Morning Coffee (1/25/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

GOOD: Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue Cover Features Majority People of Color For the First Time

Good news from my home state: Kid Governor sworn in with LGBTQ platform

3 Newborn Endangered Right Whales Seen After Year With No Births

This thread of corresponding composers and cookies is the greatest thing ever published.

Oh. Why, yes, this is what it would sound like if The National covered the Frasier theme song

After Controversy, City Approves 'Pho Keene Great' Restaurant Name

Hahaha: 'Ancient' Scottish stone circle was built in 1990s

'The Unhoneymooners' By Christina Lauren Is An Enemies-To-Lovers Romance Set In Paradise & You Can Start Reading Now

Aw: Olympians Sophie Caldwell And Simi Hamilton Announce Engagement

QUIZ: Guess the YA book from the Picture

Morning Coffee (8/14/18)

This is evil: Aurora parents fighting to stop legally adopted 4-year-old daughter from being deported

FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts

GOP lawmaker's son blasts father's role in Strzok saga, wants to flip his seat

Of course: White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military

Trump Foreign Policy Held Back by Struggle to Grasp Time Zones, Maps

The Connecticut governor’s race, a rare 2018 opening for Republicans, explained

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

...yep: Anti-immigration Norwegian minister resigns over Iran holiday security fears

Behind Hollywood’s A-List Bidding War for a McDonald’s Monopoly Article

More young footballers dying of heart problems than thought, FA study finds

Morning Coffee (2/9/18)

PHEW. We made it to Friday. Time for some happy links!

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: All the Money in the World and Lady Bird.

New emoji are coming. Knitting! Llama! Jigsaw puzzle!

Hee: Paper Tiger: UK police end up in standoff with stuffed toy

In other important news stories: Missouri woman finds neighbor's dog riding pony

HAHAHA: Here’s What Black Panthers Are Saying About Critics

Rarely Seen Photographs Reveal the Gilded Age Glory of the Frick When It Was a Private Home

Did you know there's a Connecticut cheese trail???

Kate Middleton Hit Prince William in the Face With a Massive Snowball

...okay, I want these royals-inspired lipsticks.

Ooh, look at Disneyland Paris in the snow.

I didn't know apothecary drawers were something I could buy on Amazon but now I want them desperately.

Morning Coffee (2/3/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar post: The Greatest Showman

This Manafort piece is a must-read, and he makes SO much more sense now that I know he's the son of a Connecticut mayor: The Plot Against America

U.S. democracy is in grave danger, a new Economist report warns

What a shock: Trump Claims His SOTU Had The Highest Ratings In History. It Didn't

Heh: British lord who resigned for being late still has a job

Oh no: Connecticut’s Deficit Could Put Some Weekend Trains at Risk

Hmm: 28 Russian Athletes Win Appeals of Doping Bans

Whoa! Investigator calls Robert Wagner a "person of interest" in Natalie Wood drowning death

I love today's Elizabeth Blackwell Google doodle!

Harsh, but sure: Heart-Stopping Arrow Poison Could Be the Key to Male Birth Control

Complex engineering and metal-work discovered beneath ancient Greek 'pyramid'

Afternoon Tea (9/22/17)

Huh: The World’s Greenest Sports Team Is a Century-Old Football Club in a Tiny English Town

The Fascinating Story of How Lilly Pulitzer Came to Be

Mysticism and rudely-shaped rocks: why 17th-century palaeontology is worth revisiting

In Ruins by the Shore, Some See Connecticut’s ‘Crown Jewel’

Heh: Starbucks Drinks for a New America

Morning Coffee (12/12/15)

Yay home state: Connecticut Plans to Be First State to Bar People on No-Fly List From Buying Guns

What? WHAT?? Texas director of Bush young donor effort to join O'Malley campaign

Interesting read: Trumpism After Trump

Related: Donald Trump Is Boosting Morale, Membership, and Page Views for White Supremacist Groups

Ooh, a contested convention would be so much fun to watch play out!

I love this show: 'You're the Worst' does what few other shows can - makes depression comprehensible

This thing that happened to my friend Margaret is THE CRAZIEST. They put her in a calendar of fictional librarians! Without her permission! She is non-fictional!

Watch: How people respond to Bible quotes when told they're from the Quran

!?!?!? Peter Gabriel announces plans to teach monkeys how to use Skype

Texts From John Donne

Morning Coffee (11/3/15)

Happy Election Day!

Heads up, New Haven area: Police to Take Valuables from Unlocked Cars to Stop Break-Ins

We're getting a new Star Trek show! On CBS All Access, so . . . I'm really curious to see how that works, as a business decision.

Party Victory in Turkey Bolsters Erdogan’s Pursuit of Power

Whoa: The New York Times Will Have a New Publisher Within Two Years

Step-by-Step: How to Make a Perfect Apple Pie (My friend Carrie and I are going to do this and tweet about it on Sunday. Join us!)

Nicole Cliffe on funding indie media is so important: "'How did those two plucky women with no business sense start a successful site of art history jokes?' - hedge. fund. money. from. a. man."

A female Van Helsing show? I'm listening, Syfy.

Huh! Berries show ancient Fortingall yew tree is 'changing sex'

Fascinating: Beneath the Frills at Ruffle Con

"ARACHNE: haha
I guess you could say I weave like Athena herself
ATHENA [appearing suddenly in the fireplace]: the fuck did you just say"

Morning Coffee (10/12/15)

Me elsewhere: The week's TV news and the first Shadowhunters trailer.

The House Republican leadership crisis, explained

Sad and compelling: She’s 10. She has HIV. And she’s about to learn the truth.

Huh: This video game is designed to teach people to manage trauma.

Twitter polls? Hmm.

Heavenly Creatures is so good. "Murder, like love, exceeds the sum of the evidence."

Good news! New Research Says Overthinking Worriers Are Probably Creative Geniuses

"Alluring" is not a word I would have ever used to describe the Merritt Parkway.

!!! China unveils the world’s largest 3-D printed structure

I'm not sure how to feel about the Doctor Who YA spinoff.

Whoa: Attention Kmart Shoppers

Morning Coffee (8/14/15)

Happy Friday!

Good news: The Connecticut Supreme Court just let everyone off the state's death row

This is awesome: Iowa Barber Gives Free Haircuts To Kids Who Read To Him In Support Of Back-To-School

Important cat news: Japan gets a new stationmaster cat as Nitama is officially named successor to the departed Tama

I appreciate how calm and measured this headline is: Archaeologist Says He May Have Found Nefertiti’s Tomb

PERFECT: Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaintances to Get Coffee

A Poem Becomes Meme. Forgive Me.

How the Tudors Invented Breakfast

“Don’t be fooled by the name,” Tami said. “The lights come on every night, as long as you use the light switch.”

Morning Coffee (6/25/15)

Amazing story: Denied by Nazis, world's oldest doctoral student awarded her PhD – aged 102

Amazing headline: Chinese actor sued for staring too intensely from TV at viewer

$10 seems like a lot for Solitaire, but Regency Solitaire looks AWESOME, so...

Huh: Daniel Barenboim designs 'radical' new piano

Well. "The Office for Intellectual Freedom refused to give me access to its database."

I have eaten at several of these restaurants but never outside, so... partial credit? Top 25 Most Gorgeous & Delicious Outdoor Dining Spots in Connecticut

The Bittersweet History of 'Candy Land'

News you need: 12 Ways To Spike Your Favorite Virgin Summer Drinks