Morning Coffee (9/23/18)

(I'm traveling, so this was mostly written in advance.)

New UN report documents evidence of mass atrocities in Myanmar against the Rohingya

Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Says She’s Willing to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

Wow: Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar's Siblings Endorse Rival in New Campaign Ads

How... funny? Congressman jokes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was molested by Lincoln

Fans of Ranked Voting See an Opportunity in Massachusetts

Ex-Harper’s Editor Says Staff Was ‘Sidelined’ During Hockenberry, Roiphe Pieces

Study: Latina Speaking Characters on TV Reach Historic High — of 7 Percent

The New Hip Churches are Fooling Google. They Pop Up as “Gay-friendly” — it’s a Hoax.

Ooh: A Dance World Mystery Spurs a Contest for Choreographers

Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Ivory Poachers

Morning Coffee (7/2/17)

The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians

Welp: CBS News: No Staff Members Left In Science Division Of White House Office

This is SO COOL: What Happens Just Before Show Time at the Met Opera, in 12 Rooms You’ll Never See

Good for her: Gillian Anderson calls out 'X-Files' for next season's all-male writing staff

Feud: Olivia de Havilland v. Ryan Murphy

Ooh! Milk Bar Is Planning a Boston-Area Location

I really have no arguments here: ‘West Wing’ Characters Ranked By How Likely They Would Be To Catch Bigfoot

Ooh: The Remains of an Ancient ‘Skull Cult’ Have Been Found

Huh, I had no idea: A Pittsburgh Church Holds the Greatest Collection of Relics Outside of the Vatican

How an Organic Chemist Invented the Bone-Shaped Dog Treat

Morning Coffee (1/22/17)

This was quite the first day: "President Trump used his first full day in office on Saturday to unleash a remarkably bitter attack on the news media, falsely accusing journalists of both inventing a rift between him and intelligence agencies and deliberately understating the size of his inauguration crowd."

Related: Headlines Matter When Your President Lies All the Time

More than two million people are in the streets resisting Trump

Anita Hill: Trump’s election is disappointing for feminism. But it’s not the final word.

Just... Trump’s inaugural cake was commissioned to look exactly like Obama’s, baker says

Targeting the arts is the laziest, stupidest way to pretend to cut the budget

The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun

Palestine: The End of the Bedouins?

Ooh: Paul McCartney Sues Sony to Regain Rights to Beatles Songs

A 17th-Century Child Mummy Just Rewrote the History of Smallpox

The World's 12 Most Amazing Rail Journeys

I need to read more Dickens.

Morning Coffee (3/29/16)

Lest we forget what we're fighting against: Angola jails 17 activists for rebellion after public reading of political book

Oh good: North Carolina Sued Over Anti-LGBT Law

Bernie Sanders just won landslides in 3 diverse states. He's still toast.

This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest

Max Fisher sincerely tried to understand Trump's foreign policy positions and pretty much concluded that Trump just has no idea what he's talking about.

Related! Comments by Donald Trump Draw Fears of an Arms Race in Asia

Alyssa Rosenberg at the Post is doing a neat thing: she sent a survey about positions on the arts to all the candidates. Trump is the first to respond.

Well. This is an interesting Gallup poll for those who are convinced no one's excited about Clinton.

Lost in Trumplandia

The Onion, barely: Advisors Tell Trump, Cruz To Stick To Just Attacking All Women In General

A model first lady, despite receiving unprecedented scorn

Dirtbag Ethan Frome

...Lunchtime Coffee? (8/21/15)

Sorry! Time got away from me this morning, but I didn't want to entirely deprive you of some HAPPY FRIDAY LINKS.

It's Friday. Have 25 Photos of Famous Authors in Uniform. (What is your DAMAGE, Faulkner?)

IT'S FRIDAY. You really, really need to watch Baby Can't Contain Her Excitement When She Sees a Cat.

In other important cat news: School adopts a cat? Fine. But HE HAS AN ID CARD, YOU GUYS.

Hugh Jackman would really be the perfect Odysseus for a Lionsgate movie, huh?

See the Stunning Portraits That Will Mark Queen Elizabeth's Record-Breaking Reign

Whoa: Visit every place on this vintage US map for the most epic road trip ever

If You Had Married King Henry VIII…….What Would Your Fate Have Been?

Paintings Where The Subject Is Clearly Thinking “Oh, Christ, I’ve Left The Iron On”

Morning Coffee (3/13/15)

Happy Friday!

Are you near Lowell and like arty things? Check this out.

Your Friday probably needs 9 adorable royal babies and toddlers around the world.

Whoa: Watch these artists 3D print animation into reality

Related: You can print a Hillary Clinton action figure.

The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist looks good. I'm reading one of those books right now!

An Interview With A Regular Watch

8 Magical and Delicious Harry Potter Cocktails

Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson doing "All I Ask of You"? Yes please.

Here's your Tumblr of the day.

Ooh, bookshelf masking tape.

Morning Coffee (1/20/15)

Hey! My friend Susan Adrian's book Tunnel Vision is out today and it's awesome! And if you post a picture of your Chucks and tag it #TunnelVision you may win a free copy!

Bored with cheap books you can keep forever? For just $300k you can get one that explodes!

Or if you give a FRACTION of that to Save Alice, Tony will get a tattoo of the show's logo (at $120k) and, you know, we get more of an awesome show and FEWER BOOKS WILL BE HARMED. I think.

Speaking of: 10 Ways Classic Alice Taught Us How to Kiss

Come choose the February book for Brain Soup Goes Gilmore!

Aww: Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82

This list is PERFECT: 24 Things No One Tells You About Book Publishing

If Hermione Were The Main Character In “Harry Potter”