Morning Coffee (8/4/19)

Border Patrol’s Toxic Culture Goes Way Beyond Facebook Groups. It’s Actually for Sale on a T-Shirt.

This is terrifying: North Carolina gun shop uses images of four congresswomen of color on billboard

This is really the stupidest timeline: Iceland criticized Duterte’s drug war, so he accused its people of ‘eating ice’

15 Percent Is Not A Magic Number For Primary Delegates

Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works

Wow: Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech

Iranian Soccer Star’s Sister Wants Women to Be Allowed at His Matches

Crystal Cathedral in California Gets a New Life as a Catholic Church

When a Mega-Tsunami Drowned Mars, This Spot May Have Been Ground Zero

Harlan Lane, Vigorous Advocate for Deaf Culture, Dies at 82

Afternoon Tea (8/1/19)

The Paternity Reveal

Why the Polar Bear Is an Indisputable Image of Climate Change

This story is still happening!! Target Pulls New Thread in Bikini Yarn

Which Way to the City on a Hill?

The Art of Setting Your Crime Novel in a Not-So-Distant Past

Afternoon Tea (7/26/19)

A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Let Loose in the Night Woods

Honestly, this sold me, I'm going to try it: The Best Classical Music Streaming Service Is Idagio

Five Women Who Made the Moon Landing Possible

Peru celebrates Inca sun festival: Inti Raymi – in pictures

This is so neat: An Interactive Map of Odysseus’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey

Afternoon Tea (7/12/19)

This is RIVETING: New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered.

Whoa: An Eight-Second Film of 1915 New Orleans and the Mystery of Louis Armstrong’s Happiness

Mermaids Have Always Been Black

10 Black Princess Books to Celebrate Halle Bailey as Ariel

Jerome and the lion

Afternoon Tea (7/10/19)

ICYMI, here is the COMPLETELY BONKERS preschool story everyone is talking about: The Battle of Grace Church

Sandra Boynton is tweaking some of her beloved children’s books. But why mess with perfection?

The Goal Is To Feel Strong, Says 'Black Panther' Jewelry Designer

On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

Bless Us, O Instagram

Afternoon Tea (7/8/19)

The Moon Sits for Its Portrait

Screw This Whole ‘My Girlfriend Isn’t Hungry’ Menu Trend

From LGBTQ Reads: New Releases: July 2019 So many things there sound good!

How stock photographers take a perfectly anonymous picture

Lost in Translation

Afternoon Tea (6/24/19)

14 YA Authors on the Queer Books That Changed Their Lives

Americans Just Want Immigrants for the Food

Of course this was someone who worked for Goop: Welcome to the Era of Branded Engagements

I never knew the lyrics to this first verse and I am horrified: The Rolling Stones & Brown Sugar — way past time to let it go

The Art and Politics of Crosswords

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 (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

Afternoon Tea (5/24/19)

This is FASCINATING: The Invisible City Beneath Paris

I love her: Emma Thompson Gets a Shock at 60

Belgian Monastery Will Brew Beer Again, After A 220-Year Pause

Can you guess the British city from the vintage travel poster?

Summer Reading Megalist: Fantastic, Fabulous, F/F Fiction

Afternoon Tea (5/22/19)

Fighting Ebola When Mourners Fight the Responders

For These Minor Leaguers, the Living Is Good if You Don’t Mind the Dead Below

I didn't know anything about this composer, and this is FASCINATING: A Symphony for Springtime

I’m from a Mexican family. Stop expecting me to eat ‘authentic’ food.

Lot of great picks here! Summer Reading from YA Authors

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

Afternoon Tea (5/20/19)

Long and worth your time: John Bolton on the Warpath

This history is fascinating and I have a LOT OF SYMPATHY for his annoyed constituents: Mayor and ‘Foreign Minister’: How Bernie Sanders Brought the Cold War to Burlington

Lessons From the Kosher Meat Boycott

Oh gosh, remember this nonsense? Stuff Your ‘Rules’

Great book recommendations here: Warrior Girls

Afternoon Tea (5/17/19)

Your wild Friday afternoon read: The School Photo Industry Is a Master Class in Drama

How the Hell Has Danielle Steel Managed to Write 179 Books?

A Journey Into Greece’s Land of a Thousand Stories

The Dream of the ’90s Is Alive in AriZona Iced Tea

How social media–savvy youth became the unofficial keepers of queer history

Afternoon Tea (5/15/19)

Argentina’s Economic Misery Could Bring Populism Back to the Country

How Casey Cep Wrote the True-Crime Book Harper Lee Couldn’t

In African Villages, These Phones Become Ultrasound Scanners

This is such a tough aspect of apartment living: Listening to My Neighbors Fight (...I just realized I have two Maris Kreizman pieces linked in this post but I DON'T CARE, Maris is great.)

Discovering Cheese and Tradition in the Swedish North

Afternoon Tea (5/14/19)

This is riveting: What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right

Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.

Robert Caro’s Blind Spot

Images from Nigeria, land of the 'inseparable two'

Script, history and ideology: German fonts and handwriting

Afternoon Tea (5/10/19)

Ancient Rock Art in the Plains of India

I love Laura Lippman: Game of Crones

You’ve Conquered the Escape Room. But Can You Escape the Lab?

Locked-Room Mysteries: A Beginner's Guide

Scenes From a Chechen Wedding

Afternoon Tea (5/7/19)

This would be such a loss: Should These Clothes Be Saved?

In a Poor Kenyan Community, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections

Could Maple Syrup Be a Climate Change Solution?

Expeditions to the North Pole Are on Ice

The History of the Spelling Bee

Afternoon Tea (4/26/19)

Janelle Monáe: Living Out Loud (and to make it even better, Lizzo is the interviewer!)

This was just lovely and made me cry: Blair Braverman on the Iditarod, Fear, and Resilience

Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public

A brief history of the ball pit

The Magic of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct

Afternoon Tea (4/19/19)

The Children of the Children of Columbine

The Quest for the Most Elusive Material in Physics

Why I write carefree Muslim girls

Funeral workers are finally opening up about the job’s emotional toll

Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut