Morning Coffee (7/19/19)

We made it to Friday! Time for happy links!

There are enough bad things in the world so I've decided I'm just going all in on the ridiculous fun of CATS. LOOK AT THIS TRAILER.

And the Vita & Virginia trailer looks genuinely good.

Aaah, I'm so excited for Rose Lerner's f/f Jewish Regency Jane Eyre!

Also excited for this book set in twelfth-century Wales.

ABOUT TIME: Margaret Paston, Woman of Letters, commemorated after six centuries

Oh good! Taika Waititi to Direct 'Thor 4'

New Hampshire Is First State to Install Highway Marker to Computer Programming

Beautiful: Exclusive: Her Universe Harry Potter collection debuting at SDCC

LOOK AT THIS GIANT SHINY NEW FRESH AIR ARCHIVE.

16 Fabulously Bookish Literary Scarves

Morning Coffee (2/22/19)

Time for Friday happy links! Back to all the terrible stuff tomorrow, I promise.

VERY EXCITED FOR THIS NUREYEV MOVIE.

OOH: Stieg Larsson's investigation of Swedish PM's assassination revealed in new book

!!! Mary H. K. Choi is back with another lovely, social-media tinged YA romance: Exclusive preview

This is exciting but it's weird that they don't mention they've already... done a bunch of movies? ‘American Girl’ Live-Action Movie in the Works With Mattel and MGM

Interesting: CBS Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Glean Viewers’ Emotional Responses to TV Shows

Ooh, NPR has a new history podcast!

Whoa: French Designer Uses The Spines Of Books To Create Extraordinary Dresses

Excited for this: Camryn Garrett’s Full Disclosure: Take an Exclusive First Look at the Book Cover

A bunch of my favorites are up for these YA Oscars! Go vote, YA readers!

I got 8/10: Can You Guess the Oscar Film From the IMDb Parents Guide Content Warning?

Morning Coffee (12/18/18)

This is just evil: ICE arrested 170 immigrants seeking to sponsor migrant children

Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media

Good for them: Opposition in Hungary Demonstrates Against Orban, in Rare Display of Dissent

How Progressive Activists Killed New Jersey Democrats’ Gerrymandering Scheme

Warning: Lots of disturbing content here: Courant exclusive: More than 1,000 pages of documents reveal Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza's dark descent into depravity

The ‘Good Guy With the Gun’ Is Never Black

The important truth about Alice Walker: The New York Times Just Published an Unqualified Recommendation for an Insanely Anti-Semitic Book

This Is How a Woman Gets Written Out of Her Own Obituary

Huh: ‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ TV Series Based On NPR’s Radio Show In Works At NBCU’s Wilshire Studios

What the heck?!?! A Human Heart Was Accidentally Left on a Southwest Flight

Morning Coffee (7/11/18)

Trump Administration Returns to ‘Catch and Release’ of Migrants

In part because: Judge Rejects Long Detentions of Migrant Families, Dealing Trump Another Setback

ICE Officers to Asylum Seekers: ‘Don’t You Know That We Hate You People?’

How Brett Kavanaugh Will Gut Roe v. Wade

And from an actual news story about Kavanaugh: "I call him Lord Voldemort," said Professor Snape.

What a shock: Trump Voters May Be the Biggest Losers From Trump’s Auto Tariffs

Well! Support for immigration is surging in the Trump era

Young Women Could Redefine The Women’s Vote

All Things Ill-Considered: NPR’s Sexist Blunder

Headless Pompeii Victim Wasn't Crushed to Death, After All

Morning Coffee (4/18/18)

It says something about yesterday's news cycle that I have TEN links tagged with my "urgent, put in the next post" tag. (It's rarely more than four.) Don't worry, I'll save a few for tomorrow so I can mix in SOMETHING different today.

Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92

Oh no: NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air

Supreme Court strikes down as vague part of immigration law

I had already practically FORGOTTEN THIS HAPPENED and it was less than two weeks ago: Here’s Why Congressman Blake Farenthold Resigned So Abruptly

Sean Hannity’s Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers

California limits National Guard’s border mission, risking clash with Trump

GOOD: Sandy Hook Parents Sue Alex Jones for Defamation

Nothing could go wrong now: Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

Whoa: French Queen’s heart stolen from museum

Aw: Why Desiree Linden waited for Shalane Flanagan’s bathroom break

Morning Coffee (12/15/17)

Time for some happy Friday links!

Liverpool made their annual Christmas visit to a children's hospital and IT WAS ADORABLE.

Someone wrote a Harry Potter chapter via predictive text and it's amazing.

Will and Harry met BB-8!!!

Pretty convincing: Why You Should Buy an Entire Case of Sparkling Wine for the Holidays

I am not this talented but I LOVE THEM: 13 Snowflake Nail Art Designs For People Who Love White Christmases

The Fug Girls have a fun chat about favorite books of the year.

NPR has PODCATS PAJAMA PANTS. Yes, as in cats listening to podcasts.

I wouldn't want this as the ONLY tree but I love them as SECONDARY trees: Pink Holiday Trees Are The Best Thing To Happen This Season

I'm not sure I GET this but it's fun: Pick Out 5 Junk Foods And We’ll Recommend A 2017 YA Book To Read

15 Blanket Scarves That Feel Like You Never Left Your Bed

Afternoon Tea (12/6/17)

NPR's Book Concierge is out!!!

200,000 died in Guatemala’s civil war — this digital archive is finally bringing families closure

This is fascinating: How Dollar General Became Rural America’s Store of Choice

When a City and a Bishop Went to War Over Beer

“Kill the Ámpaya!”: On Latin American Baseball Fiction

Afternoon Tea (10/5/17)

In India, a Ghost Town and a Mythological Bridge

What 30 Rock's move from Netflix to Hulu can tell us about the future of streaming

That Time #Ramona Made Everyone Smile For A Few Minutes

Food writing in "flyover country"

This Licentious Republic: Maritime Skirmishes in Narragansett Bay 1763-1769

Morning Coffee (7/6/17)

‘Scarred and broken’: children escaping Isis in Mosul suffer waking nightmares

WHAT A SHOCK: White House gender pay gap more than triples under Trump

Months of Russia controversy leaves Trump ‘boxed in’ ahead of Putin meeting

The Media’s Unacceptable Silence on the Republican Health Care Bill

What happens to America if Justice Kennedy retires

This was quite something: NPR’s tweet of Declaration Of Independence angers Trump supporters

Tchaikovsky Hated The ‘1812 Overture,’ Which Sucks Because He Also Wrote It

Oh interesting: Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros. Settle Lawsuit Over Licensing

Ooh: British Museum to bring back Reading Room as part of revamp

Ha, poor kid: Sophie Turner Says She Found Out About Oral Sex From Her Game of Thrones Scripts

Morning Coffee (4/26/17)

Welp: Joint NHDP/NHYD Statement: Daily Beast unmasks GOP Rep. Fisher as creator of woman-hating ‘Red Pill’

What a shock: Flynn May Have Broken Law by Not Disclosing Russia Dealings, Lawmakers Say (Also in there: The White House is refusing to turn over documents for this investigation! Of course they are!)

Oh: Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal

!! Abortion in Ireland: committee votes for constitutional change

Trump Is Writing Fake Executive Orders Because He Doesn’t Know How to Be President

Will We Abandon Women’s Rights in the Name of Progressive Politics? (Why won't Bernie just go awaaaaaaaay?)

Sexual Harassment In Statehouses Is Easily Swept Under The Rug

‘Turkish Trump,’ a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties

The end of an era: Robert Siegel Stepping Down As 'All Things Considered' Host In 2018

Dahlia Lithwick is worth reading on the cultural significance of Alex Jones' trial.

In China, Unregistered Churches Are Driving a Religious Revolution

As always, I'm amazed and delighted that people are STILL making major finds in Egypt: Eight Mummies and Other Treasures Found in Luxor Tomb Bonanza

Morning Coffee (11/17/16)

I think we're at the point at which it's getting hard to separate out election-related stuff, because... it's just part of what's going on in the world now. However, I will continue my usual habit of putting more newsy/current affairs links toward the top and history/science/arts/entertainment toward the bottom, so if you want to avoid Trump-related stuff, start at the end and read up.

Everything is fine: "The State Department confirms that, like the Pentagon and the Justice Department, it has not heard from anyone on President-elect Trump’s team, a week after the election."

Everything is fine! Russia quits International Criminal Court

What a surprise: Total abortion ban proposed in Indiana

Wow: "The message was sent on a special channel created in 2013 as part of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center, using a template designed for crisis communication. . . . 'The fact that we used this channel was part of the messaging.'"

Trump can now loot millions of dollars from the Secret Service with no disclosure

Meanwhile: This Is What Canada’s New LGBTQ2 Special Advisor Is Facing In His New Role

Hahaha, The Onion: DNC Aiming To Reconnect With Working-Class Americans With New ‘Hamilton’-Inspired Lena Dunham Web Series

Joshua Johnson is a great choice to replace Diane Rehm.

Football Alters the Brains of Kids as Young as 8

Skipsea Castle was built on Iron Age mound, excavation reveals

Morning Coffee (8/18/16)

Wow: North Korea’s No. 2 Diplomat in London Defects to the South

Washington's Sunni Myth and the Civil Wars in Syria and Iraq

Oh, fascinating: Ultra-Orthodox paper ‘makes history’ with partial photo of Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump’s plan to subject immigrants to “ideological tests,” explained

Mikhail Baryshnikov: Donald Trump's Rhetoric "Reminds Me of the Soviet Union of My Youth" Baryshnikov! His first public endorsement! Let's go watch The Nutcracker.

Donald Trump is totally going to launch his own TV network when he loses

Insurance companies really are the worst: Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Humana Merger

GOOD FOR THEM: NPR Website To Get Rid Of Comments

This was so funny it derailed my whole afternoon yesterday: "Author Philippa Gregory has said she now insists on a 'clause' in her contract with film makers to stop them changing historic facts in her work." There are NOT A LOT of historic facts in her books, you guys. She messes with history ALL THE TIME.

"What’s happening to our website? Who owns us now? Who’s in charge? Nobody knows. Why don’t you bring us a dog?"

Morning Coffee (5/3/16)

Me elsewhere: Your TV news for the week, and Monday's Daily Read.

Leicester City!!!

Important: Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry Join Forces for Second Historic Hotness Summit (I just noticed The Cut's tag for Trudeau posts is "Trudeaun't Go Breaking My Heart" and that is GREAT.)

Actually important: This Is What a Republican Attack on Bernie Sanders Would Look Like

This is horrifying: Oklahoma court: oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking

Well. Obviously there's no way THIS will end terribly: The 'Uber for cops' app lets you summon authorities for 'suspicious people'

Yesterday afternoon I was thinking "I wish Vox would tell me what's going on with this Bitcoin thing" RIGHT AS this popped up in my RSS reader.

A Satanist Explains Why Ted Cruz Is Not, in Fact, Lucifer

Held Back: The Decades of Unfairness Behind the Women’s Soccer Pay Dispute

Heh: Little Scamp Causes Full Minute of Dead Air on NPR on Take Your Child to Work Day

Happy (belated) birthday, Princess Charlotte!! That is one cute kid.

Morning Coffee (2/7/16)

What every dictator knows: young men are natural fanatics

HEE: "When Sanders supporters discuss these attacks, though, they do so in tones of barely contained outrage, as though it is simply disgusting what they have to put up with. Questioning the practical achievability of single-payer health care. Impugning the broad electoral appeal of socialism. Is nothing sacred?"

Ooh, this cold case playing card program is neat.

Peak Franco

Diane Rehm’s next act: Using her famed voice to fight for the good death

Here's an interesting read on populism and restaurant criticism.

Who Gets to Wear a Cheongsam?

I'm glad self-publishing is working for this lady if that's what she wants to do but a. I fear they're making it sound too easy and b. I'm sick of hearing about the "discrimination" toward "indie" authors.

Awwww. ‘My Poor Old Jumbo, Your Alice Weeps for You’

The Mystery Money Keeping St. Mark's Bookshop Alive

Morning Coffee (12/14/15)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

!!!!!! Test Your Smarts With the British Spy Agency's Christmas Card Puzzle

Here's an essential read about Republicans in Congress.

It’s Not Foot in Mouth Disease makes some important points about women in tech (and many other fields).

NPR's annual Book Concierge is always a delight.

I love Williams-Sonoma but I also love the annual hater's guide, because I contain multitudes or whatever.

The Scandalous Legacy of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Collector of Art and Men

Julius Caesar battlefield unearthed in southern Netherlands

C.S. Lewis’ Greatest Fiction: Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight

This Seymour Britchky profile was a great read even though I barely knew who he was.

Hee: Charlotte Brontë’s Most Inexplicable Denominational Burns

Morning Coffee (12/9/15)

This JUST happened - I saw it on Twitter while writing this post and the first time I went to Time's site the article wasn't even up, so I haven't had time to read it - but Angela Merkel is Time's person of the year!

Telling the Truth About ISIS and Raqqa

Exciting news from Orkney! Shifting sand dunes reveal large Bronze Age settlement

The Onion, technically, but not a word of it is untrue: ‘This Will Be The End Of Trump’s Campaign,’ Says Increasingly Nervous Man For Seventh Time This Year

I think this is really important, on Jessica Jones's Kilgrave and fandom: "It’s not that individual women and young girls are 'problematic' or 'fucked up' because they want to believe in these 'reformed abuser' narratives – it’s that these narratives are everywhere, so how can we possibly blame anyone for believing in them?"

Interesting: "What if 'womanwomanwoman' were the English word for rape, defilement, adultery?"

This is wild: I’m sorry, Taylor Swift: My one tweet set off a worldwide search for a “missing” pop star from Los Angeles to New Zealand

Diane Rehm is retiring!

Yes yes yes: How Elmo Ruined Sesame Street

Paintings Of Saul And David That Could Easily Be Mistaken For Angsty Romance Novel Covers

Morning Coffee (12/10/14)

Yes, Virginia, there is a system of injustice.

How Paperbacks Helped the U.S. Win World War II

NPR's Book Concierge is my favorite.

Cecilia Grant is one of my favorite historical romance authors, and she's got a free Christmas novella out.

Ooh, a Frozen short is coming before Cinderella.

Important Agent Carter information! I will be picking up the nail polish, at least.

Hey Ladies are back!! "My only teeny tiny ish is I would literally never wear a floppy hat."

Heh: Disheartened Man Expected At Least One Text While Checking Phone After Flight

Morning Coffee (11/4/14)

Happy Election Day! The Google doodle is cute. Go vote!

Sad news: Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi has died.

Whoa: CNET is starting a print magazine.

My friend Sarah wrote a great essay on living with her daughter's spina bifida.

An important clarification from Ann Patchett: commas are important and she did not marry her dog.

Read All the Things – it’s not WHAT we read, it’s HOW we read that matters.

Hee: Literary Starbucks

We Regret To Announce That Your Request Of “Gotta Hear Both Sides” Has Been Denied

Morning Coffee (8/29/14)

Happy Friday!

Crisis averted: Hello Kitty is a cat after all. Sort of. Basically.

This dog, however, is also a cat. Sort of. Technically.

"The pumpkin spice latte tastes like the man of your dreams coming up to you on the sidewalk and saying he thinks the Oxford comma should be standard."

Related: Here's how to make Levi's Pumpkin Mocha Breve from Fangirl.

Emma Approved fans, go vote for Show of the Year in the Streamy Awards.

Eee, Gwenda Bond is writing a Lois Lane YA novel!

Delightful Tumblr of the day: Mugs of NPR

I'm looking forward to starting this Forever YA Photo-A-Day thing on Monday.

Classic First Lines of Novels in Emojis: A Quiz

Documentary The Mystery of Agatha Christie is airing on PBS soon and looks intriguing.

McDonald's is testing mozzarella sticks!

The Outlander Drinking Game

Morning Coffee (6/18/14)

I finally read The Goldfinch and I was pretty disappointed.

This set of NPR summer book recommendations is great: Book Your Trip

I'm getting a new phone soon and I won't lie: I'm super excited about finally having emoji.

BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Goes Long

The 'Abigail' Bra and the 'Claudia' Dress: The Strange Trend of Giving Women's Names to Clothing

I can't decide how I feel about this: Move Over Avon Lady, the Tweens Are Here

Where your ideology says you should live

Which “Teen Wolf” Character Are You?