Afternoon Tea (5/31/19)

I'm so excited for this book and this is a great interview: How Jasmine Guillory invites readers to celebrate with The Wedding Party

This is fascinating: In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive

A Journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Where Sleeping Beauty Awakens

Celebrating the Eclipse That Let Einstein Shine

19 Cucumber Recipes to Keep Cool With All Summer

Morning Coffee (5/31/19)

Time for some FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.

This is great: AOC to bartend again in support of wage equality for restaurant workers

Ooh, trailer for The Goldfinch!

Music in premature infants enhances high-level cognitive brain networks

I'm so excited for this one: In 'Girls of Storm and Shadow' By Natasha Ngan, The Rebel Uprising Is Under Attack By Dark Magic — Start Reading Now!

White Panda Is Spotted in China for the First Time

Phew: Yes, You Can Replace Regular Water With Seltzer Water

For Sale: 300-Year-Old ‘Shipwreck Wine’ Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea

‘Captivating’ – BFI shares first footage of a solar eclipse from 1900

Fug Nation Loves Cute Sandals (Again)!

With Make-Ahead Punch, Keep the Party Going All Summer Long

Afternoon Tea (5/30/19)

This piece about incels and plastic surgery is fascinating: How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?

Latest Arena for China’s Growing Global Ambitions: The Arctic

I don't say this lightly, but these people should lose custody of their children: Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it.

Where Did the Right Whales Go?

Summer Book Preview: The 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down

Morning Coffee (5/30/19)

Robert Mueller’s first-ever public statement on the Trump-Russia investigation, explained

Israel to hold new elections after Netanyahu coalition talks fail

Even Democrats Keep Thinking Iran Is Worse Than Saudi Arabia

Boycotts of Georgia Will Only Make It Redder

OH COME ON: US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom'

Oklahoma Faces Off Against J & J in First Trial of an Opioid Maker

Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time

What a loss: Tony Horwitz Dies at 60; Prize-Winning Journalist and Best-Selling Author

Seeing Red in the Fossil Record

This is awful: Princess Diana's Death Is Being Turned Into a Theme Park Attraction and People Are Pissed

Afternoon Tea (5/29/19)

UGH ELON MUSK: SpaceX's Starlink Could Change The Night Sky Forever, And Astronomers Are Not Happy

The New German Anti-Semitism

Blair Braverman, great as always: Lyme Disease Changed My Relationship with the Outdoors

A Room Without Books Is Just Very Sad

The history of the pencil

Morning Coffee (5/29/19)

Evil: Trump Administration Separates Some Migrant Mothers From Their Newborns Before Returning Them to Detention

Good news! Supreme Court rejects transgender bathroom case, allowing transgender students to use bathroom of choice

Of fucking COURSE he would: In reversal from 2016, McConnell says he would fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020

This is awful: Missouri’s Last Abortion Clinic Could Stop Providing the Procedure This Week

New Hampshire Prisons Ban Books Critical of Prison System, Award Winners

Right-wing media's anti-abortion misinformation playbook for 2020

5G could mean less time to flee a deadly hurricane, heads of NASA and NOAA warn

Denied graves by Nazis, resistance fighters finally buried

Murray Gell-Mann, Who Peered at Particles and Saw the Universe, Dies at 89

Research Says Having Fresh Flowers in Your Home Can Actually Reduce Levels of Pain

Afternoon Tea (5/28/19)

What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019

In Yemen’s war, a photographer finds points of light in the darkness

How Claudia Kishi Inspired A Generation Of Asian American Writers

I Can’t Hate My Body if I Love Hers

Inside The Lost Jehovah's Witnesses Tunnels Under Brooklyn Heights

Morning Coffee (5/28/19)

Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science

The ‘Enemy of the People’ Is the Real Target of the Assange Prosecution

This sounds bad! Hungary far-right party forms uniformed ‘self-defense’ group

The Myth of the “Personally” Anti-Abortion Politician

Breaking: Nobody Knows What’s Going to Happen in 2020

Young people, women, voters in cities: how Democrats won in 2018, by the numbers

‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects

Baby Anacondas Born At New England Aquarium — Without Any Male Snakes Involved

I feel so vindicated: Anxious People Quicker to Flee Danger

Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity

Morning Coffee (5/27/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

European Election Results Show Growing Split Over Union’s Future

Inside the secret plot to turn senior Venezuelan officials against Maduro

The Guardrails Have Failed

TurboTax Uses A “Military Discount” to Trick Troops Into Paying to File Their Taxes

Pro-Choice Men: Here’s What You Need to Know

We asked the dads running for president what they do for child care

Harriet Tubman is already appearing on $20 bills whether Trump officials like it or not

FLDS and Seth Jeffs are now digging into Minnesota

'Phenomenal' 2,300-year-old bark shield found in Leicestershire

Fungus that draws gold from its surroundings discovered in Western Australia

Morning Coffee (5/26/19)

Australia’s conservative party retains power in shocking election result

In Parliament Elections, Populists Seek to Break the E.U. From Within

'Here We Go Again:' Judge Blocks Mississippi Abortion Ban

Federal judge blocks part of Trump’s US-Mexico border wall

Sad and scary: Jews in Germany warned of risks of wearing kippah cap in public

How Trump Is Outspending Every 2020 Democrat on Facebook

Funding shortfalls threaten Alaska ionosphere research center

Ugh: Amazon prevails in battle with South American countries for ‘.amazon’ domain name

This is so horrifying: Listen to an author realize her forthcoming book contains a terrible mistake

Lost Your Passport? For Americans in Austria, Any McDonald’s Can Help