Morning Coffee (7/20/19)

SOME GOOD NEWS: New Law Offers Anti-Discrimination Protection For N.H. Public School Students

Trump says US Navy destroyed Iranian drone

...of course: Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court justice, as his next secretary of Labor

Great column from Jamelle Bouie: Trump Voters Are Not the Only Voters

EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children’s health problems

The House just passed a $15 minimum wage. It would be the first increase in a decade.

Catholics in Iowa went to church. Steve Bannon tracked their phones.

The new Veronica Mars is STREAMING NOW, this is not a drill!

Yay! Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! Musical Will Release a Cast Recording in the Fall

Heh: The Other CBD: Christian Book Distributors Changes Name After Cannabis Confusion

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 (6/21/19)

Eeee: Veronica Mars on Hulu Will Be Darker, Sexier, and Stacked with Guest Stars

This is lovely: Olympic ice-dance champions Virtue and Moir: 'We’re so proud of our relationship'

! Narlugas Are Real

Overlooked No More: Claude Cahun, Whose Photographs Explored Gender and Sexuality

6 Books About Queer Princesses for Readers of All Ages

Morning Coffee (6/18/19)

Please read this: The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old

Trump Adds Troops After Iran Says It Will Breach Nuclear Deal

Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court

‘There’s no accountability’: Trump, White House aides signal a willingness to act with impunity in drive for reelection

THIS monster: Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child porn

Chilling Video Shows Cop Aiming Gun At Black Family After Girl, 4, Takes Doll From Store

Disgusting: Alabama court forces rape survivor to allow rapist to have visitation with children

Gloria Vanderbilt Dies at 95; Built a Fashion Empire

Veronica Mars trailer!!

Out of Their Eggs, Into the Sky: How Baby Pterosaurs May Have Taken Flight

Morning Coffee (6/14/19)

Time for Friday happy links! With some LATE-BREAKING HAPPY NEWS: Taylor's got a new single out, wherever you listen to such things! (And a new album in August.)

!!! ‘Orphan Black’ Storyline Continues With Tatiana Maslany Voicing New Audio Series for Serial Box

Ooh, Frozen II trailer!

The Times has a new puzzle game called Tiles and WARNING: very addictive.

SO CUTE: Tiny Prince Louis Makes His Trooping The Colour Debut…

The three original seasons of Veronica Mars will be on Hulu on July 1st if you want to catch up or rewatch before the new season!

I'm saving this to watch over the weekend but YAY: Sesame Street: Tiny Desk Concert

The Muppet Movie is coming back to theaters for its 40th anniversary

Ooh: FOR ALL MANKIND: Apple TV+ Reveals First Trailer for Alternate Reality NASA Drama

Once Threatened, Europe’s Night Trains Rebound

These Are the Craziest Milkshakes in Every State

Morning Coffee (5/20/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

What a shock: Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts

This is bad on... several levels: Trump May Be Preparing Pardons for Servicemen Accused of War Crimes

Rebecca Traister, great as always: Our Fury Over Abortion Was Dismissed for Decades As Hysterical

Stacey Abrams: We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement

Trump’s puzzling trade war with China, sort of explained

Yay! In first for Asia, Taiwan lawmakers back same-sex marriage

Where Will Measles Break Out Next? Chicago, Los Angeles or Miami, Scientists Predict

Maya's a pal of mine and also Julian Castro's campaign manager and this is a great interview: ‘You Can’t Always Be Exactly Who You Are’: A Chat With Maya Rupert

Eeeee: See exclusive new photos from the upcoming 'Veronica Mars' revival on Hulu

Oh: Man killed by crossbow in Germany led 'medieval cult'

Morning Coffee (5/3/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

VERONICA MARS TRAILER. I can't wait.

Ooh: Presidential Production: Barack and Michelle Obama Announce New Netflix Slate, Including a Frederick Douglass Biopic

This is a great profile of Chasten Buttigieg.

SO CUTE: Princess Charlotte’s Fourth Birthday is (Almost) Here, and We Have New Pics

I want to watch pretty much everything in the PBS summer slate.

Aw: A Stray Dog Joined a 140-mile Race in the Sahara (and Stayed to Get His Medal)

This video of Taylor Swift meeting her new kitten is adorable.

A Violent Splash of Magma That May Have Made the Moon

Genetic History Debunks Legend Of Blue Cheese Origin

Italians try to crack Leonardo da Vinci DNA code with lock of hair

Morning Coffee (4/5/19)

We made it! Time for Friday happy links!

This is great: School turning unused food into take-home meals for students

Pete Buttigieg’s 10 Favorite Books

Captain Marvel is officially a $1 billion box office hit

See the faces behind the 19th Amendment at the National Portrait Gallery

CASTING DIRECTLY TO MY INTERESTS: Veronica Mars: Mary McDonnell Joins Hulu Revival in Mystery Role

Excited about this! Booksellers Announce First Annual Romance Bookstore Day

!! Hallmark will air a record 40 new Christmas movies this year

Aww, this skating story: ‘Doing what I love.’ Meredith Hall to return to her childhood roots

This stuff is amazing: Her Universe Honors “Sisters of the Force” in New Collection at Star Wars Celebration Chicago

Hahaha: Imagine if nature documentaries focused on this elusive species: the city snowplow

Morning Coffee (3/1/19)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

The Royal We sequel news!!

And some very important Veronica Mars casting news.

Exclusive preview: Obama and Biden return as action heroes in Hope Rides Again

!!! 'Baby-Sitters Club' Reboot Lands at Netflix

The new Star Wars section of Disneyland sounds amazing and I'm not even that into Star Wars.

Aww, look at this cat photobombing Harry and Meghan.

Serial Box is partnering with Marvel to tell new serialized stories about your favorite superheroes

This sounds great and THIS COVER: Cover Reveal: Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

I love this Wonder Woman spa set.

Game Of Thrones Oreos Are Coming Just In Time For The Final Season

Morning Coffee (11/16/18)

FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS!

National Book Award winners!

The Dumplin' trailer looks great!

Aaaah: Lily James, Armie Hammer to Star in Daphne du Maurier Adaptation ‘Rebecca’

So cute: The British Royals Released New Family Pics

Well, this is exciting casting: J.K. Simmons Joins 'Veronica Mars' Revival

You have my attention: Jonny Lee Miller & Common To Star In Ursula K. Le Guin Adaptation ‘Nine Lives’

This is cool as art but also sort of upsets me as a person who likes order: This artist uses jigsaw puzzles, with the same die cut pattern, to make these terrific mashups

Intriguing: 'Somewhere Only We Know' By Maurene Goo Is Basically 'Roman Holiday' With A K-Pop Twist & You Can Start Reading Now

18 Thanksgiving Pie Recipes, Because You Gotta Have Pie!

Huh: Coffee or tea? The answer might be in your genes

Morning Coffee (11/9/18)

Friday happy links!

Beautiful: This Indian City Lit a Record-breaking 300,000 Clay Lamps to Celebrate Diwali

Aww: A Store Had to Move Thousands of Books. So a Human Chain Was Formed.

Idris Elba is this year's People's Sexiest Man Alive. Sure! I have no strong feelings about ranking men by sexiness but I am delighted to see they didn't pick another boring white guy.

Aaaah: Cover Reveal: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

AND a new Alyssa Cole F/F novella in her royals series!

YAY: Veronica Mars: Max Greenfield to Return as Leo for Hulu Limited Series Revival

Ooh, a contemporary Pride & Prejudice movie with an all-black cast? I'm in.

11 Nonalcoholic Thanksgiving Drink Recipes

12 Must-Haves for Setting the Perfect Literary Thanksgiving Table

Hmm: Pringles offers Thanksgiving dinner chips in turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie flavors

Morning Coffee (10/16/18)

Let's start with something encouraging: Protesters Throng Berlin In Massive Rally To Support 'Open And Free Society'

Of course: Trump taps Medicaid critic to run Medicaid

That's something: Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections

Oh: Government spends millions to guard Confederate cemeteries

Look, something happy! The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby

Paul Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65

Oh thank goodness: Veronica Mars: Enrico Colantoni Officially on Board for Hulu Revival

Whoa, good for her: Chloe Kim lands trick never done in women’s halfpipe competition

If a Moon Has a Moon, Is Its Moon Called a Moonmoon?

Fifth-century child’s skeleton shows evidence of “vampire burial”

Morning Coffee (9/21/18)

Time for Friday happy links!

!!!! Veronica Mars reboot officially happening: New details released

Oh hey, free Alisha Rai story.

Here's when all 36 new Hallmark Christmas movies will debut

And in other Christmas movie news: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding to Star in 'Last Christmas' (written by Emma Thompson!)

Important information: How to Make Homemade Chipwich Ice Cream Sandwiches

I don't need an eye shadow palette but I very much want this gingerbread one.

Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

10 Famous Authors and Their Cats

The Best Scotch Cocktails To Drink Your Way Into Fall

Here are Some VERY Important (And VERY Beautiful) Photos of Harry Styles Hanging with Baby Animals

Panera Now Has A Make-Your-Own Mac And Cheese Bar

Morning Coffee (8/22/18)

Slow news day yesterday, huh? Hahahahahahahahaha.

Paul Manafort, Former Trump Campaign Chairman, Guilty of 8 Charges in Fraud Trial

The headline underplays this a little, as they were ILLEGAL payments: Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump’s Direction

Sort of lost in the shuffle! Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Indicted On Charges He Misused Campaign Money Remember when he was very briefly the Next Big Thing?

Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules: Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year

Michigan Director of Health and Human Services to Stand Trial for Involuntary Manslaughter Over Flint Deaths

...of course: Kris Kobach’s campaign website cites a white nationalist writer who’s been involved in the Holocaust denial movement

Facebook Fueled Anti-Refugee Attacks in Germany, New Research Suggests

This is great: Kelly Marie Tran: I Won’t Be Marginalized by Online Harassment

!! Veronica Mars revival starring Kristen Bell in the works at Hulu

Read N.K. Jemisin’s Historic Hugo Speech

Morning Coffee (6/22/16)

Donald Trump accused of raping 13-year-old in federal lawsuit

The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’

And Slate went and knocked on the door to see what was happening.

The Trump Campaign Raised Less Money in May Than the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter

This is great: Clinton’s new line on Trump’s business career: “He’s Mitt Romney but bad at his job”

Horrifying: "Daniel Stolzfus, the girl’s father, told police he gave their daughter to Kaplan after 'researching the legality of the exchange on the internet.'"

‘UnREAL’s’ exposé of ‘The Bachelor’ is the most politically dangerous show on TV

Aging Japanese Women Find a Resigned Solace in South Korea

Vladimir Putin Backs $4 Billion Theme Park The Magical World of Russia I... want to go there?

Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816

Morning Coffee (9/17/14)

Red Band Society premieres tonight on Fox. I really liked it.

Oh yay, NASA is resuming manned space flights.

Update on the Rotherham story: Police Chief Quits Over Child Sexual Abuse Scandal in English Town

Interesting: In N.H., Marilinda Garcia Offers Test for New-Look GOP

Veronica Mars fans, the episode of online meta-spinoff Play It Again, Dick is now available. (I couldn't get it to play on Chrome and had to use IE.)

5 Things I Learned as the Internet's Most Hated Person

I love that the Queen owns something called The Tutti Frutti Bouquet Brooch.

This article about pumpkin spice marketing is interesting, but I feel like it concentrates too much on the smell and taste and pumpkin pie connection and ignores what I think is probably the most genius part of this trend, which is getting people to associate the "pumpkin spice" flavor - primarily cinnamon and nutmeg - with the visual symbols of Halloween jack-o'-lanterns and Thanksgiving/fall/harvest pumpkins/gourds, and getting to people's nostalgia and seasonal/holiday feelings that way.

Morning Coffee (8/13/14)

Dotty Lynch, Pollster Who Saw the Gender Gap, Is Dead at 69

The Veronica Mars web series sounds completely insane and I am pretty excited to see how it turns out.

This Star Trek writer's defense of diversity in SF/F is awesome.

Speaking of, Malinda Lo has some good things to say about diversity programming at book events, complete with a nice shout-out to LeakyCon.

Girls Ruin Everything: Stephenie Meyer, Lois Duncan, and Childhood Nostalgia

I'm not into basketball, but Becky Hammon's story is interesting anyway.

YA Authors Sort Their Own Characters Into Hogwarts Houses

Aww: Ian McKellen Helps Man Propose After His BFF Patrick Stewart Was Unavailable

Morning Coffee (4/16/14)

Good for them: First Women Move To Army Platoon Artillery Jobs

This piece about a 13-year-old Mongolian eagle huntress is amazing.

I'm so glad The Toast is doing well.

I think there's a lot to be said for killing comment sections.

Hot Topic now has Veronica Mars stuff, and I really want this Mars Investigations shirt.

Shut Up About "Clickbait"

10 More Novels That Could Fuel the Teen-Movie Comeback

Which The West Wing character are you? (Josh, apparently.)

Morning Coffee (4/1/14)

I hate April Fool's Day. To the best of my knowledge, none of the following links are pranks.

The Bomb Girls movie is coming to the U.S. on May 26th! Yay!

The How I Met Your Mother finale was last night and it was terrible. Here's Alan Sepinwall on how they conned us all.

Happy opening... week? Whatever. Here’s How Much It Costs to Propose at Every Major League Baseball Stadium. Tip: JUST DON'T.

I joined my buddies at Ahoy Mateys to record a commentary for the Veronica Mars movie, if such things interest you.

David Duchovny is doing a 1960s-set cop show about the hunt for Charles Manson. Intriguing.

This interview with James Middleton (brother of Kate) about his marshmallow business (no really) is pretty great.

Oh good: Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation Over His '212 3B' Boston Marathon Bombing Conspiracy Theory

Okay, this one is a joke, but it's not pretending not to be: Dirtbag Anne of Green Gables

Morning Coffee (3/20/14)

So I guess it's theoretically spring. This Winter Wasn’t the Coldest, But It Was One of the Most Miserable.

Whoa: The Observer is no longer pink.

Veronica Mars fans, here's a fascinating interview with the movie's costume designer.

Six Reasons You Need To Watch 'Enlisted'

This is fascinating and talks about Sleepy Hollow a lot: A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like

Adorable: During breaks on the Trophy Wife set, Marcia Gay Harden reads Harry Potter books to Albert Tsai. And does the voices.

Think that "bulletproof" screen protector is really bulletproof? Nope. (They actually shot at it!)

Which TV/Movie High School Would You Attend?