Morning Coffee (6/1/16)

It's June?!?!

This is terrible; you might not want to click. Remember the story about the tiger temple in Thailand? Forty dead tiger cubs were found and at least it sounds like they are now removing all the animals from this group. I hope they wind up somewhere safe.

Wow: From $4.5 Billion To Nothing: Forbes Revises Estimated Net Worth Of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes

Rebecca Traister's Clinton profile is great: "These days, I think of her as General Leia: No longer a rebel princess, she has made a wry peace with her rakish mate and her controversial hair and is hard at work, mounting a campaign against the fascistic First Order."

"Last week, none of the three major cable news networks — CNN, Fox News, or MSNBC — carried Mrs. Clinton’s speech to a workers’ union in Las Vegas, where she debuted sharp new attack lines against Mr. Trump.
Instead, each chose to broadcast a live feed of an empty podium in North Dakota, on a stage where Mr. Trump was about to speak."

I don't agree with all of Matt Yglesias's interpretations here but his Bruenig explainer is a useful overview of what happened.

And then please read Sady Doyle's take.

Fascinating: How I used lies about a cartoon to prove history is meaningless on the internet

The supposed Guys and Dolls remake now has a supposed director. (I only say it that way because I feel like we've been hearing about this FOREVER.)

Aw, the baby prince of Bhutan is very cute.

Perfect: Gothic Novels, Now That The Housing Market Is Not What It Once Was

Morning Coffee (12/17/13)

Four more days of work until Christmas break! Not that I'm counting. Ha.

Speaking of: Christmas is in the air.

Read the "Stomach-Churning" Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly in Full

How about we don't use people's creative efforts to humiliate them?

Remember Michaele Salahi? She hopes so! (She and her Journey guitarist claim they're "not interested in any drama." I hate to break it to them, but that ship has sailed.)

I don't actually care much about Beyonce, but this thermal map of Twitter when her album hit is fascinating.

Danny Strong is writing the new Guys and Dolls movie. I remain guardedly optimistic.

This is, of course, wonderful: J.K. Rowling on charm bracelets for the Lumos auction.

Well, this is adorable: The Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Barnardo's (a children's charity) and helped decorate their Christmas tree.