Morning Coffee (5/10/19)

Time for some Friday happy links!

Meet Baby Sussex: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

I would try this: Dole Is Releasing a New Smoothie Bowl That Tastes Just Like Dole Whip

...and this: Wendy's Has New Frosty Sundaes Loaded With Cookies and Ghirardelli Chocolate

Lesbian Superhero Drama 'Batwoman,' 'Riverdale' Spinoff, 'Nancy Drew' Ordered to Series at The CW

Taylor Swift's Denim Jacket Pins: The Complete Guide You Didn't Know You Needed

Ooh: Colin Firth To Star In John Madden WWII Story ‘Operation Mincemeat’; FilmNation, Cross City & CAA Launch Sales — Cannes

I don't really even go here but I love puns and themed parties so: Game of Groans: Pun-tastic Recipes for Your GoT Watch Party

Rachel has great recs: Summer Reading Megalist

15 Delicious Cocktails to Drink With Your Mom on Mother’s Day

Pick 6 Cookies and We’ll Tell You Which May New Release to Read

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 (4/12/19)

Wow, this week was very long. But time for some Friday happy links!

Katie Bouman: the 29-year-old whose work led to first black hole photo

I AM SO EXCITED: Get An Exclusive First Look At ‘Royal Holiday’ By Jasmine Guillory

I LOVE THIS BOOK: Amazon Studios, Berlanti Productions Win Casey McQuiston Novel ‘Red White & Royal Blue’

Good for her: …Ready for It? Taylor Swift Donates $113,000 to Tennessee LGBTQ Group

It's based on the sequel so this headline is a little misleading, but yay! 'Love, Simon' TV Series a Go at Disney+

Kate McKinnon to Play Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes for Hulu

This is amazing: Watch the Game of Thrones Intro, but With 3,000 Oreos

Aww: Great British Baking Show contestants had a mini reunion over the weekend for a fellow baker's wedding

Hahaha: Word Problems Harder to Solve Than the Real-Life Failures That Inspired Them

In case you need some menu inspiration: 9 Easter Brunch Recipes for Easy Entertaining

Afternoon Tea (4/5/19)

Billie Eilish Is Not Your Typical 17-Year-Old Pop Star. Get Used to Her.

Eee, part two! Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch

‘It’s true companionship’: He’s biking around the world, with a cat on his back

The evolution of Sansa Stark, explained by her costumes

One for All and All for One: YA Ensemble Casts You’ll Want to Join

Morning Coffee (3/1/19)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

The Royal We sequel news!!

And some very important Veronica Mars casting news.

Exclusive preview: Obama and Biden return as action heroes in Hope Rides Again

!!! 'Baby-Sitters Club' Reboot Lands at Netflix

The new Star Wars section of Disneyland sounds amazing and I'm not even that into Star Wars.

Aww, look at this cat photobombing Harry and Meghan.

Serial Box is partnering with Marvel to tell new serialized stories about your favorite superheroes

This sounds great and THIS COVER: Cover Reveal: Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

I love this Wonder Woman spa set.

Game Of Thrones Oreos Are Coming Just In Time For The Final Season

Morning Coffee (10/5/18)

Whew, time for Friday happy links.

I accept our new queen: Eight-year-old Swedish-American girl pulls pre-Viking era sword from lake

!!! Canceled Too Soon, Sweet/Vicious Will Now Become the Perfect Comic Book for the Me Too Era

New emojis! Bagel! Cupcake! Yarn!

He is SUCH an Agatha Christie Guy, if you think about it: Armie Hammer To Set Sail In ‘Death On The Nile’ Movie

I have (falling apart) copies of all these books but I want this new Madeleine L'Engle boxed set anyway.

Very into the idea of a John Legend Christmas album.

Sometimes The Onion is perfect: Chris Pine Depressed By Realization He Could Probably Win Governorship Somewhere

I want all the plaid jackets.

Winter Is Coming — and It’s Bringing an Official 'Game of Thrones' Whisky With It

12 Bookish Sweaters to Keep You Cozy All Season Long

Morning Coffee (9/28/18)

I THINK WE REALLY NEED SOME HAPPY LINKS THIS WEEK.

Maybe you need to see a new baby panda.

Or a vacation cottage made of chocolate.

How about some cozy new cardigans?

Ooh: NBC Sets WICKED Anniversary Concert

I'M READY: Lifetime's Full 2018 Holiday Movie Schedule: 'One Tree Hill' Reunion & More

Doctor Who season 11 premiere to screen in cinemas

10 Public Art Installations To See In Greater Boston This Fall

Oh cool: Cosmic composers: how scientists helped reinvent Holst's Planets suite

5 Cheesy Hand Pies to Try This Autumn

Game of Thrones epic sets to open as tourist attractions

Morning Coffee (2/7/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: Icarus and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Germany coalition talks: Merkel's conservatives and SPD 'clinch deal'

Here's some good context for that: Fear and Loathing in the Bundestag

Of course: Justice Dept. Office to Make Legal Aid More Accessible Is Quietly Closed

How evil: Trump Evangelical Advisor: No Need for Flu Shots When You Can 'Inoculate Yourself With the Word of God'

What It May Take to Strike a Segregationist’s Name From a Georgia Bridge: Hundreds of Girl Scouts

Falcon Heavy, in a Roar of Thunder, Carries SpaceX’s Ambition Into Orbit

A Primer on the Four Olympic Events Debuting in Pyeongchang

Whoa: Exclusive: Laser Scans Reveal Maya "Megalopolis" Below Guatemalan Jungle

Hmmmm: 'Game of Thrones' Creators to Write New 'Star Wars' Film Series

Ooh, royal jewel drama: Romania Looking for Queen Marie's Lost Jewels

Morning Coffee (1/12/18)

Time for some happy Friday links! Don't worry, I have plenty of alarming stuff bookmarked for tomorrow already.

Oooh: This Picturesque Japanese Village Is One of the Snowiest Places on the Planet

Princess Charlotte started nursery school and it was EXTREMELY ADORABLE.

I will admit that I am excited to try the new Diet Coke flavors.

The Fug Girls have a fun write-up of the figure skating national championships, which were FULL of drama.

Good news: The Shirtless Tongan Olympic Flag-Bearer Is Now A Cross-Country Skier

Live Out Your Game of Thrones Dreams in This Game of Thrones Ice Hotel

I need to try this: Lemon Spaghetti: Bright, Fresh, Fast, and Perfect for a Winter Night

Also this: Why spaetzle is the winter noodle to rule them all

These Cake Purses Are the Cutest Thing You'll See Today

'Haunted' castle put up for sale by administrators LET'S GO.

Morning Coffee (1/5/18)

Time for some happy Friday links before I have to go dig my car out from mountains of snow!

I MISS HIM: Barack Obama names his favorite books and music of 2017

These are gorgeous: Royal Mail releases Game of Thrones stamp set

It is VERY COLD HERE and so I want to buy all of these immediately: Cozy Up In Winter's Warmest Puffers

This documentary should be interesting: Queen Elizabeth II Gives Rare Insight Into Her 1953 Coronation

Heh: Dunkirk and Darkest Hour get intense WWII movie mashup

Whoa: Stop Everything, Because Taco Bell Is Launching $1 Nacho Fries

Let’s Play Fantasy Stylist For Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress

33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018

Cosmo has fun pieces on the three top U.S. ice dancing teams, and reading these makes me YET AGAIN want a series of figure skating YA and/or romance novels about all these combinations of dynamics:

15 Things to Know About #ShibSibs Maia and Alex Shibutani, Team USA's Skater Sibling Superstars

12 Things to Know About Zach Donohue and Madison Hubbell, Team USA's Ice Dancing Exes

11 Things to Know About Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Team USA's Ice Dancing (and IRL Dating) Duo

Afternoon Tea (12/29/17)

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when scientific journals decide to be funny: Scientists simulate the climate of Game of Thrones

Very important journalism: Who’s the Sexiest Onscreen JFK?

I had actually wondered about this for years: Investigating the Titanic Fan Fic in the "Oops!... I Did It Again" Video

Some New Year's inspiration: The Ghosts of Parties Past

2017 In Review: The Year in Wills & Kate

Morning Coffee (9/11/17)

Me elsewhere: The week's TV news.

I hope any of you who might be affected by Irma are safe and holding up okay! As always, The Guardian has a great liveblog.

Brazil’s top politicians are getting busted with literal suitcases full of cash

Donald Trump, Jr., Attempts to Explain That Russia Meeting

Republicans Won’t Play Fair Unless Democrats Make Them

George Clooney slams 'failed f---ing screenwriter' Steve Bannon (Obviously all his political comments lately have made me think "Is he setting up a run for something?" because I guess that's how things work now.)

Of COURSE: Tiffany Trump's Rep Accidentally Emailed Harper's Magazine to Get Her Into a Harper's Bazaar Fashion Party

The truth about the gender wage gap

Ooh! Alton Brown’s ‘Return of the Eats’ Crashes Onto the Food Network in 2018

This is cool but also sort of alarming! University invites Game of Thrones fans to search George RR Martin archives for clues

Ruins of a Roman City Found Off the Coast of Tunisia

Afternoon Tea (9/4/17)

This is fascinating: This 19th Century Lady Doctor Helped Usher Indian Women Into Medicine

A Neural Network Wrote the Next 'Game of Thrones' Book Because George R.R. Martin Hasn't

The Prehistoric Puzzle of How Plesiosaurs Swam Through the Oceans

Did Benedict Arnold’s fleet plunder an American settlement?

The True Story of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond—And Why the British Won’t Give It Back

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

Afternoon Tea (8/30/17)

This is great: Spies Like Us: A Conversation With John le Carré and Ben Macintyre

Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past

Wagner, Incest, and “Game of Thrones”

The Camera That Will Transform Our Understanding of the Universe

Yak Herders’ Vanishing Way of Life

Afternoon Tea (8/28/17)

This is so interesting: Embroidering “Game of Thrones”

Good for her: An Eye for Talent, a Place in History: Making Her Mark in Baseball Scouting

The Strange, Contagious History of Bulimia

Every time I read about Barbara Pym, I think "I need to read Barbara Pym."

Daydreaming in the service of the East India Company

Morning Coffee (8/20/17)

Why Was an Italian Graduate Student Tortured and Murdered in Egypt?

‘They use ​money to promote Christianity’: Nepal's battle for souls

Is America Headed for a New Kind of Civil War?

Our Hackable Democracy

Neo-Nazis Slowly Realize This Small Town Totally Punked Them

How to Deal With Your Apocalyptic Anxiety

During Trump's present, it's hard to write the future, says science fiction writer John Scalzi

Certain Death Awaits You in the Future Hunger Games Theme Park

Not surprising, but interesting to read about the actual study: Cheap Wine Tastes Better When You’re Told It’s Expensive

Good question: Why Doesn't Jon Snow Wear a Damn Hat?

Morning Coffee (8/15/17)

The Battle of Charlottesville

2017! Tiki Brand Does Not Condone the Use of Its Torches by White Supremacists

Of course he is: Trump says he’s considering pardon for Joe Arpaio

Alabama GOP Senate Primary Gets Even Strange-er After Trump Intervention

Thanks, Germany! An American tourist gave the Nazi salute in Germany — so a stranger beat him up, police say

GoDaddy and Google have refused service to a notorious neo-Nazi site

Aww: Big Ben to be silenced for four years for maintenance

GOOD. I am all for piracy arrests: Police Make Arrests in ‘Game of Thrones’ Piracy Case in India

Huh: Paramount Is Making a Leonardo da Vinci Biopic Starring Leonardo DiCaprio (No offense to Leo, but I'm not super-convinced by the idea of him playing a genius. HOWEVER, I hope this means we are a step closer to my dream of a Thomas Hardy adaptation starring Tom Hardy.)

Ooh! Major archaeological finds at Greenwich uncover lost Royal palace

Morning Coffee (7/28/17)

I usually avoid political stuff in the Friday happy posts, but OH MY GOD WE WOKE UP TO GOOD POLITICAL NEWS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT. The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight

Speaking of things I don't know how to handle: THE TOAST CAME BACK FOR ONE DAY. That's a link to one post but there's a whole day of content, go read it.

This was GOING to be the one good news story of the week, but it's still pretty great: Woolly jumpers: rabbits ride on sheep to stay dry in flood

These people are speaking my language: The Best Part of 'Dunkirk' Is the Sweaters

Aw, we've got a new picture of Prince George for his fourth birthday.

!!! Game of Thrones' Hot Pie Opened A New Bakery Called 'You Know Nothing Jon Dough'

I love looking at luggage and the Fug Girls have a nice roundup.

Related: The golden age of luggage labels – in pictures

The Most Enticing-Looking Desserts From Starbucks Locations Around The World Let's go!

Ooh: Over 60,000 Plants Bloom Inside the World’s Largest Orchid Garden

Whoa, look at this glow-in-the-dark library.

Afternoon Tea (7/17/17)

Fiery Heaven, Bastard Earth: The Cosmology of “Game of Thrones”

The Long, Storied Controversy Over Cheese on Apple Pie (I am in favor.)

This is fascinating: Death and Taxonomies

The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures (And this actually isn't all about Austen - there's some interesting stuff about the evolution of language in novels in general.)

This 1797 Impeachment Has Never Been Fully Resolved