Morning Coffee (7/25/19)

Phew: Federal judge in California halts Trump’s latest asylum ban

Mueller’s testimony, and what it means for President Trump, explained

Boris Johnson: new PM takes his revenge and sacks over half the cabinet

Sudan army chief among senior officers arrested in coup plot

Good: Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests

Trump vetoes Congress’s attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Transgender people in North Carolina just won a victory against HB2 in court

Ha: Less ado: Boris Johnson's Shakespeare book delayed for 'foreseeable future'

Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91

More Than 50 Lakes Found Under Greenland Ice Sheet

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

Afternoon Tea (2/20/19)

This Is Her: The Lost Past and Hopeful Future of Mandy Moore

Meet the Mormon Transhumanists Seeking Salvation in the Singularity

He sounds exhausting: Tolstoy Ghosted His Wife Then Up and Died

A Whale's Afterlife

In the Fair City of Verona, Star-Cross’d Lovers Want to Believe in ‘La Casa di Giulietta’

Morning Coffee (10/19/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS YAY.

If you'd like to spend your morning gazing at pictures of Harry and Meghan's current royal tour, the Fug Girls have you covered.

Whoa: Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe

Norton Signs Graphic Memoir by Olympic Protest Hero Tommie Smith

Oooh, potential Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret movie!

Look at the cover and excerpt from Sandhya Menon's new book!

Oh yay! V.E. Schwab's long out-of-print debut is getting a gorgeous new release

I was wondering about this: The Inside Poop On 'Spoopy'

Pretty excited about Netflix's Christmas movies, especially the Kat Graham one!

What Does Your Favorite Shakespeare Play Say About You? (Richard II, and yeah, it's right on.)

I want all of the Nutcracker nail polish.

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 (3/26/18)

Why India’s modern women say it’s a ‘burden’ to be female

I love this: Ranking Shakespeare's Plays as Crime Fiction

I don't agree with ALL the opinions here, but it's an interesting read: Meg Murry's Glasses

The Beer Twins (One Evil) Take Their Feud to Queens

The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance

Afternoon Tea (2/16/18)

This kid gives good profile: The Arrival of Timothée Chalamet

Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for 11 of Shakespeare’s Plays

FASCINATING: How Laundry Gets Done at the Olympics

God, minerals and mud: thousands flock to Fiji's 'miracle spring'

I'll have to try these: Katharine Hepburn’s brownies are as badass as she was

Morning Coffee (8/28/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

Joe Biden: 'We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation'

"Specifically, if the Sanders-Trump voters in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania had voted for Clinton, or even stayed home on Election Day, those states would have swung to Clinton."

What Makes a Terrorist?

Welp: Trump's cybersecurity advisors resign en masse

These quieter stories are very important: Is Anybody Home at HUD?

Wheee, new Taylor Swift video!

Shakespeare or Shakespear? That is the question surrounding USC's new statue in $700-million USC Village

Ooh: It's Snowing on Mars at Night, Research Suggests

Go Behind the Glass of Churchill’s Underground War Rooms

Morning Coffee (7/31/17)

Today's my birthday, so after I post this I'm giving myself the rest of the day off. Afternoon links will return tomorrow!

Me elsewhere: Lots of TV news!

'Women will die': Trump leaves Ugandan women in jeopardy

Why Autocrats Fear LGBT Rights

Why Democrats are feeling optimistic about a local win in New Hampshire

Bleh: TSA Rolls Out New Electronics Rules for All U.S. Passengers

Heee: Napoleon’s Extracurricular Activities (A Comprehensive List)

Lovely and important: Magic Can Be Normal

This headline made my day: Robert Pattinson Says He Was Almost Fired From ‘Twilight’ for Not Smiling Enough

I'm excited to read The Force: ‘Information is Always Currency’: An Interview with Don Winslow

Unraveling the Mystery of the “Armenian Stonehenge”

Afternoon Tea (7/11/17)

Cool! Royal Shakespeare Company to Monitor Heart Rates at ‘Titus Andronicus’

Zelda Fitzgerald's Ballet Years

The Glamorous Pearl Earring King Charles I Wore to His Execution

This is so interesting: Why People From Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians

I need to read more Philip Kerr: The Third Reich's Good Cop

Afternoon Tea (7/6/17)

In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration

This was an interesting, important, moving read: Shakespeare's Cure for Xenophobia

The Times has an interesting feature on the proliferation of new Oreo flavors. I'm sometimes a purist about this kind of thing, but in this case, as long as they're not taking the original Oreos away, I'm all for it.

Women's Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life

Ooh, let's go: Renovated Museum Wing Delves into Untold Chapters of American History

Afternoon Tea (5/16/17)

What I REALLY want him to do is write a productivity book: Greg Berlanti on the Cusp of Making TV History

Ricardians are hilarious: Defenders of Richard III Furious at Plan to Stage Shakespeare's Richard III Next to His Grave

Red velvet is NOT A FLAVOR: Don't Ever Bring Me Red Velvet Cake

Hmm. Blue prosecco? I'd try it.

From Buffy to Oprah: Weird and Wonderful Celebrity Cookbooks

Morning Coffee (4/14/17)

Time for some happy Friday links.

"When The New York Times asked readers how to fix baseball, we all neglected to consider the obvious answer: cats."

I assume all of our Fridays need this: When Prince Harry Met Justin Trudeau

Hee! Hillary Clinton Models The Pink Power Pump Katy Perry Named After Her

In which Todd makes me want to see these movies: 11 questions you were too embarrassed to ask about the Fast & Furious movies

!! Starbucks is Testing Out a Brand New Lunch Menu

What Shakespeare Character Are You?

University's three-legged cat 'relieves exam stress' Aww, I bet he does.

Let's make some champagne cocktails.

Aw: Railway Engineers in England Just Solved a Sunny, 175-Year-Old Mystery

Haha: The new BBC Dad is a Latvian mayor whose cat interrupted his live stream

Whoa: Watch these color-changing nails do some witchy sh*t in the sink

Morning Coffee (3/31/17)

WHAT A WEEK. Time for some Friday happy links!

!!! I want to go to this: Inside the Mesmerizing World of Miniatures Coming to New York City

Wow, this is quite the concentration of people I like in one movie.

The Folger Shakespeare Library Will Lend Chilly Readers a Handmade Shawl

Well this is just DELIGHTFUL: Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, Wildly Close

In case you were concerned: Bo and Sunny Obama Are Just As Cute As Ever

HUH: Prosecco-Flavored Nail Polish Now Exists

Let's All Watch a Young Mary Berry Work Her Soothing, Sensible Magic in the 1970s. YES, LET'S.

Ooh: See the World’s Largest Collection of Fluorescent Rocks

I want all the candles.

5 fantastic Beauty and the Beast adaptations that go beyond Disney

Whoa, look at these 90s snack-themed doughnuts.

Let's make some spring pasta.

Morning Coffee (2/11/17)

National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say

Trump’s refugee and visa ban gets another big defeat in court

And here's what's next with that legal battle.

This is just... wild: Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government

Worth reading for the various interesting angles, even if you get the basics: Donald Trump vs. Nordstrom, explained

How “Blue Lives Matter” went from a reactive slogan to White House policy

SIGH: College Republicans Apologize For Handing Out Hitler-Themed Valentine's Card

James Bailey Is a Liar. Is He a Murderer?

Huh: Norwegian drug lord helped to solve the theft of King Harald’s priceless antiques

Here's What Mars' Amazing Polar Ice Cap Swirls Look Like From Above

Crowdsourcing for Shakespeare

Why the London of British Literature Barely Changed for 200 Years

Morning Coffee (2/10/17)

Okay, time for some happy Friday links to distract us.

This Tom Hiddleston profile is just COMPLETELY delightful. COMPLETELY.

Perhaps you need a She Persisted shirt?

I'm very excited about the next season of Broadchurch.

Hahahaha. THIS SUNDAE.

Ooh, there are some interesting teases in this Star Trek: Discovery video.

This is the kind of heist movie I want to see.

The Chinese literary sensation who moved to Mayo for love

CHEESE SCIENCE!

I want them all: 30 Pairs of Excellent Bookish Earrings

Ooh, 6 Stops on the Hunt for the Holy Grail. I've been to one of them!

This is so cool: How an Antiquarian Horologist Brings Tiny Machines Back to Life

As is this: The Citrus Family Tree

Weird and Hilarious Illustrations from Victorian-Era Shakespeare Plays

Morning Coffee (2/2/17)

I don't even know where to start these days. Here goes.

Eight-year-old American girl 'killed in Yemen raid approved by Trump'

Yesterday Trump antagonized Australia, AN IMPORTANT ALLY, and maybe threatened to invade Mexico? Who knows!

He ordered the CVE to focus solely on Islamic extremism and ignore white supremacists.

Evil and terrifying: Trump Pushes Dark View of Islam to Center of U.S. Policy-Making

White House refuses to condemn Bannon’s Islamophobic remarks

Senate Republicans just cheated Democrats out of a vote on controversial appointees

Trump used a Black History Month speech to talk about himself, how he did with black voters, and CNN (He maybe thinks Frederick Douglass is alive? McSweeney's published the actual speech as a "joke" monologue. Amazing.)

Fighting for the Poor Under Trump

Here's a good interview with Chris Hayes on what the media does now.

Whoa: A cheese factory goes high-design in Turkey

Shakespeare and the American oligarchy

How the 1963 'Career Girl Murders' Bolstered the Myth that Cities Aren’t Safe For Women

Morning Coffee (1/7/17)

In One Of Latin America’s Poorest Countries, Boosting The Economy Is Women’s Work

Republicans Want Revenge for Obamacare and It’s Making Them Do Stupid Things

Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing

Well this is worrisome: The GOP Just Gave Congress the Power to Cut the Salaries of Individual Civil Servants to $1 (Not that EVERYTHING isn't worrisome these days, but.)

Memo to the Media: Stop Giving Trump the Headlines He Wants

Why Vera Rubin Deserved a Nobel

!! A Brand-New Human Organ Has Been Identified

Explaining My Multiracial Identity (So Others Don’t Do It For Me)

This about Charlotte Bronte's juvenilia is interesting: Little Books, Big Books

How Maps Shaped Shakespeare

A Peek Inside the Strange World of Fake Academia

Whoa: The blue screen of death is going green for Windows testers

Morning Coffee (12/31/16)

Happy New Year's Eve!

If you're in the Boston TV market: NBC is switching channels tomorrow! It's very complicated and I'm a bit skeptical of how this will go for them.

GOOD: Planned Parenthood Donations Jump in Northern New England

Fatal shootings by police remain relatively unchanged after two years

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Singer Resigns Over Trump Inauguration Performance: ‘I Could Never Throw Roses to Hitler’

How Donald Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Endangers Women

The Putin Paradigm

Heh: Kremlin Names Trump Employee of the Month

Mock Tudor? Comparing Theresa May's leadership style with Henry VIII's

Post-Mortem: How 2016 Broke Political Journalism

My friend June went to Alaska and saw walruses and wrote about it!

'Where's the beef?' The weirdest stories from 2016’s autobiographies

Want to read all of Shakespeare in 2017? Here's a plan.

Morning Coffee (12/13/16)

Syrian forces push Aleppo rebels to brink as city nears ‘total collapse’

C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence

Uh: Trump adviser suggests election hacks were ‘false flag’ operation by the Obama administration

WHAT A SHOCK: Trump postpones press conference on business conflicts until after Electoral College meets

This is fine: Trump to inherit state-run TV network with expanded reach

Fine! Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Trump's Pick For Secretary of State, Got a Special Friendship Medal From Putin

"But as a pattern, a government dominated by recently retired generals is a very negative development."

Hmm: Detroit’s voting irregularities spur state audit

The Internet Archive is building a Canadian copy to protect itself from Trump

Stop naming children after trendy people! You will probably regret it!

Ooh: Watch a Destroyed 17th Century Map Get Painstakingly Restored

Lear turns us all to fools and madmen