Morning Coffee (2/22/19)

Time for Friday happy links! Back to all the terrible stuff tomorrow, I promise.

VERY EXCITED FOR THIS NUREYEV MOVIE.

OOH: Stieg Larsson's investigation of Swedish PM's assassination revealed in new book

!!! Mary H. K. Choi is back with another lovely, social-media tinged YA romance: Exclusive preview

This is exciting but it's weird that they don't mention they've already... done a bunch of movies? ‘American Girl’ Live-Action Movie in the Works With Mattel and MGM

Interesting: CBS Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Glean Viewers’ Emotional Responses to TV Shows

Ooh, NPR has a new history podcast!

Whoa: French Designer Uses The Spines Of Books To Create Extraordinary Dresses

Excited for this: Camryn Garrett’s Full Disclosure: Take an Exclusive First Look at the Book Cover

A bunch of my favorites are up for these YA Oscars! Go vote, YA readers!

I got 8/10: Can You Guess the Oscar Film From the IMDb Parents Guide Content Warning?

Afternoon Tea (2/11/19)

At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism

These grandparents sold gay porn for decades and almost went to prison. Now, they are calling it quits

How Russia infiltrated the world of American religious-right filmmaking

How Lego Patents Helped Build a Toy Empire, Brick by Brick

Lots of good stuff here: 2018 Locus Recommended Reading List

Afternoon Tea (6/8/18)

Wheee, the Times' Summer Reading Guide is always fun.

Fascinating: Cold War-era office posters from NSA’s archives shows a hundred ways to say “shhh”

The Surprising Literary History of Skin Care

History’s Greatest Potato Promoter Relied on Science and Stunts

How Instagram Threads Became the WikiHow for Gen Z

Afternoon Tea (6/4/18)

The Great Breakup: The First Arrivals to the Americas Split Into Two Groups

The Chefs We Don't See

How Much Should the Met Cost You?

I don't even follow basketball but this is QUITE A STORY: The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account

Intrigue and the Cold War: Books to Read if You Love ‘The Americans’

Afternoon Tea (4/19/18)

Two Black Parents of an Undiagnosed Child Walk Into a Meeting: On Race, Special Education, and Our Son’s IEP

Fascinating: Wittgenstein, Schoolteacher

Cold War Angst: The Iconography Of Peace In Spain During The 1980s

Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food?

10 Classic New England Thrillers

Morning Coffee (4/13/17)

Migrants from west Africa being ‘sold in Libyan slave markets’

The Soviet Union fought the Cold War in Nicaragua. Now Putin’s Russia is back.

A Republican Wins in Kansas. It’s Still a Loss for the G.O.P.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trump Inaccurately Remembers Where He Recently Launched 59 Missiles

What Cold War Intrigue Can Tell Us About the Trump-Russia Inquiry

Trump wants to cut billions from the NIH. This is what we’ll miss out on if he does.

Maggie Haberman, Snake Charmer

Melania Trump Doesn't Deserve Your Sympathy

Trump biographer: "He's an actor who's been playing himself for his entire life"

The Mystery of Roanoke Endures Yet Another Cruel Twist

Pharaoh Statues Uncovered in Muddy Suburban Cairo Pit

Jude Law as young Dumbledore? I can get behind that.

Morning Coffee (3/26/17)

As French Election Nears, Le Pen Targets Voters Her Party Once Repelled

9 bonkers things Donald Trump said in his new exclusive interview with Time

Again, doesn't matter now, but Dylan Matthews was right about this: A modest proposal for solving Republicans' Obamacare impasse

Same here, actually: Why would Democrats ever let Neil Gorsuch be confirmed?

This is... sort of good? Hill Republicans say they're growing frustrated with Mattis

Rex Tillerson Doesn’t Exactly Sound Like Someone Who Wants to Be Secretary of State

The World According to Bannon

"The theft, and then recovery, of Brady’s jersey was like a tale of Trumpian fan fiction."

There are now 3 rivers that legally have the same rights as humans

Interesting: Chinese maths textbooks to be translated for UK schools

How Scarlett Got Its Groove Back: The Link Between Pop-Culture Properties and Baby Names

A trove of anti-Soviet jokes recently declassified by the CIA offers a glimpse of Cold War humor

Morning Coffee (1/3/17)

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office

The neo-Nazi murder trial revealing Germany's darkest secrets

Stop Calling Everything “Fake News”

Thomas Schelling has died. His ideas shaped the Cold War and the world.

Friday Night Lights Out: The Case for Abolishing High School Football

This is great: This Women's Refuge Launched a Hidden, Untrackable Site for Women Experiencing Abuse

I can't believe we're still finding things in Egypt! Newly Uncovered Ruins Reveal 7,000-Year-Old City in Egypt

9 Awards Season Movies You Can Binge from the Comfort of Your Couch

The Brilliance of a Stradivari Violin Might Rest Within Its Wood

!! New Spider Species Is Named After 'Harry Potter' Sorting Hat

Ask the Publicists: An Author’s Survival Kit for Dark Times

Morning Coffee (8/9/16)

Wait, Ukraine did WHAT? (I haven't seen ANY gymnastics yet this year. It's very sad.)

Good for Susan Collins: "But the unpleasant reality that I have had to accept is that there will be no 'new' Donald Trump, just the same candidate who will slash and burn and trample anything and anyone he perceives as being in his way or an easy scapegoat."

Also: 50 G.O.P. Officials Warn Donald Trump Would Put Nation’s Security ‘at Risk’

Meanwhile, SIGH: About A Third Of Bernie Sanders’s Supporters Still Aren’t Backing Hillary Clinton

The Beauty of Joe Biden and Barack Obama’s Bromance

Whoa: From a Dacha Wall, a Clue to Raoul Wallenberg’s Cold War Fate

This piece was fascinating: The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Turns 50: A Psychedelic Masterpiece That Rewrote the Rules of Rock

Aw: Adam Peaty's grandmother is the cutest Olympic supporter

Interesting: 80 Years Ago: the Berlin Olympics in Words and Pictures

Nicole Cliffe, always a delight: "As you can imagine, I had a lot of feelings about this, and sometimes the best thing to do with too many feelings is to embark on an extremely grueling six-day-a-week workout regimen and refuse to eat any carbs that aren't sweet potatoes, a starch I personally loathe in all its forms."

Morning Coffee (7/5/16)

Google has a fun little animation today for Juno reaching Jupiter.

Breaking cheese news: A new lab test for Parmigiano Reggiano!

There's nothing I like more than a cult story: Born on a Queens Street, a Battle Over Falun Gong Goes to Court

A Second Look at the Second Wave

How to Plan for the Worst Day of Your Life

I want to read a novel about this: The Awkward Politics of Hollywood Playdates: Socializing, Soliciting and Schmoozing

Underwater Remains of Ancient Naval Base Found

Fascinating: The Victorian Muslims of Britain

This is perfect: From the Desk of the Director, Cold War Reenactment Society

Ha: Various causes of Nova Scotia Power outages will form to make children’s TV Show

Morning Coffee (4/3/16)

Richard Nixon experts on Donald Trump's rally violence: we've seen this before

Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis

Searching for Sundar Pichai

Ancient Volcanoes May Have Shifted the Moon’s Poles

Please put this in an episode of Midsomer Murders immediately: Children form human arrow to help police find burglary suspects

Star Trek brought heat to the Cold War

Fascinating: Can an Outsider Ever Truly Become Amish?

The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Ugly Cry

"Solitude demands that an individual body be the holding vessel for all of a day’s pain and uncertainties."

Ooh, check out Hilary Mantel on Charles Brandon.

I understand all the issues with the Disney history theme park but I would have LOVED it.

Perfect: Pretty Much All Songs From The 1970s I Think, From Someone Who Was Not There At The Time

Morning Coffee (4/2/16)

"First, the Sanders campaign needs to stop feeding the right-wing disinformation machine. Engaging in innuendo suggesting, without evidence, that Clinton is corrupt is, at this point, basically campaigning on behalf of the RNC. If Sanders really believes, as he says, that it’s all-important to keep the White House out of Republican hands, he should stop all that – and tell his staff to stop it too.

Second, it’s time for Sanders to engage in some citizenship. The presidency isn’t the only office on the line; down-ballot races for the Senate and even the House are going to be crucial. Clinton has been raising money for other races; Sanders hasn’t, and is still being evasive on whether he will ever do so. Not acceptable."

Because: It’s Really Hard To Get Bernie Sanders 988 More Delegates

Donald Trump’s fragile machismo would make him a terrible president

The Shocking Sexualization Of Female Politicians In Porn

This is great: Authors Pen Letter of Support to NC Youth

Warning: This is an April Fools joke BUT IT IS CUTE AND FUNNY AND HARMLESS, which is the only kind I'll tolerate.

Hmm: A Loaded Gun: The Real Emily Dickinson

Nicole Cliffe's piece made me want to read Faye Resnick's book.

It will be interesting if one of the effects of Serial is a radio drama renaissance.

Alyssa Rosenberg transcribed her Batman v Superman notes and it's hilarious.

The Cold War: A Pop-Culture Timeline

Things I Have Mistaken For A Personality Trait Or Love Over The Years, Both In Others And In Myself, Usually To My Own Detriment

Morning Coffee (3/12/16)

ICYMI: Friday Five: Great Books About Reading

In case you weren't paying attention to the news last night, Trump canceled a Chicago rally because of protesters, and obviously everyone is taking this in different ways (fascinating commentary, Kate). I'm inclined to think that being able to say the evil liberals shut him up will only help his numbers.

Related: The problem with violence at Trump rallies starts with Trump himself

Aw, poor dog. (Don't worry, it's not sick or anything, but its people are making it pledge allegiance to Trump.)

I couldn't decide which part of this hilarious debate recap to quote, so you should really click.

Down with term limits!

Ugh, this news about the Wounded Warrior Project is pretty depressing.

What. GOP donors pushing Condoleezza Rice to run independent campaign

I'm glad Sanders is making everyone talk about the Cold War and Latin America, because I always want to read about that.

IMPORTANT: "And in shifting public attention from Yelp’s working conditions to Jane’s character, this narrative successfully managed to suggest that other minimum-wage workers at Eat24 not penning open letters on Medium must be satisfied with their conditions—all while pressuring those workers into silence."

The New Greek Invasion