Afternoon Tea (6/25/19)

This is great: Naked, Afraid and Transgender: ‘The Wilderness Couldn’t Care Less’

The Wild Ride at Babe.Net

Can ‘Big Data’ Help Fight Big Fires? Firefighters Are Betting on It

I FEEL ATTACKED but no, this is important: You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything

6 YA Books About Thorny Female Friendships

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 (6/4/19)

This is lovely and I'm so happy for Emily: The Catastrophist, or: On coming out as trans at 37

The Shorebirds of Delaware Bay Are Going Hungry

This was really useful! How to Cope With Multiple-Project Paralysis

What 10,000 Steps Will Really Get You

I am mildly interested in taxidermy because everyone always thinks that's what I mean when I say I'm a taxonomist, and anyway this book sounds good: Better Know an Author: Kristen Arnett

Afternoon Tea (4/12/19)

Fossils Are Filling Out the Human Family Tree

Japan Is Among the Hardest Countries for Working Mothers. These Families Want to Change That.

The Woman Who Would Be King

How to Clean Candy (and Other Sticky Stuff) From a Pot

Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy Share Craft & Career Insights

Afternoon Tea (4/11/19)

Old, Online, And Fed On Lies: How An Aging Population Will Reshape The Internet

Sandy Fawkes: The Reporter and the Serial Killer

Stories of transracial adoptees must be heard – even uncomfortable ones

When a Mystery Illness Threatens Your Identity

Move back to your dying hometown. Unless you can’t.

Afternoon Tea (3/8/19)

Here's a great piece by and about women running the Iditarod: Cool Runnings

The Olympics Are Over, but Tessa Virtue Is Just Getting Started

Stacey Abrams, Star Trek Nerd, Is Traveling at Warp Speed

Taylor Swift is delightful, don't @ me: 30 Things I Learned Before Turning 30

A History of the American Public Library

Afternoon Tea (1/11/19)

This roundtable was a DELIGHT: Here's What It's Really Like To Be An Internet Advice Columnist

Off the chart: the big comeback of paper maps

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019: Part 1

A Changeling in My Own Skin

A Brief History of Cheddar Cheese

Morning Coffee (1/1/19)

Happy New Year! And here we go: Elizabeth Warren Announces She Is Running for President in 2020

Pilots Kept Losing Oxygen and the Military Had No Idea Why. Now There’s a Possible Fix.

For Italy’s Populists, Everything Is a Nationalist Cause. Even Leonardo.

China’s State Media Finds Good News in Underwear

Liza Redfield, Who Broke a Broadway Barrier, Is Dead at 94

Today! For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

Celeste Ng Reflects on Our Era of Rage—and Illuminates the Path Forward

How To Make Good New Year’s Resolutions

Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019

Lincoln declared an end to slavery on New Year’s Day 1863. It went on for two more years.

Afternoon Tea (12/26/18)

This is quite a story but... probably less mysterious than the poor people involved want to think: He was told his father walked out in 1961. Then he started digging up the basement.

A True Utopia: An Interview With N. K. Jemisin

Fighting Authoritarianism, One Mass at a Time

Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’

Oh my God: ‘My Boss Wants Help With Her Dating App Profile!’

Morning Coffee (12/21/18)

Time for happy Friday links!

Aww: Ayanna Pressley Will Get Her Dream Office Thanks To Fellow Rep.-elect Katie Hill

AAAAh, the trailer for Men in Black International!

Yay her! Michelle Obama becomes first woman in a decade to top Britain's Christmas bestseller list

Oh, yay, well-deserved! Outsports Male Athlete of the Year: Eric Radford

<3 ‘Mum this is me!’: the pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS: Greta Gerwig's Little Women assemble in first cast photo

Interesting: Johnny Weir Joins Netflix Skating Drama 'Spinning Out'

Look at These Incredible Dinosaur Footprints Found in England

Useful! How to Make the Best Holiday Cookie Assortment

Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day

Morning Coffee (11/22/18)

Happy Thanksgiving! We're on a holiday schedule of one post a day until Monday; today I've got a few pieces of news and a bunch of Thanksgiving-related links, and then tomorrow will be Friday happy links as usual.

Well, this is a delightful relief: Interpol presidency vote: Russia in surprise loss to South Korea

Good: John Roberts is mad at Trump for attacking an “Obama judge”

Trump’s ties to the Russian mafia go back 3 decades

America’s two economies remain far apart

This is great: How to Cope with Holiday Panic

Jamelle Bouie took over Dear Prudence for a special Thanksgiving edition!

A wonderful piece about refugees: The First Thanksgiving

I love this: I should spare my loved ones from the most annoying Thanksgiving host in the world: me

A message to men (other than my father and brother who are very good about this!): This Thanksgiving, Just Do the Dishes

Heh: 9 Breezy Responses to Those Awkward Family Holiday Questions

Afternoon Tea (10/31/18)

This is an interesting companion to the recent New Yorker piece on how classical sculpture wasn't actually white: Himmler's Antiquity

I'm impressed with how many of these I've read, given how easily scared I am: The 10 Scariest Books You Should Keep On Your Nightstand

Chris Brown, Johnny Depp, and the Politics of Ex Abuse

I'm mad at how true this is: The Simplest Way to Drastically Improve Your Life: More Sleep

Here’s Why a 50-Degree Day Feels Colder in Fall Than in Spring

Afternoon Tea (10/26/18)

This is such a great profile: Kathy Hourigan Is Knopf’s Secret Weapon

TRUE: It’s Astounding How Many Problems Can Be Solved Just by Waking Up Early

A fun way to waste some of Friday afternoon: Get Ready for Hats! It’s the Queen Maxima Style Retrospective

Authors Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff on The Enduring Appeal of The X-Files

Heh: 16 Carrot Recipes to Root for This Season

Weekly Rec: Sleep

Okay, this is partially a cop-out, but IT'S BEEN A TERRIBLE WEEK (in the world, I'm okay personally) and I feel like a lot of people could use someone telling them to take a break right now. So. Sleep! I've been making a real effort to go to sleep earlier and sleep better, and it turns out sleep is great! Who knew! The world is still terrible but I feel more equipped to deal with it. Put sleep on your to do list for this weekend! Maybe put some nice flannel sheets on your bed if you live somewhere chilly! ENJOY.

Afternoon Tea (10/25/18)

This is horrifying: The Child-Abuse Contrarian

The Missing Images of Chinese Immigrants

Ooh: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018: the winning images

I absolutely plan my life around never being in a dangerous outdoor situation, but this was still very interesting: How to Keep Your Cool, No Matter What

6 Super Queer Young Adult Books We’re Dying to Read (I have read two of these so far and they were great!)

Afternoon Tea (10/17/18)

Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education

What it’s like to fall 31 miles to Earth after your rocket fails

How Feminist Dystopian Fiction Is Channeling Women’s Anger and Anxiety

Sometimes You Just Have an Emotional Cold

A long-lived Spanish book and a short-lived English king

Afternoon Tea (10/12/18)

PART TWO IS HERE: Queens of Infamy: The Reign of Catherine de’ Medici

Slate has a new Ask a Teacher advice column and it's as great as you'd expect.

The Women Sports Pioneers You Need to Know About

Why Renée Ahdieh is bringing vampires back to YA

Heh: Congratulations! You Did Five Minutes of Writing!

Morning Coffee (8/26/18)

John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81

Kremlin Sources Go Quiet, Leaving C.I.A. in the Dark About Putin’s Plans for Midterms

Paul Manafort and Trump’s Pardon Pattern

Donald Trump’s Gangster Ethic Is Perverting the Jury System

How a Political Machine Works: Candidates Running for 21 Seats, All Unaware

A mass incarceration expert says the 2018 prison strike could be “one of the largest the country has ever seen”

Wow: Miss America: Leadership bullied, manipulated, silenced me

Why Elon Musk Is Reading ‘The Waste Land’

Hear, hear: Your Workplace Isn’t Your Family (and That’s O.K.!)

Summer weather is getting 'stuck' due to Arctic warming

Evidence in the bones reveals rickets in Roman times

Morning Coffee (8/24/18)

Phew, we definitely need a break for Friday happy links.

Remember having a president who liked books? Here's Obama's latest reading list.

Eee, Outlaw King trailer!

I have never related so much to Rihanna: Here's Bridesmaid Rihanna Ducking Her Best Friend's Wedding Bouquet Toss

AMAZING: Natalie Portman To Direct And Star In Dual Roles In ‘Dear Abby/Ann Landers’ Biopic

This sounds neat: Yo-Yo Ma Celebrates Bach in Amazon Alexa Series

I'm listening: New Aldi Advent Calendars Have 24 Days of Wine and Cheese

I'm unsure about the new version of The Great British Baking Show, but at least now we know Netflix will carry it in the U.S.

Hmm: ColourPop Cosmetics Is Launching A Sister Skincare Brand, Fourth Ray Beauty

!! Twilight Is Coming Back To Theaters For Its 10th Anniversary And We Have Exclusive New Artwork

QUIZ: Which Of This Summer’s Rom Com Leading Ladies Are You?

Afternoon Tea (7/3/18)

How Social-Media Trolls Turned U.C. Berkeley Into a Free-Speech Circus

I loved this from novelist Alisha Rai: The 4 Stages of Life and Debt

Interesting: We Timed Every Game. World Cup Stoppage Time Is Wildly Inaccurate.

I love them: The Paris Review Recommends Anti-Beach Reads

Ooh, fascinating: Making a Monster