Morning Coffee (7/28/19)

Adam Serwer on the Mueller reactions: The Press Has Adopted Trump’s Reality-Show Standards

SIGH: Trump: Obama’s Book Deal Way Sketchier Than Potential Obstruction of Justice

Libyan officials say fighting rages near capital

The Fallout From A Seemingly Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela's Neighbors

What Kamala Harris Believes

Texas Has Generated More Electricity From Wind Than Coal So Far This Year

Handmaid's Tale sequel leads 'exacting' 2019 Booker prize longlist

A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory

Amazing headline: Pompeii row erupts between rival scientific factions

Investigators Say a Ring Smuggled $145 Million in Ancient Artifacts

Morning Coffee (7/24/19)

As Adam Serwer wrote, the cruelty is the point: Trump administration proposed rule would cut 3 million people from food stamps

Human rights groups lead chorus of alarm over new Trump administration commission

Of course: Trump sues House panel, NY to protect state tax returns

Bill Wehrum, an Architect of E.P.A. Rollbacks, Faces New Ethics Inquiry

Behind the Scenes of the House Democrats’ Twitter War

“Likability” ratings in a recent New Hampshire poll show just how tough female candidates have it

Amy Wax, “national conservatism,” and the dark dream of a whiter America

FaceApp Is Everyone’s Problem

New Taylor song!!!

Mitchell Feigenbaum, Physicist, Dies at 74; He Made Sense of Chaos

Morning Coffee (7/4/19)

I think we're going with a holiday schedule through the weekend, so one post a day! At slightly weird times, apparently!

UGH: Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees for Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza

UGH: Justice Dept. Reverses Course on Citizenship Question on Census, Citing Trump’s Orders

But this call transcript about it is incredible.

An Open Letter to the Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum signed by over 100 scholars

Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s

Gross: Teenager Accused of Rape Deserves Leniency Because He’s From a ‘Good Family,’ Judge Says

LGBTQ Groups Backing SAG-AFTRA in Member Privacy Fight Against IMDb

Deep-sea mining to turn oceans into ‘new industrial frontier’

This shouldn't have happened in the first place but good: Kim Kardashian will rename her “Kimono” shapewear brand after appropriation backlash

Milton Quon, Disney Animator on 'Fantasia' and 'Dumbo,' Dies at 105

Afternoon Tea (7/2/19)

Why Are the Democrats’ Bad Men Refusing to Step Down?

No Drips, No Drops: A City Of 10 Million Is Running Out Of Water

“Everyone uses Ravelry”: why a popular knitting website’s anti-Trump stance is so significant

Interesting commentary on the industry here: Netflix canceled One Day at a Time. Then a traditional TV network resurrected it.

Australian Gothic Literature

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 (5/30/19)

This piece about incels and plastic surgery is fascinating: How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?

Latest Arena for China’s Growing Global Ambitions: The Arctic

I don't say this lightly, but these people should lose custody of their children: Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it.

Where Did the Right Whales Go?

Summer Book Preview: The 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down

Morning Coffee (5/28/19)

Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science

The ‘Enemy of the People’ Is the Real Target of the Assange Prosecution

This sounds bad! Hungary far-right party forms uniformed ‘self-defense’ group

The Myth of the “Personally” Anti-Abortion Politician

Breaking: Nobody Knows What’s Going to Happen in 2020

Young people, women, voters in cities: how Democrats won in 2018, by the numbers

‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects

Baby Anacondas Born At New England Aquarium — Without Any Male Snakes Involved

I feel so vindicated: Anxious People Quicker to Flee Danger

Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity

Afternoon Tea (5/9/19)

The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate.

At Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw

How Barilla used its CEO’s homophobic comments to reshape the company’s image

Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House

Morning Coffee (4/29/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Spain’s socialist party wins election, but it will need help to form a government

Barr Threatens Not to Testify Before House, but Democrats May Subpoena Him

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Rule on Abortion Referrals

The Republican War on Democracy

Trump administration may soon remove transgender health care protections

Victims identified in the Chabad of Poway shooting

16 Candidates Now Qualify For The First Democratic Primary Debates

Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole

David Thouless, 84, Dies; Nobel Laureate Cast Light on Matter

Huh: ‘Peaky Blinders’ Virtual Reality Game Will Pitch Players Into the Action

Morning Coffee (4/2/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Parliament Votes Down Brexit Alternatives, Worsening Deadlock

Wow: White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Legalized Torture

Meanwhile, I'd sort of lost track of what was going on in Turkey, but whoa: A Political Quake in Turkey as Erdogan’s Party Loses in His Home Base of Support

McConnell moves to change Senate rules to speed up confirmation of Trump nominees

Mick Mulvaney’s latest effort to whitewash Trump’s failures is a joke

EPA Science Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

Jamelle Bouie on Trump and health care: An Opening for the Democrats

An interesting series from NHPR: Adequate: How a State Decides the Value of Public Education

'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?

Morning Coffee (3/18/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

The New Zealand shooter’s manifesto shows how white nationalist rhetoric spreads

Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate

Welp: Dutch PM compares Theresa May to Monty Python limbless knight

The most reprehensible part of the admissions scandal: faking disability accommodations

UGH: Howard Schultz and His Team Think the Backlash Means They’re ‘Onto Something’

This may be the first case to test genetic genealogy in court: Trial of Seattle man in 1987 killings of Saanich couple set to begin in June

Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90

Here are updated numbers on children's books by and about BIPOC. They're not good!

I will try this: First Look at ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,’ the Next Game From the Makers of ‘Pokemon Go’

Wow: Watch the Vice musical number cut from Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic

Morning Coffee (2/6/19)

“This is the next battle for our democracy”: Stacey Abrams answers Trump with voting rights

Trump is expected to call for an end to HIV in the US by 2030. That’s totally realistic. (Spoiler: The administration does not actually want to do any of the things that MAKE it realistic.)

Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators

Trump’s Company Ramps Up Purge Of Undocumented Workers From Golf Clubs

Trump’s Pick To Replace Brett Kavanaugh Could Face An Ugly Confirmation Fight (because she's SUPER TERRIBLE)

Ralph Northam's Lasting Shame

Maduro issues threat to jail Venezuela’s opposition leader

Óscar Arias Sánchez, a Nobel Winner and Former President of Costa Rica, Is Accused of Sexual Assault

Senators reintroduce bill to protect Native American women, finish work started by defeated colleague

And in case you don't have enough to worry about: A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan

Morning Coffee (11/14/18)

Deployed Inside the United States: The Military Waits for the Migrant Caravan

Democrats’ blue wave was much larger than early takes suggested

I love her: Nancy Pelosi: 'I want women to see that you do not get pushed around'

Good: CNN sues White House to regain access for reporter Jim Acosta

What Happens if Elections Are No Longer Legitimate?

The New Face of Power Is Taking Shape

Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’

This is great! Scotland to embed LGBTI teaching across curriculum

I read this headline and said "whoa" so clearly I need to get out more: HTTP-over-QUIC to be renamed HTTP/3

We need to do better, publishing: The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey, 2018

Morning Coffee (11/4/18)

The Pentagon reportedly rejected Trump’s request to give troops extra power at the border

What a shock: Trump Administration Spares Corporate Wrongdoers Billions in Penalties

Trump’s middle-class tax cut is a fairy tale that distracts from the real midterm stakes

Climate Change Is Already Damaging American Democracy

How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream

This is an important point: Sore winners and the sidelining of a shared reality

Hate’s New Strategy: Call Trans Kindergartners Sexual Predators

How to Prepare for a World Where Abortion Is Illegal

This is a GREAT bad review: Post Malone is the perfect pop star for this American moment. That’s not a compliment.

Welsh slate region to be nominated as Unesco world heritage site

Morning Coffee (11/3/18)

Young and new voters surge in early voting

I don't know how I'm still astounded every day, but . . . Trump complains GOP momentum faltering after deadly synagogue shooting

Donald Trump’s race-baiting closing argument going into Election Day, explained

Related: Nigerian Army Uses Trump’s Words to Justify Fatal Shooting of Rock-Throwing Protesters

Sigh: Border Patrol agents now have to ask everyone they catch if they’re part of the caravan

Wow: The Trump Administration Flunked Its Math Homework

What If Only Men Voted? Only Women? Only Nonwhite Voters?

This is HORRIFYING: Middleton school district to investigate staff dressed as border wall, Mexicans

We knew this but the fact that it's in Nature is big: US proposal for defining gender has no basis in science

Oh: Rockettes To Incorporate Intel’s Drones In Traditional Christmas Spectacular Show