Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children
Illinois bans private immigration detention centers
Lesbian Couple Barred From Fostering Migrant Kids
Well, this is alarming! Trump tweets video showing him running for president indefinitely
No. Why. Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run
One of the last: Tuskegee Airman who flew 142 WWII combat missions dies at 99
Boston tapes: Ex-IRA man to take case to Supreme Court
Good: 72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts
Oh, nice move: U.S. Olympic Committee Changes Name To U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
A legend: Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Monday, June 24, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Afternoon Tea (6/13/19)
I just finished reading this book and it was FASCINATING: ‘My Only Real Loyalty is to the Truth’: An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe
Wow: PHOTOS: The Powerful Faces Of Women Who Faced Danger
Modernism’s Debt to Black Women
This has some really interesting history of terminology and how people see themselves: Not All Queer People Feel Like They Were “Born This Way”
The curse of the spiritual sword
Wow: PHOTOS: The Powerful Faces Of Women Who Faced Danger
Modernism’s Debt to Black Women
This has some really interesting history of terminology and how people see themselves: Not All Queer People Feel Like They Were “Born This Way”
The curse of the spiritual sword
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Morning Coffee (5/12/19)
Inside Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent
There is the WILDEST anecdote in here: How golf explains Trump. Seriously.
The White House revoked my press pass. It’s not just me — it’s curtailing access for all journalists.
Pete Buttigieg Confronts Race and Identity in Speech to Gay Group
Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy
Ireland’s Church Homes Gave Children’s Bodies to Medical Schools for Dissection
Dutch family in cash plea to save ancestor’s tulip mania paintings
PERFECT: Kristin Scott Thomas Joins Ben Wheatley's 'Rebecca' Adaptation for Netflix
Producer Greg Berlanti Sets New Series Record With Another Strong Upfront
There is the WILDEST anecdote in here: How golf explains Trump. Seriously.
The White House revoked my press pass. It’s not just me — it’s curtailing access for all journalists.
Pete Buttigieg Confronts Race and Identity in Speech to Gay Group
Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy
Ireland’s Church Homes Gave Children’s Bodies to Medical Schools for Dissection
Dutch family in cash plea to save ancestor’s tulip mania paintings
PERFECT: Kristin Scott Thomas Joins Ben Wheatley's 'Rebecca' Adaptation for Netflix
Producer Greg Berlanti Sets New Series Record With Another Strong Upfront
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
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
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
Monday, February 4, 2019
Monday, January 7, 2019
Morning Coffee (1/7/19)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'How Do You Not Know How Marginal Tax Rates Work?'
Sultan Muhammad V steps down as Malaysia's king
Legal Abortions Begin in Ireland With Solidarity and Small Protests
Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Formally Break From Russia
What the hell is a presidential “exploratory committee”?
Hm: JonBenét Ramsey’s Brother Settles $750 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over CBS Series
Interesting: Charles Darwin's ailments are 'typical of Lyme disease' in UK
We still do not need this! Luca Guadagnino Says Elio & Oliver Will Meet Again In Paris In Potential ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Sequel
Ooh, Carmen Sandiego trailer!
Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'How Do You Not Know How Marginal Tax Rates Work?'
Sultan Muhammad V steps down as Malaysia's king
Legal Abortions Begin in Ireland With Solidarity and Small Protests
Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Formally Break From Russia
What the hell is a presidential “exploratory committee”?
Hm: JonBenét Ramsey’s Brother Settles $750 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over CBS Series
Interesting: Charles Darwin's ailments are 'typical of Lyme disease' in UK
We still do not need this! Luca Guadagnino Says Elio & Oliver Will Meet Again In Paris In Potential ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Sequel
Ooh, Carmen Sandiego trailer!
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Morning Coffee (12/30/18)
Horrifying: How a Crackdown on MS-13 Caught Up Innocent High School Students
Delays, frustrations as Congo’s presidential election begins
Court dissolves North Carolina elections board with election fraud scandal still under investigation
Of course: New E.P.A. Plan Could Free Coal Plants to Release More Mercury Into the Air
Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S.
This is an essential look at both Trump and the TV industry: How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success
The Border Dividing Ireland Has Long Been Invisible. Brexit Threatens to Make It Real.
Sono Osato, Japanese-American Ballet Star, Is Dead at 99
A Journey Into the Solar System’s Outer Reaches, Seeking New Worlds to Explore
Papers reveal saga of horse given to John Major by Turkmenistan
Delays, frustrations as Congo’s presidential election begins
Court dissolves North Carolina elections board with election fraud scandal still under investigation
Of course: New E.P.A. Plan Could Free Coal Plants to Release More Mercury Into the Air
Malware attack disrupts delivery of L.A. Times and Tribune papers across the U.S.
This is an essential look at both Trump and the TV industry: How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success
The Border Dividing Ireland Has Long Been Invisible. Brexit Threatens to Make It Real.
Sono Osato, Japanese-American Ballet Star, Is Dead at 99
A Journey Into the Solar System’s Outer Reaches, Seeking New Worlds to Explore
Papers reveal saga of horse given to John Major by Turkmenistan
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Afternoon Tea (10/10/18)
Very excited for her new book, out yesterday: Tana French on The Witch Elm and why she loves writing mysteries
These are beautiful: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket on California coast – in pictures
50 Years Later, Troubles Still Cast ‘Huge Shadow’ Over Northern Ireland
Alone with Elizabeth Bishop
What Strategy Could Either Side Have Used to Win the War in 1776?
These are beautiful: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket on California coast – in pictures
50 Years Later, Troubles Still Cast ‘Huge Shadow’ Over Northern Ireland
Alone with Elizabeth Bishop
What Strategy Could Either Side Have Used to Win the War in 1776?
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Morning Coffee (8/30/18)
Just so we're clear, THIS IS RACIST: U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
SO IS THIS: Florida's Republican Candidate For Governor Just Said A Vote For His Black Rival Would "Monkey This Up"
Speaking of: Who is Andrew Gillum? Meet Florida’s history-making Democratic nominee for governor.
This is frightening: C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application
Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says
And related: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president (Not the point but it must be KILLING him that he's now just "Trump lawyer Giuliani.")
How Facebook Failed The Rohingya In Myanmar
In City Ballet Shake-Up, One Dancer Out and Two Suspended
5,500-year-old tomb in Meath the ‘find of a lifetime’
SO IS THIS: Florida's Republican Candidate For Governor Just Said A Vote For His Black Rival Would "Monkey This Up"
Speaking of: Who is Andrew Gillum? Meet Florida’s history-making Democratic nominee for governor.
This is frightening: C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application
Don McGahn to Leave White House Counsel Job This Fall, Trump Says
And related: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking the Courts
Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president (Not the point but it must be KILLING him that he's now just "Trump lawyer Giuliani.")
How Facebook Failed The Rohingya In Myanmar
In City Ballet Shake-Up, One Dancer Out and Two Suspended
5,500-year-old tomb in Meath the ‘find of a lifetime’
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Afternoon Tea (8/7/18)
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Morning Coffee (5/29/18)
Asylum seekers have flooded into Canada. The government is putting them to work.
After Ireland Abortion Vote, Northern Irish Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’
North Korea Nuclear Disarmament Could Take 15 Years, Expert Warns
This sounds like the worst TV season ever: ‘The only one’: In new West Wing season, Trump calls the shots and aides follow
The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal
Three Younger Veterans Stake a Generational Claim on the Democratic Party
Interesting interview: Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’
SO EXCITED: Tana French previews her thrilling new mystery The Witch Elm
‘Sesame Street’ Has Filed A Lawsuit Against The Raunchy Puppets Of ‘The Happytime Murders’
Heh: Rudy Giuliani went to watch baseball on his birthday and Yankees fans gave him the gift of boos
After Ireland Abortion Vote, Northern Irish Ask, ‘Why Not Us?’
North Korea Nuclear Disarmament Could Take 15 Years, Expert Warns
This sounds like the worst TV season ever: ‘The only one’: In new West Wing season, Trump calls the shots and aides follow
The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal
Three Younger Veterans Stake a Generational Claim on the Democratic Party
Interesting interview: Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’
SO EXCITED: Tana French previews her thrilling new mystery The Witch Elm
‘Sesame Street’ Has Filed A Lawsuit Against The Raunchy Puppets Of ‘The Happytime Murders’
Heh: Rudy Giuliani went to watch baseball on his birthday and Yankees fans gave him the gift of boos
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Morning Coffee (5/27/18)
YAY: Ireland votes by landslide to legalise abortion
Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror
Chokhri, a New Sexual Health Project, Maps Marital Rape and Abortion in India
Feds Seized a Fortune From #Resistance Icons Accused of Boosting Online ‘Ponzi Schemes’
The Line Between Big Tech and Defense Work
‘This Is Not of God’: When Anti-Trump Evangelicals Confront Their Brethren
Missouri May Be First State To Get Serious About The Definition Of Meat
Number of Female Writers in British Film and TV at ‘Abjectly Low Levels’
Heh: Philip Roth Obituary Just Thinly Disguised Version Of Author’s Life
13 Actually Effective Ways To Handle All Of Your Annoying Work Situations
Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror
Chokhri, a New Sexual Health Project, Maps Marital Rape and Abortion in India
Feds Seized a Fortune From #Resistance Icons Accused of Boosting Online ‘Ponzi Schemes’
The Line Between Big Tech and Defense Work
‘This Is Not of God’: When Anti-Trump Evangelicals Confront Their Brethren
Missouri May Be First State To Get Serious About The Definition Of Meat
Number of Female Writers in British Film and TV at ‘Abjectly Low Levels’
Heh: Philip Roth Obituary Just Thinly Disguised Version Of Author’s Life
13 Actually Effective Ways To Handle All Of Your Annoying Work Situations
Friday, May 25, 2018
Afternoon Tea (5/25/18)
Warning: This will make you want ice cream. Next Stop, Summer: A Day Aboard a Mister Softee Truck
These are great choices: 'From Twinkle, With Love' Author Sandhya Menon Shares Her 5 Favorite Young Adult Rom-Coms
Get Schooled on the History of Where ‘Grease’ Was Really Filmed
Dublin's ghost signs: preserving a city's fading memories
I have never clicked on anything so quickly as a look inside Evelyn Waugh's Georgian mansion.
These are great choices: 'From Twinkle, With Love' Author Sandhya Menon Shares Her 5 Favorite Young Adult Rom-Coms
Get Schooled on the History of Where ‘Grease’ Was Really Filmed
Dublin's ghost signs: preserving a city's fading memories
I have never clicked on anything so quickly as a look inside Evelyn Waugh's Georgian mansion.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Morning Coffee (5/22/18)
Ugh: Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights
Trump Grappling With Risks of Proceeding With North Korea Meeting
I believe it's morally abhorrent to call ANY group of people "animals", and especially alarming when it comes from the government.
Diplomats Are Getting Away With Abusing Their Children's Nannies
Good for her: Instead of a moment of silence for gun violence victims, Kelly Clarkson went off-script
What an amazing story: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104
What It’s Like to Be an Abortion-Rights Activist in Ireland
It's finally official: Obamas Ink Producing Deal With Netflix
Heh: The Royal Wedding's Most Remarkable Photo Features 10 Small Kids Actually Sitting Still
Whoa: Asteroid from another star system found orbiting wrong way near Jupiter
Trump Grappling With Risks of Proceeding With North Korea Meeting
I believe it's morally abhorrent to call ANY group of people "animals", and especially alarming when it comes from the government.
Diplomats Are Getting Away With Abusing Their Children's Nannies
Good for her: Instead of a moment of silence for gun violence victims, Kelly Clarkson went off-script
What an amazing story: Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Barrier-Breaking Lawyer, Dies at 104
What It’s Like to Be an Abortion-Rights Activist in Ireland
It's finally official: Obamas Ink Producing Deal With Netflix
Heh: The Royal Wedding's Most Remarkable Photo Features 10 Small Kids Actually Sitting Still
Whoa: Asteroid from another star system found orbiting wrong way near Jupiter
Monday, April 9, 2018
Morning Coffee (4/9/18)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Where Is Googoosha, the Missing Uzbek First Daughter?
Of course he is: John Kasich Is Back in New Hampshire. It’s Not for the Foliage.
Heh: Jezebel Regrets Its Decision to Hire Cannibal Witch as Writer-at-Large
Hanged After a Trial He Couldn’t Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later
Interesting: Baleen Whales Intermingled as They Evolved, and Share DNA With Distant Cousins
The Milky Way Is Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Sound
The Fahrenheit 451 trailer looks great.
Ooh, the Hogwarts Mystery game is coming out April 25th!
This might be where I draw the line: Titanic to be screened on a real-life ocean liner
Discovery Sets Egyptian Archeological Docuseries ‘Valley Of The Kings’
Where Is Googoosha, the Missing Uzbek First Daughter?
Of course he is: John Kasich Is Back in New Hampshire. It’s Not for the Foliage.
Heh: Jezebel Regrets Its Decision to Hire Cannibal Witch as Writer-at-Large
Hanged After a Trial He Couldn’t Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later
Interesting: Baleen Whales Intermingled as They Evolved, and Share DNA With Distant Cousins
The Milky Way Is Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Sound
The Fahrenheit 451 trailer looks great.
Ooh, the Hogwarts Mystery game is coming out April 25th!
This might be where I draw the line: Titanic to be screened on a real-life ocean liner
Discovery Sets Egyptian Archeological Docuseries ‘Valley Of The Kings’
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Morning Coffee (4/3/18)
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Is Dead at 81; Fought Apartheid
The Taliban Have Gone High-Tech. That Poses a Dilemma for the U.S.
Census Bureau’s Own Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question
Good for them: Vermont Legislature Passes Sweeping Gun Restrictions
And them: Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Walk Out: ‘It Really Is a Wildfire’
Ireland sets May date for historic abortion referendum
It looks like they're fixing this, but GEEZ: Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data
Progress! Mormon Church Selects 2 Senior Leaders, and Neither Is a White American
Inuit oral historian who pointed way to Franklin shipwrecks dies aged 58
A New Batch of Neanderthal Genome Provides Insights Into Their Complex History
The Taliban Have Gone High-Tech. That Poses a Dilemma for the U.S.
Census Bureau’s Own Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question
Good for them: Vermont Legislature Passes Sweeping Gun Restrictions
And them: Teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky Walk Out: ‘It Really Is a Wildfire’
Ireland sets May date for historic abortion referendum
It looks like they're fixing this, but GEEZ: Grindr Is Letting Other Companies See User HIV Status And Location Data
Progress! Mormon Church Selects 2 Senior Leaders, and Neither Is a White American
Inuit oral historian who pointed way to Franklin shipwrecks dies aged 58
A New Batch of Neanderthal Genome Provides Insights Into Their Complex History
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Afternoon Tea (3/21/18)
Monday, January 29, 2018
Morning Coffee (1/29/18)
Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.
Alexei Navalny detained at anti-Putin protest in Moscow
Shocker: Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller
Uh, this seems not great: Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases
Wow, good: Ireland Prime Minister Says He Will Campaign to Repeal Abortion Ban
Camels banned from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
I didn't watch the Grammys but I saw this headline when I woke up and aw, yay: Carrie Fisher wins Grammy posthumously
Yeah, YOU'D THINK: Nielsen Social Content Ratings Will Now Include Instagram
I was skeptical of this whole enterprise but then I saw TONY KUSHNER is involved?! Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner’s ‘West Side Story’ Is Casting
The Death of Stalin looks fun. (Er, you know what I mean.)
The map for Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious is SO GORGEOUS. I want to hang it on my wall or embroider it on a tapestry or SOMETHING.
Alexei Navalny detained at anti-Putin protest in Moscow
Shocker: Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller
Uh, this seems not great: Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases
Wow, good: Ireland Prime Minister Says He Will Campaign to Repeal Abortion Ban
Camels banned from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
I didn't watch the Grammys but I saw this headline when I woke up and aw, yay: Carrie Fisher wins Grammy posthumously
Yeah, YOU'D THINK: Nielsen Social Content Ratings Will Now Include Instagram
I was skeptical of this whole enterprise but then I saw TONY KUSHNER is involved?! Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner’s ‘West Side Story’ Is Casting
The Death of Stalin looks fun. (Er, you know what I mean.)
The map for Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious is SO GORGEOUS. I want to hang it on my wall or embroider it on a tapestry or SOMETHING.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Morning Coffee (1/20/18)
ICYMI, I'm adding a Patreon-exclusive diary aspect to my Oscar project this year! (Don't worry, you'll still get the main posts here.) It starts at just a dollar a month. Learn more here.
Okay, here's where things currently seem to stand: Government Shutdown Begins as Budget Talks Falter in Senate
Tillerson Says U.S. Troops Are Staying in Syria, but No One Is Sure What They Will Do There
Of course: FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump
Stormy Daniels Reveals Donald Trump Is a Lot Like Harvey Weinstein
Report: More Than A Dozen Michigan State Staffers Were Told Of Larry Nassar's Sexual Abuse And Nothing Happened
A Blot on Ireland’s Past, Facing Demolition
I don't deal with change well but, uh, the new guy is kinda dreamy: After 50 Years, Israel Philharmonic Names a New Conductor
THIS IS SO STUPID: Reality show crew allegedly tried to sneak fake bomb past airport security (The best line in that piece, obviously, is "The nine individuals, all men...")
Sigh: Pyramid schemes target Snapchat teens
Are Rats Innocent of Spreading the Black Plague?
Okay, here's where things currently seem to stand: Government Shutdown Begins as Budget Talks Falter in Senate
Tillerson Says U.S. Troops Are Staying in Syria, but No One Is Sure What They Will Do There
Of course: FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump
Stormy Daniels Reveals Donald Trump Is a Lot Like Harvey Weinstein
Report: More Than A Dozen Michigan State Staffers Were Told Of Larry Nassar's Sexual Abuse And Nothing Happened
A Blot on Ireland’s Past, Facing Demolition
I don't deal with change well but, uh, the new guy is kinda dreamy: After 50 Years, Israel Philharmonic Names a New Conductor
THIS IS SO STUPID: Reality show crew allegedly tried to sneak fake bomb past airport security (The best line in that piece, obviously, is "The nine individuals, all men...")
Sigh: Pyramid schemes target Snapchat teens
Are Rats Innocent of Spreading the Black Plague?
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