Afternoon Tea (6/26/19)

‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration

The kidnapped Yazidi children who don’t want to be rescued from ISIS

If you've seen other article about YA and Twitter going around... well, I recommend THIS one, which is actually well-researched and thoughtful: YA Twitter Can Be Toxic, But It Also Points Out Real Problems

Challenging Heterosexist Readings Of Women’s Holocaust Testimonies

Tsampa: The Tibetan Cereal That Helped Spark An Uprising

Morning Coffee (4/30/19)

Rod Rosenstein to resign effective May 11

The Poway Synagogue Shooting Follows an Unsettling New Script

A Terrorist Tried to Kill Me Because I Am a Jew. I Will Never Back Down.

ISIS Releases Video of Reclusive Leader

Journalist’s Death Jolts Northern Ireland Politicians Back to Negotiating Table

Kate Manne on why female candidates get ruled “unelectable” so quickly

This Week, NASA Is Pretending An Asteroid Is On Its Way To Smack The Earth

Announcing the 2019 Edgar Award Winners

400-Year-Old Bible Stolen From Pittsburgh Library Is Recovered in the Netherlands

‘Bones’ Stars & EPs’ Stunning $128M Punitive Damages Award Against Fox Punted By Judge In Appeal Hearing

Morning Coffee (4/25/19)

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Sri Lanka Attacks. Should We Believe Them?

Terrible: US immigration officials looking at housing migrant children at Guantánamo Bay, report says

SIGH: Joe Biden Announces 2020 Run for President

Trump’s high-stakes subpoena battle with House Democrats, explained

Trump’s tweets are getting more unhinged

Wow! Longest-Serving Republican Lawmaker At Iowa Capitol Joins Democrats

Whoa: Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by F.T.C. Over Privacy Issues

GOOD: Nora Roberts Sues Brazilian Writer Who She Says Plagiarized Her Work

Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists

Crusader armies were remarkably genetically diverse, study finds

Morning Coffee (4/23/19)

This is very bad: The Supreme Court’s New LGBTQ Cases Could Demolish Sex Discrimination Law as We Know It

Jamelle Bouie is always worth reading: The Lure of Impeachment

ISIS, After Laying Groundwork, Gains Toehold in Congo

I'm so glad they wrote this article, because this is so insulting: Why Are Conservatives So Eager to Call Elizabeth Warren “Liz”?

!! Computer Analysis Says ‘Beowulf’ Is the Work of a Single Author

!!! Influencer Faces up to 20 Years in Prison After Trying to Steal Domain Name at Gunpoint

UNH Study Shows Decline in Wild Bees That Pollinate Major New England Fruit Crops

Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns

Ralph Solecki, Who Found Humanity in Neanderthals, Dies at 101

Neolithic dog reveals tales behind Orkney's monuments

Morning Coffee (3/23/19)

Last ISIS Village in Syria Falls, and a Caliphate Crumbles

This does a good job of clarifying what's going on right now: The brewing fight over making the Mueller report public, explained

New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern Says

E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms

Trump Overrules Own Experts on Sanctions, in Favor to North Korea

Good: Judge Restores Wisconsin Governor's Powers, Strikes Down GOP Laws

Teen arrested over racist threat that closed Charlottesville schools

All the numbers here are awful: Only 7 Black Students Got Into Stuyvesant, N.Y.’s Most Selective High School, Out of 895 Spots

Beto O’Rourke’s border cred is genuine. It’s not the same as an immigration platform.

Good for them: GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation

Morning Coffee (2/24/19)

Manafort Is Expected to Face Charges in New York, Even if Trump Pardons Him

10 Hate Groups Operating In NH, Watchdog Group Says

The fight over whether ISIS recruit Hoda Muthana is a US citizen, explained

This is, uh, really bad! Trump Administration Blocks Funds for Planned Parenthood and Others Over Abortion Referrals

The big divide among 2020 Democrats over trade — and why it matters

Heh: 10 things I've said to my preschooler and a Bernie bro

This is both cool and kind of alarming! This Walking Robot Navigates Using the Sun, No GPS Required

Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male

The 'von' trap: Austrian battle over three noble letters

Sigh: This man is trying to sue his parents for giving birth to him

Morning Coffee (2/19/19)

Final days of the 'Isis caliphate' – photo essay

North Carolina investigators describe “unlawful” ballot tampering scheme in House election

Uh: William Barr’s Son-in-Law Just Landed a Job Advising Trump on “Legal Issues”

Chinese company leaves Muslim-tracking facial recognition database exposed online

Ilhan Omar’s tweet revealed core truths about anti-Semitism in America

The real stakes in the 2020 primary aren’t about legislation

America Isn’t Really Set Up For Third-Party Presidential Bids

Ugh: Bob Costas Says NBC Axed His Super Bowl Gig Following Concussion Comments

Archive shows medieval nun faked her own death to escape convent

Swansea University announces 'decolonised' English course

Morning Coffee (1/24/19)

Why thousands of protesters — and Trump — are demanding Venezuela’s president step down

Exclusive: Iraqi scientist says he helped ISIS make chemical weapons

4 Arrested and 23 Guns Seized in Plot Against Muslim Enclave in Upstate N.Y.

What the hell is going on with the State of the Union, explained

The Wheels of Justice Are Grinding to a Halt

This piece about the sexual abuse accusations against Bryan Singer is important (and timely given Bohemian Rhapsody's nominations): ‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’

The Voices of Indigenous People Continue to Be Silenced

I'm very impressed with what L.A.'s teachers got in their negotiations to end the strike.

This is awful: Trump Administration Grants South Carolina Foster Care Agencies Authority to Discriminate Against Jewish, Muslim Families (and Catholic and agnostic and...)

Gawker 2.0 Implodes as Its Only Reporters Quit

Morning Coffee (12/16/18)

2018 is worst year on record for gun violence in schools, data shows

The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes

Avoiding Women At Work Is A Childish, Cowardly Response To Me Too

The political tribalism of Andrew Sullivan

Of course: Trump shuts down study that aims to find cure for HIV

Now Academics Studying ISIS Are Feeling The Heat Of An Internet Crackdown

Oh, this is great: Luxembourg to Become the First Country to Offer Free Mass Transit for All

Ooh, Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet are making a Mary Anning romance movie!

GOOD: WTA Clarifies Rules, Clears The Way For Serena Williams's Catsuit And Leggings Of All Kinds

Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms

Morning Coffee (9/12/18)

Fight to Retake Last ISIS Territory in Syria Begins

War games and business deals: Russia, China send a signal to Washington

Well done, Ireland: Trump cancels Ireland trip after groups announce planned protests

The Limits of Obama's Legacy

In an Increasingly Diverse House, Aides Remain Remarkably White

Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear, explained

Simple Hack Turns India's Massive Biometric Database Into a Profitable Counterfeit System

Interesting: More US School Kids Than Ever Are Wearing Uniforms This Fall

Toddlers and Chimpanzees Share a Surprising Unspoken Language

This is a truly great headline: Colorado Sports Fan's Plan To Rob Vape Store Falls Apart After He Drops Gun And Pants

Morning Coffee (7/28/18)

I'm away, so this was written in advance. Back to normal in a few days!

Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting

The Trump GOP-Russia Alliance Is A Natural Alliance

Whistleblower Provides Emails That Show Stormy Daniels' Arrest Was Pre-Planned

Montana Governor Sues I.R.S., Warning of ‘Foreign Money’ in Elections

ISIS Is Shaking Britain’s Anti–Death Penalty Resolve

!!! New Evidence for a Hidden Lake on Mars

Wow: Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Leaving The Atlantic

Eee! Lin-Manuel Miranda, Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell Team for Fosse-Verdon Series at FX

Seagram’s heiress arrested for role in controversial “sex cult”

Women, Stop Volunteering for Office Housework!

Morning Coffee (4/7/18)

Oh, I just woke up to this, how horrible: At Least 14 Killed in Bus Crash Involving Junior Hockey League Team in Canada

This is incredible journalism: The ISIS Files

Without proof, Trump claims immigrant women are being raped at level ‘nobody has ever seen before’

E.P.A. Officials Sidelined After Questioning Scott Pruitt

Revealed: Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis

Huh: Four artworks vanish from walls of French parliament

The Paris Review Has Finally Found the Right Woman

WHAT A SHOCK: Not smart enough? Men overestimate intelligence in science class

Captain Scott's polar samples re-examined 100 years on

A New 3D Map of the Early Universe Reveals 4,000 Infant Galaxies

Morning Coffee (4/4/18)

ICYMI, yesterday Amy Spalding stopped by to talk about her new book!

Lawyer Alex van der Zwaan jailed for 30 days in Mueller's first conviction

Oh: Trump Plans to Send National Guard to the Mexican Border

"More than an event involving four heads of state, Donald Trump’s press conference with the three Baltic leaders on Tuesday resembled a concert by a hastily assembled Motown covers band."

UK archaeologists help Iraqis restore their Isis-ravaged heritage

Meet the Teenager Organizing the First LGBTQ Pride Festival in Mike Pence's Hometown

Hubble space telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen

Why Cricket's Ball-Tampering Scandal Is Such A Big Deal

The World's Smallest Computer Is the Size of a Grain of Salt

Faced With Drought, the Pharaohs Tried (and Failed) to Adapt

Interesting: Skincare Obsessives on the Products They Think Are Scams

Morning Coffee (2/8/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar Project posts: The Boss Baby and Darkest Hour

Interesting: Irish court refuses man's extradition because of Brexit

FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.

Dahlia Lithwick, great as always: The Courts Are Not a Noble and Purifying Refuge

America’s ISIS Jihadists Were Largely Duds

Donald Trump’s Very Soviet Fixation on Applause

This is great news: Teen Vogue Taps Samhita Mukhopadhyay as Executive Editor

Doctors given approval for UK's first 'three-person babies'

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered in Mexico

Marvel’s Black Panther will speak this real African language

Lifetime Has Found Their Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

Morning Coffee (2/4/18)

Today's must-read: I Hate The Patriots And All Their Fans But I Live Here And Need Them To Win

ISIS Is Weakened, but Iraq Election Could Unravel Hard-Won Stability

Long, uneasy love affair of Israel and U.S. evangelicals may have peaked

The Republican Plan for Trump Impunity

Ooh interesting: National Book Awards Add Category Honoring Works In Translation

Good: Songwriters are getting a huge pay raise from streaming services

Meet the amateur astronomer who found NASA’s lost satellite in space

So excited for this: Watch the opening credits for new AMC drama McMafia

Hmm: Sam Raimi to Direct ‘Kingkiller Chronicle’ for Lionsgate and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Cremation urns' dusty bones tell tale of death in Roman London

Morning Coffee (1/18/18)

Life After ISIS: One Sister Wants To Rebuild. The Other Can't Wait To Leave

Just evil: US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says

Donald Trump’s alleged porn star affair and hush money scandal, explained

Citing ‘Inexcusable’ Treatment, Advisers Quit National Parks Panel

I don't know how I'd be handling this presidency without Masha Gessen: How Donald Trump Degrades Us All

"The notion of affirmative consent did not fall from space in October 2017 to confound well-meaning but bumbling men; it was built, loudly and painstakingly and in public, at great personal cost to its proponents, over decades."

In case you, too, vaguely heard something about "California splitting" and didn't realize it was an actual news story, here you go. (I mean, they talk about this all the time and it's not going to happen, but for a day I thought it was just a random Twitter joke and not people Declaring Things this week.)

Shocker: Percentage of Women Working Behind the Scenes in Film Hasn't Increased in 2 Decades

Whoa! After 950 Years, the Bayeux Tapestry Is Set to Be Displayed in Britain

Water Might Be Easier to Find on Mars Than We Thought

Afternoon Tea (1/15/18)

A year after ISIS left, a battered Libyan city struggles to resurrect itself

Fascinating: Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open

How Latin Became The Romance Languages

Why Target Is Gambling on the Tricky Task of Making Jeans for Women

The Mystery of Italy's Saltless Bread

Afternoon Tea (1/2/18)

In an Era of ‘Forever Wars,’ the Middle East Bureau Manager Who Made Our Coverage Possible

How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion

This sounds fascinating: The Killer-Nanny Novel That Conquered France

The Amazing Earth Science Behind The Last Jedi's New Mineral World

How 21st-Century Technology Is Shedding Light on a 2nd-Century Egyptian Painting

Morning Coffee (1/2/18)

A good way to start the year: Powerful Hollywood Women Unveil Anti-Harassment Action Plan

Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law

Why the 2018 Midterms Are So Vulnerable to Hackers

How Catalan Nationalists Lost Their Way

“ISIS 3.0”: How Silicon Valley Gave Rise to the Next Generation of Terror

Oops: Russia lost a $45m satellite because of a launchpad mix-up

'Steve Jobs' is an Italian company — and Apple can't do anything about it

Old master paintings given to National Gallery by Dutch aristocrat

Oh gosh, I remember this ad: Nancy Kerrigan’s 1993 Campbell’s Soup Commercial By ‘I, Tonya’ Director Craig Gillespie

Archaeologists Discover 500 Artifacts from 18th-Century British Coffeehouse

Morning Coffee (12/28/17)

Kidnapped, Abandoned Children Turn Up At Mosul Orphanage As ISIS Battle Ends

Oh: Duterte’s Son Quits Post After Battling Daughter on Social Media

!! Tied Virginia Race That Was Headed for Name-Drawing Gets Another Twist

Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options

What a surprise: Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been accused of sexual harassment

This sounds normal: Echoing Stalin, House Republican calls for ‘purge’ of the Department of Justice

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 44 percent of Republicans think Trump repealed Obamacare

Heh: New York Removes Old Nuclear Fallout Shelter Signs in Move That Seems Premature

Interesting: Manhattan DA Launches First Antiquities Trafficking Unit

After Mysteriously Disappearing in WWI, Australia’s First Submarine Finally Found