Afternoon Tea (4/16/19)

From parks to Premier League: the shocking scale of racism in English football

What Was the Washington Post Afraid Of?

This is an interesting read on climate change and real estate: Heaven or High Water

A great interview with a courtroom artist: Murder, She Drew

And a delightful one with Jasmine Guillory! Meghan Markle's Mom Inspired Jasmine Guillory's New Romance Novel, Royal Holiday

Afternoon Tea (12/13/18)

The Dangers of Mothering While Black

Brexit Could Drastically Change English Soccer

On Junk Science, Pop Forensics and Crime Fiction

A Cave for Mithra

Yo-Yo Ma's Days of Action

Morning Coffee (12/8/18)

Prosecutors Say Trump Directed Illegal Payments During Campaign

And: Mueller Says Manafort Lied About Contacts With Trump Officials

GOOD: White supremacist who drove into a Charlottesville crowd found guilty of murder

Ugh: Attorney general nominee William Barr will fit right in with Trump’s immigration agenda

Just evil: Father of Hania Aguilar, Killed at 13, Is Denied Funeral Visa

This is even worse than the headline makes it sound, because they were taking advantage of veterans to do this: Saudi-funded lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump’s hotel after 2016 election

!! NASA InSight Lander 'Hears' Martian Winds

It’s the End of News As We Know It (and Facebook Is Feeling Fine)

Aw: Liverpool FC fans respond brilliantly to finding 'asylum seekers' on their PSG coach

Skeletons found in London archaeology dig reveal noxious environs

Morning Coffee (7/24/18)

Once ostracised, now Pakistani transgender people are running for parliament

As Trump’s latest lies implode, one party tries to smuggle out the truth

Of course he is: Trump to Seek Repeal of California's Smog-Fighting Power

Oh good: Here's a New Thing to Worry About: Census Hackers

He killed someone in a parking space dispute. But police say he just stood his ground.

This is awful: New York Daily News Layoffs Ax Half The Newsroom Staff

Penguin Random House is publishing a book by the March for Our Lives founders.

Whee, trailer and premiere date for Amazon's Manchester City show.

I am VERY EXCITED about the trailer for Legacies, the new Vampire Diaries spinoff. SUPERNATURAL BOARDING SCHOOL.

Two quarks for Muster Higgs

Morning Coffee (6/9/18)

Mueller Adds Obstruction Charge on Manafort and Indicts His Right-Hand Man

Trump’s legal attack on the ACA isn’t about health care. It’s a war on the rule of law. (This has good stuff about the legal side but, you know, it's also about health care! It's bad in so many ways!)

This headline is AN UNDERSTATEMENT: In private FEMA remarks, Trump’s focus strays from hurricanes

Of course: Mick Mulvaney Just Axed the Entire 25-Person Advisory Board of the Consumer Financial Watchdog He Oversees

Corruption Is the Basic Fact of the Trump GOP

This seems fine: National Security Council Contractor Arrested at White House for Attempted Murder

Nicaragua's Sandinista stronghold is a city 'at war' with the president

Puerto Rico's Push For Food Independence Intertwined With Statehood Debate

Everything You Need to Know About Lush's Crazy Controversial #Spycops Campaign

Interesting: Amazon Scores Major English Premier League Matches After SVOD Strikes Landmark UK Sports Right Deal

Morning Coffee (5/17/18)

! The Senate Just Voted to Bring Back Net Neutrality From the Dead

Michigan State University Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Nassar Abuse Victims

Pennsylvania Primaries Deliver Strong Wins for Democratic Women

The Trump Tower meeting at the center of the Russia investigation, explained

Tantalizing Testimony From a Top Trump Aide Sets Off a Search for Proof

In Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega bends to Catholic Church

"Incels aren’t really looking for sex; they’re looking for absolute male supremacy."

Bitcoin is consuming as much energy as the country of Ireland

“Yanny” vs. “Laurel”: your reality is an interpretation

Ooh, trailer for the new Man City show.

Afternoon Tea (5/16/18)

This Jurgen Klopp profile made me love him EVEN MORE, somehow: From Hong Kong to Kiev: At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky...

The Fug Girls, of course, have a fun recap of the Harry & Meghan Lifetime movie.

Shakespeare's Close Call with Tyranny

Why Don’t Straight Men List Books by Women in Their Online Dating Profiles?

I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore

Afternoon Tea (2/6/18)

This is fascinating: African Deportations Are Creating a Religious Controversy in Israel

In the Premier League, there’s money for everything except workers

How Did Salt And Pepper Become The Soulmates Of Western Cuisine?

The Book That Colored Charles Darwin's World

Salons and seagulls: the golden age of ocean liners – in pictures

Morning Coffee (1/1/18)

Happy New Year!

Me elsewhere: This week's TV news.

Alexey Navalny and the Empty Spectacle of the Russian Election

This is great: MacArthur Grant Will Create ‘Sesame Street’ for Syrian Refugees

In News That Is Definitely Not Foreshadowing Anything, Melania Trump Says Her Favorite Show Is How to Get Away With Murder

lolol: John McAfee says his Twitter account was hacked

‘Anyone can change any habit’: the science of keeping your 2018 resolutions

Advice on New Year’s Resolutions from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

This was going on for so long that I honestly forgot it was still happening: Liverpool’s Price for Van Dijk? A Wait, an Apology and $100 Million

Who's Stealing All These Goddamn Bees?

Westminster Abbey's attics yield a treasure trove of stained glass

I didn't even like the new Orient Express much but I do agree that what the world needs in 2018 is an Agatha Christie cinematic universe.

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

Morning Coffee (11/12/17)

Good news! Legal recognition for non-binary people planned in Scotland

Should we trust democracy ratings? New research finds hidden biases.

“This Is Total Surrender”: Is This the End of the House of Murdoch?

They're making a Pep TV show!! Amazon Teams With Manchester City for Behind-the-Scenes Soccer Series

!!! Aldi’s latest bargain is a 3D printer

Heh: Greta Gerwig Somehow Redeems Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash Into Me”

This project is fascinating: Visit Norway’s Future Library, Currently in the Form of a Baby Forest

'Once and Future Queen' Writers on Rethinking King Arthur: "The Future Isn't Straight White Men"

Found: A Celebratory Roman Sundial, Two Millennia Old

This sounds interesting: Tommy Mottola, Thalia Set Quinceañera Documentaries at HBO

Morning Coffee (9/17/17)

The Myth of the ISIS Female Suicide Bomber

Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club

House Dems: Michael Flynn May Have Lobbied For Nuclear Deal Inside White House

Hillary Clinton Is More of a President Right Now Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be (Except in, you know, all the ways that matter.)

Cassandra Levesque is Determined to End Child Marriage in New Hampshire

This is a good read for Emmy day: Critic's Notebook: Has Anyone Noticed That the TV Industry Has Lost Its Shit Lately?

Here’s Why Steve Bannon Wears So Many Shirts

Perfect: The 19 Books Hillary Clinton Should Write Next

Gamergate is never going away

Trust me, this is the cutest: Kasper Schmeichel, Tom Ince set to renew hostilities in Premier League

Morning Coffee (8/17/17)

(I'm traveling for the next few days, so may be compiling posts a little in advance/as I have time; with the way things are going, I assume I will miss 15 news cycles a day, so forgive me if I seem to be ignoring something important. Also, going to take a break from afternoon posts for this trip. Back to normal on Tuesday!)

Trump Lawyer Forwards Email Echoing Secessionist Rhetoric

Trump Threat to Obamacare Would Send Premiums and Deficits Higher

Charlottesville and the Effort to Downplay Racism in America

The Long List of Killings Committed by White Extremists Since the Oklahoma City Bombing

A teen checked into an Internet-addiction camp in China. He was dead two days later.

Police Add Civilians in Bid to Better Analyze Crime Data

Oh, cool: New Fabric Interfaces Weave Together Textiles and Computers in Unexpected Ways

This is actually hilarious: Reporter Accidentally Gets Jürgen Klopp To Talk About Losing His Virginity

Conservationists Hatch a Kiwi Cutie-Pie

Welcome to the Fyre Festival, But for Cheese

!! A Lost Diamond Engagement Ring Reappeared on a Carrot

Morning Coffee (8/12/17)

March of white supremacists at University of Virginia ends in skirmishes

Good: Active-duty military members sue Trump over transgender ban

Well. White House adviser says people should stop criticizing white supremacists so much

The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a Minority

Why Do We Call White House Happenings “Palace Intrigue”? The Intriguing Explanation.

Taylor Swift did a really good job at not letting her assaulter blame his actions on her at her trial this week.

I am watching the first Liverpool match of the season RIGHT NOW and I'm so happy: Looking Ahead to the English Premier League’s Game of Thrones

Interesting: China’s Pretty Boys Find a New Gig: Propaganda Films

Prehistoric Brits Ate People and Then Turned Their Bones Into Art

Books in America are full of swear words: the more recent, the more profane

Afternoon Tea (6/6/17)

The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool

How Cold Brew Changed the Coffee Business

Unsealed 75 years after the Battle of Midway: New details of an alarming WWII press leak

Premier League Proving Grounds

When Nova Scotia Almost Joined the American Revolution

Morning Coffee (5/26/17)

Well, this has been... a week. Clearly we need some Friday happy links. Then I'm heading off for the long weekend, so morning posts will continue as usual but afternoon will return on Tuesday.

!! Cornell University reveals name of new Joe Biden ice cream flavor

Today in things I wish were relevant to my life right now: A Definitive Guide to the Best Macarons in Paris

Uh, Norway, what's going on over there?? Crown Prince Haakon Strangely Shaves His Beard During Gala Dinner

News you need: Chris Pine Wore 3 Summer Suits in One Day

Aw: Queen Elizabeth Has Been Wearing the Same $9 Nail Polish Since 1989

This How revolutionary are you? quiz is very pretty but it told me I'm BENEDICT ARNOLD.

I totally fell for this ridiculous clickbait but they were RIGHT, I would NOT have guessed: You'll Never Guess Who Natalie Wood's Daughter Married

You Absolutely Need These Prosecco Popsicles This Summer (I ABSOLUTELY DO.)

The Dozen's dozen: our pick of this season's best Premier League photos

This 27-year-old Scottish lad wants to be the first person to bagpipe in every country

Morning Coffee (8/27/16)

Important: There Is No Horse Race

How President Donald Trump could ruin his enemies’ lives

Hahaha. The Trump campaign found some voter fraud! Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon is registered voter at vacant Florida home

And not at all funny: Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon reportedly abused his ex-wife

Of course he did: Maine’s governor unleashed an expletive-laden, homophobic tirade on a state representative

GOOD FOR HIM: Gary Johnson Changes His Mind on Mandatory Childhood Vaccinations

Boko Haram’s Doomed Marriage to the Islamic State

What the Amy Schumer Saga Says About Feminism and Compromises

OH NO: French wine production to fall 10% this year after fierce spring weather

Oh. Aston Villa’s Chinese owner says it’s important to listen to the people—just as Chairman Mao did

Morning Coffee (8/20/16)

This is huge: Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons

And huge in another way: Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week (Gawker certainly always had its problems, but I can barely imagine the Internet without it.)

Wired's endorsement of Hillary Clinton is probably the best I've read, especially but not only if you're into tech stuff.

Paul Manafort's resignation shows Trump's problem is Trump

Jared Kushner's Second Act

YOU GUYS THERE IS A WALDEN VIDEO GAME. "As the writer, you’ll be able to take your laundry home to your mother and go put your feet up at Emerson’s house." Hahahahaha.

This essay by Sara Benincasa in response to an anonymous stranger asking why she'd gained weight is important and wonderfully written.

Jürgen Klopp Has Found His Tackling, Ball-Hunting, Overwhelming Secret Weapon

Aw: Runners Help Each Other After Fall: ‘Get Up. We Have to Finish This.’

The Forgotten History of Female Athletes Who Organized Their Own Olympics

Morning Coffee (8/11/16)

We got some Star Trek: Discovery news! Most excitingly: The lead will be female.

My friend Chris is in a horror movie called Found Footage 3D and the trailer is out. (If you like horror movies I very much think you should watch this one; I am a scaredycat who may not be able to handle it.)

Drop Everything: There Are 2 New Girl Scout Cookies And They’re Inspired By S’mores (They sound good but why do they have the same name??)

The Men in Blazers Premier League preview podcast is out! (People keep being surprised that I watch Premier League. What can I say? I appreciate a sport that airs on weekend mornings.)

Today in stories calibrated to my interests: When Tim Kaine met the Queen of England

This guy. Michael Phelps Tied A 2,168-Year-Old Olympic Record

Trump’s Wink Wink to ‘Second Amendment People’

This story about Hillary Clinton and money is fascinating on a number of levels, not least because of how baffling everyone (then and now) seems to find the idea of a woman whose husband's income is uncertain deciding to act based upon what would allow her to take care of herself and her child.

CNN's Brian Stelter: Fox News Sent A Staffer To Date Me And Spy On Me Ten Years Ago

Heh: What Would Happen if Aziz Ansari Narrated a BBC Nature Program?

Morning Coffee (5/20/16)

Me elsewhere: New episode of The Fourth Wall podcast called Fandom 101, the CW's fall schedule, new clips from The Hollow Crown, and Thursday's Daily Read.

On to Happy Friday links! (Don't worry, we'll be back to all the terrible things happening in the world tomorrow.

!!!!! A Fort McMurray Evacuee’s Cat Was Taken Care By An Airline And It Was Adorable

I loved how Star Trek revealed the new show logo on Instagram; luckily a smart person took a screenshot.

Leicester City: The science behind their Premier League title

Is The Onion following my dad around now?? Area Dad Needs More Time With Museum Plaque

Speaking of Dad, he passed along this delight: University Title Generator

Pet Sounds is really really really great.

I APPROVE: The First Restaurants Only Served Soup

The Mind-Boggling Challenge of Designing 120-Sided Dice

Heh: Facebook Trivia Questions, Customized for You

Ooh: 'Impossibly Rare' Violet Diamond Found

If Tom Hiddleston Were Your Boyfriend