Morning Coffee (5/7/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Fatal encounters: 97 deaths point to pattern of border agent violence across America

ACLU Demands CIA Records on Campaign Supporting Haspel Nomination

Trump tells 57,000 Hondurans who’ve lived in the US for 20 years to get out

Ooh: Ex-'Apprentice' Star Requests Show Tapes for Trump Lawsuit

I am honestly (ha) shaken by the IMHO situation.

!!! Greg Berlanti Options ‘Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue’

This is somehow the most hilarious thing I've ever read: The Good Place: Ted Danson couldn't keep season 1 secret, revealed it to John Krasinski

Oh no: Gibson, Iconic Guitar Company, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Ooh: ‘Stardew Valley’ Multiplayer Beta Launches on PC, Mac and Linux

Britain’s Wedding-Mad Tabloids Feel a Cold Royal Shoulder

Afternoon Tea (4/13/18)

Don’t Call Princess Stories "Frivolous" — For Women & Femmes Of Color, They’re Crucial

It’s Okay to Give Up on Mediocre Books Because We’re All Going to Die

Important journalism: We Tasted 14 Fancy Butters, and This Is the Best One

Inside Milan’s Opulent Retirement Home for Musicians

8 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books the Biggest Forking Fans of The Good Place Will Love

Afternoon Tea (2/15/18)

I was waiting for someone to write about the theology of this show and I'm so glad it was Laura Turner: Are You There, God? It's Me, The Good Place.

Fascinating: Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking

In Post-Taliban Kabul, Haircuts Are an Expression of Freedom

Remembering Nicanor Parra, the Almost Immortal Chilean Poet

The Presbyterian Roots of Ice Hockey in North Korea

Afternoon Tea (1/26/18)

Whoa: 2018 Oscar movies as The Good Place screenshots

All Good Magazines Go to Heaven

This photo and story are both SO COOL: David Yarrow's best photograph: a wolf on the prowl in a wild west saloon

So interesting: Why Italian football does not make sense in the English language

I'd never heard of this author before yesterday but now I absolutely want to read him: In Praise of Evan S. Connell

Morning Coffee (1/26/18)

This week seemed very long. Time for some happy Friday links!

ICYMI: my Oscar Project post on Wonder.

GOOD: Octavia Spencer Says Jessica Chastain Helped Her Get a Significant Pay Raise on Their New Film

This is EXTREMELY EXCITING but I'm disappointed there's not a Meg doll too: A Wrinkle in Time getting its own Barbie dolls

Your Friday morning may need Dylan O'Brien frolicking with puppies. I don't know your life.

While we're talking about actors and puppies: Tom Hardy Has Been Helping To Rehome Dogs That Were Found Abandoned In A Park

Ooh: These Two Favorite Skincare Brands Are Now Available At Target

Who is your Good Place moral soul mate? (I got Chidi but obviously don't deserve him.)

I'm wary of the new Muppet Babies but aw, penguin!

These Vibrant Maps Reveal the World’s Hidden Geographies

Whoa: New Etsy shop will build a detailed Lego model of your home

Watch the Wondrous Costco Pizza Sauce Dispenser in Action