Morning Coffee (5/29/18)

Asylum seekers have flooded into Canada. The government is putting them to work.

After Ireland Abortion Vote, Northern Irish Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’

North Korea Nuclear Disarmament Could Take 15 Years, Expert Warns

This sounds like the worst TV season ever: ‘The only one’: In new West Wing season, Trump calls the shots and aides follow

The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal

Three Younger Veterans Stake a Generational Claim on the Democratic Party

Interesting interview: Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’

SO EXCITED: Tana French previews her thrilling new mystery The Witch Elm

‘Sesame Street’ Has Filed A Lawsuit Against The Raunchy Puppets Of ‘The Happytime Murders’

Heh: Rudy Giuliani went to watch baseball on his birthday and Yankees fans gave him the gift of boos

Morning Coffee (5/11/18)

I have some personal/family stuff going on and so didn't manage to do anything but link posts this week. I'm sorry. I'll try to get you a few extra posts later in the month. But for now - Friday happy links.

Yay: Chelsea Clinton to publish children's book for young activists, Start Now!

Oh: Cristiano Ronaldo's next goal: a Space Jam-style football cartoon

This is all adorable: Stars on Ice Tessa and Scott on meeting Drake, the Queen and what's next for the Olympic medalists

And here's a great Sports Illustrated photo series of US Stars on Ice.

I love this interview with Alison Green of Ask a Manager.

The Emotional Journey of Queen Elizabeth at a Horse Show

Are We Done Hating Brunch?

Ha: STUDY: Bradley Whitford Can Still Come And Get It Any Time He Wants

Huh: H&M Has Released A Collection Of Affordable Dresses Inspired By Custom Gowns At The 2018 Met Gala

Sherry 101: An Introduction to the Hippest Old-Person Drink Around

Afternoon Tea (3/16/18)

A Tribute to Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s A Wrinkle in Time Sexy Science Marriage

She has very good taste: Chelsea Clinton reveals her all-time favorite books -- and her bad-boy literary crush

Daniel Mallory Ortberg Would Like to Eat Breakfast Like a French Duke ME TOO.

Behind the scenes on the Coronation Street set – a photo essay

LET'S GO: 10 of the best European islands … that you’ve probably never heard of

Morning Coffee (11/17/17)

This week's Happy Friday links have a lot of Go Fug Yourself but I'm not actually sorry, unless any of you already read their site faithfully and thus have fewer new things to read here.

This is wonderful: Barbie Debuts a Hijab, Thanks to Ibtihaj Muhammad

Chelsea Clinton announces international companion to She Persisted children's book

This is both funny and thoughtful, even if you don't care about Blake Shelton: Blake Shelton Is People’s Sexiest Man Alive? (Real talk: Blake Shelton is not even the sexiest man alive ON HIS OWN TV SHOW, though his reaction quoted in that piece made me like him a little better than I had.)

!!!! 280-Character Tweets Make Tetris Possible on Twitter

Titanic to return to theaters for 20th anniversary (This briefly sent me spiraling because my friend and I went to see it for an anniversary release ALREADY and that CANNOT have been ten years ago, but no, it was FIVE years ago. Are they going to re-release it every five years? This is not necessarily a complaint.)

This happened at the end of LAST week but I wanted to make sure you saw because it's important: Tom Hiddleston Is Literally Walking Around London Cradling a Puppy

Let's go to Italy's new food theme park.

USEFUL and also funny: How to Pluralize Your Last Name on Holiday Cards

Three Gorgeous Cakes for the Holidays

SPARKLY SHOES. (I just got sparkly shoes on clearance for $13 and I'm obsessed and need you all to invite me to holiday parties so I can wear them.)

Morning Coffee (4/29/17)

How very Chris Christie of them: Spain accused of causing Gibraltar traffic jams amid Brexit tensions

It was a brutal killing that shocked Afghanistan. Now, the outrage has faded.

Ireland Is Urged to Do More for the Economically Vulnerable

Sigh: Exclusive: Trump says he thought being president would be easier than his old life

SIGH: Ivanka Trump’s Line Relabeled by Retailer, Distributor

Justices Alarmed by Government’s Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case

How Dare Chelsea Clinton, a Well-Educated, Accomplished Woman, Share Her Opinions

This whole saga is AMAZING: The complete disaster of Fyre Festival played out on social media for all to see; ‘NOT MY FAULT’ says organizer Ja Rule

The web of conspiracy theorists that was ready for Donald Trump

Ooh: London library makes World War II war crimes searches easier

TRUE: No One Needs to Online Date Their Coworkers in Slack

Two things I hate together! Public proposals AND nonsense in movie theaters!

Morning Coffee (3/17/17)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Let's have some happy Friday links.

Yay!!! Chelsea Clinton announces new picture book, She Persisted

Aw: Refugees in Canada are embracing the country’s silliest sport

I'm pretty impressed with these St. Patrick's Day manicures.

Aaah, look at these female author shirts. I want the Agatha Christie one.

Obviously I also need Game of Thrones wine.

Hero cat!!

!! Matthew Perry Once Beat Up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Don't worry, they were kids.)

This winery/WWII spy museum sounds like the perfect place for my family to go on vacation.

Navigating Vienna’s Imperial Past — Through Pastries (I feel we should navigate MORE things through pastries, really.)

I assume you want to know about the Queen's secret handbag code.

A statistician got curious about M&M colors and went on an endearingly geeky quest for answers

The Unsung Delight of a Well-Designed Endpaper

Morning Coffee (2/21/17)

Huh: Marine Le Pen's Front National headquarters raided by police

Here's the start of a very important series on the survivors of Boko Haram: Education Is Forbidden

33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia

I can't believe we're reading about refugees fleeing America. Heartbreaking.

What President Trump gets wrong about immigrants and crime in Sweden

AWW: Chelsea Clinton Brings Her 2-Year-Old Daughter to Her First Protest

Hee: Some suggested answers to Donald Trump’s Mainstream Media Accountability Survey

If you want to know what's going on with the PewDiePie thing, this is a decent explainer.

Oh right, the Olympics are happening next year: South Korea's Olympian Winter Moment

The New York Times Claws Its Way Into the Future

'He said he could do what he wanted': the scandal that rocked Bikram yoga

The True History of the Gambia's Bizarre Origin Story

Morning Coffee (2/13/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

This is terrifying: Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down

Trump Promised White Supremacy. Now He’s Delivering It.

This has been a highlight of Twitter recently: Chelsea Clinton finally finds her political voice — and it’s edgy

Of... course: Steve Bannon Carries Battles to Another Influential Hub: The Vatican

Right-Wing Hoteliers in Japan Anger China With Radical Historical Views

How Donald Trump Made The Cable News Chyron Operator A Washington Power Player

This is very interesting: Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories

The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity

So cool: Metropolitan Museum of Art Places 375,000 Works Under Creative Commons

Great Literature Is Surprisingly Arithmetic

Succession in the Silk Roads

Morning Coffee (9/29/16)

Me elsewhere: I wound up hating the MacGyver pilot because it was just so boring.

Women of America, this is how much leading Republicans hate you

Chelsea Clinton's convention diary for Marie Claire is interesting and also a master class in how working mothers have to modulate their narratives to not be cast as monsters.

Always a quality you want in a president: "But Mr. Trump found it hard to focus during those meetings."

Non-Profit Accused of Exploiting Sex Trafficking Victims It Was Meant to Help

This new biography of Hitler sounds fascinating, and in her review Michiko Kakutani does a great job of making CERTAIN PARALLELS obvious without actually articulating them.

Big lie, little lie, and the media’s role in telling the difference

Cosmo Designed a Car for Women, and That's Going Over About as Well as You'd Expect

That's a . . . lot: Netflix Targeting 50% of Content to Be Original Programming, CFO Says

OH MY GOD HOW HORRIFYING: Ask a Boss: My Co-worker Wants Everyone to Call Her Boyfriend Her ‘Master’!

William the Conqueror Reassessed

Morning Coffee (4/21/14)

This xkcd free speech comic is my new favorite thing.

Why we root for Chelsea Clinton

They're putting up an Edgar Allan Poe statue in Boston and it's amazing.

Whoa. I need to try a Cadbury Creme Egg egg cream.

"Promposal?" Stop the madness.

This Star Trek Timelines game looks . . . possibly interesting.

Area Man Mystified By Layout Of Adjacent Town’s Kroger

Which Sports Night character are you?