Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/31/22)

Happy New Year's Eve! Today is Saturday.

Juan Guaidó Is Voted Out as Leader of Venezuela’s Opposition (NYT)

Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95 (The Guardian) 

What we know about the University of Idaho stabbings (NPR)

5 things President Biden did for LGBTQ+ people this year (LGBTQ Nation)

The year tech giants fell to earth (Grid)

And: Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022 (Vox)

Barack Obama Reveals Favorite Movies, Music and Books of 2022: ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ Beyoncé and Michelle Obama’s Memoir Make the Cut (THR)

18 LGBTQ+ Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2022 (LGBTQ Nation)

The Year We Wanted to Be Fancy Little Bitches (Eater)

Gossip was the saving grace of 2022 (Vox)

And some longer reads:

The war in Ukraine, zero-covid in China, Iran protests and climate nightmares: The world in 2022, in 50 photos (Grid)

33 Cool Charts We Made In 2022 (FiveThirtyEight)

The Coolest Space Images of 2022 (Gizmodo)

Books of the Year 2022 (History Today)

9 breakthroughs this year that gave us hope for the future (Vox)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/30/22) - Friday Happy Links!

Happy Friday! As is our wont, we're taking a break from the news for some happy links.

Ooh, I'll have to go see it: Currier Museum acquires rare 17th century painting by Dutch artist ‘lost to history’ (NHPR)

It's all EXTREMELY gay: Benoit Blanc Is The Fashion Star Of Glass Onion (Bustle)

Let it snow: Scientists make metallic snowflakes out of nanoparticles (Ars Technica)

This sounds so good! The Mimicking of Known Successes Is a Cozy, Holmesian Sci-Fi Mystery (Gizmodo)

Take a Sneak Peek at Amtrak’s Newest Trains (Smithsonian)

This celebrity/topic combination seems hilariously random, but hey, maybe you need a suggestion! Walton Goggins Shares His Favorite Sparkling Wines for New Year’s Eve (THR)

I read this and ordered these immediately: The Ingenious $10 Amazon Find That’ll Corral Your Entire Ornament Collection (Apartment Therapy)

An ode to cribbage, the game that taught me a new (love) language (NPR)

The Best 2023 Bookish Wall Calendars (Book Riot)

Our Favorite Easy Digestivo Cocktails (Punch)

And some longer Friday reads:

Making Wassail and Victorian Mince Pies (History Hit)

I've already bought one from this list and am enjoying it! Best games of 2022 chosen by NPR (NPR)

10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022 (Live Science)

How to Make Flavourful Vegetable Stock (The First Mess)

The Best Traditional Mysteries of the Year (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/29/22)

Today is Thursday and I am headed off to visit family for the long weekend!

UGH, I hate that he could force them into this: Jan. 6 Committee Withdraws Its Subpoena of Trump (NYT)

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Anti-Showman (Slate)

UN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women (WaPo)

More UGH: Supreme Court allows border restrictions for asylum-seekers to continue for now (NPR)

The hate hasn’t stopped, Club Q shooting survivors tell House lawmakers (The 19th*)

‘Life no longer as we know it’: war in space would have devastating effects, military experts say (The Guardian)

Good: TikTok Banned On Devices Issued By U.S. House Of Representatives (Deadline)

Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for His Country’s Role in the Slave Trade (NYT)

3M says it will stop producing PFAS chemicals that have contaminated communities across New Hampshire (NHPR)

Excavations reveal pilgrims’ lamps and inscriptions at ‘tomb of Salome’ (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Jingle Bell Time Is a Swell Time to Decide About a 2024 Campaign (NYT)

Are unions thriving or shrinking? How 2022 reshaped the labor movement. (Grid)

Red Arrows and a kitten: Ministry of Defence’s best photographs 2022 (The Guardian)

Fourteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2022 (Smithsonian)

German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love With a Centuries-Old History (Atlas Obscura)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/28/22)

I had to think about it for several moments while making the bed this morning, but today is Wednesday.

Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor (NYT)

Serbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo (WaPo)

I see: Military Device Containing Thousands of Peoples’ Biometric Data Reportedly Sold on eBay (Gizmodo)

Russia's economy is still working but sanctions are starting to have an effect (NPR)

Winter storms put the US power grid to the test. It failed. (Vox)

As winter settles in New Hampshire, unhoused look for warm places to stay (NHPR)

Why the 2022 election was historic for Muslim women’s representation (The 19th*)

The unionizing studio is called PROLETARIAT. I can't stop laughing. Workers Launch Third Union Drive at Activision Blizzard (THR)

Italian police use Lamborghini to deliver kidneys to transplant patients (The Guardian)

U.S. Restores J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Security Clearance After 68 Years (Smithsonian)

And some longer reads:

How The War In Ukraine Has Exposed Georgia's Fault Lines (RFE)

Lula won Brazil’s closest-ever election. That was the easy part. (WaPo)

‘Carol of the Bells,’ a Christmas Staple From Ukraine, a Century Later (NYT)

Giving you this a few days early so you can prepare: 9 Foods Meant to Bring You Good Luck in the New Year (The Takeout)

16 Gripping Novels That Feature Diaries, Journals, and a Strong Sense of Place (SSoP)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/27/22)

Today is Tuesday! And I have to remember how to do my job.

At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in 'once-in-a-generation storm' (NPR)

Captured Russian tanks and equipment are coveted trophies — and a headache (WaPo)

Taiwan extends mandatory military service to one year (BBC)

Fourth member of scandal-hit Japanese cabinet resigns (The Guardian)

In case you haven't been following this story, this is a Congressman-elect: George Santos Admits to Lying About College and Work History (NYT)

New Hampshire reported an uptick in hate crimes in 2021, according to FBI data (NHPR)

This is awful: No response from state officials as some Alaskans go months without food stamps (APM)

Congressional Equality Caucus releases first report on the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the US (LGBTQ Nation)

More than 500 musicians demand accountability after Juilliard misconduct allegations (NPR)

Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

The revenge of history in Ukraine: year of war has shaken up world order (The Guardian)

The Jan. 6 committee’s final report says some key questions remain unanswered. Here are 8 of them. (Grid)

The Most Sought After Manuscript in Publishing? The Jan. 6 Report. (NYT)

‘We don’t want to leave’: If Obergefell is overturned, LGBTQ+ people in the South will bear the brunt (The 19th*)

Airport Art Is Taking Off (HyperAllergic)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/26/22)

Today is . . . Monday! Weirdly enough! And I just wanted to mention that I'm going to respect the Twelve Days of Christmas and scatter a few holiday links in for the next bit, if I see something I think is worth sharing.

Adam Schiff: My Fellow Members of the Jan. 6 Committee and I Don’t Want You to Forget About ‘the Republican Congressmen’ (NYT)

China stages big military incursion, Taiwan says (BBC)

Taliban stop women from working for aid organisations (The Guardian)

Rights Watchdog Says Failure To Investigate January Protest Abuses Leaves 'Damaging Legacy' For Kazakhstan (RFE)

More racists using people as props: Busloads of migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve (NPR)

This is TRULY INCREDIBLE, please read it: A Totally Normal Interview With Author Emily St. John Mandel (Slate)

N.H. is putting COVID wastewater data online, helping track virus’s spread (NHPR)

California Fast Food Workers Are Being Shortchanged Again (The Takeout)

Christmas cake: the traditional Sri Lankan treat uniting an island and its diaspora (The Guardian)

It’s a Wonderful Noir: Exploring the Seedy Underbelly of a Christmas Classic (CrimeReads)

And some longer reads:

The real life consequences of vaccine conspiracists demanding unvaccinated blood (Grid)

For Weinstein survivors, mixed verdict brings complicated feelings and hope for accountability (The 19th*)

Black Travelers Say Home-Share Hosts Discriminate, and a New Airbnb Report Agrees (NYT)

The Best Noir Fiction of 2022 (CrimeReads)

The Lights of Christmas 2022 (The Atlantic)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/25/22)

Merry Christmas! We're sticking with the theme today. (And it's Sunday, to the best of my reckoning.)

‘It won’t be like before’: Christmas in Ukraine transformed by war (The Guardian)

At a holiday celebration in southern Ukraine, ‘kids still need miracles.’ (NYT)

US winter storm: Americans and Canadians face mass outages on Christmas Day (BBC)

Christmas preparations for traditional Mexican dishes begin at a Nashua butcher shop (NHPR)

So cute: Willow The Cat Celebrates First Christmas In Biden White House (HuffPost)

How a century-long Russian conspiracy hid that the beloved “Nutcracker” composer was gay (LGBTQ Nation)

Is this the future of Christmas trees? (Grid)

Charmaine Wilkerson’s ‘Black Cake’ Uses a Beloved Christmas Food to Reveal Untold Family Stories (Eater)

An Eggless Christmas (History Today)

This Family Gave the World the Snow Globe (Atlas Obscura)

And some longer festive reads:

Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’ (NYT)

Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history (NPR)

Jokes of Christmas Past: The History of Crackers… With Some Jokes Thrown In (History Hit)

Frankly I was not expecting so much Bobby Kennedy in this piece: How the Union Army’s Beloved Marching Song Became a French Christmas Favorite (Slate)

Chi-rho pages for Christmas (Medieval manuscripts blog)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/24/22)

Today is . . . Saturday. Happy Christmas Eve!

With Detailed Evidence and a Call for Accountability, Jan. 6 Panel Seeks a Legacy (NYT)

The Power of Volodymyr Zelensky’s Charm Offensive (Slate)

A Christmas far from home: Ukrainian families’ hopes and fears amid their new lives in Europe (The Guardian)

Some Iranians Move Their Protests To Rooftops, Windows As Demonstrations Enter Fourth Month (RFE)

Good: FDA changes Plan B label to clarify 'morning-after' pill doesn't cause abortion (NPR)

Brittney Griner is home, but the work isn’t over (The 19th*)

NH expects 2.9M visitors this winter (NHPR)

How to Feast Like a Hallmark Christmas Movie Character Across New England (Eater)

A Beautiful, Haunting Poem About Snow by Emily Dickinson (SSoP)

I'm listening: Aperol Spritz, But Make It Hot (Punch)

And some longer reads:

'Tis the Season for Sufjan (Vulture)

What Nativity Scenes Tell Us About the Evolution of Christianity (Smithsonian)

In case you're playing bartender this weekend: Hack the Classics for the Holidays (Punch)

Or maybe you need this, I don't know your life: For the Wallowers Among Us: The 15 Saddest Christmas Songs Ever (Jezebel)

In case you need some entertainment tonight: Yes, Incredibly, Another 10 Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place at Christmas (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/23/22) - Friday Happy Links!

I hope everyone in the path of the storm is safe. Here are your Friday happy links!

New England artist sends a message of joy, literally, with the Hanukkah Forever stamp (GBH)

Winter solstice comes to Stonehenge — and so does a new debate over the ancient monument’s mysterious origins (Grid)

Some good ones here! U.S. Postal Service Reveals Additional Stamps for 2023 (USPS)

Our Favorite Champagne Cocktails (Punch)

These three empanaderos are bringing Latin American flavors to New Hampshire (NHPR)

For 158 Years, a Cézanne Portrait Hid Behind a Still Life of Bread and Eggs (Smithsonian)

The Town That Panettone Built (Eater)

More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain (The Guardian)

‘Lord of the Rings; Rings of Power’: How the Canals of Venice and Germany Inspired a Multi-Layered World (Variety)

Fave Five: Be Gay, Do Crimes YA (LGBTQ Reads)

And some longer Friday reads...

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in an English Country Manor House (CrimeReads)

Looking For A New Book? Check Out This List Of 27 From LGBTQ+ Authors That You're Sure To Love (BuzzFeed)

Some good inspiration here if you're doing any last-minute baking: A Cookie for Everyone (King Arthur)

11 Brand-New Canadian Cookbooks to Dig Into Over the Holidays (Eater)

Most Anticipated Middle Grade Fiction: January-June 2023 (LGBTQ Reads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/22/22)

Today is Thursday and I have lots of baking and knitting to do!

Volodymyr Zelenskiy channels Churchill to briefly unite a polarised US Congress (The Guardian)

Coalition Deal Puts Netanyahu on Brink of Power in Israel (NYT)

Coronavirus: China's hospitals seem to be filling up - WHO (BBC)

American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades (NPR)

Awful: City and state officials clear three Concord encampments, leaving dozens without shelter (NHPR)

Success of ‘slavery on the ballot’ measures could help incarcerated pregnant people of color (The 19th*)

US Postal Service fulfills top Biden climate goal with deployment of 66,000 electric delivery trucks (CNN)

Davante Lewis is the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to statewide office in Louisiana (LGBTQ Nation)

You’ve Got to Be Kidding! Real ID Deadline for Domestic Fliers Is Extended. Again. (NYT)

Oh NO. (Luckily it sounds like she didn't lose too much work.) Ann Cleeves loses laptop containing draft of new book in Shetland blizzard (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Why Germany and Japan are rebuilding their military power 8 decades after World War II (Grid)

A Tour Of Ukraine's Battle-Scarred Snake Island (RFE)

A Look Inside New York’s Swirling Kaleidoscope of Faiths (NYT)

The ‘Perpetual Broths’ That Simmer For Decades (Atlas Obscura)

The Best Crime Movies of 2022 (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/21/22)

Today is Wednesday and I am on vacation to do ALL the Christmas prep! I have to go to the post office and grocery store. Remember me fondly.

Zelensky Will Meet With Biden in Washington and Address Congress, Officials Say (NYT)

House committee votes to make public Trump’s tax returns (WaPo)

Decoding every Jan. 6 committee criminal referral against Donald Trump (Grid)

Taliban ban Afghan women from university education (The Guardian)

UGH: U.S. Supreme Court extends border restrictions just before they were set to end (NPR)

And: Rwanda migrant plan is lawful, High Court rules (BBC)

Uhh … What’s Going to Happen to All That Money Sam Bankman-Fried Gave Politicians? (Slate)

Biden’s judicial nominations have set records for diversity, but dozens remain unconfirmed (The 19th*)

Korean War soldier who went missing identified, buried in Littleton (NHPR)

Long Covid: the patient who’s made an app to track symptoms (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

An Alternate Reality: How Russia’s State TV Spins the Ukraine War (NYT)

Even after the FTX scandal, Washington is bamboozled over how to regulate crypto (Grid)

This is a really good list! 9 Last-Minute Gifts You Can Buy at CVS (The Takeout)

Thomas Paine on Popular Government in America: Evolution of a Radical's Thinking (JAR)

8 Mythology Books for Adults (Book Riot)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/20/22)

Today is Tuesday and it's my last day of work before Christmas!

The Jan. 6 Committee Recommended Charges for Donald Trump. Now We Wait And See. (Slate)

In Capitol Attack, Over 900 People Have Been Criminally Charged (NYT)

Putin’s mission to Minsk raises fears he will drag Belarus into Ukraine war (The Guardian)

Irmgard Furchner: Nazi typist guilty of complicity in 10,500 murders (BBC)

Harvey Weinstein Convicted on Three Charges of Rape and Sexual Assault (Variety)

AGREED: New Hampshire is not entitled to hold the first primary (NH Bulletin)

LGBTQ discrimination is illegal in Colorado — but other states don’t have similar laws in place (Grid)

Actors’ Equity Members Approve New Three-Year Contract For Broadway, Sit-Down Productions (THR)

FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M over children’s privacy and item shop charges (TechCrunch)

Ooh: ‘Oppenheimer’ Trailer: Destruction Looms In Christopher Nolan’s Atomic Bomb Pic Starring Cillian Murphy (Deadline)

And some longer reads:

A century and counting: Ukraine's ongoing fight to free itself from Russia (NPR)

Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers (NYT)

The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline (The Atlantic)

A new museum and clinic will honor the enslaved “Mothers of Gynecology” (The 19th*)

The Best International Crime Fiction of 2022 (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/19/22)

Today is Monday, and it's the last work week before Christmas! Here's my weekly TV news roundup at The Televixen.

Ukraine Says Russia Uses Iranian Kamikaze Drones In Early Morning Attack (RFE)

What Can We Expect From the Jan. 6 Committee’s Big Finale This Week? (Slate)

Proud Boys Trial Is Set to Open, Focusing on Role in Jan. 6 Violence (NYT)

Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 (The Guardian)

New models predict at least 1 million deaths in China amid covid surge (WaPo)

Sri Lanka's children go hungry as food prices soar (BBC)

N.H. to receive $15 million from Walmart for opioid crisis recovery and treatment (NHPR)

Here’s how states plan to limit abortion — even where it is already banned (The 19th*)

And: In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion (NPR)

LGBTQ Representation in Film Rises While Racial Diversity and Screen Time Decline, Per GLAAD Report (THR)

And some longer reads:

I haven't had time to read through all of this yet, but it's definitely on my list for today: Putin's War (NYT)

QAnon, adrift after Trump’s defeat, finds new life in Elon Musk’s Twitter (WaPo)

Artificially (un)intelligent: An AI search engine for science spits out climate denialism and covid misinformation (Grid)

The Romano-British Writing Tablets of Vindolanda (Antigone)

Fun Books to Read During Hanukkah (Book Riot)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/18/22)

Today is Sunday and somehow there is only ONE WEEK until Christmas?? Who allowed this???

Russia ‘may try to re-enact its early invasion plans of Ukraine on anniversary of war’ (The Guardian)

Henry Kissinger Wrote a Peace Plan for Ukraine. It’s Ludicrous. (Slate)

Protesters in Peru refuse to back down as political crisis deepens (WaPo)

Tunisia: President Saied urged to resign after 'fiasco' election (BBC)

Congress Is Considering Financial Help for Parents. Here Are Details. (NYT)

Updated COVID booster shots reduce the risk of hospitalization, CDC reports (NPR)

In my more politically anxious moments, it IS comforting to know I could literally walk across the border to Vermont from my house. Ban on slavery and right to abortion officially added to Vermont Constitution (Vermont Public)

Go check and apply if you're eligible! Governor says fewer people than expected have applied for energy assistance program (NH Bulletin)

ChatGPT shows how far AI has come and its acute limitations — like being right (Grid)

Hmm: With a big budget, Manchester wants to revitalize its brand (NHPR)

And some longer reads:

‘Wiped out’: War in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Russian brigade (WaPo)

What would success look like for the protests in China and Iran? (Grid)

YOU DON'T SAY. (Also, this is a gift link - if you're not a subscriber it doesn't count against your article limit - so please read it!) Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises (NYT)

Light fantastic: neon nights – in pictures (The Guardian)

This is delightful, if you're still shopping: The CrimeReads 2022 Holiday Gift Guide (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/17/22)

Today is Saturday and it's still snowing!

Ukraine warns of long outages after wave of Russian strikes hit power grid (The Guardian)

Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection and Other Charges (NYT)

GOOD: U.S. appeals court ruling means border expulsions on track to end Dec. 21 (WaPo)

The lame-duck Senate has a new bill to protect the census after Trump's interference (NPR)

Twitter reinstates banned journalists' accounts (BBC)

A Christmas covid surge is looking more likely, again. But getting sick isn’t inevitable. (Grid)

Good! New Hampshire becomes latest state to ban TikTok from government devices (NHPR)

Harvard University appoints Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president (CNN)

Fancy! Ancient barn conversion with steam room found at Roman villa in Rutland (The Guardian)

Brisbane nativity camels returned safely after stroll (BBC)

And some longer reads:

This is truly terrifying. This is how genocide starts. Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans (WaPo)

Children's hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge of respiratory illness (NPR)

I can't stop thinking about this extremely wild story: I Think I Found Kyrsten Sinema’s Side Hustle (Slate)

For your planning purposes: The 22 Most Popular Holiday Appetizers (Half-Baked Harvest)

The Best Historical Fiction of the Year: 2022 (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/16/22) - Friday Happy Links!

It's a very snowy Friday here, and it's time to take a break for some happy links!

King Arthur Wants You to Love Holiday Baking (Eater)

This looks fun: Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux's Watergate Series Sets HBO Premiere: Watch the Star-Packed Trailer (TVLine)

This made me kind of want one: Squishmallows Are Taking Over the World (Slate)

Ooh, some good ideas here: Fug Nation Loves “Last Minute” Stocking Stuffers/Gifty Things (GFY)

The Best Cakes for the Holidays Are Also the Simplest (NYT)

Fave Five: Queer YA Set in the 1930s (LGBTQ Reads)

Best New Baking Cookbooks for Holiday Gifting (Book Riot)

The Best Nonalcoholic Spirits for Mixing, According to Bartenders (Punch)

Archaeologists say find near Stonehenge is ancient goldsmith’s toolkit (The Guardian)

Word Search for the Winter Solstice and Beyond (Autostraddle)

And some longer Friday reads:

Some great choices here: The Best Romance Novels of 2022 (NYT)

And here: The Best Crime Novels of the Year: 2022 (CrimeReads)

2022 Christmas Cookie Box (Half-Baked Harvest)

31 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters (Autostraddle)

The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022 (NPR)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/15/22)

Happy Thursday! We're getting ready for a snowstorm here!

No Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine, Russia says, as winter deadlock sets in (The Guardian)

Good!! You can order free COVID tests again by mail (NPR)

Lawmakers grapple with sheer size of FTX’s missing billions (WaPo)

Of course: Twitter Trust and Safety Council members describe weeks of radio silence from the company and Musk (Grid) 

That's something: Congress Set to Replace Dred Scott Author’s Statue With Thurgood Marshall (NYT)

Social media influencers charged with $100m stock scheme (BBC)

N.H. hospitals are seeing a sharp rise in flu cases (NHPR)

Patient mistrust and poor access hamper federal efforts to overhaul family planning (The 19th*)

Propaganda or Protest? Hans Baumann’s ‘Alexander’ (BL European studies blog)

Meteorite that landed in Cotswolds may solve mystery of Earth’s water (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Whew, an essential Kyrsten Sinema read: ‘She Made an Idiot Out of Me’ (The Atlantic)

The 80-year-old book that explains Elon Musk and tech’s new right-wing tilt (Vox)

Inside Wuhan: How China’s ground zero for covid hit its zero-covid tipping point (Grid)

Can a National Museum Rebuild Its Collection Without Colonialism? (NYT)

Simonen in America (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/14/22)

Today is Wednesday and my dad's birthday! Yesterday he (mostly) cheerfully spent his day driving me to a medical appointment across the state, waiting, and driving me home. ("Mostly" because we hit some completely ridiculous traffic and neither of us were cheerful.) Happy birthday, Dad!

Generators ‘as important as armour’ to Ukraine surviving winter, says Zelenskiy (The Guardian)

The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Is Wasting No Time (Slate)

Good for her: Oregon governor commutes all 17 of state's death sentences (BBC)

I see: Amazon launched a driver tipping promotion on the same day it got sued over tip fraud (NPR)

Acknowledging ‘the promise of equal justice falls short’ for some, N.H. courts aim to become more inclusive (NHPR)

This is so great! Definition of ‘Team’ updated to reflect gender diversity across the Podium Pathway (Skate Canada)

!!! Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers (NYT)

What holds women back from the tech industry? Girls Who Code report assesses gender gap (The 19th*)

History Is Shouting... All You Need to Do Is Listen (CrimeReads)

Hand of Irulegi: ancient bronze artefact could help trace origins of Basque language (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

‘We’re not going back’: Hillary Clinton on the message of the midterms and women’s rights (The 19th*)

They brought their sick baby to the hospital. Three days later, the state took their kids away. (WaPo)

Can police use facial recognition as probable cause? Probably not, but some are doing it anyway (Grid)

Close Encounters of the Fishy Kind; or Oppian’s Maritime World (Antigone)

Seven Wildly Entertaining Books About Agatha Christie and Her Characters (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/13/22)

Good morning! Today is Tuesday!

Ukrainian forces damage key bridge near Melitopol, reports say (The Guardian)

India and China troops clash on Arunachal Pradesh mountain border (BBC)

I see: Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Jan. 6 Insurrection Should Have Been Armed (Slate)

Bankman-Fried, disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange, arrested in Bahamas (NPR)

The cheapest World Cup seats cost more than a week of wages for the migrant workers who built them (Grid)

Karen Bass’s First Act as L.A.’s Mayor: Declaring Homelessness an Emergency (NYT)

In the wake of the Colorado Springs shooting, two LGBTQ+ lawmakers talk policy priorities (The 19th*)

Go Deb!! (Don't worry, I know her, I'm not just being overly familiar.) Head of N.H. teachers’ union sues top education official over Education Freedom Accounts (NHPR)

That's great: Nielsen-Owned Gracenote to Track Disability Representation on TV (Variety)

This is fun: What is the sound of Facebook’s value crashing? Noisycharts turns news into noise (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

A Putin nuclear strike on Ukraine? A Chinese attack against Taiwan? How the US prepares for global nightmares. (Grid)

She Wrote the Memo That Helped Take Down Harvey Weinstein. She’s Finally Ready to Talk. (THR)

Big Oil Companies Are Selling Their Wells. Some Worry Taxpayers Will Pay to Clean Them Up. (ProPublica)

The Columbus Clippers Made Public Sports Ownership Work. Can Anyone Else? (Defector)

Martin Edwards On E. C. R. Lorac's Delightful Whodunit, These Names Make Clues (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/12/22)

Today is Monday and my mom's birthday! Happy birthday, Mom! And here's my weekly TV news roundup at The Televixen.

Russia Is Using Old Ukrainian Missiles Against Ukraine, General Says (NYT)

Peru president paves way for early elections after two killed in latest protests (The Guardian)

Majidreza Rahnavard: Iran carries out second execution over protests (BBC)

Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the 'tripledemic' rages (NPR)

Americans Generally Support Unions — And Averting A Rail Strike (FiveThirtyEight)

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle Resigns After Failed Simon & Schuster Deal (Deadline)

New England’s grid is expected to be reliable this winter, but a cold snap could cause issues (NHPR)

Related: The North Carolina power grid attack exposes a troubling reality (Grid)

Working in extreme heat is risky for pregnant workers. Advocates say passing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act could help. (The 19th*)

Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one (NPR)

The Prince, the Plot and a Long-Lost Reich (NYT)

Surging Twitter antisemitism unites fringe, encourages violence, officials say (WaPo)

Why the Founding Generation Fell So Hard for the Illuminati Story (Slate)

What Can We Learn From A 1794 Novel About Turning Points In Crime Fiction? (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/11/22)

Happy Sunday! Clearly I need to actually get in the routine of posting the link to this on social media like I said I would, because yesterday I just . . . didn't. So if you missed it and would like to peek at yesterday's links, head this way! 

Ukrainian strike hits Russian barracks in occupied Melitopol (The Guardian)

In her first election as a U.S. citizen, this Michigan lawyer got to vote on a measure she co-wrote (The 19th*)

Where the midterms haven’t ended yet (Grid)

Active shooter threats at N.H. schools appear to be a hoax, according to state officials (NHPR)

Kansas oil spill is Keystone pipeline's biggest ever, according to federal data (NPR)

Same-sex households in the U.S. surpass 1 million for the first time, data shows (NBC News)

Wow: Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer (BBC)

Olive Oil Never Needed a Rebrand — But It’s Getting One Anyway (Eater)

What It’s Like to Use an Arranged Marriage App (Slate)

‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa trove (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Putin’s propagandists have a new message about Ukraine: If we don’t win, we’ll all be tried for war crimes (Grid)

Sherrilyn Ifill: When Oral Arguments Matter (NYRB)

What’s stopping more Native Americans from graduating college? The cost, a landmark study finds. (The 19th*)

Insensible Loss (Guernica)

How Dice Helped Me Tame My TBR (Book Riot)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/10/22)

Happy Saturday! Let's get back to the news. There's . . . a lot of it.

First of all, I AM SO RELIEVED. Brittney Griner Is Home in Texas, Here’s What’s Next (Autostraddle)

Phew. Not perfect, but an important step for us: House passes bill to protect same-sex marriage, sending it to Biden's desk (NBC News)

In, uh, less good queer political news, she's been such a fucking disappointment from the start: Sinema leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent (CNN)

Lotta nonsense this week, Arizona!! Kari Lake Sues Arizona’s Largest County, Seeking to Overturn Her Defeat (NYT)

I see: Florida Republican who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ resigns after federal indictment (Politico)

Fingers crossed!! A Moment of Promise at the Supreme Court (Slate)

Mohsen Shekari: Iran carries out first execution over protests (BBC)

German far-right groups becoming increasingly organized, says a historian (NPR)

A surge of RSV infections is straining capacity at N.H. hospitals (NHPR)

Oldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

In freeing Griner, Biden faced resistance abroad and at home (WaPo)

The Germany coup plot: How QAnon is dangerously evolving in Europe (Grid)

Can an Island Feed Itself? (NYT)

What Does the Sea Sound Like? (Hazlitt)

The Classic Classic? Antigone Hits 250 (Antigone)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/9/22) - Friday Happy Links!

Happy Friday! For anyone new around here, on Fridays we take a break from the news and have a set of fun/happy links. Though today I must take a moment first and say I'm SO HAPPY ABOUT BRITTNEY GRINER'S RELEASE, which broke about two minutes too late to get into yesterday's links. We'll have a story about that when regular links return tomorrow, of course. On to your usual Friday programming!

Congratulations, Mayor Smith! Jaylen Smith: Arkansas elects youngest black mayor in US (BBC)

The first few eps came out yesterday! Harry & Meghan Doc Sets Release Date at Netflix — Plus, Watch a New Trailer (TVLine)

No snowflakes are the same. These stunning close-up photos are proof. (WaPo)

SO EXCITED: ‘Happy Valley’ Season 3 Teaser Hints at Fresh Drama for Sarah Lancashire (VIDEO) (TV Insider)

Fave Five: New Queer Holiday Romances (LGBTQ Reads)

DAISY JONES & THE SIX: Prime Video Sets March Debut, Releases First Photos (GMMR)

Frankly I should not have even let myself look at this. DANGER. Fug Nation Loves Tartan (And Plaid)! (GFY)

If Books Were Drinks, These Would Be Hot Toddies (NYT)

The Best Holiday Cocktails, According to Eater Editors (Eater)

Ooh, I need to try these: Crispy Cheesy Sweet Potato Bites (Half-Baked Harvest)

And some longer Friday reads...

Come for the foodie nostalgia, stay for the amazing John Lennon anecdote. (I have my mom's copy on my cookbook shelf right behind me!) ‘The Silver Palate Cookbook’ Changed Home Cooking (and Pesto Consumption) As We Know It (Eater)

The Best Crime Novels of 2022 (NYT)

Larkin in Latin (Antigone)

This is an amazing resource: The Ultimate List of Sapphic Holiday Romances (Jae)

A Roundtable Discussion on Christmas Mysteries (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/8/22)

Good morning! Today is Thursday. You may notice that I have no links going to the New York Times today, which is fairly rare. It's because their union has requested that readers stand with their 24-hour work stoppage (this past midnight to this coming midnight). For more information on what's going on, just click the first link below. (Also I forgot to find a non-NYT link for this but Aaron Judge!!)

The New York Times is bracing for a historic mass walkout as union negotiations go down to the wire (CNN)

‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson (The Guardian)

I clearly have not been paying enough attention to non-Russia and China international events because this coup attempt felt like it came out of nowhere (TO ME, I mean): Pedro Castillo: Peru's ousted president detained by police in Lima (BBC)

Nancy Pelosi: I’m proud to protect marriage as one of my last acts as speaker (WaPo)

Related: Why 12 Senate Republicans broke from their party to support a same-sex marriage bill (Grid)

Deeply divided New Hampshire House comes together (NHPR)

Good! Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani is sentenced to nearly 13 years for his role in Theranos fraud (NPR)

‘Expressive times’: Publishing industry an open book in 2022 (AP)

Uber Eats and Chicago Reach $10 Million Settlement Over Deceptive Practices (Eater)

Aww: Last surviving Dambuster, ‘Johnny’ Johnson, dies aged 101 (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Dispatch from Kherson: Inside Ukraine’s battle to win the infrastructure war (Grid)

China just announced a new social credit law. Here’s what it means. (MIT Technology Review)

Centering the Voices of Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Sapiens)

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial (ProPublica)

Reviving the Restoration: How I Choose Locations for My Historical Thrillers (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/7/22)

Today is Wednesday and we're starting with TWO pieces of good news. Wild.

Trump’s Company Is Guilty of Tax Fraud, a Blow to the Firm and the Man (NYT)

Warnock beats Walker in Ga. runoff, growing Democrats’ Senate majority (WaPo)

You know it's bad if the CDC is actually saying the word "mask:" CDC encourages people to wear masks to help prevent spread of Covid, flu and RSV over the holidays (CNBC)

Wow: China announces a roll-back of its strict anti-COVID-19 measures (NPR)

Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government (NYT)

The Frightening Implications of Gorsuch’s Angry Questions About State “Reeducation” (Slate)

Emergency shelters gear up for winter as N.H.’s housing crisis continues (NHPR)

Union-busting is bad!! HarperCollins Adds ‘Christmas’ to Jewish Book Title Without Author’s Consent (The Mary Sue)

Good for him, and this is a really good statement, I recommend you click through and read it: Neal Bledsoe Steps Away From Great American Family: ‘My Support for the LGBTQIA+ Community Is Unconditional’ (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)

World faces ‘terminal’ loss of Arctic sea ice during summers, report warns (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

The Crimea question: Why Ukraine’s final battle might be the Western alliance’s toughest test (Grid)

More Than Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder Sparked a Movement, Police Reform Has Stalled. What Happened? (ProPublica)

Ashkenazi Jews Have Become More Genetically Similar Over Time (NYT)

What Cargo Cult Rituals Reveal About Human Nature (Sapiens)

Dracula vs. the FBI (CrimeReads)

How to get posts by email

Unfortunately, Blogger has taken away their feature that allowed for email subscriptions to blogs. I'm still looking at alternatives for a more newsletter style email, but for now, you can get free email notifications when I post via Blogtrottr. It's very easy and you don't need to create an account with them or anything, and they should email you within about an hour of each post.

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3. Enter your email address in the next box and click the Feed Me button.

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And that's it! It's quite easy but let me know if you run into any issues.

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/6/22)

Good morning! I'd moved my daily curated links to a newsletter for a few years, but the service I was using has changed their business model, so I'm back here, at least for now and we'll see how it goes. You can find the new posts via RSS feed/reader or just by going to the front page of this site every morning. I am hoping to get something set up today that will allow the option of email notifications, too - stay tuned. And please let me know if anything in the formatting etc. seems off as I settle in here.

Drone attack hits oil storage tank at airfield in Russia’s Kursk region (The Guardian)

Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized at Mar-a-Lago in major defeat for Trump (CNN)

The Easy-to-Miss Twist That Makes the Supreme Court’s New Gay Rights Case So Strange (Slate)

GOOD. NH should not be first. Biden pushes South Carolina as first primary state, elevates Georgia and Michigan (WaPo)

Infowars host Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, court records show (NBC News)

‘This is our new normal’: Fertility treatment advocates are gearing up to fight abortion bans and personhood laws (The 19th*)

Oh no! Bob McGrath, Longtime ‘Sesame Street’ Star, Dies at 90 (NYT)

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa (NPR)

Ugh: New Hampshire charter school enrollment increases 14% in past year (NH Bulletin)

French baguette gets Unesco heritage status (BBC)

And some longer reads...

Laws that keep people from voting are bad!! Turnout Was Strong in Georgia, but Mail Voting Plummets After New Law (NYT)

World in Photos: Mauna Loa erupts into a magnificent show after a four-decadelong rest (Grid)

How the FBI Stumbled in the War on Cybercrime (ProPublica)

The Art World's Catholic Problem (Hyperallergic)

Yeah Noir: Discovering New Zealand Crime Fiction (CrimeReads)