Morning Coffee (6/4/19)

Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question

Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women issues final report with sweeping calls for change

Important, from Planned Parenthood: State of Emergency for Women’s Health

Small favors: Italy is evicting Steve Bannon from the medieval monastery he planned to turn into a far-right training academy

GOOD: Caster Semenya May Run an 800 Without Hormone Treatment, Swiss Court Says

Revealed: women's fertility app is funded by anti-abortion campaigners

This is awful: On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles

What a life: Neus Català, Dogged Anti-Fascist and Camp Survivor, Dies at 103

Schrödinger's cat could be saved, say scientists

Huh! ‘Magic The Gathering’: Russo Brothers & Netflix Conjure Up Animated Series

Morning Coffee (4/19/19)

I'll have Mueller report analysis for you tomorrow, but for today we're sticking with FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach In Shadow Of Border Crossing

EXCITED: Exclusive: Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed team for activist novel Yes No Maybe So

AWW I LOVE THIS: An Unusual Family Of Bald Eagles Adds 3 Eaglets

And in other good animal news: Dog Saved By Workers On Oil Rig, 135 Miles Off Thai Coast

Oh, this is great: Modern Library Launches Series of Classics Penned by Women

Cannes Film Festival Unveils Poster Featuring Agnes Varda

I have some reading to catch up on: Longman-History Today Book Prize 2019: The Shortlist

Dessert stamps with recipes!! Sweet! Nanaimo bar goes postal with announcement of new stamp

Twitter introduces 40 adorable Avengers emoji, including Korg from Thor: Ragnarok

Oh these look fun: Coca-Cola, Disney Strike ‘Star Wars’ Partnership

Afternoon Tea (4/15/19)

White Supremacists Have Weaponized an Imaginary Viking Past. It's Time to Reclaim the Real History

This was one of those profiles that made me really want to read the subject's work: A Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past

Hefty Raises, Olympic Gold, and Then Crumbs for U.S. Women’s Hockey

The Authoritarian Heroes of Game of Thrones

Is your pregnancy app sharing your intimate data with your boss?

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

Morning Coffee (1/28/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

If you're trying to catch up on the situation in Venezuela, the Guardian has a bunch of good coverage here.

This is terrible: Japan Upholds Law Requiring Sterilization for Trans People

Wow: Canada fired its Chinese ambassador over remarks regarding arrested Huawei executive

Not a Man 2020

Trump is undoing the diversity of the federal bench

The details here are yet another example of a woman going to great lengths to defend the patriarchy she herself has been a victim of: Joni Ernst says she turned down chance to be Donald Trump's vice-president

How Abortion Law in New York Will Change, and How It Won’t

HA: People Strongly Against GMOs Had Shakier Understanding Of Food Science, Study Finds

Ooh: Freddie Fox & Anna Chancellor To Star In BBC Feature Doc About Oscar Wilde

Morning Coffee (1/21/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

I've been wary of this while the GOP has the Senate, but the Atlantic makes an interesting case: Impeach Donald Trump

Trump's war on science: how the US is putting politics above evidence

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation

Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78

Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada's disputed right to use indigenous land

Good for her (and the book is great, btw): Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' has the longest run atop Amazon since 'Fifty Shades'

Wow: Bob Costas Says He’s Done With NBC After 40 Years

!!! Gillian Anderson Set To Join ‘The Crown’ Season Four As Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

I'll admit I've always been suspicious of these, but . . . Twins get some 'mystifying' results when they put 5 DNA ancestry kits to the test

Amazing: Microsoft font gives away forgery in bankruptcy case

Morning Coffee (1/15/19)

President Trump Rejects Proposal to Temporarily Reopen the Government

Federal worker forced to ration insulin because of government shutdown

Aww: Canada’s Air Controllers, Purveyors of Pizza Goodwill

LAUSD teachers strike to send a message: 'All we want is a fair shot'

Rep. Rashida Tlaib cursing got 5 times more coverage on cable news than Rep. Steve King embracing white supremacy

Britons make 170,000 antisemitic Google searches a year, study finds

The Strange Marketplace for Diabetes Test Strips

‘A 10 isn’t enough’: This UCLA gymnast’s flawless floor routine just broke the Internet

Michael Atiyah, Mathematician in Newton’s Footsteps, Dies at 89

Ooh! It’s Official! Michelle Yeoh ‘Star Trek’ Spinoff In Development At CBS All Access

Morning Coffee (10/3/18)

Obviously the gist of this isn't surprising, but this investigation by the Times is great work: Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father

And this report at the Post is so so good: American Girl: A Story of Immigration, Fear and Fortitude

Republicans don’t care if Kavanaugh is guilty because they don’t think what he did was wrong

Good for them: Harvard students file complaints to prevent Kavanaugh from teaching at law school

They're just evil for the fun of it: Trump administration begins denying visas to some same-sex partners of foreign diplomats: report

Election Rally Bombing in Afghanistan Heightens Security Fears

A Center-Right Party Decisively Wins Quebec Vote

Nobel Prize in Physics is shared by a woman, the first in 55 years 55 years!

I cried just reading this headline: Michelle Williams To Play Astronaut Christa McAuliffe In ‘The Challenger’ Movie

Aw, good for her: Karina Manta Keeps Ice Dance Queer

Morning Coffee (6/13/18)

Once again, SO MUCH NEWS.

Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore

This piece on Trump and North Korea has some very good stuff from Chris Murphy.

Canada parliament condemns U.S. attack on Trudeau, country simmers

I..... President Trump Made a Fake Movie Trailer for Kim Jong Un with the Two Leaders as Heroes

Trump Campaign Manager Wants CNN Reporter Jim Acosta’s Credentials Stripped

The Trump Administration Is Completely Unravelling the U.S. Asylum System

Exclusive: Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children

Wow: Senior Justice Dept. lawyer resigns after shift on Obamacare

Chile sexual abuse scandal: pope accepts resignations of bishops

New Clues Emerge in Search for Stolen Caravaggio

Afternoon Tea (4/27/18)

I love this interview: Grilling YA author Amy Spalding on the summer's hottest queer teen romance — and the best burger in America

Magic Mike XXL and Smashing Toxic Masculinity (Yes, I’m Serious)

This piece by Curtis Sittenfeld about a shirt is great, trust me: And They Said It Would Never Last

It has come to my attention that Canada has "cottage reads," which sound way better than beach reads: The best Canadian suspense books to read at the cottage

Superheroes Don’t Wear Ponytails, and Yes, It’s Sexist

Morning Coffee (4/24/18)

SOME GOOD NEWS: Meet Prince Baby Noodlemuffin!

Back to bad news; this is horrifying: Toronto Van Driver Kills at Least 10 People in ‘Pure Carnage’

It's almost like Democrats should not actually let any hopes rest on Rand Paul: Senate panel narrowly endorses Mike Pompeo for secretary of state after Trump intervenes with key Republican

What Happened to the Plan to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill? I for one am shocked that the Trump administration is not prioritizing this!

This is very interesting: How Natalie Portman became the latest Israel-Palestine flashpoint

Ooh: Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight Moving From ESPN To ABC News

Aaah, Crazy Rich Asians trailer! I'm so excited.

How Unions Can Help End Academia’s Gender Inequalities

DRAMA: Tests on Captain Cook's sweet potato fuel row over how crop reached Polynesia

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Co-Creator’s Unpublished Works to Become Video Games

Morning Coffee (4/7/18)

Oh, I just woke up to this, how horrible: At Least 14 Killed in Bus Crash Involving Junior Hockey League Team in Canada

This is incredible journalism: The ISIS Files

Without proof, Trump claims immigrant women are being raped at level ‘nobody has ever seen before’

E.P.A. Officials Sidelined After Questioning Scott Pruitt

Revealed: Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis

Huh: Four artworks vanish from walls of French parliament

The Paris Review Has Finally Found the Right Woman

WHAT A SHOCK: Not smart enough? Men overestimate intelligence in science class

Captain Scott's polar samples re-examined 100 years on

A New 3D Map of the Early Universe Reveals 4,000 Infant Galaxies

Morning Coffee (3/26/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

John Bolton Is a Gut-Check Moment for America in the Trump Era

How Trump helped inspire a wave of strict new abortion laws

Public lands are being sold in secret on the internet

Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys

Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond is first Canadian woman on currency

An Arizona girl vanished in 1999. Could her name scrawled on a dollar bill be a new clue?

Wreck of the Juneau Is Found, 76 Years After 5 Brothers Perished

Ooh: 2,000-Year-Old Mosaics Unearthed Under Florida Art Museum

Michael B. Jordan Set To Produce (And Probably Star) In WWII Action Film, ‘The Liberators’

Frank Miller to spin King Arthur legend into YA book Cursed

Morning Coffee (2/23/18)

OKAY, time for some happy Friday links.

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: Heroin(e), Strong Island, On Body and Soul

Oh yay! Olympic commentators Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir to host Closing Ceremony for NBC

PERFECT: Jesus Christ Superstar Live: Power's Brandon Victor Dixon Cast as Judas (I love how hilariously on the nose it is to cast Aaron Burr as Judas.)

Cool: Penguin Is Opening Up a Women Author-Only Pop-Up Shop

Ha! Queen and Anna Wintour in London Fashion Week front row

!! Oreo hopes to see ‘Pokemon Go’ success in its own scavenger hunt AR game

This is fun: See What It Actually Looks Like Inside the Olympic Village

These Canadians got a visit from an Olympics-loving moose

Beach House releases a very good, very Beach House song

Lucky Charms is adding unicorn marshmallows!

Haha, this cheese site I read is starting a feature about hot people who make cheese called Hunks of Cheese.

Morning Coffee (2/13/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: Dear Basketball, Beauty and the Beast, Molly's Game

This is both evil and deeply stupid, which... par for the course, I guess: Trump pitches plan to replace food stamps with food boxes

Meanwhile here in New Hampshire: Instructor Out After Denying Australia Is Country

Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction

A Murder Trial Stirs Emotions About Canada’s Relations With Indigenous Population

I am SO excited for her: Mirai Nagasu is now the first US woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics

And this was awesome too: Teen Olympian Overslept, Lost Coat, Said F*ck on TV, and Won U.S.'s First Gold of 2018

The ALA Youth Media Awards - the biggest awards in kids'/YA publishing - happened yesterday and the winners list is pretty great.

Oooh: Vox’s new daily podcast, Today, Explained, launches February 19

Cheddar Man: DNA shows early Briton had dark skin

Here’s Why Parents Are Furious at the New Peter Rabbit Movie

Morning Coffee (2/6/18)

Yesterday's Oscar project posts: The Disaster Artist and Dunkirk

To Counter Russia, U.S. Signals Nuclear Arms Are Back in a Big Way

“Unprecedented”: 9 historians on why Trump’s war with the FBI is so stunning

After Years of Investigation, a Sudden Folding of the Case Against Menendez

Awesome: O Canada: Senate backs gender-neutral changes to national anthem

Good: Larry Nassar Sentenced To Additional 40 To 125 Years In Prison

Wow, good for them: Fox's 'Hate U Give' Actor Dropped From Movie After Racially Charged Remarks (And for those of you who haven't been following this - this movie is explicitly about the Black Lives Matter movement and this actor was found to have racist videos on YouTube, so.)

So sad: ‘Frasier’ Star John Mahoney Dies at 77 If you haven't seen Broken Hearts Club, you should.

Oooh, I really like the Solo trailer!

Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths

USEFUL: How to Get Rid of Those Annoying Mac Update Notifications

Morning Coffee (1/24/18)

ICYMI, my Oscar Project is underway! I'll be posting about nominated movies several times a week, so that will take the place of Weekly Recs and other posts for the next six weeks or so. Check back later today for my first movie post, about my favorite movie of the year.

The first Cabinet member... Sessions Is Questioned as Russia Inquiry Focuses on Obstruction

Congratulations, and wow, what a milestone for women: Tammy Duckworth is pregnant; will be 1st senator to give birth

Uh... Trump to address annual RNC meeting at his D.C. hotel

As Trump announces tariffs, Trudeau unveils Canada’s new trade deal with Asia

Sad news: Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88

Women are now a majority of entering medical students nationwide

Oscars introduce new rules to prevent another envelope mix-up

Found: A Rare, 1,000-Year-Old Copper Arrowhead

Jazz and Classical Pianists Use Their Brains Differently

Dear Stock Photographers, Have You Ever Seen a Shopping Bag?

Afternoon Tea (1/18/18)

This is WILD: From Nazi Germany to Australia: The Incredible True Story of History’s Longest Kayak Journey

Maureen Johnson talks ‘Truly Devious,’ Agatha Christie, and more

On Riverdale: "The characters aren’t mourning the loss of a place; they’re mourning the loss of placelessness, because with placelessness comes unaccountability. When a town can be anything the characters want, they are free to engage in corruption, classism, or any number of moral evils without fear of retribution."

The New York Times food section has a whole issue about Canada and it's very interesting, and now I need to make some butter tarts IMMEDIATELY.

I've always rolled my eyes at this whole episode, but the story IS interesting: Rebuilding on the Beatles, an Ashram in India Hopes for Revival

Morning Coffee (11/30/17)

223 Women Working in National Security Sign Open Letter on Sexual Harassment

Congratulations to Afghanistan's All-Girls Robotics Team, Which Trump Wouldn't Let Into the US

Uh... Autopsy Doctor Quits, Alleges Sheriff Interfered in Death Probes

The Trump Administration and Hoover-Era Paranoia

Ha: The Theme for the White House Christmas Decorations Is Fear!

More Than 180 Women Have Reported Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy

As Walmart Buys Online Retailers, Their Health Benefits Suffer

Meanwhile in Canada: Justin Trudeau apologizes for Canada's program targeting LGBTQ civil servants

This is hilarious: Trader Joe’s Wants You to Know Its Jingle Jangle Is, in Fact, Not the Drug From Riverdale

!! “Lost” 17th-Century Portrait by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Found in a Welsh Castle

Morning Coffee (9/3/17)

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Oh. North Korea Says It Tested a Hydrogen Bomb Meant for Missiles

Wow: How Canada has been secretly giving asylum to gay people in Chechnya fleeing persecution

These people are doing amazing work: How the Houston Chronicle is covering the city's historic disaster

“Sexualized fascism”: how the taboo nature of Nazi imagery made the alt-right more powerful

The Fake-News Fallacy

Hedge funds: Game of Thrones location spurs rise of business empire

Life in Kyrgyzstan, 26 Years After the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Found: Hidden Examples of Long-Lost Languages in Centuries-Old Palimpsests

TRUE AND IMPORTANT: The Hayley Mills Parent Trap Is Way Better than the Remake

Heh: From Napkin to Notoriety: The Meteoric Rise of That Writer You Can’t Stand