Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary
Heh: Attorney General William Barr Summarizes Famous Broadway Musicals
Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court
The demobilization of the resistance is a dangerous mistake
Businessman detained at Gatwick over anti-Brexit badge
The warped history that fuels right-wing terrorism
Airlines damage or lose an average of 26 wheelchairs a day, report finds
Some of the science here seems far from conclusive, but... huh: Girls who share a womb with boys tend to make less money than those with twin sisters
How New York’s new monument whitewashes the women’s rights movement
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Alert: Billie Eilish's album is out!
I hadn't realized until recently that Billie Eilish had a full album coming out, and IT IS HERE. Go listen to WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? And if you haven't heard 17-year-old singer-songwriter Eilish yet, check out my favorite of her songs, "you should see me in a crown:"
Morning Coffee (3/30/19)
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit agreement fails for a third time
Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning
The Mueller report will be released to the public by mid-April
In Blow to Trump, Judge Blocks Health Care Law ‘End Run’
An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden
Go, New Hampshire: Senate Passes Voting Registration Measure, Adopts Independent Redistricting Panel
How Donald Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors
He's so disgusting: Alex Jones blames ‘psychosis’ for Sandy Hook hoax claim
Jussie Smollett Is Free. That’s Good, Whether He’s Guilty or Not.
This is so sad: French New Wave filmmaking icon Agnès Varda dies at 90
Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning
The Mueller report will be released to the public by mid-April
In Blow to Trump, Judge Blocks Health Care Law ‘End Run’
An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden
Go, New Hampshire: Senate Passes Voting Registration Measure, Adopts Independent Redistricting Panel
How Donald Trump inflated his net worth to lenders and investors
He's so disgusting: Alex Jones blames ‘psychosis’ for Sandy Hook hoax claim
Jussie Smollett Is Free. That’s Good, Whether He’s Guilty or Not.
This is so sad: French New Wave filmmaking icon Agnès Varda dies at 90
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Friday, March 29, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/29/19)
Your Friday afternoon probably needs this: Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse
Ooh, a radio diary! Blair Braverman And Her Dogs Finish First Attempt At Iditarod
The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child
This is a DELIGHT: Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time
Spring Books Preview: Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read by Sally Rooney, Susan Choi, and Others
Ooh, a radio diary! Blair Braverman And Her Dogs Finish First Attempt At Iditarod
The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child
This is a DELIGHT: Rick Steves Wants to Save the World, One Vacation at a Time
Spring Books Preview: Fiction We Can’t Wait to Read by Sally Rooney, Susan Choi, and Others
Weekly Rec: Dark Chocolate Oreos
Honestly, I'm writing this because it's Thursday night and this has been yet another week of A LOT OF WEIRD AND TERRIBLE STUFF, globally, and I was eating an Oreo to cope and trying to think of something actually good to recommend to you, and... cookies. Cookies are good.
I'm generally skeptical of new Oreo flavors until I hear good reviews, but I couldn't resist DARK CHOCOLATE Oreos when I saw them in the store, and they're . . . amazing? Very chocolatey, obviously, but not too sweet, and I like that Oreo is just doubling down on the chocolate concept with them instead of adding in more weird flavors. (Some of the weird flavors are good! Most are not.) They won't replace regular Oreos for me, but they're a delicious option for occasional variety. So. If you, too, wait to hear reviews of weird new Oreos before buying: this one gets a thumbs up.
(I tried to take a picture for this post but couldn't get it to come out decently because it just looks like... a regular Oreo top and the creme doesn't even show up.)
I'm generally skeptical of new Oreo flavors until I hear good reviews, but I couldn't resist DARK CHOCOLATE Oreos when I saw them in the store, and they're . . . amazing? Very chocolatey, obviously, but not too sweet, and I like that Oreo is just doubling down on the chocolate concept with them instead of adding in more weird flavors. (Some of the weird flavors are good! Most are not.) They won't replace regular Oreos for me, but they're a delicious option for occasional variety. So. If you, too, wait to hear reviews of weird new Oreos before buying: this one gets a thumbs up.
(I tried to take a picture for this post but couldn't get it to come out decently because it just looks like... a regular Oreo top and the creme doesn't even show up.)
Morning Coffee (3/29/19)
Whew, FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS time!
Important local news (seriously, read this article, the quotes are amazing): Market Basket: No Ghost In Wilmington Store
GOOD FOR THEM: Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back.
Awesome: Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library
A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View
AAAAH: 'The Queen Of Nothing' Is Holly Black's Heart-Stopping Finale To 'The Cruel Prince' Trilogy — Start Reading Now!
Ooh, neat: Saturn’s Rings Are Sculpted by a Crew of Mini-Moons
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Sequel Casts Jordan Fisher As the New John Ambrose
Solved: The 35-Year-Old Mystery of the Garfield Phones on a French Beach
This Sneak Peek of ‘The Meaning of Birds’ Will Both Break You and Heal You
Fug Nation Loves Cardigans! YES I DO.
Important local news (seriously, read this article, the quotes are amazing): Market Basket: No Ghost In Wilmington Store
GOOD FOR THEM: Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back.
Awesome: Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library
A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View
AAAAH: 'The Queen Of Nothing' Is Holly Black's Heart-Stopping Finale To 'The Cruel Prince' Trilogy — Start Reading Now!
Ooh, neat: Saturn’s Rings Are Sculpted by a Crew of Mini-Moons
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Sequel Casts Jordan Fisher As the New John Ambrose
Solved: The 35-Year-Old Mystery of the Garfield Phones on a French Beach
This Sneak Peek of ‘The Meaning of Birds’ Will Both Break You and Heal You
Fug Nation Loves Cardigans! YES I DO.
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/28/19)
By any measure, Nathan Chen’s performance at Worlds matches standard for transcendent greatness
Apple’s new streaming service is still mostly defined by what we don’t know
Human Genomics Research Has A Diversity Problem
Skara Brae women archaeologists who were written out of history
12 Jewish YA Books You’ll Want to Read in 2019
Apple’s new streaming service is still mostly defined by what we don’t know
Human Genomics Research Has A Diversity Problem
Skara Brae women archaeologists who were written out of history
12 Jewish YA Books You’ll Want to Read in 2019
Morning Coffee (3/28/19)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Theresa May Promises to Step Down if U.K. Parliament Backs Brexit Plan
I love her: ‘You don’t run for second place’: Stacey Abrams shoots down Joe Biden VP rumors
In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push to Nullify Health Law
Good: Cummings demands docs on Kushner's alleged use of encrypted app for official business
Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid?
Who anointed Beto O'Rourke to be our political saviour? He did
A STEP: Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism
This is not true, and not good that people think it! Fewer Americans Think LGBT People Face Discrimination
A good explanation of the tweets going around: It’s unfortunate NASA canceled the all-female EVA, but it’s the right decision
Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong
I love her: ‘You don’t run for second place’: Stacey Abrams shoots down Joe Biden VP rumors
In Divided White House, Trump Sided With Mulvaney in Push to Nullify Health Law
Good: Cummings demands docs on Kushner's alleged use of encrypted app for official business
Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid?
Who anointed Beto O'Rourke to be our political saviour? He did
A STEP: Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism
This is not true, and not good that people think it! Fewer Americans Think LGBT People Face Discrimination
A good explanation of the tweets going around: It’s unfortunate NASA canceled the all-female EVA, but it’s the right decision
Elite Colleges Constantly Tell Low-Income Students That They Do Not Belong
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/27/19)
The Trump administration wants all of Obamacare overturned by the courts
Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall
UGH: U.S. expands abortion 'gag rule,' cuts funding to regional bloc: Pompeo
Of course: Interior Nominee Intervened to Block Report on Endangered Species
New York Suburb Declares Measles Emergency, Barring Unvaccinated Children From Public
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is being held accountable for the opioid epidemic
And: Museums Cut Ties With Sacklers as Outrage Over Opioid Crisis Grows
How Democrats can defeat Trump and his ugly ideas, according to Pete Buttigieg
Prosecutors drop all charges against Jussie Smollett
Oh no: Good Lord, Avengers: Endgame Will Be More Than Three Hours Long
Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall
UGH: U.S. expands abortion 'gag rule,' cuts funding to regional bloc: Pompeo
Of course: Interior Nominee Intervened to Block Report on Endangered Species
New York Suburb Declares Measles Emergency, Barring Unvaccinated Children From Public
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is being held accountable for the opioid epidemic
And: Museums Cut Ties With Sacklers as Outrage Over Opioid Crisis Grows
How Democrats can defeat Trump and his ugly ideas, according to Pete Buttigieg
Prosecutors drop all charges against Jussie Smollett
Oh no: Good Lord, Avengers: Endgame Will Be More Than Three Hours Long
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/26/19)
This piece by Emilia Clarke on surviving two aneurysms is great: A Battle for My Life
Why Anti-Semitism in Media Just Won’t Go Away
“She Lied to My Face”: Inside the Hectic Last Days of Gymboree’s Retail Bankruptcy
The Fertility Doctor's Secret
2019’s Must-Read Romance Novels According to Romance Authors
Why Anti-Semitism in Media Just Won’t Go Away
“She Lied to My Face”: Inside the Hectic Last Days of Gymboree’s Retail Bankruptcy
The Fertility Doctor's Secret
2019’s Must-Read Romance Novels According to Romance Authors
Morning Coffee (3/26/19)
Heads up, avocado lovers! This includes NH: Avocados are being recalled in 6 states after a batch tested positive for listeria
It’s time for Congress to do its job and investigate Trump
This is awful: FEMA shared California wildfire victims’ personal data with outside vendor
Getting Rid of the Electoral College Isn’t Just About Trump
Wowwww: The Politics of Beto and Amy O’Rourke’s Marriage
German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy.
America’s Biggest Christian Charity Funnels Tens of Millions to Hate Groups
How to tax the rich, explained
Whoa: Duke University settles research misconduct lawsuit for $112.5 million
Male and female writers’ media coverage reveals ‘marked bias’
It’s time for Congress to do its job and investigate Trump
This is awful: FEMA shared California wildfire victims’ personal data with outside vendor
Getting Rid of the Electoral College Isn’t Just About Trump
Wowwww: The Politics of Beto and Amy O’Rourke’s Marriage
German Defense Spending Is Falling Even Shorter. The U.S. Isn’t Happy.
America’s Biggest Christian Charity Funnels Tens of Millions to Hate Groups
How to tax the rich, explained
Whoa: Duke University settles research misconduct lawsuit for $112.5 million
Male and female writers’ media coverage reveals ‘marked bias’
Monday, March 25, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/25/19)
He's not my favorite candidate but THIS IS WILD: Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group
In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture?
Why Are We All So Bloody Obsessed With Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos Scandal?
The future of streaming is the cable bundle
The best books on Queens and Power
In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture?
Why Are We All So Bloody Obsessed With Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos Scandal?
The future of streaming is the cable bundle
The best books on Queens and Power
Morning Coffee (3/25/19)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Bill Barr’s letter summarizing Mueller’s findings, explained
This is horrifying: Mock Executions? Real Screams and Blood? Just Another School Shooter Drill
Good: Iowa Supreme Court rules that Medicaid can cover sex reassignment surgery
The Media Gaslighting of 2020’s Most Likable Candidate
And: Beto is playing to liberal fears about running a woman against Trump
Nikki Haley is wrong: Finland takes care of new moms way better than the US
Here’s what Disney owns after the massive Disney/Fox merger
I'm not sure we NEEDED this but I will definitely read it: Call Me by Your Name sequel Find Me to publish this October
Go Herodotus! Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years
Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason?!?!
Bill Barr’s letter summarizing Mueller’s findings, explained
This is horrifying: Mock Executions? Real Screams and Blood? Just Another School Shooter Drill
Good: Iowa Supreme Court rules that Medicaid can cover sex reassignment surgery
The Media Gaslighting of 2020’s Most Likable Candidate
And: Beto is playing to liberal fears about running a woman against Trump
Nikki Haley is wrong: Finland takes care of new moms way better than the US
Here’s what Disney owns after the massive Disney/Fox merger
I'm not sure we NEEDED this but I will definitely read it: Call Me by Your Name sequel Find Me to publish this October
Go Herodotus! Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years
Matthew Rhys as Perry Mason?!?!
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Sunday, March 24, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/24/19)
The March of White Supremacy, From Oklahoma City to Christchurch
Nazis Have Always Been Trolls
White Supremacy Hurts White People
The Moscow News Site That “Provides Daily Therapy for Living in Russia”
Beto O’Rourke standing on countertops, explained
Facebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore
As United Methodist leaders tighten LGBTQ ban, churches struggle with path forward
This made me want to read her books: Edith Iglauer, Journalist and Bard of Canada, Dies at 101
The 90-year-old Japanese scientist still dreaming of resurrecting a woolly mammoth
Oh good: 90% of Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” Royalties Go to Rodgers & Hammerstein
Nazis Have Always Been Trolls
White Supremacy Hurts White People
The Moscow News Site That “Provides Daily Therapy for Living in Russia”
Beto O’Rourke standing on countertops, explained
Facebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore
As United Methodist leaders tighten LGBTQ ban, churches struggle with path forward
This made me want to read her books: Edith Iglauer, Journalist and Bard of Canada, Dies at 101
The 90-year-old Japanese scientist still dreaming of resurrecting a woolly mammoth
Oh good: 90% of Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” Royalties Go to Rodgers & Hammerstein
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/23/19)
Last ISIS Village in Syria Falls, and a Caliphate Crumbles
This does a good job of clarifying what's going on right now: The brewing fight over making the Mueller report public, explained
New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern Says
E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms
Trump Overrules Own Experts on Sanctions, in Favor to North Korea
Good: Judge Restores Wisconsin Governor's Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws
Teen arrested over racist threat that closed Charlottesville schools
All the numbers here are awful: Only 7 Black Students Got Into Stuyvesant, N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots
Beto O’Rourke’s border cred is genuine. It’s not the same as an immigration platform.
Good for them: GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation
This does a good job of clarifying what's going on right now: The brewing fight over making the Mueller report public, explained
New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern Says
E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms
Trump Overrules Own Experts on Sanctions, in Favor to North Korea
Good: Judge Restores Wisconsin Governor's Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws
Teen arrested over racist threat that closed Charlottesville schools
All the numbers here are awful: Only 7 Black Students Got Into Stuyvesant, N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots
Beto O’Rourke’s border cred is genuine. It’s not the same as an immigration platform.
Good for them: GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation
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Friday, March 22, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/22/19)
This Stacey Abrams profile is amazing and made me love her.
Jasmine Guillory, Author of The Proposal, On Why She Chose To Write About Black Heroines
Simone Biles The Businesswoman: How She Is Now Approaching Gymnastics As A Veteran
A Dazzling Reindeer Camp in Norway Focuses on Preserving Indigenous Culture
One Sly Cat and 2 Crafty Dogs Took Control of a Whole Building in a Hilarious Comedy of Errors. Meet the Man Behind the Viral Story
Jasmine Guillory, Author of The Proposal, On Why She Chose To Write About Black Heroines
Simone Biles The Businesswoman: How She Is Now Approaching Gymnastics As A Veteran
A Dazzling Reindeer Camp in Norway Focuses on Preserving Indigenous Culture
One Sly Cat and 2 Crafty Dogs Took Control of a Whole Building in a Hilarious Comedy of Errors. Meet the Man Behind the Viral Story
Morning Coffee (3/22/19)
WHAT A WORLD: Pete Buttigieg is a Hufflepuff, husband reveals
This is a delightful update: We found the (actual) first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race
I am both excited and terrified! ‘Sesame Street’ Live-Action Movie Set for 2021
Progress! Buccaneers hire 2 female assistant coaches
Ooh: Oneworld snaps up Southon's 'dazzling' history of murder in Ancient Rome
Slate is now doing the very important work of telling us how scary movies are, starting with Us.
Leigh Bardugo reveals haunting cover, excerpt for adult debut Ninth House
This is so cute: Cover Reveal and Excerpt: HOW TO BE REMY CAMERON by Julian Winters
This is hilarious: How to Create Your Very Own Crossword Puzzle
Ooh, let's buy some sandals!
This is a delightful update: We found the (actual) first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race
I am both excited and terrified! ‘Sesame Street’ Live-Action Movie Set for 2021
Progress! Buccaneers hire 2 female assistant coaches
Ooh: Oneworld snaps up Southon's 'dazzling' history of murder in Ancient Rome
Slate is now doing the very important work of telling us how scary movies are, starting with Us.
Leigh Bardugo reveals haunting cover, excerpt for adult debut Ninth House
This is so cute: Cover Reveal and Excerpt: HOW TO BE REMY CAMERON by Julian Winters
This is hilarious: How to Create Your Very Own Crossword Puzzle
Ooh, let's buy some sandals!
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/21/19)
This is great journalism on a complicated, heartbreaking subject: Destined for Export: The troubled legacy of Guatemalan adoptions
Talk about important and heartbreaking: Police stay silent on murder-suicides
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now: A conversation about race and 2020.
The Duggars Helped Overturn LGBTQ Civil Rights in Arkansas. They Still Have a TV Show.
LGBTQ Reads has a great roundup of new/upcoming historical fiction and I want to read pretty much all of it!
Talk about important and heartbreaking: Police stay silent on murder-suicides
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now: A conversation about race and 2020.
The Duggars Helped Overturn LGBTQ Civil Rights in Arkansas. They Still Have a TV Show.
LGBTQ Reads has a great roundup of new/upcoming historical fiction and I want to read pretty much all of it!
Morning Coffee (3/21/19)
Good: Radovan Karadžić war crimes sentence increased to life in prison
Federal judge demands Trump administration reveal how its drilling plans will fuel climate change
Joe Biden’s plan for an early VP selection is a terrible idea
This marriage is BAFFLING, unless all the conflict is fake and for attention, which I would believe: Trump’s feud with Kellyanne Conway’s husband, explained
George W. Bush really did lie about WMDs, and his aides are still lying for him
Great news! FDA approves first new drug developed for women with postpartum depression
Virginia Cop [SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, even] Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group
Good for them: Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing
Don't believe the rumors about them stopping this: Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ group that bars employees from ‘homosexual acts’
Blair Braverman becomes first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race (Braverman herself tweeted that there was at least one earlier Jewish woman who competed, but this is still a nice article.)
Federal judge demands Trump administration reveal how its drilling plans will fuel climate change
Joe Biden’s plan for an early VP selection is a terrible idea
This marriage is BAFFLING, unless all the conflict is fake and for attention, which I would believe: Trump’s feud with Kellyanne Conway’s husband, explained
George W. Bush really did lie about WMDs, and his aides are still lying for him
Great news! FDA approves first new drug developed for women with postpartum depression
Virginia Cop [SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, even] Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group
Good for them: Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing
Don't believe the rumors about them stopping this: Chick-fil-A donated to anti-LGBTQ group that bars employees from ‘homosexual acts’
Blair Braverman becomes first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race (Braverman herself tweeted that there was at least one earlier Jewish woman who competed, but this is still a nice article.)
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/20/19)
This is wild: Rascal Flatts restaurants failed nationwide. Did a Mafia soldier pull the strings?
This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.
Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia
The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
Impostor/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing
This filmmaker spent months interviewing neo-Nazis and jihadists. Here’s what she learned.
Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia
The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
Impostor/Abuser: Power Dynamics in Publishing
Morning Coffee (3/20/19)
US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children
I've seen Sirota's now-deleted tweets and THIS IS SO GROSS: Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog
It is wildly unclear whether Beto O’Rourke supports Medicare-for-all
PBS Chief Paula Kerger Responds To Third Donald Trump Push To De-Fund
Whoa: Nowata County Sheriff, Deputies Resign Over Jail Concerns (EVEN THE K-9. What a good boy.)
lol: Devin Nunes Suing Twitter, Twitter Accounts 'Devin Nunes' Mom' & 'Devin Nunes' Cow'
Baltimore mayor resigns from board of U.-Md. Medical System FOR HAVING THEM SPEND $500k ON HER SELF-PUBLISHED KIDS' BOOKS.
After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out
Good for them: WNBA stars respond to homophobic SNL skit
US detects huge meteor explosion
I've seen Sirota's now-deleted tweets and THIS IS SO GROSS: Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog
It is wildly unclear whether Beto O’Rourke supports Medicare-for-all
PBS Chief Paula Kerger Responds To Third Donald Trump Push To De-Fund
Whoa: Nowata County Sheriff, Deputies Resign Over Jail Concerns (EVEN THE K-9. What a good boy.)
lol: Devin Nunes Suing Twitter, Twitter Accounts 'Devin Nunes' Mom' & 'Devin Nunes' Cow'
Baltimore mayor resigns from board of U.-Md. Medical System FOR HAVING THEM SPEND $500k ON HER SELF-PUBLISHED KIDS' BOOKS.
After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out
Good for them: WNBA stars respond to homophobic SNL skit
US detects huge meteor explosion
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/19/19)
This is long but it's a great piece on what has happened to the friend who filmed the killing of Eric Garner: Fearing for His Life
A great piece by my friend Jen: Tweens deal with eating disorders, too: Why I write "tough" books for young kids
Behind the behind-the-story stories
Feel better now? The rise and rise of the anxiety economy
Indigenous Cuisine Is Being Served in the Back of a Berkeley Bookstore
A great piece by my friend Jen: Tweens deal with eating disorders, too: Why I write "tough" books for young kids
Behind the behind-the-story stories
Feel better now? The rise and rise of the anxiety economy
Indigenous Cuisine Is Being Served in the Back of a Berkeley Bookstore
Morning Coffee (3/19/19)
It still has to go through the Senate, but yay! N.H. House OKs Birth Certificate Changes in Transgender Cases
This is an important, moving read on the Christchurch attacks and Islamophobia in general: Our Brother, Our Executioner
Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
The Summer Zervos sexual assault allegations and lawsuit against Donald Trump, explained
The headline sort of obscures that the prosecutor picked an older victim among DOZENS OF OPTIONS to lessen the punishment: Age of victim in prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, long a source of confusion, eased his obligations to register as a sex offender
Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid This Guy To Whitewash Wikipedia Pages
lol: France’s EU minister names her cat ‘Brexit’ because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but won’t go through the door’
Ohh: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90, ‘Nate the Great’ Author, Dies
DNA on ancient tobacco pipe links Maryland slave site to West Africa
This is an important, moving read on the Christchurch attacks and Islamophobia in general: Our Brother, Our Executioner
Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
The Summer Zervos sexual assault allegations and lawsuit against Donald Trump, explained
The headline sort of obscures that the prosecutor picked an older victim among DOZENS OF OPTIONS to lessen the punishment: Age of victim in prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, long a source of confusion, eased his obligations to register as a sex offender
Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid This Guy To Whitewash Wikipedia Pages
lol: France’s EU minister names her cat ‘Brexit’ because ‘he meows loudly to be let out but won’t go through the door’
Ohh: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 90, ‘Nate the Great’ Author, Dies
DNA on ancient tobacco pipe links Maryland slave site to West Africa
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Monday, March 18, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/18/19)
A must-read: White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
I want a whole biography and a series of mysteries and also a TV show about her: Overlooked No More: Isabella Goodwin, New York City’s First Female Police Detective
Interesting piece about blinkered restaurant criticism: A Critic for All Seasons
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
Yet another wild scam story: Audrey Kitching is a Myspace queen turned energy healer. Critics say she’s also a fraud
I want a whole biography and a series of mysteries and also a TV show about her: Overlooked No More: Isabella Goodwin, New York City’s First Female Police Detective
Interesting piece about blinkered restaurant criticism: A Critic for All Seasons
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
Yet another wild scam story: Audrey Kitching is a Myspace queen turned energy healer. Critics say she’s also a fraud
Morning Coffee (3/18/19)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads
Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate
Welp: Dutch PM compares Theresa May to Monty Python limbless knight
The most reprehensible part of the admissions scandal: faking disability accommodations
UGH: Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’
This may be the first case to test genetic genealogy in court: Trial of Seattle man in 1987 killings of Saanich couple set to begin in June
Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90
Here are updated numbers on children's books by and about BIPOC. They're not good!
I will try this: First Look at ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,’ the Next Game From the Makers of ‘Pokemon Go’
Wow: Watch the Vice musical number cut from Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic
The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads
Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate
Welp: Dutch PM compares Theresa May to Monty Python limbless knight
The most reprehensible part of the admissions scandal: faking disability accommodations
UGH: Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’
This may be the first case to test genetic genealogy in court: Trial of Seattle man in 1987 killings of Saanich couple set to begin in June
Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90
Here are updated numbers on children's books by and about BIPOC. They're not good!
I will try this: First Look at ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,’ the Next Game From the Makers of ‘Pokemon Go’
Wow: Watch the Vice musical number cut from Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/17/19)
New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings
Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations
This is awful: Hate crimes unit investigates Ginsburg poster graffiti
AS IS THIS: GOP Tries To Gut Protections For Native Women In Violence Against Women Act
One British Ex-Soldier to Be Prosecuted in ‘Bloody Sunday’ Shootings
Beto O'Rourke Would Make an Excellent Mix Tape. But He Shouldn't Run for President (Yet).
How Trump’s Brand of Grievance Politics Roiled a Pennsylvania Campaign
W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91
Actually, Women Do Ask for Money. They Just Don’t Get It.
New Study Shows Lack of Equity And Advancement For Diverse TV Writers
Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations
This is awful: Hate crimes unit investigates Ginsburg poster graffiti
AS IS THIS: GOP Tries To Gut Protections For Native Women In Violence Against Women Act
One British Ex-Soldier to Be Prosecuted in ‘Bloody Sunday’ Shootings
Beto O'Rourke Would Make an Excellent Mix Tape. But He Shouldn't Run for President (Yet).
How Trump’s Brand of Grievance Politics Roiled a Pennsylvania Campaign
W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91
Actually, Women Do Ask for Money. They Just Don’t Get It.
New Study Shows Lack of Equity And Advancement For Diverse TV Writers
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/16/19)
The New Zealand Massacre Was Made to Go Viral
This is disgusting: Far-right Australian senator blames New Zealand attack on Muslim immigrants
The UK Parliament has voted to delay Brexit BUT CAN THEY??
Uh, this seems not good!! US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators
Israel responded forcefully to rockets launched from Gaza
Senate Republicans see the national emergency vote as a one-time break with Trump
OKAY, some good news: Sandy Hook Massacre: Remington and Other Gun Companies Lose Major Ruling Over Liability
Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
Birch Bayh, Indiana senator who championed Title IX, dies at 91
‘One Day at a Time’ and Why Netflix Is Not Your Friend
This is disgusting: Far-right Australian senator blames New Zealand attack on Muslim immigrants
The UK Parliament has voted to delay Brexit BUT CAN THEY??
Uh, this seems not good!! US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators
Israel responded forcefully to rockets launched from Gaza
Senate Republicans see the national emergency vote as a one-time break with Trump
OKAY, some good news: Sandy Hook Massacre: Remington and Other Gun Companies Lose Major Ruling Over Liability
Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
Birch Bayh, Indiana senator who championed Title IX, dies at 91
‘One Day at a Time’ and Why Netflix Is Not Your Friend
Friday, March 15, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/15/19)
Morning Coffee (3/15/19)
Time for Friday happy links!
!! Emma Haruka Iwao smashes pi world record with Google help
Aw I love this story about Iditarod pizza delivery.
Ooh, interesting new research: Mary Rose crew might have included sailors of African heritage
U.S. Postal Service Reveals Additional Stamps for 2019 Sesame Street! Dinosaurs! Halloween!
I finally watched an Aladdin trailer and . . . sure!
Can't wait for this: It’s Live!! Cover Reveal: Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie S. Allen + Giveaway
And this: Exclusive: Natalie C. Parker Reveals the Cover of 'Steel Tide'
Yay Steph Perkins!! Patrick Brice To Helm ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ Film For Netflix
New Interactive ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Caper Comes to Google Earth
Whoa: Daily Frolic: ‘Clueless’ lip gloss is like, totally available
!! Emma Haruka Iwao smashes pi world record with Google help
Aw I love this story about Iditarod pizza delivery.
Ooh, interesting new research: Mary Rose crew might have included sailors of African heritage
U.S. Postal Service Reveals Additional Stamps for 2019 Sesame Street! Dinosaurs! Halloween!
I finally watched an Aladdin trailer and . . . sure!
Can't wait for this: It’s Live!! Cover Reveal: Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie S. Allen + Giveaway
And this: Exclusive: Natalie C. Parker Reveals the Cover of 'Steel Tide'
Yay Steph Perkins!! Patrick Brice To Helm ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ Film For Netflix
New Interactive ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Caper Comes to Google Earth
Whoa: Daily Frolic: ‘Clueless’ lip gloss is like, totally available
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/14/19)
When a Dissident Becomes a Collaborator
I Found Healing With A Famed Spiritualist. Then He Was Arrested As A Sexual Predator.
Hayley Wickenheiser longs for the day we’ll ‘stop including gender’ as a qualifier
Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Icebergs Can Be Surprisingly Colorful
I Found Healing With A Famed Spiritualist. Then He Was Arrested As A Sexual Predator.
Hayley Wickenheiser longs for the day we’ll ‘stop including gender’ as a qualifier
Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex
Icebergs Can Be Surprisingly Colorful
Morning Coffee (3/14/19)
GOOD: California Death Penalty Suspended; 737 Inmates Get Stay of Execution
NOT GOOD: Military Officially Moves to Bar Over 13,700 Transgender Members
New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Prosecutors Seek Records on Cohen’s ‘Back Channel’ With Giuliani
America’s Defining Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Old vs. Young.
‘Safety’ In U.S. Schools Means More Cops And Fewer Counselors
YAYYY, Alaska Native musher Pete Kaiser won the Iditarod!
Oooh: Hugh Jackman to Lead Broadway Revival of 'The Music Man'
Spotify Files Anti-Competition Complaint Against Apple in Europe
Pig Remains Show How Far Prehistoric People Traveled to Visit Stonehenge
NOT GOOD: Military Officially Moves to Bar Over 13,700 Transgender Members
New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
Prosecutors Seek Records on Cohen’s ‘Back Channel’ With Giuliani
America’s Defining Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Old vs. Young.
‘Safety’ In U.S. Schools Means More Cops And Fewer Counselors
YAYYY, Alaska Native musher Pete Kaiser won the Iditarod!
Oooh: Hugh Jackman to Lead Broadway Revival of 'The Music Man'
Spotify Files Anti-Competition Complaint Against Apple in Europe
Pig Remains Show How Far Prehistoric People Traveled to Visit Stonehenge
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/13/19)
Physicists are decoding math-y secrets of knitting to make bespoke materials
Raheem Sterling Has Had Enough
The Cold Case Factory
The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into Hustles
Reading Recommendations: Latinx Young Adult Novels for Your 2019 TBR List
Raheem Sterling Has Had Enough
The Cold Case Factory
The Modern Trap of Turning Hobbies Into Hustles
Reading Recommendations: Latinx Young Adult Novels for Your 2019 TBR List
Morning Coffee (3/13/19)
Senators Introduce Legislation to Finally Repeal the Hyde Amendment and End Wide-Ranging Federal Abortion-Funding Ban
Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails — again
DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says
This is awful: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post
Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first
THIS IS WILD: The FBI’s college admissions fraud case against Felicity Huffman and many more, explained
What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?
WHOA: Levine Leaving Scholastic to Launch Publishing Venture
X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
Ooh, interesting: Watch Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson in New ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ Trailer
Theresa May’s Brexit deal fails — again
DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says
This is awful: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post
Elizabeth Warren wants to ban the US from using nuclear weapons first
THIS IS WILD: The FBI’s college admissions fraud case against Felicity Huffman and many more, explained
What Does North Macedonia’s Name Change Have to Do with NATO?
WHOA: Levine Leaving Scholastic to Launch Publishing Venture
X-Ray Analysis Reveals Self-Portrait Hidden Under Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
Ooh, interesting: Watch Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson in New ‘Wild Nights With Emily’ Trailer
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/12/19)
Wow: WWF's Secret War
This is a tough read, but it's another interesting case of a crime solved via genetic genealogy: A baby frozen in a ditch haunted a South Dakota town for 38 years. Now his mother has been found.
HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed comes armed with an agenda and little else
The Oldest American Picture Book Still in Print is Obviously About Cats
An Instagram-worthy Bible aimed at millennials
This is a tough read, but it's another interesting case of a crime solved via genetic genealogy: A baby frozen in a ditch haunted a South Dakota town for 38 years. Now his mother has been found.
HBO’s The Case Against Adnan Syed comes armed with an agenda and little else
The Oldest American Picture Book Still in Print is Obviously About Cats
An Instagram-worthy Bible aimed at millennials
Morning Coffee (3/12/19)
Shocker: Trump proposes big cuts to health programs for poor, elderly and disabled
Reminder: The president regularly spends the weekend hobnobbing privately with rich clients
The anti-Semitism crisis tearing the UK Labour Party apart, explained
The Trouble With Biden
Hampshire College, a Child of the Sixties, Faces Its “Visioning Problem”
High tech connects Iditarod fans to the off-the-grid sled-dog race
Stop stealing other people's artifacts! Babylonian treasure seized at Heathrow to be returned to Iraq
A new Miss Marple show??
Oh neat: Library Of Congress And Ken Burns Team On Historical Documentary Prize
Scientists Thread A Nano-Needle To Modify The Genes Of Plants
Reminder: The president regularly spends the weekend hobnobbing privately with rich clients
The anti-Semitism crisis tearing the UK Labour Party apart, explained
The Trouble With Biden
Hampshire College, a Child of the Sixties, Faces Its “Visioning Problem”
High tech connects Iditarod fans to the off-the-grid sled-dog race
Stop stealing other people's artifacts! Babylonian treasure seized at Heathrow to be returned to Iraq
A new Miss Marple show??
Oh neat: Library Of Congress And Ken Burns Team On Historical Documentary Prize
Scientists Thread A Nano-Needle To Modify The Genes Of Plants
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Monday, March 11, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/11/19)
This is an fascinating read about new books defending ethnonationalism: The New Reactionaries
'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind
Ryan Adams and the Perils of the Rock-Genius Myth
Awwww: 'Everything Just Came Flooding Back': Sparks Of Teen Romance Rekindled 28 Years Later
I want a TV show about a fashion detective: 'Underwear dates well': how fashion forensics are helping solve crimes
'Do you ever think about me?': the children sex tourists leave behind
Ryan Adams and the Perils of the Rock-Genius Myth
Awwww: 'Everything Just Came Flooding Back': Sparks Of Teen Romance Rekindled 28 Years Later
I want a TV show about a fashion detective: 'Underwear dates well': how fashion forensics are helping solve crimes
Weekly Rec: Nothing Much Happens
I often have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, and dealing with nightmares - I have for a long time. Last week I finally tried something a friend had been recommending and so far it's been helping more than any other individual thing I've tried. And it's a podcast, of all things! It's called Nothing Much Happens and it's bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which "nothing much happens, you feel good and then you fall asleep." I was skeptical but I swear this is some kind of sorcery. The combination of the content of the stories and the soothing delivery has been putting me to sleep IMMEDIATELY and seems to be helping with my nightmares too. Give it a try next time you're having trouble sleeping!
Morning Coffee (3/11/19)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Judge: Immigration Must Account For Thousands More Migrant Kids Split Up From Parents
Rotting food and endangered patients: How Venezuelans are faring during continuing nationwide power outages
Good for them: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination
La Gordiloca: The Swearing Muckraker Upending Border Journalism
The Ripped Bodice has updated this with the 2018 report, and it's not great! The State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing Report
How High School Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Rape In College
YAY: Captain Marvel shatters box office ceiling with $153 million opening weekend
AND: ‘Captain Marvel’ Composer Shatters Glass Ceiling for Superhero Movies
NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves
Can't wait to watch this and get mad1 THE SPANISH PRINCESS: Starz Sets May Premiere, Releases New Trailer
Judge: Immigration Must Account For Thousands More Migrant Kids Split Up From Parents
Rotting food and endangered patients: How Venezuelans are faring during continuing nationwide power outages
Good for them: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination
La Gordiloca: The Swearing Muckraker Upending Border Journalism
The Ripped Bodice has updated this with the 2018 report, and it's not great! The State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing Report
How High School Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Rape In College
YAY: Captain Marvel shatters box office ceiling with $153 million opening weekend
AND: ‘Captain Marvel’ Composer Shatters Glass Ceiling for Superhero Movies
NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves
Can't wait to watch this and get mad1 THE SPANISH PRINCESS: Starz Sets May Premiere, Releases New Trailer
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Sunday, March 10, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/10/19)
Obviously this won't pass the Senate, but I'm still glad they did it: House Democrats just passed a slate of significant reforms to get money out of politics
‘Grab that record’: How Trump’s high school transcript was hidden
This is an interesting tracker: The 2020 Endorsement Primary
Denmark’s ‘Pervasive Rape Culture’ Is Detailed in New Report
One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism
It's a step... YouTube adds fact checks to search results on sensitive topics
Even Our Dog Parks Show America Is an Unequal Playing Field
Mysterious Type Of Killer Whale, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern Ocean
Making A Mark: Ancient Tonga Tattoo Tools May Illustrate Birth Of Polynesian Body Art
Oh Russia: Russia decides letting athletes drink beer during doping tests isn't a great idea
‘Grab that record’: How Trump’s high school transcript was hidden
This is an interesting tracker: The 2020 Endorsement Primary
Denmark’s ‘Pervasive Rape Culture’ Is Detailed in New Report
One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism
It's a step... YouTube adds fact checks to search results on sensitive topics
Even Our Dog Parks Show America Is an Unequal Playing Field
Mysterious Type Of Killer Whale, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern Ocean
Making A Mark: Ancient Tonga Tattoo Tools May Illustrate Birth Of Polynesian Body Art
Oh Russia: Russia decides letting athletes drink beer during doping tests isn't a great idea
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Saturday, March 9, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/9/19)
This is bad! Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database
So is this! Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.
Asylum-Seekers Can Appeal Fast-Track Deportations, Court Rules
Leaked Chats Reveal White Nationalist Plot To Keep Steve King In Office
The House easily passed Democrats’ anti-hate resolution, with some Republicans dissenting
Welp: Two lawmakers just debated the merits of Nickelback on the House floor
This story just keeps getting wilder: Crypto Mystery: Quadriga's Wallets Are Empty, Putting Fate Of $137 Million In Doubt
Good: Virgin Atlantic flight attendants no longer have to wear makeup and skirts
lolol: Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him
Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden
So is this! Trump Mar-a-Lago Buddy Wrote Policy Pitch. The President Sent It to VA Chief.
Asylum-Seekers Can Appeal Fast-Track Deportations, Court Rules
Leaked Chats Reveal White Nationalist Plot To Keep Steve King In Office
The House easily passed Democrats’ anti-hate resolution, with some Republicans dissenting
Welp: Two lawmakers just debated the merits of Nickelback on the House floor
This story just keeps getting wilder: Crypto Mystery: Quadriga's Wallets Are Empty, Putting Fate Of $137 Million In Doubt
Good: Virgin Atlantic flight attendants no longer have to wear makeup and skirts
lolol: Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn't him
Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden
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Friday, March 8, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/8/19)
Here's a great piece by and about women running the Iditarod: Cool Runnings
The Olympics Are Over, but Tessa Virtue Is Just Getting Started
Stacey Abrams, Star Trek Nerd, Is Traveling at Warp Speed
Taylor Swift is delightful, don't @ me: 30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30
A History of the American Public Library
The Olympics Are Over, but Tessa Virtue Is Just Getting Started
Stacey Abrams, Star Trek Nerd, Is Traveling at Warp Speed
Taylor Swift is delightful, don't @ me: 30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30
A History of the American Public Library
Morning Coffee (3/8/19)
FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.
THE BEST STORY OF THE WEEK: The story of the Iditarod-hopeful dog who got loose and followed teams for 30 miles
Wait, this one is also great: A student brought his baby to class because he didn’t have child care. His professor lent a hand.
Come for the feel-good library story, stay for the Beatles puns: Good Day Sunshine: 1968 Beatles 'Life' Magazine Finally Returned To Library
THIS BOOK IS SO GREAT: Amy Spalding's New Book 'We Used To Be Friends' Takes An Unexpected Look At Friend Breakups — Start Reading Now
And I'm so excited for this one: Exclusive Cover Reveal: Dahlia Adler's Poe-Inspired Anthology, His Hideous Heart
There's fanfic at The Met and it's all because of the Tale of Genji
Dev Patel to Star in David Lowery’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Film
Well! Hear Arcade Fire's rendition of 'Baby Mine' in new Dumbo teaser
Opera Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Women Composers & Their Operas?
I'm relieved that this sorted me correctly: Choose Some Pasta And We'll Put You In Your True Hogwarts House
THE BEST STORY OF THE WEEK: The story of the Iditarod-hopeful dog who got loose and followed teams for 30 miles
Wait, this one is also great: A student brought his baby to class because he didn’t have child care. His professor lent a hand.
Come for the feel-good library story, stay for the Beatles puns: Good Day Sunshine: 1968 Beatles 'Life' Magazine Finally Returned To Library
THIS BOOK IS SO GREAT: Amy Spalding's New Book 'We Used To Be Friends' Takes An Unexpected Look At Friend Breakups — Start Reading Now
And I'm so excited for this one: Exclusive Cover Reveal: Dahlia Adler's Poe-Inspired Anthology, His Hideous Heart
There's fanfic at The Met and it's all because of the Tale of Genji
Dev Patel to Star in David Lowery’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Film
Well! Hear Arcade Fire's rendition of 'Baby Mine' in new Dumbo teaser
Opera Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Women Composers & Their Operas?
I'm relieved that this sorted me correctly: Choose Some Pasta And We'll Put You In Your True Hogwarts House
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/7/19)
This is wild: The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality
As is this, actually: Anarchy, Bitcoin, and Murder in Acapulco
When the story comes before the survivor
How the Weather Gets Weaponized in Climate Change Messaging
The Hidden History of the Nutmeg Island That Was Traded for Manhattan
As is this, actually: Anarchy, Bitcoin, and Murder in Acapulco
When the story comes before the survivor
How the Weather Gets Weaponized in Climate Change Messaging
The Hidden History of the Nutmeg Island That Was Traded for Manhattan
Morning Coffee (3/7/19)
This is (should be) big: In the Middle of His Official Business, Trump Took the Time to Send Checks to Michael Cohen
N.H. Senate Considers Outlawing Discrimination In Public Schools Considers! Wouldn't want to be too hasty!
Well, Actually, Voting for a Woman Does Matter
Trump's War on California
House Democrats will introduce bill to reinstate net neutrality rules
SHOCKING: Revealed: Ukip membership surge shifts party to far right
Wow: In biggest advance for depression in years, FDA approves novel treatment for hardest cases
GOOD: Court Rules That Shitty Media Men List Creator Can't Be Sued for Emotional Distress, Questions Relevance of Her Tweets About 'Hating Men'
Two Nobel Prizes in Literature to Be Awarded This Year After Scandal
Lost Caravaggio painting found in attic could fetch $171 million at auction
N.H. Senate Considers Outlawing Discrimination In Public Schools Considers! Wouldn't want to be too hasty!
Well, Actually, Voting for a Woman Does Matter
Trump's War on California
House Democrats will introduce bill to reinstate net neutrality rules
SHOCKING: Revealed: Ukip membership surge shifts party to far right
Wow: In biggest advance for depression in years, FDA approves novel treatment for hardest cases
GOOD: Court Rules That Shitty Media Men List Creator Can't Be Sued for Emotional Distress, Questions Relevance of Her Tweets About 'Hating Men'
Two Nobel Prizes in Literature to Be Awarded This Year After Scandal
Lost Caravaggio painting found in attic could fetch $171 million at auction
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/6/19)
‘This Land Is Meant Only for Saffron. Without It, It Means Nothing.’
An interesting piece about Texas archaeology: On the Range
The Fan-Fiction Friendship That Fueled a Romance-Novel Empire
Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers—Maybe
Gradients: the colorful design trend aiming to soothe these anxious times
An interesting piece about Texas archaeology: On the Range
The Fan-Fiction Friendship That Fueled a Romance-Novel Empire
Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers—Maybe
Gradients: the colorful design trend aiming to soothe these anxious times
Morning Coffee (3/6/19)
These guys are despicable: New Hampshire Republicans Wore Pearls To Oppose Gun Bill & Survivors Are Livid
Explosive devices found at Waterloo station, Heathrow and City airports
Nazi salutes and a swastika made of red cups: Newport Beach students condemned for ‘abhorrent anti-Semitic activity’
!!! H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic
How many times does she have to say this? She’s not running: Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid
Men Still Report the Bulk of Our Elections Coverage
Wow, this should be interesting: Pope Francis to Allow Access to Holocaust-Era Documents of Pius XII
This is... not good: The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t
YouTube Bans Comments on Videos of Young Children in Bid to Block Predators
Jean Fairfax, Unsung but Undeterred in Integrating Schools, Dies at 98
Explosive devices found at Waterloo station, Heathrow and City airports
Nazi salutes and a swastika made of red cups: Newport Beach students condemned for ‘abhorrent anti-Semitic activity’
!!! H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic
How many times does she have to say this? She’s not running: Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid
Men Still Report the Bulk of Our Elections Coverage
Wow, this should be interesting: Pope Francis to Allow Access to Holocaust-Era Documents of Pius XII
This is... not good: The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t
YouTube Bans Comments on Videos of Young Children in Bid to Block Predators
Jean Fairfax, Unsung but Undeterred in Integrating Schools, Dies at 98
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/5/19)
Morning Coffee (3/5/19)
House Judiciary panel launches sweeping Trump probe
Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould: The crisis that could unseat Canada's PM
Why Measles Is a Quintessential Political Issue of Our Time
The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya
9 polling experts explain what could happen if Joe Biden doesn’t run for the presidency
Out Magazine’s Fresh Start Overshadowed by a Bitter Money Dispute
Ooh: Former ballerina takes legal action against managers of Balanchine’s ballets
Black History Trail Makes 200 Stops Across Massachusetts
Hollywood Diversity Report Finds Progress, But Much Left To Gain
Oh wow: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad women's race halted as rider catches men's race
Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould: The crisis that could unseat Canada's PM
Why Measles Is a Quintessential Political Issue of Our Time
The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya
9 polling experts explain what could happen if Joe Biden doesn’t run for the presidency
Out Magazine’s Fresh Start Overshadowed by a Bitter Money Dispute
Ooh: Former ballerina takes legal action against managers of Balanchine’s ballets
Black History Trail Makes 200 Stops Across Massachusetts
Hollywood Diversity Report Finds Progress, But Much Left To Gain
Oh wow: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad women's race halted as rider catches men's race
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Monday, March 4, 2019
Afternoon Tea (3/4/19)
What's Next For New Yorker Reporter Jane Mayer?
Leaving Neverland Puts Victims First
One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit
I’m a Journalist. Apparently, I’m Also One of America’s “Top Doctors.”
I'm So Sorry, But Here's How Some Male Authors For Really Real Described Women In Books
Leaving Neverland Puts Victims First
One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit
I’m a Journalist. Apparently, I’m Also One of America’s “Top Doctors.”
I'm So Sorry, But Here's How Some Male Authors For Really Real Described Women In Books
Morning Coffee (3/4/19)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
This makes interesting points about both Cohen and Netanyahu: The week democracy struck back
Sign Falsely Linking Muslim Congresswoman To Sept. 11 Sparks Outrage In West Virginia
Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen
What’s Missing From The Most Important Debate On The Left
Labour faces new row over efforts to curb antisemitism
SpaceX and NASA Launch Is First Step to Renewed Human Spaceflight
This is great and/but made me wonder what U.S. hospitals do! England to Offer Hospital Patients Free Sanitary Products
SIGH: Oscars: Steven Spielberg to Express Netflix Concerns at Upcoming Academy Meeting
The Cut Expands Into Fiction
Heh: Either Johnny Manziel's Wife Is The Fastest Runner In Recorded History Or She Cheated At A Half Marathon
This makes interesting points about both Cohen and Netanyahu: The week democracy struck back
Sign Falsely Linking Muslim Congresswoman To Sept. 11 Sparks Outrage In West Virginia
Behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Masterful Interrogation Of Michael Cohen
What’s Missing From The Most Important Debate On The Left
Labour faces new row over efforts to curb antisemitism
SpaceX and NASA Launch Is First Step to Renewed Human Spaceflight
This is great and/but made me wonder what U.S. hospitals do! England to Offer Hospital Patients Free Sanitary Products
SIGH: Oscars: Steven Spielberg to Express Netflix Concerns at Upcoming Academy Meeting
The Cut Expands Into Fiction
Heh: Either Johnny Manziel's Wife Is The Fastest Runner In Recorded History Or She Cheated At A Half Marathon
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Sunday, March 3, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/3/19)
The recent spike in tensions between India and Pakistan, explained
Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can’t.)
Congress asked top experts for a plan to cut child poverty in half. Here it is.
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money
A pediatrician exposes suicide tips for children hidden in videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids
The FBI raided a 91-year-old missionary’s home and found thousands of stolen Native American bones
...well, at least there's a new sponsor: Booker prize: Silicon Valley billionaire takes over as new sponsor
When It Comes to Stories about Racism, Why Does Hollywood Love a White Point of View?
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Gets Netflix Debut Date, New Name + Teaser
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine
Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can’t.)
Congress asked top experts for a plan to cut child poverty in half. Here it is.
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money
A pediatrician exposes suicide tips for children hidden in videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids
The FBI raided a 91-year-old missionary’s home and found thousands of stolen Native American bones
...well, at least there's a new sponsor: Booker prize: Silicon Valley billionaire takes over as new sponsor
When It Comes to Stories about Racism, Why Does Hollywood Love a White Point of View?
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Gets Netflix Debut Date, New Name + Teaser
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/2/19)
What’s next after the Trump-Kim summit? An expert explains.
U.S. and Taliban Begin Highest-Level Talks Yet on Ending Afghan War
Border Patrol Fed Pork To Muslim Detainee For 6 Days
Is It Cruel and Unusual to Execute a Man With Dementia?
No, Mark Meadows. Having a black friend doesn’t mean you’re not racist.
UGH: United Methodist Church votes to maintain its opposition to same-sex marriage, gay clergy
Bernie Sanders' Sexism Problem
André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89
Whoa: Fox Rocked by $179M 'Bones' Ruling: Lying, Cheating and "Reprehensible" Studio Fraud
BAN MEN: Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show
U.S. and Taliban Begin Highest-Level Talks Yet on Ending Afghan War
Border Patrol Fed Pork To Muslim Detainee For 6 Days
Is It Cruel and Unusual to Execute a Man With Dementia?
No, Mark Meadows. Having a black friend doesn’t mean you’re not racist.
UGH: United Methodist Church votes to maintain its opposition to same-sex marriage, gay clergy
Bernie Sanders' Sexism Problem
André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89
Whoa: Fox Rocked by $179M 'Bones' Ruling: Lying, Cheating and "Reprehensible" Studio Fraud
BAN MEN: Charles Dickens Tried to Banish His Wife to an Asylum, Letters Show
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Friday, March 1, 2019
Morning Coffee (3/1/19)
FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!
The Royal We sequel news!!
And some very important Veronica Mars casting news.
Exclusive preview: Obama and Biden return as action heroes in Hope Rides Again
!!! 'Baby-Sitters Club' Reboot Lands at Netflix
The new Star Wars section of Disneyland sounds amazing and I'm not even that into Star Wars.
Aww, look at this cat photobombing Harry and Meghan.
Serial Box is partnering with Marvel to tell new serialized stories about your favorite superheroes
This sounds great and THIS COVER: Cover Reveal: Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
I love this Wonder Woman spa set.
Game Of Thrones Oreos Are Coming Just In Time For The Final Season
The Royal We sequel news!!
And some very important Veronica Mars casting news.
Exclusive preview: Obama and Biden return as action heroes in Hope Rides Again
!!! 'Baby-Sitters Club' Reboot Lands at Netflix
The new Star Wars section of Disneyland sounds amazing and I'm not even that into Star Wars.
Aww, look at this cat photobombing Harry and Meghan.
Serial Box is partnering with Marvel to tell new serialized stories about your favorite superheroes
This sounds great and THIS COVER: Cover Reveal: Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland
I love this Wonder Woman spa set.
Game Of Thrones Oreos Are Coming Just In Time For The Final Season
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