

Morning Coffee (10/5/15)

(A bit of personal news - we had a death in the family over the weekend, so I may miss a day or two of posting this week as I'm traveling to the funeral, etc. Thanks for understanding.)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week and my take on Dr. Ken, which I really did not like.

And in more sad news: Henning Mankell has died.

I recommend Colbert's monologue on the Oregon shootings.

Gun violence in America, in 17 maps and charts

I thought from the beginning that Peeple sounded more like a reality show attention-grab than a real app, so I'm glad Snopes agrees. And NY Mag has some interesting stuff on the topic, too. I still can't decide if these people are evil or just hilariously naive; my main question is still about the supposed millions in funding they've gotten.

Putin’s Credo: Never Let Them See You Sweat

We Can Now 3D Print Ribs !!!

Brains are so fascinating! The day I ordered pizza that 'doesn't exist'

Why Do We Admire Mobsters?

What It's Like Speaking a Different Language from Your Parents

Important Sources of Protein for Introverts

Morning Coffee (10/2/15)

First: Let me say that my thoughts are, of course, with everyone affected by the terrible killings in Oregon; my dad has worked at a community college my whole life so this one hit close to home, emotionally. But I don't have anything interesting or unique to say about it, so I'll just say that I'm proud of my President and I hope, though I don't necessarily expect, that laws will change.

And now I'm going to proceed with my usual happy Friday links. Please take this in the spirit in which it is intended: a positive distraction for anyone who might need it, rather than a sign of disrespect.

Me elsewhere: Code Black was kind of boring.

ICYMI, I pulled out some of the best lines from Choire Sicha's Ina Garten profile.

This is amazing: the linguistics of shipper portmanteaux.

I loved this celebration of Goodfellas. Why am I not watching Goodfellas RIGHT NOW?

If you, like me, were confused about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writing a Mycroft Holmes novel, I recommend this profile.

Food Network is doing a Cake Wars: Christmas series this year, because they love us and want us to be happy.

The shots of old catalogs in this piece on American Girl dolls made me so nostalgic I almost cried.

I want an Alice Roosevelt YA novel: Global Diplomacy Was in Theodore Roosevelt's Hands, But His Daughter Stole the Show

Would also read a novel about this lady: Way to go: the woman who invented Britain’s road signs

Whoaaaa, look at this map of literature. (I have some nitpicks with it, but it's GORGEOUS.)

I am very excited about the prospect of a Game of Thrones coloring book.

Look at these gorgeous illustrations from a 16th century book on herbal medicine.

A Style Guide for the Dystopia

Amazing Sentences from Choire's Ina Garten Profile

If you have any interest in Ina Garten, a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa, I highly suggest you read Choire Sicha's profile of her immediately. And then, if you are anything like me, you will feel the need to watch some of her show, just to warn you. (And THEN, if you are me, you will discover that it is not available on demand, but lo! Netflix just made the first season of her Back to Basics show available for streaming.) Anyway, you should really read the whole thing, but here is A TASTE (ha. I crack myself up.):

"The only time I have seen her forehead is in a black-and-white picture from her wedding day."

"It reads straightforwardly as an endorsement — and yet, when you look at the actual words, they assemble themselves, as so much does in Martha’s world, into some kind of menace, an alpha act of undermining."

"This problem is solved by a youngster named Lidey Heuck, a 2013 Bowdoin graduate who started working for Ina right after graduation, after having written Ina a letter delivered by means of a classmate's father who is Ina's attorney, because apparently she inhabits some marvelous Victorian novel."

"Recently, also, Ina followed a friend to the grocery store just to see how people shop."

"In an episode of Barefoot Contessa from 2007, Ina makes the somewhat gnomey Jeffrey a lovely mild breakfast of asparagus and eggs, because he is going away on a business trip. He has spent the last thirty years on a business trip."

"Jeffrey Garten is not a bumbling idiot. He finds the house in Napa without difficulty. After all, any reasonably close reading of his resume suggests that he certainly either was, or equally likely was not, working for the CIA in Asia and Latin America for decades."

"Being free from frozen packs of Penne Pasta with Five Cheeses and Tequila Lime Chicken that bear her face is a sign of her focus and brilliance."

Really: Read the whole thing.

Morning Coffee (10/1/15)

It's October?!?!

Me elsewhere: I liked Grandfathered and The Grinder!

After Decades of Peace, the Situation in Northern Ireland Is Looking Extremely Fragile (And that linked to this fascinating New Yorker piece from March, which I'd missed at the time.)

Todd VanDerWerff has a great take on the Pope meeting with Kim Davis.

This new people-rating Peeple app sounds so terrible that I kind of doubt it will ever get off the ground. But I'm VERY curious about their investors - these two people who made it not thinking it through is one thing, but the company is valued at $7.6 million?? Also: I was wondering to what extent the REAL plan was getting famous via this webseries they were making about making the app. Also: Last night they locked their Twitter account but this morning it's open again. ALSO: They are on Good Morning America this morning. ALSO ALSO: They have added an "Ode to Courage" to the front page of their site and it's hilarious. ALSO ALSO ALSO: They are doing really terribly with SEO because even with all the current coverage of them I had a hard time finding their various social media presences - I could only find their YouTube and Facebook pages once I'd found their website, not by searching YouTube and Facebook.

I am very curious to see how this prospective Serial TV show will turn out. (To head off the "We already have true crime shows" protests: this show is supposedly about the making of the podcast, not just the investigation.)

IMPORTANT CHEESE CRIME UPDATE

Ooh, they've recovered new artifacts from the Antikythera shipwreck.

If the Great British Baking Show got you, too, curious about traditional custard tarts: the Guardian is on it.

Yale Grapples With Ties to Slavery in Debate Over a College’s Name

Someone write me a novel about whomever takes this remote Scottish teaching post.

Two Monks Invent Religious Iconography