Morning Coffee (2/24/17)

(I'm traveling, so I put this list together in advance. Back to real time on Thursday!)

Time for some happy Friday links!

My favorite headline of all time: Tom Hiddleston laughs off playing Eddie Redmayne’s elephant in school play

This is a very important investigation into the Finnish first dog: Finland Has a Very Good Boy

More important dogs of the world: Setting tails wagging: the costumed pups of the Rio dog carnival

!!! Here's Emma Watson Singing 'Belle,' Opening Song From Beauty And the Beast

Also: Emma Watson cried happy tears seeing Hermione's future in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (ME TOO, Emma Watson, me too.)

These are probably going to be gross but I will absolutely try them: It's Official: Peeps-Flavored Oreos Are Here

So cool: The Queen’s wedding cake saved by 3D printing

Let's go to this literary fashion exhibit: A Vanderbilt Library Comes to Life

Whoa: This Lego Booth Scans Your Face and Makes a Custom Kit So You Can Build Yourself Out of Legos

Next time I'm in Worcester I'll have to remember to go to Lois Lane.

These Miniature Dollhouses Are So Cute We Can Hardly Stand It

We Received a Press Release for Kid-Friendly Ecstasy for Children and I Need to Talk About It

Morning Coffee (11/3/16)

Okay, let's take a QUICK break for some happy links to distract from the election...

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

I love everything about this up to and including all the puns: Tyler Hoechlin, Man of Steal-ing Your Heart

In other important Superman news: Here Is Barack Obama With a Tiny Superman to Remind Us That All's Not Lost

Aw, Tim Kaine made us a playlist.

The Obama Family's Stylish Private World Inside the White House

Ooh, the Hamilton Mixtape tracklist!

Hm, and Melissa de la Cruz has an Alexander and Eliza Hamilton YA novel coming out!

'Taylor Swift,' 10 Years Later

Recommend Me a Book is pretty fun to play with.

How 'Tumblr Pink' Became the Most Ubiquitous Color in Fashion Branding

Morning Coffee (5/24/16)

Sorry this is a little late! The site I use to organize my bookmarks is currently down; cross your fingers that it's not gone forever, as that's where I organize all my recipes, too. The following is a selection of links I happened to remember in enough specificity to track down, so... welcome to my brain, I guess.

I generally agree with the notion that we've gone way too far with marketing glimpses of teasers for trailers for... but I AM FREAKING OUT OVER THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST TEASER, YOU GUYS.

Also EXTREMELY EXCITED about this: Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” Will Feature Diverse Cast

11 reasons why Bernie Sanders lost this thing fair and square

"If this isn't the end for the Republican Party, it'll be a shame. They dominated American political life for 50 years and were never anything but monsters. They bred in their voters the incredible attitude that Republicans were the only people within our borders who raised children, loved their country, died in battle or paid taxes. They even sullied the word 'American' by insisting they were the only real ones."

Robin Wasserman, being smart as usual: What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?

I didn't really know who Blac Chyna was before reading this, but it was still fascinating and you should read it if you're interested in the interplay of celebrity and class and social media: How Blac Chyna Beat The Kardashians At Their Own Game

Awesome: Female WWII Pilots Can Now Be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

The man who has photographed every train station in Great Britain

Drowned worlds: Egypt's lost cities

The Seven Stages Of Aspirational Produce Shopping

Lunchtime Coffee (1/28/15)

How's everyone doing after the blizzard? I spent the morning shoveling, so you're getting lunch break links instead...

Fascinating: Of SNOWTRON and Snowzilla: How Boston Removed Snow From Its Streets Throughout History

Twitter finally has group DMs and it's GREAT.

Emma Watson is going to be Belle!

An Open Letter to People I Hardly Know But Who Hug Me Anyway

Well, this is terrible: Here is Every Boston 2024 Olympic Rendering From the Bid

Huh: "Angry Birds" Developer Rovio Branching Out To Young Adult Novels

Red Velvet Oreos? No.

“Witty Meeting Comebacks that Indicate Your Displeasure While Concealing the (Professionally Discrediting) Whirling Dervish of Your Rage”

“Throwing Money at Problems: A Justification”

Morning Coffee (9/24/14)

Two more new show reviews: Gotham and Scorpion

So, it looks like the whole Emma Watson nude picture leak threat (in the wake of her very good speech about feminism) is part of some sort of marketing stunt to lobby against 4chan. Which . . . doesn't actually make it any better, since it's still using sexual terror against women as a tool with no thought to the effects on women. So I'm giving you the two very good posts I'd bookmarked on this issue anyway:
4chan Threatens to Leak Nude Photos of Emma Watson Because She's a Feminist
The sexual threats against Emma Watson are an attack on every woman

"And while we wish we could support the man who once posed nude in our pages, his policy positions just aren't as solid as his abs were in the '80s. We support Jeanne Shaheen for Senate."

This Supreme Court Case Will Decide Whether Companies Can Treat Pregnant Women Like Crap

God, everything is terrible. Okay, this is better: The Rockefeller Family Made Billions from Oil, Now They’re Divesting Over Climate Change

The sign bunny meme, explained

Worried that your favorite new show will get canceled? Don’t panic.

How To Emotionally Devastate A Very Specific Type Of Person