Morning Coffee (7/7/19)

Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations

Finally: Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged

Democrats Found A Major Recruit To Take On Susan Collins in 2020

Of course: DeVos Repeals Obama-Era Rule Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges

Lawyers Ask Judge to Order White Nationalist From Keene To Stop Alleged Threats

In male-dominated Afghanistan, justice for women is complicated

Trade War Has Damaged U.S. Chip Industry in Ways a Deal May Never Fix

Neanderthals’ history is as complicated as ours

This seems like a terrible idea! The ‘Les Misérables’ Revolving Stage Is Going. Fans Are in a Spin.

Dracula arrives in first blood-splattered look at Sherlock creators' miniseries

Morning Coffee (7/6/19)

Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage

Sudan Power-Sharing Deal Reached by Military and Civilian Leaders

Phew: The Alabama woman indicted after a miscarriage will not be prosecuted

After removing a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the DOJ is trying to put it back on — at Trump’s request

Republicans dominate state legislatures. That decides political power in America.

This is a good piece on corporations that say they support LGBTQIA+ rights but also give money to politicians who don't: AT&T Against Gay Rights

The new GOP attacks on Mueller will backfire on Trump — bigly

Ha: If The Democratic Primary Field Was a University History Department

Megan Rapinoe isn’t here to make you comfortable

3,400-year-old Palace Emerges From the Tigris River After Drought in Iraq

Morning Coffee (7/5/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet

! A Seinfeld Exhibit With Props, Costumes, Yada Yada Yada, Is Coming to New York

Disney Finds 'Little Mermaid' Star in Singer Halle Bailey

Red, White & Royal Blue fans, make sure you look at this History, Huh? merch with proceeds going to RAICES.

This sounds great: First look: Marie Lu turns to historical fiction in brand-new YA fantasy The Kingdom of Back

Ooh, this Carnival Row teaser is fun.

Exclusive preview: Daniel Mallory Ortberg returns with new memoir-in-essays

Fug Nation Loves Beach Totes!

Announcing Over the Woodward Wall, a New Fantasy Series from Seanan McGuire

8 of the Best Pens for Bullet Journaling Your Scribbles

Morning Coffee (7/4/19)

I think we're going with a holiday schedule through the weekend, so one post a day! At slightly weird times, apparently!

UGH: Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza

UGH: Justice Dept. Reverses Course on Citizenship Question on Census, Citing Trump’s Orders

But this call transcript about it is incredible.

An Open Letter to the Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum signed by over 100 scholars

Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s

Gross: Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He’s From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says

LGBTQ Groups Backing SAG-AFTRA in Member Privacy Fight Against IMDb

Deep-sea mining to turn oceans into ‘new industrial frontier’

This shouldn't have happened in the first place but good: Kim Kardashian will rename her “Kimono” shapewear brand after appropriation backlash

Milton Quon, Disney Animator on 'Fantasia' and 'Dumbo,' Dies at 105

Afternoon Tea (7/3/19)

This is great: So the President F*cking Hates My Girlfriend

SO MANY BOOKS THAT SOUND GREAT: Our Most Anticipated LGBTQAP YAs of 2019: July to December

NASA Reopens Apollo Mission Control Room That Once Landed Men on Moon

The Meaning Changed, But DiGiorno’s Slogan Stays the Same

The Boyfriends of Giarre

Morning Coffee (7/3/19)

GOOD: Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policy of Arbitrarily Jailing Asylum-Seekers

DHS Inspector General Finds 'Dangerous Overcrowding' In Border Patrol Facilities

Border agents confiscated lawmakers’ phones. Joaquin Castro captured photo and video anyway.

Phew: 2020 Census Won’t Have Citizenship Question as Trump Administration Drops Effort

Woww: Navy SEAL Acquitted Of Murder After Witness Claims To Have Killed ISIS Captive

About time: House Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns

Kamala Harris Doesn’t Have to Believe in Joe Biden’s Innocence

Amazing: Suspicious substance mailed to 'Straight Pride' organizers turns out to be … glitter

Good for him: Adam Scott Calls Out Mitch McConnell’s Social Media Team for Using His Image on Twitter

Lee Iacocca, Visionary Automaker Who Led Both Ford and Chrysler, Is Dead at 94

Afternoon Tea (7/2/19)

Why Are the Democrats’ Bad Men Refusing to Step Down?

No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water

“Everyone uses Ravelry”: why a popular knitting website’s anti-Trump stance is so significant

Interesting commentary on the industry here: Netflix canceled One Day at a Time. Then a traditional TV network resurrected it.

Australian Gothic Literature

Morning Coffee (7/2/19)

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

Agents feared riots, armed themselves because of dire conditions at migrant facility, DHS report says

No thank you: Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4

These people should all be ashamed of themselves. This is how evil regimes take hold. Alabamians Defend Arrest of Woman Whose Fetus Died in Shooting

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Transform American Elections

Good: Twitter Conspiracy Theorist Charged With a Felony in Lynch Threat Against Muslim Candidate

Oh no: Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale

This is the minimum any decent person should say, but given his position, it's still important and great that he said it: The Duke of Cambridge: ‘absolutely fine’ if children are LGBTQ

Eee, good winners! 2019 Locus Awards Winners

In Hawaii, Construction to Begin on Disputed Telescope Project

Afternoon Tea (7/1/19)

The Illiberal Right Throws a Tantrum

A Mystery Disease Is Killing Children, and Questions Linger About Lychees

Reader's Guide: Stonewall for Any Age

‘We’ve got five farmers’ – Cardiff Metropolitan University prepares for the Europa League

Noah's Ark and the Anglo-Saxons

Morning Coffee (7/1/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Protesters are trying to storm the Hong Kong government headquarters as I write this - here's the Guardian liveblog.

The Treatment of Migrants Likely ‘Meets the Definition of a Mass Atrocity’

There will be Close the Camps protests tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon. Find one near you.

Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War

The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore

Elizabeth Warren & Julián Castro Refused To Battle Each Other In The Debate. It Paid Off.

Gross: 2,495 Reports of Police Bias. Not One Was Deemed Valid by the N.Y.P.D.

This is extremely worrisome: New Study Shows Decline in LGBTQ Acceptance Among Young Americans

Good: Melvil Dewey's name stripped from top librarian award

Groundbreaking astronomer Kepler 'may have practised alchemy'