Today's my birthday, so after I post this I'm giving myself the rest of the day off. Afternoon links will return tomorrow!
Me elsewhere: Lots of TV news!
'Women will die': Trump leaves Ugandan women in jeopardy
Why Autocrats Fear LGBT Rights
Why Democrats are feeling optimistic about a local win in New Hampshire
Bleh: TSA Rolls Out New Electronics Rules for All U.S. Passengers
Heee: Napoleon’s Extracurricular Activities (A Comprehensive List)
Lovely and important: Magic Can Be Normal
This headline made my day: Robert Pattinson Says He Was Almost Fired From ‘Twilight’ for Not Smiling Enough
I'm excited to read The Force: ‘Information is Always Currency’: An Interview with Don Winslow
Unraveling the Mystery of the “Armenian Stonehenge”
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/30/17)
‘I’m a Civilian. I’m Innocent’: Who’s in Congo’s Mass Graves?
Luckily it didn't work, but this is still important to understand: I do not know how to convey how appalling the GOP’s health care process or policy is
"It will be the final, triumphal irony of this deeply awful, deeply stupid administration if Donald Trump’s attacks on Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III are what finally bring him down."
I don't know why I'm surprised at this stuff anymore, but... wow: Trump and Pence camps at odds over best choice for U.S. Senate: Messer or Rokita?
Preordering immediately: Hillary Clinton Calling New Book ‘What Happened’
I've already read two books from the Man Booker longlist, which is pretty good for me.
Huh: WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore.
Well is that all: Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests
Heee: Your Guide to the Similar-Looking Men of Dunkirk
I don't even particularly like gin, but I love this headline: A Giant Cucumber-Slicing Vehicle Is Garnishing Cocktails Across America
Luckily it didn't work, but this is still important to understand: I do not know how to convey how appalling the GOP’s health care process or policy is
"It will be the final, triumphal irony of this deeply awful, deeply stupid administration if Donald Trump’s attacks on Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III are what finally bring him down."
I don't know why I'm surprised at this stuff anymore, but... wow: Trump and Pence camps at odds over best choice for U.S. Senate: Messer or Rokita?
Preordering immediately: Hillary Clinton Calling New Book ‘What Happened’
I've already read two books from the Man Booker longlist, which is pretty good for me.
Huh: WWII pilots used North Carolina waters for target practice. Now their bombs are washing ashore.
Well is that all: Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests
Heee: Your Guide to the Similar-Looking Men of Dunkirk
I don't even particularly like gin, but I love this headline: A Giant Cucumber-Slicing Vehicle Is Garnishing Cocktails Across America
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/29/17)
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Women Return in ‘Severe Shock’
What McCain did was hard. What Murkowski and Collins did was much harder.
This is INSANE: Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon
And: Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House
AND: Anthony Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce (PARTIALLY BECAUSE SHE HATES TRUMP, this is amazing)
Inside Trump’s snap decision to ban transgender troops
Military to Trump: we won’t ban transgender service members just because you tweeted about it
!!! Legendary book critic Michiko Kakutani is leaving the New York Times
Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived
Found: A Particle That’s Its Own Anti-Particle
What McCain did was hard. What Murkowski and Collins did was much harder.
This is INSANE: Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon
And: Reince Priebus Is Ousted Amid Stormy Days for White House
AND: Anthony Scaramucci’s wife files for divorce (PARTIALLY BECAUSE SHE HATES TRUMP, this is amazing)
Inside Trump’s snap decision to ban transgender troops
Military to Trump: we won’t ban transgender service members just because you tweeted about it
!!! Legendary book critic Michiko Kakutani is leaving the New York Times
Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived
Found: A Particle That’s Its Own Anti-Particle
Friday, July 28, 2017
Friday Chat: Ridiculous party themes
I had a 1920s British country house murder mystery party for my birthday last weekend, and while my mom and I were poking around for ideas, we found some CRAZY but seemingly earnest lists of party themes. (Anna Karenina, anyone?) I started brainstorming joke party themes for some of my favorite shows and books but got stuck on these two really good ones and didn't end up making a post out of it. What are YOUR ideas?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Party - Give each guest a cup of tea and a section of newspaper and have them read silently while occasionally making meaningful eye contact. Later, make everyone file into your dining room decorated as a conference room, where they will say as little as possibly as cryptically as possible.
Grantchester Party - Dance with your crush to one really upbeat, fun song, then go home and lock yourself in your room listening to jazz and drinking whisky.
What else??
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Party - Give each guest a cup of tea and a section of newspaper and have them read silently while occasionally making meaningful eye contact. Later, make everyone file into your dining room decorated as a conference room, where they will say as little as possibly as cryptically as possible.
Grantchester Party - Dance with your crush to one really upbeat, fun song, then go home and lock yourself in your room listening to jazz and drinking whisky.
What else??
Morning Coffee (7/28/17)
I usually avoid political stuff in the Friday happy posts, but OH MY GOD WE WOKE UP TO GOOD POLITICAL NEWS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT. The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight
Speaking of things I don't know how to handle: THE TOAST CAME BACK FOR ONE DAY. That's a link to one post but there's a whole day of content, go read it.
This was GOING to be the one good news story of the week, but it's still pretty great: Woolly jumpers: rabbits ride on sheep to stay dry in flood
These people are speaking my language: The Best Part of 'Dunkirk' Is the Sweaters
Aw, we've got a new picture of Prince George for his fourth birthday.
!!! Game of Thrones' Hot Pie Opened A New Bakery Called 'You Know Nothing Jon Dough'
I love looking at luggage and the Fug Girls have a nice roundup.
Related: The golden age of luggage labels – in pictures
The Most Enticing-Looking Desserts From Starbucks Locations Around The World Let's go!
Ooh: Over 60,000 Plants Bloom Inside the World’s Largest Orchid Garden
Whoa, look at this glow-in-the-dark library.
Speaking of things I don't know how to handle: THE TOAST CAME BACK FOR ONE DAY. That's a link to one post but there's a whole day of content, go read it.
This was GOING to be the one good news story of the week, but it's still pretty great: Woolly jumpers: rabbits ride on sheep to stay dry in flood
These people are speaking my language: The Best Part of 'Dunkirk' Is the Sweaters
Aw, we've got a new picture of Prince George for his fourth birthday.
!!! Game of Thrones' Hot Pie Opened A New Bakery Called 'You Know Nothing Jon Dough'
I love looking at luggage and the Fug Girls have a nice roundup.
Related: The golden age of luggage labels – in pictures
The Most Enticing-Looking Desserts From Starbucks Locations Around The World Let's go!
Ooh: Over 60,000 Plants Bloom Inside the World’s Largest Orchid Garden
Whoa, look at this glow-in-the-dark library.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/27/17)
This look at a true crime convention is fascinating: DNA or It Didn’t Happen
Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers
The 19th-Century Lithuanians Who Smuggled Books to Save Their Language
The Lady Anatomist Who Brought Dead Bodies to Light
The Fiercely Precise World of Competitive Table-Setting
Back from the Front: Tracking down WW1 grave markers
The 19th-Century Lithuanians Who Smuggled Books to Save Their Language
The Lady Anatomist Who Brought Dead Bodies to Light
The Fiercely Precise World of Competitive Table-Setting
Morning Coffee (7/27/17)
Slaves of Isis: the long walk of the Yazidi women
They kept us as slaves: AP reveals claims against church
I am SO ANGRY about this: Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military
The Senate Health-Care Vote and John McCain’s Tragic Contradictions
Sen. Susan Collins Said Some Real Good Shit on a Hot Mic
SIGH: Having a woman on your team ruins your chances for VC funding
Australian Football Becomes an Unlikely Force in the Gay Rights Movement
This happened at my friend's library! Librarian Finds Live Civil-War Artillery Shells on Her First Day
Found: The ‘Cell’ of a 6th-Century Monk in Scotland (They're burying the lede here: They think it's St. Columba's!!)
An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries
They kept us as slaves: AP reveals claims against church
I am SO ANGRY about this: Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military
The Senate Health-Care Vote and John McCain’s Tragic Contradictions
Sen. Susan Collins Said Some Real Good Shit on a Hot Mic
SIGH: Having a woman on your team ruins your chances for VC funding
Australian Football Becomes an Unlikely Force in the Gay Rights Movement
This happened at my friend's library! Librarian Finds Live Civil-War Artillery Shells on Her First Day
Found: The ‘Cell’ of a 6th-Century Monk in Scotland (They're burying the lede here: They think it's St. Columba's!!)
An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/26/17)
Morning Coffee (7/26/17)
This is a big deal: 111 N.F.L. Brains. All But One Had C.T.E.
Senate Democrats can’t stop a health care vote. Here’s what they’ll do instead.
Wow: In 47 states, a smaller part of the population now approves of Trump than voted for him
Whatever You Do, Do Not Take Your Eye Off Trump’s War on Science
Anti-Semitism among so-called progressives is something that deserves more attention.
Oh cool: World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland
How to make $100,000 a month in China, live-streaming your life
Tech giant SAP is probing its South Africa office for kickbacks paid to president Zuma’s cronies
Churchill tried to suppress Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to British throne
Ooh: Why champagne sorbet might be illegal
Senate Democrats can’t stop a health care vote. Here’s what they’ll do instead.
Wow: In 47 states, a smaller part of the population now approves of Trump than voted for him
Whatever You Do, Do Not Take Your Eye Off Trump’s War on Science
Anti-Semitism among so-called progressives is something that deserves more attention.
Oh cool: World's first floating wind farm emerges off coast of Scotland
How to make $100,000 a month in China, live-streaming your life
Tech giant SAP is probing its South Africa office for kickbacks paid to president Zuma’s cronies
Churchill tried to suppress Nazi plot to restore Edward VIII to British throne
Ooh: Why champagne sorbet might be illegal
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/25/17)
This is HILARIOUS: I watched in bewilderment while a man tried to return butternut squash because he thought it was cheese
Crime and the City: A Sleepy Little Murdertown Called Reykjavik
Which Country Reads the Most? A Guide to Global Reading Habits
This series is always great: JD and Kate Visit the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
How Hoop Skirts Led to Tape Measures
Crime and the City: A Sleepy Little Murdertown Called Reykjavik
Which Country Reads the Most? A Guide to Global Reading Habits
This series is always great: JD and Kate Visit the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
How Hoop Skirts Led to Tape Measures
Morning Coffee (7/25/17)
Where are the bodies buried in North Korea? Investigators try to prepare for future trials.
At 15, she joined ISIS after converting to Islam. Now this German teen wants to go home.
This is fascinating: The Female Warlord Who Had C.I.A. Connections and Opium Routes
Behind a Chinese Powerhouse, a Web of Family Financial Ties
I just... as a friend said this morning on Facebook, I honestly thought Trump would do better at the purely performative aspects of the job like, say, giving non-political speeches to Boy Scouts, but... no: The 14 Most Inappropriate Moments from Trump’s Speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
Well. The Coach From The Blind Side Just Resigned Over a Scandal Involving Escorts, Bongs, and a Man Named Houston Nutt
!!! An Obituary for Microsoft Paint
This is so cool: Want to tour the International Space Station? You can now use Google Street View
Let's go: Monet's UK parliament paintings to feature in Tate Britain exhibition
Huh, interesting concept: A Spy Novel Whose Clues Are Found on New York Landmarks
At 15, she joined ISIS after converting to Islam. Now this German teen wants to go home.
This is fascinating: The Female Warlord Who Had C.I.A. Connections and Opium Routes
Behind a Chinese Powerhouse, a Web of Family Financial Ties
I just... as a friend said this morning on Facebook, I honestly thought Trump would do better at the purely performative aspects of the job like, say, giving non-political speeches to Boy Scouts, but... no: The 14 Most Inappropriate Moments from Trump’s Speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
Well. The Coach From The Blind Side Just Resigned Over a Scandal Involving Escorts, Bongs, and a Man Named Houston Nutt
!!! An Obituary for Microsoft Paint
This is so cool: Want to tour the International Space Station? You can now use Google Street View
Let's go: Monet's UK parliament paintings to feature in Tate Britain exhibition
Huh, interesting concept: A Spy Novel Whose Clues Are Found on New York Landmarks
Monday, July 24, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/24/17)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
What a surprise: Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller’s Russia investigation
Interesting: Where Trump has been for every minute of his first six months as president
I really hope these kids are okay and have safely defected to Canada, if that is indeed their goal: Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition
Crying forever: An Artist Turned Hillary Clinton’s Election-Night Confetti Into a Giant Snow Globe
This is quite a story, and also basically the plot of 45 Years: Bodies of Swiss Couple Buried in Glacier for 75 Years Are Identified
Most female homicide victims are killed by husbands or other intimate partners, new report shows
Well, good: Amid Pay Gap Criticism, BBC Says New 'Doctor Who' Actress Will Be Paid Same as Current Star
Huh: YouTube Starts Redirecting Searches for Terrorist Content to Anti-Hate Videos
Whoa: Researchers 3D-printed a soft artificial heart that beats like a human one
Humans First Arrived in Australia 65,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
What a surprise: Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller’s Russia investigation
Interesting: Where Trump has been for every minute of his first six months as president
I really hope these kids are okay and have safely defected to Canada, if that is indeed their goal: Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition
Crying forever: An Artist Turned Hillary Clinton’s Election-Night Confetti Into a Giant Snow Globe
This is quite a story, and also basically the plot of 45 Years: Bodies of Swiss Couple Buried in Glacier for 75 Years Are Identified
Most female homicide victims are killed by husbands or other intimate partners, new report shows
Well, good: Amid Pay Gap Criticism, BBC Says New 'Doctor Who' Actress Will Be Paid Same as Current Star
Huh: YouTube Starts Redirecting Searches for Terrorist Content to Anti-Hate Videos
Whoa: Researchers 3D-printed a soft artificial heart that beats like a human one
Humans First Arrived in Australia 65,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/23/17)
This is great: Teen Girls Stage Incredible Quinceañera Protest at Texas Capitol Against Vile Anti-Immigrant Law
After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
This is some family drama: Saudi King’s Son Plotted Effort to Oust His Rival
A Big Reason Trumpcare Failed Was Trump
Not that I want to be warm and fuzzy about some of these people, but this piece about the hobbies of senators is cool, as is the behind-the-scenes on how it was reported.
Fascinating: A Collection of North Korean Stories and the Mystery of Their Origins
Heh: British Parliament member mistakenly says Jane Austen is alive
Whoa: Modigliani Exhibit Closes Early Amid Allegations of Fakes
An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries
The Greatest Library Before Alexandria
After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
This is some family drama: Saudi King’s Son Plotted Effort to Oust His Rival
A Big Reason Trumpcare Failed Was Trump
Not that I want to be warm and fuzzy about some of these people, but this piece about the hobbies of senators is cool, as is the behind-the-scenes on how it was reported.
Fascinating: A Collection of North Korean Stories and the Mystery of Their Origins
Heh: British Parliament member mistakenly says Jane Austen is alive
Whoa: Modigliani Exhibit Closes Early Amid Allegations of Fakes
An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole’s Mysteries
The Greatest Library Before Alexandria
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/22/17)
In case you, like me, could not bring yourself to read the whole thing: The Most Batshit Excerpts From that Trump-NYT Interview: 'People Don't Realize He Loves Holding My Hand'
What was Trump talking about with $12-a-year health insurance? (Ana Marie Cox suggested on Twitter that he simply doesn't understand the difference between health and life insurance, and I suspect she's on to something.)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show
“Set aside Putin and follow the money”: a Russia expert’s theory of the Trump scandal
Yay! First same-sex marriage at Anglican church in UK to be held this summer
Climate change threatens an ancient way of life in Ethiopia
!! A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Dunkirk
'Dash it all': unseen Agatha Christie letters reveal author's temper
I do not like The Skimm, so I very much enjoyed this: Pumpkin Spice Politics
What was Trump talking about with $12-a-year health insurance? (Ana Marie Cox suggested on Twitter that he simply doesn't understand the difference between health and life insurance, and I suspect she's on to something.)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Manafort Was in Debt to Pro-Russia Interests, Cyprus Records Show
“Set aside Putin and follow the money”: a Russia expert’s theory of the Trump scandal
Yay! First same-sex marriage at Anglican church in UK to be held this summer
Climate change threatens an ancient way of life in Ethiopia
!! A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year-Old Fossil
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Dunkirk
'Dash it all': unseen Agatha Christie letters reveal author's temper
I do not like The Skimm, so I very much enjoyed this: Pumpkin Spice Politics
Friday, July 21, 2017
Friday Chat - Birthday Cake!
I'm off to celebrate my birthday with my family this weekend, so... what's your traditional family birthday cake? Ours is devil's food cake with cream cheese frosting and coconut.
Morning Coffee (7/21/17)
Time for a break for some happy Friday links!
Your Friday absolutely needs John Boyega's GQ cover story.
Your Friday may also need adorable royal children. Go Fug Yourself has great coverage of the Cambridges' trip to Poland and Germany - start here.
Need another cute baby pic? Adult Justin Trudeau held his namesake Baby Justin Trudeau.
Ahhhh, I hope this comes somewhere nearby! Christmas in the Wizarding World to bring Harry Potter magic to holiday shopping
I'm so excited about the new books about the history of magic in the Harry Potter world.
I want to go to Disney's space restaurant!
Ooh, this sounds good and I hope they expand it to all locations: Starbucks Just Added A New Vegan Lunch Option
I AGREE: You Should Be Making (and Eating) More Icebox Cakes
Lay's "Do Us A Flavor" Finalists Are Here & They Are Wackier Than Ever (I want to try the everything bagel and cream cheese one, at least.)
Need some escapism? 17 of the Most Over-the-top Hotel Suites in the World
Your Friday absolutely needs John Boyega's GQ cover story.
Your Friday may also need adorable royal children. Go Fug Yourself has great coverage of the Cambridges' trip to Poland and Germany - start here.
Need another cute baby pic? Adult Justin Trudeau held his namesake Baby Justin Trudeau.
Ahhhh, I hope this comes somewhere nearby! Christmas in the Wizarding World to bring Harry Potter magic to holiday shopping
I'm so excited about the new books about the history of magic in the Harry Potter world.
I want to go to Disney's space restaurant!
Ooh, this sounds good and I hope they expand it to all locations: Starbucks Just Added A New Vegan Lunch Option
I AGREE: You Should Be Making (and Eating) More Icebox Cakes
Lay's "Do Us A Flavor" Finalists Are Here & They Are Wackier Than Ever (I want to try the everything bagel and cream cheese one, at least.)
Need some escapism? 17 of the Most Over-the-top Hotel Suites in the World
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/20/17)
IMPORTANT: I Know How to Push the Button for the Elevator
When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
“From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,” Fifty Years Later
Mapping Dante’s Inferno, One Circle of Hell at a Time
When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble
When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
“From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,” Fifty Years Later
Mapping Dante’s Inferno, One Circle of Hell at a Time
When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble
Morning Coffee (7/20/17)
'People are getting poorer': hunger and homelessness as Brazil crisis deepens
A much-feared Taliban offshoot returns from the dead
Sad news: John McCain has brain cancer.
Sure, that doesn't sound important or anything: War Crimes Office May Be Closed in State Dept. Reorganization
Ugh, this guy: Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Hired Sessions
Trump can’t make a health care deal because he doesn’t understand health care
This was very interesting and informative, and I now have a ticket to see it in IMAX 70mm. Dunkirk is playing in a lot of formats. Here’s how each affects your viewing experience.
BBC Publishes Pay of Top Stars, Revealing Gender Gap
!! 258-year-old cannonball unearthed in Quebec City may still be explosive
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
A much-feared Taliban offshoot returns from the dead
Sad news: John McCain has brain cancer.
Sure, that doesn't sound important or anything: War Crimes Office May Be Closed in State Dept. Reorganization
Ugh, this guy: Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Hired Sessions
Trump can’t make a health care deal because he doesn’t understand health care
This was very interesting and informative, and I now have a ticket to see it in IMAX 70mm. Dunkirk is playing in a lot of formats. Here’s how each affects your viewing experience.
BBC Publishes Pay of Top Stars, Revealing Gender Gap
!! 258-year-old cannonball unearthed in Quebec City may still be explosive
This Cave Holds a Spectacular Record of 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/19/17)
Cool: More Than Bread: Sourdough As a Window Into The Microbiome
Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?
Where the Cocktail Party Came From (A Waugh pops up in that story, of course.)
The Revival of John Quincy Adams
Take a Stroll Through Jane Austen’s England With This Interactive Map
Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?
Where the Cocktail Party Came From (A Waugh pops up in that story, of course.)
The Revival of John Quincy Adams
Take a Stroll Through Jane Austen’s England With This Interactive Map
Morning Coffee (7/19/17)
Afghanistan More Deadly for Women and Children, U.N. Says
Trump Is Showing The World What A Weak American Presidency Looks Like
3 GOP women were left out of the Senate’s Obamacare repeal effort. They just tanked it.
Obviously what this story needed was a money launderer: Eighth person in Trump Tower meeting is identified
Parody but JUST BARELY: It’s Time for Hillary Clinton to Gracefully Bow Out of Public Life, Along with All Other Women
Here's the new Jane Austen banknote!
A New Front in the War Over Reproductive Rights: ‘Abortion-Pill Reversal’
This story is wild: An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of USC med school dean
!!! Mysterious Sheet Music Confirmed to Be Lost Work of Gustav Holst
Tintagel excavations reveal refined tastes of medieval settlers
Trump Is Showing The World What A Weak American Presidency Looks Like
3 GOP women were left out of the Senate’s Obamacare repeal effort. They just tanked it.
Obviously what this story needed was a money launderer: Eighth person in Trump Tower meeting is identified
Parody but JUST BARELY: It’s Time for Hillary Clinton to Gracefully Bow Out of Public Life, Along with All Other Women
Here's the new Jane Austen banknote!
A New Front in the War Over Reproductive Rights: ‘Abortion-Pill Reversal’
This story is wild: An overdose, a young companion, drug-fueled parties: The secret life of USC med school dean
!!! Mysterious Sheet Music Confirmed to Be Lost Work of Gustav Holst
Tintagel excavations reveal refined tastes of medieval settlers
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/18/17)
This is amazing: The American Experience in 737 Novels
Huh, cool: Resurrecting Ancient Wines That Can Survive Climate Change
Buried in Beads 4,000 Years Ago, This Chiefly Family Lives Again
I promise this is more interesting than it sounds: What the Enron E-mails Say About Us
The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police
Huh, cool: Resurrecting Ancient Wines That Can Survive Climate Change
Buried in Beads 4,000 Years Ago, This Chiefly Family Lives Again
I promise this is more interesting than it sounds: What the Enron E-mails Say About Us
The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police
Morning Coffee (7/18/17)
Fingers crossed that this sticks... Health Care Overhaul Collapses as Two Republican Senators Defect
UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials
Trump lawyer: Secret Service let the Russia meeting happen. Secret Service: Nope.
You should care about the Trump-Russia scandal
This awesome secret resistance project that I've been helping with was finally announced yesterday! (That goes to a PDF, just to warn you.)
Ooh: Comey’s Writing a Book, and Publishers Are Eager to Pay Big Money for It
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police
Aw, good for Colin Baker: I was the Doctor and I’m over the moon that at last we have a female lead
I kinda can't believe there wasn't a sandwich already: Apple previews new emoji coming later this year
The Secret Engravings Found on a Neolithic Rock Formation
UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials
Trump lawyer: Secret Service let the Russia meeting happen. Secret Service: Nope.
You should care about the Trump-Russia scandal
This awesome secret resistance project that I've been helping with was finally announced yesterday! (That goes to a PDF, just to warn you.)
Ooh: Comey’s Writing a Book, and Publishers Are Eager to Pay Big Money for It
R. Kelly Is Holding Women Against Their Will In A “Cult,” Parents Told Police
Aw, good for Colin Baker: I was the Doctor and I’m over the moon that at last we have a female lead
I kinda can't believe there wasn't a sandwich already: Apple previews new emoji coming later this year
The Secret Engravings Found on a Neolithic Rock Formation
Monday, July 17, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/17/17)
Fiery Heaven, Bastard Earth: The Cosmology of “Game of Thrones”
The Long, Storied Controversy Over Cheese on Apple Pie (I am in favor.)
This is fascinating: Death and Taxonomies
The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures (And this actually isn't all about Austen - there's some interesting stuff about the evolution of language in novels in general.)
This 1797 Impeachment Has Never Been Fully Resolved
The Long, Storied Controversy Over Cheese on Apple Pie (I am in favor.)
This is fascinating: Death and Taxonomies
The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures (And this actually isn't all about Austen - there's some interesting stuff about the evolution of language in novels in general.)
This 1797 Impeachment Has Never Been Fully Resolved
Morning Coffee (7/17/17)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Aaah, A Wrinkle in Time trailer! It looks amazing.
Ooh, at long last: Our new Doctor (as in Doctor Who) is Jodie Whittaker!
This seems fine: White House Publishes Names, Emails, Phone Numbers, Home Addresses of Critics
Whoa: A Font Is at the Heart of Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Legal Troubles
This profile was an unending delight: Meet the Next President Kennedy (I have, in fact, met him, and he was impressive in person as well.)
The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two
Key takeaways on how Americans view – and experience – online harassment
Are people and apes the only ones that can plan ahead? Quoth the raven ‘nevermore.’
Toscanini, Trump, and Classical Music as a Tool of Power
The Site of the Salem Witch Trial Hangings Finally Has a Memorial
Aaah, A Wrinkle in Time trailer! It looks amazing.
Ooh, at long last: Our new Doctor (as in Doctor Who) is Jodie Whittaker!
This seems fine: White House Publishes Names, Emails, Phone Numbers, Home Addresses of Critics
Whoa: A Font Is at the Heart of Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Legal Troubles
This profile was an unending delight: Meet the Next President Kennedy (I have, in fact, met him, and he was impressive in person as well.)
The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two
Key takeaways on how Americans view – and experience – online harassment
Are people and apes the only ones that can plan ahead? Quoth the raven ‘nevermore.’
Toscanini, Trump, and Classical Music as a Tool of Power
The Site of the Salem Witch Trial Hangings Finally Has a Memorial
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/16/17)
This is fascinating and the photographs are beautiful: Arks of the Apocalypse
Mysteries, and a Crackdown, Persist a Year After a Failed Coup in Turkey
Neat: The Queen appoints a former astronaut as Canada’s new Governor General
Donald Trump – not his son – is the real protagonist of the Russia drama
The Farm Belt führer: the making of a neo-Nazi
Your immigrant ancestors came here legally? Are you sure?
Japanese Blogger Discredits New Amelia Earhart Documentary After 30 Minutes of Research
No, You Can’t Use My Photos On Your Brand’s Instagram For Free
Ladies Who Book Club Have Always Been The Glue Of Resistance
Game of Thrones vs. the penultimate season curse
Mysteries, and a Crackdown, Persist a Year After a Failed Coup in Turkey
Neat: The Queen appoints a former astronaut as Canada’s new Governor General
Donald Trump – not his son – is the real protagonist of the Russia drama
The Farm Belt führer: the making of a neo-Nazi
Your immigrant ancestors came here legally? Are you sure?
Japanese Blogger Discredits New Amelia Earhart Documentary After 30 Minutes of Research
No, You Can’t Use My Photos On Your Brand’s Instagram For Free
Ladies Who Book Club Have Always Been The Glue Of Resistance
Game of Thrones vs. the penultimate season curse
Saturday, July 15, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/15/17)
Can Mosul Be Put Back Together After ISIS?
Former Soviet Counterintelligence Officer at Meeting With Donald Trump Jr. and Russian Lawyer
The Russia Conspiracy Goes to Court
The future of DACA suddenly looks very shaky
Four Are Arrested in Theft of Giant Gold Coin From Berlin Museum
Aaah, first trailer for The Darkest Hour! Oldman as Churchill! Very into this.
Oh neat: African Drama 'MTV Shuga' to Get Indian Version - I think I posted about the original African version before - it's a soap opera designed to educate about sexual health issues.
Ooh! Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian's Wall
Found: The Smallest Star Ever Observed
Whoa: See this Parthenon replica built in Germany from 100,000 banned books
Former Soviet Counterintelligence Officer at Meeting With Donald Trump Jr. and Russian Lawyer
The Russia Conspiracy Goes to Court
The future of DACA suddenly looks very shaky
Four Are Arrested in Theft of Giant Gold Coin From Berlin Museum
Aaah, first trailer for The Darkest Hour! Oldman as Churchill! Very into this.
Oh neat: African Drama 'MTV Shuga' to Get Indian Version - I think I posted about the original African version before - it's a soap opera designed to educate about sexual health issues.
Ooh! Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian's Wall
Found: The Smallest Star Ever Observed
Whoa: See this Parthenon replica built in Germany from 100,000 banned books
Friday, July 14, 2017
Friday Chat: Summer Dinners
What do you eat when it's hot out??? I guess the right answer here is "salad" but I hate making salad for one person. What are your other summer go-tos?
Alternatively: Why isn't it fall yet?
Alternatively: Why isn't it fall yet?
Morning Coffee (7/14/17)
Okay, let's take a break from current events for some happy Friday links!
Yes please: Steal Your Summer Reading List From Hillary Clinton
Whoa: Celebrating 20 years of The Philosopher’s Stone inside the mini-Hogwarts in New York City
This is pretty much my favorite headline ever: A Song of Ice and Fire and Soup
I'm very excited about the Game of Thrones touring exhibition. Please come to Boston!
If you'd like to look at some pretty and some TERRIBLE dresses, the Fug Girls have the Highlights of Paris Haute Couture Week.
Yay! The Ask a Manager book is coming!
I feel like this is THE BEST thing to be named after a five-year-old, really: New train to be named after Princess Estelle
I don't understand why Haribo isn't making their Prince Harry candy generally available. Don't they like money??
!! 29 Adorable Photos Of Babies Who Already Love Harry Potter
Let's run off to the Lake District.
Yes please: Steal Your Summer Reading List From Hillary Clinton
Whoa: Celebrating 20 years of The Philosopher’s Stone inside the mini-Hogwarts in New York City
This is pretty much my favorite headline ever: A Song of Ice and Fire and Soup
I'm very excited about the Game of Thrones touring exhibition. Please come to Boston!
If you'd like to look at some pretty and some TERRIBLE dresses, the Fug Girls have the Highlights of Paris Haute Couture Week.
Yay! The Ask a Manager book is coming!
I feel like this is THE BEST thing to be named after a five-year-old, really: New train to be named after Princess Estelle
I don't understand why Haribo isn't making their Prince Harry candy generally available. Don't they like money??
!! 29 Adorable Photos Of Babies Who Already Love Harry Potter
Let's run off to the Lake District.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/13/17)
Morning Coffee (7/13/17)
"Beyond the criminal and moral issues at stake, this incident should make us doubt the basic competence of the people the president has chosen to advise him and help run the country."
This piece is so good and important: Hating Trump Doesn't Make A Man A Feminist
All the President's Lawyers
Hee: How to Talk to Your Teen About Colluding with Russia
Not that this will really matter to anything but: Exclusive: House Democrats introduce new plan to fix Obamacare
Aaaaaah! A Wrinkle in Time first look: Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and more ("And more" includes Chris Pine JUST SAYING)
There’s a lot of bias in astronomy — and women of color are hurt the most
In Poland, a Battle for the Fate of Europe’s Last Ancient Forest
Useful! Lots of ‘craft’ beer is brewed by Anheuser-Busch. Here’s how to spot the real stuff.
Found: Three Cases of Madeira Bought for John Adams’ Presidency
This piece is so good and important: Hating Trump Doesn't Make A Man A Feminist
All the President's Lawyers
Hee: How to Talk to Your Teen About Colluding with Russia
Not that this will really matter to anything but: Exclusive: House Democrats introduce new plan to fix Obamacare
Aaaaaah! A Wrinkle in Time first look: Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and more ("And more" includes Chris Pine JUST SAYING)
There’s a lot of bias in astronomy — and women of color are hurt the most
In Poland, a Battle for the Fate of Europe’s Last Ancient Forest
Useful! Lots of ‘craft’ beer is brewed by Anheuser-Busch. Here’s how to spot the real stuff.
Found: Three Cases of Madeira Bought for John Adams’ Presidency
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/12/17)
This is really neat: 22 Ambassadors Recommend the One Book to Read Before Visiting Their Country
The Secret (Lunch) Lives of Remarkable Women
Silenced by the Rest Cure: A history of the psychological treatment for nervous women
This Unremembered US-France ‘Quasi War’ Shaped Early America’s Foreign Relations
How Literature Helped My Father and I Survive Life in a Cult
The Secret (Lunch) Lives of Remarkable Women
Silenced by the Rest Cure: A history of the psychological treatment for nervous women
This Unremembered US-France ‘Quasi War’ Shaped Early America’s Foreign Relations
How Literature Helped My Father and I Survive Life in a Cult
Morning Coffee (7/12/17)
UGH: New Hampshire Law Toughens Voting Registration Requirements
Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said
What Donald Trump Jr. did was wrong and maybe illegal. But it wasn’t treason.
Donald Trump Jr.’s legal problems
3 Lawsuits Filed Against White House Panel on Voter Fraud
A Secretaries of State Meeting Used to Be Friendly. Then the White House Asked for Voter Data.
!!! This is always traumatic: Kermit the Frog to get new voice after 27 years as puppeteer steps down
This was fascinating: ‘I Have Passed the Point of Reacting’: How the Watergate News Cycle Reads Today
Huh: Saint Teresa's famous blue-rimmed white cotton sari trademarked
OH GOOD: Drinking more coffee leads to a longer life, two studies say
Oh cool: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone finally arrives in Scots translation
Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said
What Donald Trump Jr. did was wrong and maybe illegal. But it wasn’t treason.
Donald Trump Jr.’s legal problems
3 Lawsuits Filed Against White House Panel on Voter Fraud
A Secretaries of State Meeting Used to Be Friendly. Then the White House Asked for Voter Data.
!!! This is always traumatic: Kermit the Frog to get new voice after 27 years as puppeteer steps down
This was fascinating: ‘I Have Passed the Point of Reacting’: How the Watergate News Cycle Reads Today
Huh: Saint Teresa's famous blue-rimmed white cotton sari trademarked
OH GOOD: Drinking more coffee leads to a longer life, two studies say
Oh cool: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone finally arrives in Scots translation
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/11/17)
Cool! Royal Shakespeare Company to Monitor Heart Rates at ‘Titus Andronicus’
Zelda Fitzgerald's Ballet Years
The Glamorous Pearl Earring King Charles I Wore to His Execution
This is so interesting: Why People From Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians
I need to read more Philip Kerr: The Third Reich's Good Cop
Zelda Fitzgerald's Ballet Years
The Glamorous Pearl Earring King Charles I Wore to His Execution
This is so interesting: Why People From Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians
I need to read more Philip Kerr: The Third Reich's Good Cop
Morning Coffee (7/11/17)
I almost can't believe it's so blatant: Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign
Iraqi forces declare victory over Islamic State in Mosul, but fighting continues
What Iraqi Women's Lives Look Like After ISIS
NY Mag has quite the Steve Bannon profile: Attack, Attack, Attack
The National Enquirer's Fervor for Trump
Interesting: This Chart Shows How Your State Government Is Funded
Nice! Sesame Workshop Debuts New Male Afghan Character Zeerak
I am skeptical, the Guardian: Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
Skeptical! Newly discovered photo reignites Amelia Earhart conspiracy theory
Ancient Romans made world’s ‘most durable’ concrete. We might use it to stop rising seas.
Iraqi forces declare victory over Islamic State in Mosul, but fighting continues
What Iraqi Women's Lives Look Like After ISIS
NY Mag has quite the Steve Bannon profile: Attack, Attack, Attack
The National Enquirer's Fervor for Trump
Interesting: This Chart Shows How Your State Government Is Funded
Nice! Sesame Workshop Debuts New Male Afghan Character Zeerak
I am skeptical, the Guardian: Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
Skeptical! Newly discovered photo reignites Amelia Earhart conspiracy theory
Ancient Romans made world’s ‘most durable’ concrete. We might use it to stop rising seas.
Monday, July 10, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/10/17)
This is your brain on Disneyland: A Disney addict's quest to discover why he loves the parks so much
How Archaeologists Crammed 1500 Years of Roman History Into One Map
“On the Side of the L-law”: Boris Akunin’s Russian Detective
Aww: For Teammates in Love, an Island Oasis
This is both good advice and a joy to read: “How do I have the ‘is this a real relationship?’ talk with someone without messing up the relationship?”
How Archaeologists Crammed 1500 Years of Roman History Into One Map
“On the Side of the L-law”: Boris Akunin’s Russian Detective
Aww: For Teammates in Love, an Island Oasis
This is both good advice and a joy to read: “How do I have the ‘is this a real relationship?’ talk with someone without messing up the relationship?”
Morning Coffee (7/10/17)
Me elsewhere: The week's TV news.
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks
Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton (AND ADMITTED THAT WAS THE REASON, just to be clear.)
Life in Bangladesh’s Former Caliphate
State Department Tries to Start “Fake Twitter Feud,” Understands Neither Feuds nor Twitter
We Need to Stop This “Andrew Cuomo 2020” Nonsense Immediately
Sigh: A Muslim activist referenced jihad and the right freaked out because they don’t know what it means
Heh: Scientists are about to change what a kilogram is. That’s massive.
This Agatha Christie miniseries is casting everybody I like. Thanks!
I really cannot blame him: Edward Albee’s Final Wish Was for His Unfinished Work to Be Completely Destroyed
Found: Evidence That Humans Have Been Eating Potatoes in North America for Over 10,000 Years
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks
Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton (AND ADMITTED THAT WAS THE REASON, just to be clear.)
Life in Bangladesh’s Former Caliphate
State Department Tries to Start “Fake Twitter Feud,” Understands Neither Feuds nor Twitter
We Need to Stop This “Andrew Cuomo 2020” Nonsense Immediately
Sigh: A Muslim activist referenced jihad and the right freaked out because they don’t know what it means
Heh: Scientists are about to change what a kilogram is. That’s massive.
This Agatha Christie miniseries is casting everybody I like. Thanks!
I really cannot blame him: Edward Albee’s Final Wish Was for His Unfinished Work to Be Completely Destroyed
Found: Evidence That Humans Have Been Eating Potatoes in North America for Over 10,000 Years
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/9/17)
Cholera Spreads as War and Poverty Batter Yemen
Russia steps up spying efforts after election
This story is wild: Hobby Lobby Agrees to Forfeit 5,500 Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq
Yeahhhh: 60 percent of the bills Trump has signed into law have been one page long
Why the New U.K. Political Coalition Could Undermine Peace in Ireland
This woman’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence. So why don’t we know her story? I mean, I have an IDEA...
Emma Stone Reveals Male Co-Stars Have Taken Pay Cuts To Ensure Pay Equality (Good for them! But terrible that this is still a thing.)
How I Accidentally Became a War Correspondent
Useful! Instagram: Here’s How to Use Less Data When You’re Not on WiFi
Heh: CERN Physicists Find a Particle With a Double Dose of Charm
Russia steps up spying efforts after election
This story is wild: Hobby Lobby Agrees to Forfeit 5,500 Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq
Yeahhhh: 60 percent of the bills Trump has signed into law have been one page long
Why the New U.K. Political Coalition Could Undermine Peace in Ireland
This woman’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence. So why don’t we know her story? I mean, I have an IDEA...
Emma Stone Reveals Male Co-Stars Have Taken Pay Cuts To Ensure Pay Equality (Good for them! But terrible that this is still a thing.)
How I Accidentally Became a War Correspondent
Useful! Instagram: Here’s How to Use Less Data When You’re Not on WiFi
Heh: CERN Physicists Find a Particle With a Double Dose of Charm
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/8/17)
Government supporters attack Venezuelan congress, injure opposition lawmakers
How terrible: A European alt-right group wants to take to the sea to stop rescuers from saving migrants
Welp: Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher
Merkel Knows She Has to Deal With Trump. The Question Is How.
The Trump Administration’s Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly
Uh... Trump is meeting key world leaders at the G20 summit. He forgot to book a hotel.
This is so interesting: For Muslims looking to date, the Trump era sparks interest in matchmaking services
!! Lost Maurice Sendak picture book to be published next year
Archaeologists unearth a 500-year-old tower of skulls — and another gruesome Aztec mystery
Milky Way's fastest stars could be runaways from another galaxy
How terrible: A European alt-right group wants to take to the sea to stop rescuers from saving migrants
Welp: Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher
Merkel Knows She Has to Deal With Trump. The Question Is How.
The Trump Administration’s Voter-Suppression Plans Are Backfiring Badly
Uh... Trump is meeting key world leaders at the G20 summit. He forgot to book a hotel.
This is so interesting: For Muslims looking to date, the Trump era sparks interest in matchmaking services
!! Lost Maurice Sendak picture book to be published next year
Archaeologists unearth a 500-year-old tower of skulls — and another gruesome Aztec mystery
Milky Way's fastest stars could be runaways from another galaxy
Friday, July 7, 2017
Friday Chat: Advice Columns!
I love advice columns. I've never written to one, but when they're well done, they're such good reading. People display such an unimaginable range of crazy behavior that other people have to deal with! Do you also love advice columns? There must be some great ones out there I don't know about. What are your favorites??
Mine:
Dear Prudence, of course - I read it before but now that's it's written by the great Mallory Ortberg it's a constant joy.
Ask a Manager might be mostly of interest to those of us who work office jobs, but it's surprisingly fascinating.
Captain Awkward is good general advice that is particularly attuned to people with a variety of characteristics that might not make them the "typical" person for traditional advice columns - lots about questions of coming out, dealing with abusive or just unhealthy family relationships, navigating a social life with disabilities or health challenges, etc.
What awesome ones am I missing??
Mine:
Dear Prudence, of course - I read it before but now that's it's written by the great Mallory Ortberg it's a constant joy.
Ask a Manager might be mostly of interest to those of us who work office jobs, but it's surprisingly fascinating.
Captain Awkward is good general advice that is particularly attuned to people with a variety of characteristics that might not make them the "typical" person for traditional advice columns - lots about questions of coming out, dealing with abusive or just unhealthy family relationships, navigating a social life with disabilities or health challenges, etc.
What awesome ones am I missing??
Morning Coffee (7/7/17)
Time for our customary happy Friday links!
Ooh, more casting for the new Little Women, finally!
This is the kind of hard-hitting international news I want to see right now: Shetland Pony tries to eat The Queen’s flowers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Made the Queen of England Laugh (That was kind of him. Do you think we could get him to start traveling around making all of us laugh? That sounds useful.)
I know the person who sent me this amazing link yesterday TRULY LOVES ME: Use a Packing Grid to Ensure You Have Everything You Need for a Trip
This one I will absolutely try: Oreo Is Doing A Coffee-Flavored Collab With Dunkin' Donuts
Aw! This Aquarium Has a 'Naughty Penguin of the Month' Board
Let's go make some slab pie.
The Joy of Reading About Cooking
This is some impressive latte art: South Korean coffee artist recreates Munch's The Scream in cream
Heee: Artist Reimagines All 50 States As Food Puns
Ooh, more casting for the new Little Women, finally!
This is the kind of hard-hitting international news I want to see right now: Shetland Pony tries to eat The Queen’s flowers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Made the Queen of England Laugh (That was kind of him. Do you think we could get him to start traveling around making all of us laugh? That sounds useful.)
I know the person who sent me this amazing link yesterday TRULY LOVES ME: Use a Packing Grid to Ensure You Have Everything You Need for a Trip
This one I will absolutely try: Oreo Is Doing A Coffee-Flavored Collab With Dunkin' Donuts
Aw! This Aquarium Has a 'Naughty Penguin of the Month' Board
Let's go make some slab pie.
The Joy of Reading About Cooking
This is some impressive latte art: South Korean coffee artist recreates Munch's The Scream in cream
Heee: Artist Reimagines All 50 States As Food Puns
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/6/17)
In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration
This was an interesting, important, moving read: Shakespeare's Cure for Xenophobia
The Times has an interesting feature on the proliferation of new Oreo flavors. I'm sometimes a purist about this kind of thing, but in this case, as long as they're not taking the original Oreos away, I'm all for it.
Women's Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life
Ooh, let's go: Renovated Museum Wing Delves into Untold Chapters of American History
This was an interesting, important, moving read: Shakespeare's Cure for Xenophobia
The Times has an interesting feature on the proliferation of new Oreo flavors. I'm sometimes a purist about this kind of thing, but in this case, as long as they're not taking the original Oreos away, I'm all for it.
Women's Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life
Ooh, let's go: Renovated Museum Wing Delves into Untold Chapters of American History
Morning Coffee (7/6/17)
‘Scarred and broken’: children escaping Isis in Mosul suffer waking nightmares
WHAT A SHOCK: White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump
Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting
The Media’s Unacceptable Silence on the Republican Health Care Bill
What happens to America if Justice Kennedy retires
This was quite something: NPR’s tweet of Declaration Of Independence angers Trump supporters
Tchaikovsky Hated The ‘1812 Overture,’ Which Sucks Because He Also Wrote It
Oh interesting: Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros. Settle Lawsuit Over Licensing
Ooh: British Museum to bring back Reading Room as part of revamp
Ha, poor kid: Sophie Turner Says She Found Out About Oral Sex From Her Game of Thrones Scripts
WHAT A SHOCK: White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump
Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting
The Media’s Unacceptable Silence on the Republican Health Care Bill
What happens to America if Justice Kennedy retires
This was quite something: NPR’s tweet of Declaration Of Independence angers Trump supporters
Tchaikovsky Hated The ‘1812 Overture,’ Which Sucks Because He Also Wrote It
Oh interesting: Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros. Settle Lawsuit Over Licensing
Ooh: British Museum to bring back Reading Room as part of revamp
Ha, poor kid: Sophie Turner Says She Found Out About Oral Sex From Her Game of Thrones Scripts
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Afternoon Tea (7/5/17)
Morning Coffee (7/5/17)
Experts: North Korea’s missile was a ‘real ICBM’ — and a grave milestone
The Billion Dollar Cost of Child Marriage
Aww: Taoiseach Varadkar wears Canada socks for Trudeau visit
Well. A Fake Story Tricked Trump Supporters Into Protesting For No Reason, Then One Of Them Accidentally Shot Himself
Today in "sadly unsurprising, but good to have evidence" research: Study: Black girls viewed as ‘less innocent’ than white girls
Well, that's something: Court Blocks E.P.A. Effort to Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule
Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Whoa: Lawsuit Reveals Gauguin Painting Was Not World’s Most Expensive
Interesting: Listening to the Piece That Made Chopin’s Career
You can now snort chocolate — but should you? Um, no. What? Why.
The Billion Dollar Cost of Child Marriage
Aww: Taoiseach Varadkar wears Canada socks for Trudeau visit
Well. A Fake Story Tricked Trump Supporters Into Protesting For No Reason, Then One Of Them Accidentally Shot Himself
Today in "sadly unsurprising, but good to have evidence" research: Study: Black girls viewed as ‘less innocent’ than white girls
Well, that's something: Court Blocks E.P.A. Effort to Suspend Obama-Era Methane Rule
Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Whoa: Lawsuit Reveals Gauguin Painting Was Not World’s Most Expensive
Interesting: Listening to the Piece That Made Chopin’s Career
You can now snort chocolate — but should you? Um, no. What? Why.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/4/17)
Welp: Justice Department's Corporate Crime Watchdog Resigns, Saying Trump Makes It Impossible To Do Job
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment
Save Free Speech From Trolls
Hahaha: Ukraine reacted to the biggest hack in its history with a GIF of a dog in a room on fire
Interesting! A Clever New Way to Predict Next Year's Flu
A Brutal Intelligence: AI, Chess, and the Human Mind
Whoa: My Dentist's Murder Trial
I don't really care about animated children's vampire series but this voice cast is great.
The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel
How Great Authors Became Style Icons
Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment
Save Free Speech From Trolls
Hahaha: Ukraine reacted to the biggest hack in its history with a GIF of a dog in a room on fire
Interesting! A Clever New Way to Predict Next Year's Flu
A Brutal Intelligence: AI, Chess, and the Human Mind
Whoa: My Dentist's Murder Trial
I don't really care about animated children's vampire series but this voice cast is great.
The Legend of WWII’s Bombsight Rapunzel
How Great Authors Became Style Icons
Monday, July 3, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/3/17)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Trump says states are ‘trying to hide’ things from his voter fraud commission. Here’s what they actually say.
Trump Foot Soldier Sidelined Under Glare of Russia Inquiry
This is a very good read: The classic American sitcom is exactly what we need in this fractured political moment
Interesting: Hugh Jackman to Play Senator Gary Hart in ‘The Frontrunner’ Movie
Perfect: Ken Dolls as Men of the Left
This is FASCINATING: The Hoax Poetry Movement That Accidentally Became Legitimate
Ooh: These Beautiful Medieval Wafer Presses Are Where Waffles Come From
Let's end on an alarming note today: What Are All The Ways That Land Can Disappear Beneath Your Feet?
Trump says states are ‘trying to hide’ things from his voter fraud commission. Here’s what they actually say.
Trump Foot Soldier Sidelined Under Glare of Russia Inquiry
This is a very good read: The classic American sitcom is exactly what we need in this fractured political moment
Interesting: Hugh Jackman to Play Senator Gary Hart in ‘The Frontrunner’ Movie
Perfect: Ken Dolls as Men of the Left
This is FASCINATING: The Hoax Poetry Movement That Accidentally Became Legitimate
Ooh: These Beautiful Medieval Wafer Presses Are Where Waffles Come From
Let's end on an alarming note today: What Are All The Ways That Land Can Disappear Beneath Your Feet?
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/2/17)
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians
Welp: CBS News: No Staff Members Left In Science Division Of White House Office
This is SO COOL: What Happens Just Before Show Time at the Met Opera, in 12 Rooms You’ll Never See
Good for her: Gillian Anderson calls out 'X-Files' for next season's all-male writing staff
Feud: Olivia de Havilland v. Ryan Murphy
Ooh! Milk Bar Is Planning a Boston-Area Location
I really have no arguments here: ‘West Wing’ Characters Ranked By How Likely They Would Be To Catch Bigfoot
Ooh: The Remains of an Ancient ‘Skull Cult’ Have Been Found
Huh, I had no idea: A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican
How an Organic Chemist Invented the Bone-Shaped Dog Treat
Welp: CBS News: No Staff Members Left In Science Division Of White House Office
This is SO COOL: What Happens Just Before Show Time at the Met Opera, in 12 Rooms You’ll Never See
Good for her: Gillian Anderson calls out 'X-Files' for next season's all-male writing staff
Feud: Olivia de Havilland v. Ryan Murphy
Ooh! Milk Bar Is Planning a Boston-Area Location
I really have no arguments here: ‘West Wing’ Characters Ranked By How Likely They Would Be To Catch Bigfoot
Ooh: The Remains of an Ancient ‘Skull Cult’ Have Been Found
Huh, I had no idea: A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican
How an Organic Chemist Invented the Bone-Shaped Dog Treat
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Morning Coffee (7/1/17)
Some good news! German Parliament Approves Same-Sex Marriage
Russian Hackers Reportedly Discussed Getting Hillary Clinton's Emails To Michael Flynn
Trump’s voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S.
(Satire, BARELY:) After the president’s tweet, I must withdraw my support for everything but his agenda
MTV News: The Good, the Bad, and the Contradictions of an Ill-Fated Experiment
This is great: Paddington Bear, Refugee
Ooh, Jezebel is starting an advice column!
Heh: A Guide to All the Lifestyle Concepts You’ll Be Forced to Know About Soon
New Sentences: From ‘Supercut,’ by Lorde
Ooooh: Avebury stone circle contains hidden square, archaeologists find
Russian Hackers Reportedly Discussed Getting Hillary Clinton's Emails To Michael Flynn
Trump’s voter-fraud commission wants to know voting history, party ID and address of every voter in the U.S.
(Satire, BARELY:) After the president’s tweet, I must withdraw my support for everything but his agenda
MTV News: The Good, the Bad, and the Contradictions of an Ill-Fated Experiment
This is great: Paddington Bear, Refugee
Ooh, Jezebel is starting an advice column!
Heh: A Guide to All the Lifestyle Concepts You’ll Be Forced to Know About Soon
New Sentences: From ‘Supercut,’ by Lorde
Ooooh: Avebury stone circle contains hidden square, archaeologists find