Afternoon Tea (7/30/19)

The Border Patrol Hits a Breaking Point

The Battle Over a Telescope on Hawaii's Sacred Mountain Is Just Beginning

House plants: the new bloom economy

What Leonardo da Vinci Couldn’t Finish

In Some Crime Novels, London Is More Than a Setting - It's a Character

Morning Coffee (7/30/19)

Julián Castro Introduces Major Platform For Indigenous Peoples

The battle over extending the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, explained

Trump administration to reject generous Medicaid expansion funding for Utah

'Unprecedented': more than 100 Arctic wildfires burn in worst ever season

SIGH: Neil deGrasse Tyson was accused of sexual misconduct by 4 women. He’s keeping all his jobs.

‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth

I haven't read him yet, somehow, but I know it's a huge loss to the genre: Andrea Camilleri, Author of Inspector Montalbano Novels, Dies at 93

Lion Bones Are Profitable for Breeders, and Poachers

UGH: The Dalai Lama Still Thinks a Woman Successor Would Need to Be Hot

Mystery of Chedworth's 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved

Morning Coffee (7/12/19)

This was the longest week ever, wasn't it? Okay. We made it. FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.

I don't know if I can take it: Veronica Mars First Look: Old Friends, Foes and an Ex Return for Hulu Revival

This sounds great! Alaska Native girl leads animated kids TV show in US first

Here's a VERY USEFUL infographic: So You Want to Watch Women's Soccer

Oh, this is gorgeous: The First Mulan Trailer Teases a Sweeping Warrior's Adventure

Dahlia Adler's editing a Shakespeare retelling anthology!!

Bear spotted taking in sunrise over Mount Washington

WHAT: Buckingham Palace Is Hosting a Leonardo da Vinci Escape Room All Summer

I love this headline: Cockatoo choreographs his own dance moves, researchers believe

And in other bird news: The Queen takes a morning stroll with a duck called Olive in Edinburgh

Mix and Match Fruits and Spreads for an Easy, Customizable Fruit Tart

Morning Coffee (6/20/19)

FINALLY, New Hampshire: Gov. Sununu signs bill declaring Juneteenth a state holiday

‘Never again’ means nothing if Holocaust analogies are always off limits

Prominent Uighur Writer Dies at Chinese Internment Camp

E.P.A. Finalizes Its Plan to Replace Obama-Era Climate Rules

Good for him: A Pride Flag is flying over California’s Capitol. Gavin Newsom says it’s sending a message

Which 2020 Candidates Have The Most In Common … On Twitter?

Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation's 23rd Poet Laureate (THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN POET LAUREATE. Sigh.)

GOOD: Nxivm’s Keith Raniere Convicted in Trial Exposing Sex Cult’s Inner Workings

Whoa: Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje stepping away from competition

In the Bronze Age, Bagels Were Tiny

Morning Coffee (6/4/19)

Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question

Inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women issues final report with sweeping calls for change

Important, from Planned Parenthood: State of Emergency for Women’s Health

Small favors: Italy is evicting Steve Bannon from the medieval monastery he planned to turn into a far-right training academy

GOOD: Caster Semenya May Run an 800 Without Hormone Treatment, Swiss Court Says

Revealed: women's fertility app is funded by anti-abortion campaigners

This is awful: On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles

What a life: Neus Català, Dogged Anti-Fascist and Camp Survivor, Dies at 103

Schrödinger's cat could be saved, say scientists

Huh! ‘Magic The Gathering’: Russo Brothers & Netflix Conjure Up Animated Series

Morning Coffee (5/11/19)

The fight for Trump’s tax returns just escalated

Are We in a Constitutional Crisis?

Over 4 months after Mattis quit, Trump picks Patrick Shanahan as defense secretary

Giuliani Plans Ukraine Trip to Push for Inquiries That Could Help Trump

Oh but wait: Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats’ ‘Spin’

Presidential candidate Julián Castro backs his campaign staff's vote to unionize

U.S. May Ease Rules Restricting Alaska Natives From Harvesting Seal Meat

In Matteo Salvini’s Italy, Good Is Bad and ‘Do-Gooders’ Are the Worst

The Latest in Military Strategy: Mindfulness

A Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and Now Residents Know Why

Morning Coffee (5/5/19)

Bill Barr’s Perverse Theory of Justice

Oglala Sioux Tribe tells the South Dakota governor she is ‘not welcome’ on their reservation

Estonia Ministers’ Gesture Raises Fears of Support for White Supremacy

PrEP vs. Privacy

Study: Major media outlets' Twitter accounts amplify false Trump claims on average 19 times a day

This headline! Why Whales and Dolphins Join the Navy, in Russia and the U.S.

How the Middle Schoolers Who Refused to Be Confirmed Because of Methodist LGBTQ Policies Reveal the Split Within the Church

Hinge in the White House

Exclusive: André Aciman talks striking cover for Call Me by Your Name sequel, Find Me

You Will Never Smell My World the Way I Do

Afternoon Tea (5/2/19)

It’s Time for the Heroic Male Paleontologist Trope to Go Extinct

Fears of a Fourth Reich

With Indigenous Languages in Steep Decline, Summer Camps Offer Hope

Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet?

T.S. Eliot, Crime Fiction Critic

Afternoon Tea (4/9/19)

This made me say "oh my God" out loud: Scientists weighed all the mass in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s mind-boggling.

Awww, this story: This 61-Year-Old Woman Just Gave Birth To Her Own Granddaughter

Inside the Fight for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

9 Writers Who Perfectly Capture What It’s Like for Jews of Color

'Charge Your Phone' Is the Ultimate Reply-Guy Reply

Afternoon Tea (3/27/19)

Welcome to Noraville, the Small Maryland Town Rebuilt by Nora Roberts

This is an interesting approach: What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It

Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate

America Blew It on Arugula

Heh: Welcome to the Digicontenthub Team!

Afternoon Tea (3/19/19)

This is long but it's a great piece on what has happened to the friend who filmed the killing of Eric Garner: Fearing for His Life

A great piece by my friend Jen: Tweens deal with eating disorders, too: Why I write "tough" books for young kids

Behind the behind-the-story stories

Feel better now? The rise and rise of the anxiety economy

Indigenous Cuisine Is Being Served in the Back of a Berkeley Bookstore

Morning Coffee (3/17/19)

New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings

Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

This is awful: Hate crimes unit investigates Ginsburg poster graffiti

AS IS THIS: GOP Tries To Gut Protections For Native Women In Violence Against Women Act

One British Ex-Soldier to Be Prosecuted in ‘Bloody Sunday’ Shootings

Beto O'Rourke Would Make an Excellent Mix Tape. But He Shouldn't Run for President (Yet).

How Trump’s Brand of Grievance Politics Roiled a Pennsylvania Campaign

W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91

Actually, Women Do Ask for Money. They Just Don’t Get It.

New Study Shows Lack of Equity And Advancement For Diverse TV Writers

Afternoon Tea (3/6/19)

‘This Land Is Meant Only for Saffron. Without It, It Means Nothing.’

An interesting piece about Texas archaeology: On the Range

The Fan-Fiction Friendship That Fueled a Romance-Novel Empire

Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers—Maybe

Gradients: the colorful design trend aiming to soothe these anxious times

Morning Coffee (3/3/19)

The recent spike in tensions between India and Pakistan, explained

Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can’t.)

Congress asked top experts for a plan to cut child poverty in half. Here it is.

Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money

A pediatrician exposes suicide tips for children hidden in videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids

The FBI raided a 91-year-old missionary’s home and found thousands of stolen Native American bones

...well, at least there's a new sponsor: Booker prize: Silicon Valley billionaire takes over as new sponsor

When It Comes to Stories about Racism, Why Does Hollywood Love a White Point of View?

Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Gets Netflix Debut Date, New Name + Teaser

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes comic-book heroine

Afternoon Tea (3/1/19)

How Mushers Train Their Bodies for the Iditarod

Indigenous People's Long Road to Visibility in Hollywood

10 2019 Bisexual YA Books to Put on Your TBR Right Now

A Trip Through Norway's Burgeoning Cheese Scene

An AI reading list — from practical primers to sci-fi short stories

Morning Coffee (2/7/19)

The dumpster fire that is Virginia politics, explained in 500 words

The stuff in here is pretty tame compared to the rumors that have been around for years: Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s Abuse Of Staff Scared Off Candidates To Manage Her Presidential Bid

How Trump’s State of the Union Guests Embodied His Politics of Fear and Dread

An important report on where US-supplied weapons end up: Sold to an ally, lost to an enemy

His side of the story: Nathan Phillips wants to talk about Covington

Germany's cabinet approves revision to Nazi-era abortion law

Pope Acknowledges Nuns Were Sexually Abused by Priests and Bishops

! Stolen Swedish royal treasure may have been found, police say

Egypt Unveils Dozens of Newly Discovered Mummies

It's official: The Oscars to Air Without a Host

Morning Coffee (2/6/19)

“This is the next battle for our democracy”: Stacey Abrams answers Trump with voting rights

Trump is expected to call for an end to HIV in the US by 2030. That’s totally realistic. (Spoiler: The administration does not actually want to do any of the things that MAKE it realistic.)

Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators

Trump’s Company Ramps Up Purge Of Undocumented Workers From Golf Clubs

Trump’s Pick To Replace Brett Kavanaugh Could Face An Ugly Confirmation Fight (because she's SUPER TERRIBLE)

Ralph Northam's Lasting Shame

Maduro issues threat to jail Venezuela’s opposition leader

Óscar Arias Sánchez, a Nobel Winner and Former President of Costa Rica, Is Accused of Sexual Assault

Senators reintroduce bill to protect Native American women, finish work started by defeated colleague

And in case you don't have enough to worry about: A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan

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 (1/21/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

I've been wary of this while the GOP has the Senate, but the Atlantic makes an interesting case: Impeach Donald Trump

Trump's war on science: how the US is putting politics above evidence

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation

Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78

Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada's disputed right to use indigenous land

Good for her (and the book is great, btw): Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' has the longest run atop Amazon since 'Fifty Shades'

Wow: Bob Costas Says He’s Done With NBC After 40 Years

!!! Gillian Anderson Set To Join ‘The Crown’ Season Four As Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

I'll admit I've always been suspicious of these, but . . . Twins get some 'mystifying' results when they put 5 DNA ancestry kits to the test

Amazing: Microsoft font gives away forgery in bankruptcy case

Morning Coffee (1/19/19)

Thousands more migrant kids separated from parents under Trump than previously reported

Two interesting views on today: Don’t Give Up on the Women’s March

The Women’s March Doesn’t Get to Decide Who the ‘White Jews’ Are

Hoyer Calls Out GOP After Member Told Rep. Cardenas To ‘Go Back To Puerto Rico’

‘The Shutdown Makes Me Nervous’: Young People Caught Up in Impasse

The North Pole is moving, and the shutdown means we aren’t keeping up

Michael Cohen Reportedly Paid Someone to Create a Fake Twitter Account Calling Him Hot and Smart

Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who found solace in nature, dies at 83

'Look for Me, Please': How Indigenous Women Work to Help Each Other When Authorities Turn a Blind Eye

Anti-vax Movement Listed by World Health Organization as One of the Top 10 Health Threats for 2019