Afternoon Tea (5/31/17)

This is so interesting: Myanmar Is Restoring Temples to Rebuild its Heritage

I want a 3D pasta printer! Shapeshifting Food Could Make Novel Haute Cuisine While Reducing Shipping Cost

!!! Colonial Williamsburg Has a Luxury Historical Spa

Why America’s First Spanish-Language No. 1 in Decades Is Likely to Be the Song of the Summer

Heh: The unwritten rules of waiting several years to throw a baseball at Bryce Harper

Morning Coffee (5/31/17)

Oh, Germany, WE'RE ALL PERPLEXED, I promise: Germans perplexed as Trump escalates feud

Congress expands Russia investigation to include Trump's personal attorney

Shocker: Trump administration plans to minimize civil rights efforts in agencies

James Mattis Is the Last Adult Standing in Trumpworld. That’s Unsettling for a Lot of Reasons.

Get ready for tears: The Place Where Letters To Hillary Clinton Go

The Republicans' War on Medicaid

11 Years Old, a Mom, and Pushed to Marry Her Rapist in Florida

This is WILD: The Knife of Aristotle Isn't Just a Fake "Fake News" Site—It's a Cult

Oh interesting: The Ringer, Bill Simmons’s Site, Will Switch Its Host to Vox Media

Two WWII Bombers Have Officially Been Found Off the Coast of Papua New Guinea

Afternoon Tea (5/30/17)

Robin Wasserman is smart and great and worth reading as always: Kodak Moments: The Art of Nostalgia in the Digital Age

Can you imagine having to work for this nonsense man-child? The boss who lives as a medieval knight

Mail that baby: A brief history of kids sent through the U.S. Postal Service

In The Age Of Digital Medicine, The Humble Reflex Hammer Hangs On

Huh: Most of the World’s Bread Clips Are Made by a Single Company

Morning Coffee (5/30/17)

Not all that surprising, unfortunately, but still horrifying: Ordered to Catch a Warlord, Ugandan Troops Are Accused of Hunting Girls

Africa’s new slave trade: how migrants flee poverty to get sucked into a world of violent crime

At NATO Headquarters, Trump Fails Another Leadership Test

A Top Mar-A-Lago Employee Is Quietly Doing Government Work For Trump’s Foreign Trip (She's the one married to the felon who pretends to be Secret Service.)

The Single Greatest Witch Hunt in American History, for Real

The 7 Signs That Someone Might Be Running For President In 2020

Here’s the Secret Backstage Trump Drama at Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents

Sad news: Frank Deford, NPR's Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78

And in stupid and infuriating sports journalism news: Sportswriter Tweets That Japanese Indy 500 Winner Makes Him ‘Uncomfortable’

My friend Libby is very brave: Wonder how you'd do on 'American Ninja Warrior'? Watch our reporter brave the course

Morning Coffee (5/29/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

Uh... The Trump Organization Says It's 'Not Practical' to Comply With the Emoluments Clause

Trump's Proposed Budget Would Cut $2.2 Billion From Global Health Spending

The many ways Trump has tried to intervene in the Russia investigation, in one chart

Ivanka doesn’t moderate Trump; she sells him to moderates

Interesting: Asian Kenyans Seek to Be Declared a ‘Tribe’ of Their Own

!! D-day veteran becomes world's oldest skydiver at 101 and 38 days

Ha! JFK wrote a letter to his mom politely asking her to not contact heads of state without asking first

Ooh: 9 World War II Novels Coming Out This Summer

Every word of this headline fills me with horror: YouTube Stars, Wattpad Stories Tapped for Fullscreen’s Fan-Fiction Anthology Series

Morning Coffee (5/28/17)

Donald Trump Angled for Soviet Posting in 1980s, Says Nobel Prize Winner

‘Anyone . . . with a pulse’: How a Russia-friendly adviser found his way into the Trump campaign

Trump and Obama are having very different trips to Europe

Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations

President Con Artist

...clever! Private investigator accused of seeking Trump’s tax records through financial aid website

‘They’re not seen as human beings’: life for unmarried mothers in Tunisia

Texas Monthly has the best crime writing: Prosecutors Race to Keep Angel-of-Death Behind Bars

King Tut Artifacts Escorted by Police Through Cairo to Grand Egyptian Museum

Yeah, what IS the deal with mason jars???

Morning Coffee (5/27/17)

(The problem with happy Friday links these days is that there are then a million bombshells to catch up on on Saturday.)

Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin

Senate Intelligence Committee requests Trump campaign documents

Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia investigation

A Republican strategist is now confirmed to have colluded with Russian hackers

The Trump administration just lost its best chance at a legal win on the travel ban

A fascinating profile: Wanna Know What Donald Trump Is Really Thinking? Read Maggie Haberman

Click through for contract details - parental leave, yay! - if you're interested: Writers Guild of America Members Ratify New Three-Year Contract

I am very excited that Olivia Colman is coming back to our TVs: ‘Broadchurch’ Season 3 Gets June Premiere Date On BBC America

Heh: Harvard's Student Paper Is Drunk and Taking Potshots at Mark Zuckerberg

This is way harder than it should be, and in some cases I could only figure it out because Rowling would never write as badly as Trump speaks, even on purpose: Who Said It: Donald Trump or Vernon Dursley?

Morning Coffee (5/26/17)

Well, this has been... a week. Clearly we need some Friday happy links. Then I'm heading off for the long weekend, so morning posts will continue as usual but afternoon will return on Tuesday.

!! Cornell University reveals name of new Joe Biden ice cream flavor

Today in things I wish were relevant to my life right now: A Definitive Guide to the Best Macarons in Paris

Uh, Norway, what's going on over there?? Crown Prince Haakon Strangely Shaves His Beard During Gala Dinner

News you need: Chris Pine Wore 3 Summer Suits in One Day

Aw: Queen Elizabeth Has Been Wearing the Same $9 Nail Polish Since 1989

This How revolutionary are you? quiz is very pretty but it told me I'm BENEDICT ARNOLD.

I totally fell for this ridiculous clickbait but they were RIGHT, I would NOT have guessed: You'll Never Guess Who Natalie Wood's Daughter Married

You Absolutely Need These Prosecco Popsicles This Summer (I ABSOLUTELY DO.)

The Dozen's dozen: our pick of this season's best Premier League photos

This 27-year-old Scottish lad wants to be the first person to bagpipe in every country

Afternoon Tea (5/25/17)

Juicy! LuLaRoe's Consultants Are Furious With the Brand

Let's go IMMEDIATELY: This Shop Will Cover Your Ice Cream in Edible Pearls and Flowers

TV is better than ever — yet we talk endlessly about the same tiny handful of shows

This makes really important points: Who Gets to Be Low-Maintenance?

Norway teens say their graduation blowouts beat them all (This is an ongoing plot on Skam and it is CRAZY.)

Morning Coffee (5/25/17)

This is horrifying (and was wild to watch play out on Twitter last night): Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter (He'll probably still win the election today.)

Important to note: The reporter he attacked broke this last month: GOP candidate has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies

Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer

How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI’s handling of the Clinton probe

What a shock: AG Sessions did not disclose Russia meetings in security clearance form, DOJ says

I can't believe he's making us side with THERESA MAY: Manchester attack: May to tell Trump to stop intelligence leaks

The Czech Republic got a new name, but few people seem to have noticed yet (I had forgotten about this until I saw this story. I AM PART OF THE PROBLEM.)

!! Found: A Hidden Vault Door Beneath the Rhode Island State House

A bitter legal battle in California is blocking everyone from eating sweeter strawberries

Interesting: Netflix viewers like comedy for breakfast and drama at lunch