Afternoon Tea (7/11/19)

Central America’s choice: Pray for rain or migrate

‘Mother Is Not Going to Like This’: The 48 Hours That Almost Brought Down Trump

This post from Dahlia Adler is great even if the situation doesn't directly apply to you: Mid-Career Querying and Other Stuff We Don’t Talk About

The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer

The Personal Kit of a British Soldier at the Start of the Asia-Pacific War

Afternoon Tea (6/26/19)

‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration

The kidnapped Yazidi children who don’t want to be rescued from ISIS

If you've seen other article about YA and Twitter going around... well, I recommend THIS one, which is actually well-researched and thoughtful: YA Twitter Can Be Toxic, But It Also Points Out Real Problems

Challenging Heterosexist Readings Of Women’s Holocaust Testimonies

Tsampa: The Tibetan Cereal That Helped Spark An Uprising

Morning Coffee (6/24/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children

Illinois bans private immigration detention centers

Lesbian Couple Barred From Fostering Migrant Kids

Well, this is alarming! Trump tweets video showing him running for president indefinitely

No. Why. Joe Sestak Becomes Latest Democrat To Announce 2020 Presidential Run

One of the last: Tuskegee Airman who flew 142 WWII combat missions dies at 99

Boston tapes: Ex-IRA man to take case to Supreme Court

Good: 72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts

Oh, nice move: U.S. Olympic Committee Changes Name To U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

A legend: Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91

Afternoon Tea (6/12/19)

Their Fathers Never Spoke of the War. Their Children Want to Know Why.

Christine Sinclair is the World Cup’s quietest megastar

In Iraq Museum, There Are Things ‘That Are Nowhere Else in the World’

Feminize Your Canon: Catherine Carswell

The science here is interesting: Processed foods are a much bigger health problem than we thought

Afternoon Tea (6/10/19)

This is great reporting: Scott Warren Worked to Prevent Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert. The Government Wants Him in Prison.

A Ship of Jewish Refugees Was Refused U.S. Landing in 1939. This Was Their Fate

Inside The World Of Gillistans, Kirsten Gillibrand’s Biggest Fans

What Anne of Green Gables Taught Me about Grief

So neat: ‘Knitting Is Coding’ and Yarn Is Programmable in This Physics Lab

Afternoon Tea (6/7/19)

This is fascinating: The Revered Crocodiles of This Island Nation Have Suddenly Started Killing People

Whoa: Phyllis Latour Doyle: The Forgotten Spy Whose Knitting Helped Pave the Way for D-Day

From the Greeks to Instagram: The Secret History of the Flower Crown

Writing My Way Out of the Closet: A Guest Post by These Witches Don’t Burn Author Isabel Sterling

I've never clicked a link so quickly: An Hour-by-Hour Roadmap to Your Most Productive Day Ever

Afternoon Tea (6/6/19)

‘Archaeology of D-Day’ Aims to Preserve What the Soldiers Left Behind

This is a fascinating read about Waldorf schools in general in addition to the vaccine issue: Measles for the One Percent

Why Society Goes Easy on Rapists

Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary

Gwenda Bond's take on writing tie-ins/IP is great: Toy Stories

Morning Coffee (6/6/19)

In pictures: D-Day 75th anniversary commemorations

To quote Adam Serwer, the cruelty is the point: Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters

Trump Administration Restricts Federal Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue

This headline is a little... mild; there's a lot here: Russian trolls who interfered in 2016 U.S. election also made ad money, report says

"Yet his presidential campaign confirmed to NBC News that Biden still supports the Hyde Amendment, a four-decade-old ban on using federal funds for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman."

Reminder that "too lazy to be a Nazi" is not a thing: ‘I own this house.’ California man shrugs off complaints about swastika in front yard

A step: YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views

What I Learned Leading the Tiananmen Protests

NOPE: It’s LGBT pride month, but three guys in Boston want a permit for a ‘Straight Pride’ parade

China’s ‘CRISPR Babies’ May Be More Likely to Die Young

Morning Coffee (5/29/19)

Evil: Trump Administration Separates Some Migrant Mothers From Their Newborns Before Returning Them to Detention

Good news! Supreme Court rejects transgender bathroom case, allowing transgender students to use bathroom of choice

Of fucking COURSE he would: In reversal from 2016, McConnell says he would fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020

This is awful: Missouri’s Last Abortion Clinic Could Stop Providing the Procedure This Week

New Hampshire Prisons Ban Books Critical of Prison System, Award Winners

Right-wing media's anti-abortion misinformation playbook for 2020

5G could mean less time to flee a deadly hurricane, heads of NASA and NOAA warn

Denied graves by Nazis, resistance fighters finally buried

Murray Gell-Mann, Who Peered at Particles and Saw the Universe, Dies at 89

Research Says Having Fresh Flowers in Your Home Can Actually Reduce Levels of Pain

Afternoon Tea (5/21/19)

Wow, this BuzzFeed investigation of Tony Robbins: Unlimited Power

This is so interesting, and obviously whether it's helpful or terrible depends greatly on how it's done: ‘Hi! My name’s Eva’: A teenage Holocaust victim’s diary comes to life on Instagram

My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me.

Liquid Death and the Nonsense of Packaged Water

Why You Should Start Binge-Reading Right Now

Morning Coffee (5/10/19)

Time for some Friday happy links!

Meet Baby Sussex: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

I would try this: Dole Is Releasing a New Smoothie Bowl That Tastes Just Like Dole Whip

...and this: Wendy's Has New Frosty Sundaes Loaded With Cookies and Ghirardelli Chocolate

Lesbian Superhero Drama 'Batwoman,' 'Riverdale' Spinoff, 'Nancy Drew' Ordered to Series at The CW

Taylor Swift's Denim Jacket Pins: The Complete Guide You Didn't Know You Needed

Ooh: Colin Firth To Star In John Madden WWII Story ‘Operation Mincemeat’; FilmNation, Cross City & CAA Launch Sales — Cannes

I don't really even go here but I love puns and themed parties so: Game of Groans: Pun-tastic Recipes for Your GoT Watch Party

Rachel has great recs: Summer Reading Megalist

15 Delicious Cocktails to Drink With Your Mom on Mother’s Day

Pick 6 Cookies and We’ll Tell You Which May New Release to Read

Morning Coffee (5/9/19)

Donald Trump Jr. Is Subpoenaed to Testify to Senate Panel on Russia Contacts

The House Judiciary vote on contempt of Congress and what it means for William Barr, explained

Georgia Just Criminalized Abortion. Women Who Terminate Their Pregnancies Would Receive Life in Prison.

Vatican establishes new rule for sexual abuse complaints and coverups involving bishops

Awful: Jewish Family Loses Legal Battle To Recover Painting Stolen By Nazis

Is Biden Really the Most ‘Electable’ Democrat?

The Man Who Made Your iPhone Wants to Run Taiwan. A Sea Goddess Backs Him, He Says.

Jacinda Ardern Got Engaged. New Zealand Almost Didn’t Notice.

He ruins everything! How Donald Trump ruined a space art project

Battle for .amazon Domain Pits Retailer Against South American Nations

Afternoon Tea (5/1/19)

Visit Auschwitz For The Questions That Follow You Home

This was good but didn't explain the connection between cursive and conservative Christian educational movements strongly enough: Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It’s Coming Back.

The Race to Develop the Moon

A wilder read than you might expect: The Raisin Situation

We Spy 6 Brilliant New Books That Celebrate Our Fascination with Spies

Morning Coffee (5/1/19)

Mueller Objected to Barr’s Description of Russia Investigation’s Findings on Trump

Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaching bail in 2012

Trump wants to make asylum seekers’ stay in the US harder — and shorter

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Making SNAP Retail Data Public Has Broad Public Health Implications

Ugh, of COURSE: Far-Right Smear Merchants Try to Slime Pete Buttigieg with Bogus Sex Assault Claim

Ashdown Forest: Fire breaks out in Winnie the Pooh wood

Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims

Justice prohibits sale of Brazilian books accused of plagiarizing Nora Roberts

Scientists Create Speech From Brain Signals

Women, People of Color Make Progress as TV Writers But Still Underrepresented in Top Jobs

Morning Coffee (4/26/19)

Friday happy link time! I'm writing this Thursday night because I will be ON A PLANE when it posts, but by the time you're reading it there will be NEW TAYLOR MUSIC OUT, THE HAPPIEST OF OCCASIONS, GO GET IT.

HAHAHA: Avengers: Endgame Cast Sings "We Didn't Start the Fire"

!!! Possible 'marsquake' detected for first time on red planet

Oh neat: The New Hampshire Fisher Cats Go Organic

SO CUTE: It’s (Nearly) Prince Louis’s First Birthday and We Got New Pictures

!!! YES. I AM FREAKING OUT. McDonald's is bringing its iconic Dutch Stroopwafel McFlurry to America — and people are freaking out

This sounds fun: Star Trek Animated Series in Development at Nickelodeon

Interesting: Skyhorse Forms Arcade CrimeWise

Australian ship discovered off Victoria 77 years after Japanese submarine attack

I'm not even particularly into DD, but I kinda want these? Dunkin’s New Lip Balms Are Essentially Spreadable Munchkins

I love this: Blake Lively Used to Wear Forever 21 on Red Carpets and Lie and Say It Was Vintage

Morning Coffee (4/15/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Aww, this hug is so great and important: Buttigieg looking to begin new era in politics with historic candidacy

This report is very long, but worth your time: How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World

What It Takes to Pull Off India’s Gargantuan Election

Assange tried to use embassy as 'centre for spying', says Ecuador's Moreno

The People Demand Answers: What Happened to Julian Assange’s Cat?

Elizabeth Warren is the intellectual powerhouse of the Democratic party

Trolls hijacked a scientist’s image to attack Katie Bouman. They picked the wrong astrophysicist.

So sad. Please read about his incredible work, if you haven't: Ed Westcott, a Singular Eye at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, Dies at 97

Abuse Allegations Rock Vienna Ballet School

Yeah, not good! Transgender Community Reacts to IMDb Publishing Birth Names Without Consent

Morning Coffee (4/14/19)

Trump Assails Ilhan Omar With Video of 9/11 Attacks

I don't think this would have the effect they think, but it's still terrible that, given how they think, this was their plan: White House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes

This investigation is worth your time: You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead.

A Bill Banning Most Abortions Becomes Law In Ohio

Good: House Passes Bill to Restore Net Neutrality Rules

EVERYTHING about this incident is horrifying: Alaska lawmaker criticizes school district’s handling of bathroom incident

After Obama, Democrats need a new theory of change. Pete Buttigieg thinks he’s got it.

Joan Jones, 79, Force Against Racism in Nova Scotia, Dies

Scottish missionary who died at Auschwitz to be honoured in Hungary

Beauty YouTuber Jeffree Star, Internet Infamy, and a Multi-Million-Dollar Makeup Heist

Afternoon Tea (4/8/19)

Uncovering Nazi massacre of Jews on Belarus building site

This is a really interesting piece on Toni Morrison: On Black Difficulty

The Worst Disease Ever Recorded

How The Matrix universalized a trans experience — and helped me accept my own

What It’s Like to Grow Up With More Money Than You’ll Ever Spend

Morning Coffee (3/6/19)

These guys are despicable: New Hampshire Republicans Wore Pearls To Oppose Gun Bill & Survivors Are Livid

Explosive devices found at Waterloo station, Heathrow and City airports

Nazi salutes and a swastika made of red cups: Newport Beach students condemned for ‘abhorrent anti-Semitic activity’

!!! H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

How many times does she have to say this? She’s not running: Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid

Men Still Report the Bulk of Our Elections Coverage

Wow, this should be interesting: Pope Francis to Allow Access to Holocaust-Era Documents of Pius XII

This is... not good: The Obama Presidential Library That Isn’t

YouTube Bans Comments on Videos of Young Children in Bid to Block Predators

Jean Fairfax, Unsung but Undeterred in Integrating Schools, Dies at 98

Afternoon Tea (2/18/19)

Finding My Father’s Auschwitz File

The North Magnetic Pole’s Mysterious Journey Across the Arctic

R Kelly, Michael Jackson and Bryan Singer. Who knew? Everyone

Val McDermid | 'My relationship with the landscape has always been very strong'

One of film’s greatest epics is a 7-hour adaptation of War and Peace. Really.