Morning Coffee (8/3/19)

Sigh: Lewandowski confirms he's 'very seriously' considering 2020 US Senate run

Oh THIS is what happened with that whole weird thing: Pence Canceled New Hampshire Trip to Avoid Meeting a Drug Trafficker

Enough with "Novelty Candidates"

There's hope: Only 8 Candidates Have Qualified for the Next Democratic Debate

The Trump Strain in American History

Moves to improve press freedom in Malaysia met with cautious optimism

New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the NRA’s Outside Counsel

Could a PrEP implant change the fight against HIV infection forever?

Triceratops Skull, 65 Million Years Old, Unearthed by College Student, 23

Study Asks If War Makes A Person More ... Or Less ... Religious

Morning Coffee (6/18/19)

Please read this: The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old

Trump Adds Troops After Iran Says It Will Breach Nuclear Deal

Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court

‘There’s no accountability’: Trump, White House aides signal a willingness to act with impunity in drive for reelection

THIS monster: Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child porn

Chilling Video Shows Cop Aiming Gun At Black Family After Girl, 4, Takes Doll From Store

Disgusting: Alabama court forces rape survivor to allow rapist to have visitation with children

Gloria Vanderbilt Dies at 95; Built a Fashion Empire

Veronica Mars trailer!!

Out of Their Eggs, Into the Sky: How Baby Pterosaurs May Have Taken Flight

Morning Coffee (6/7/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

Aw, look at the Women's World Cup Google doodle.

Women's prize for fiction goes to 'utterly moving' Tayari Jones novel

Barack and Michelle Obama Sign Spotify Deal to Produce Exclusive Podcasts

SOMEONE IS MAKING A TV SHOW IN LATIN.

He Was Looking for Opals. Instead He Found a New Dinosaur Species.

SO MANY good YA books this week: New Releases: Secretive Friendships, Bold Blackmailers, and Confusing Attractions

Whoa, they found one of the missing Lewis pieces! A Medieval Chess Piece Potentially Worth $1.2 Million Languished in a Drawer for Decades

The subhed here is hilarious: Hidden Water Lily Found Beneath Monet Painting

Starz's The Rook Trailer Reveals the Supernatural Spy Ring You Didn't Know You Needed

I DO need some cute summer dresses!

Morning Coffee (5/14/19)

French special forces rescue hostages in a deadly Burkina Faso raid

Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple to Proceed

New York Regulator Launches Investigation Into TurboTax Maker Intuit and H&R Block

How a James Comey Tweet Fueled a Conspiracy Theory That Upended a California Town

US is hotbed of climate change denial, major global survey finds

65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation is getting worse

Good for them: Brother and Sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Accuse Him of Spreading Misinformation on Vaccines

Actress And Singer Doris Day, Hollywood's Girl Next Door, Dies At 97

Missing Piece of Stonehenge Returned From Florida 60 Years After Removal

Dinosaur With Bat Wings Was More Than Legend

Afternoon Tea (5/2/19)

It’s Time for the Heroic Male Paleontologist Trope to Go Extinct

Fears of a Fourth Reich

With Indigenous Languages in Steep Decline, Summer Camps Offer Hope

Can This Breakfast Cereal Help Save The Planet?

T.S. Eliot, Crime Fiction Critic

Afternoon Tea (4/29/19)

FASCINATING: The Man Who’s Going to Save Your Neighborhood Grocery Store

A Colonial-Era Cemetery Resurfaces in Philadelphia

This is a moving and important piece by an author about school visits: Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Who Owns The Dinosaurs? It All Depends On Where You Find Them

Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a Murder

Afternoon Tea (4/18/19)

The Day the Dinosaurs Died

Poets in Power: the 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic

Here's a great interview with the Fug Girls about their new book!

There Is No Purer or More Joyful Reality TV Show Than ‘Antiques Roadshow’

Why I Take All My First Dates to Olive Garden

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 (11/5/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

How mass shooters practice their hate online

Abortion May Be Mobilizing More Democratic Voters Than Republicans Now

Sigh: Brian Kemp’s office opens investigation into Georgia Democratic Party days ahead of the election

SIGH: Trump’s top agriculture official calls Florida’s gubernatorial race “cotton-pickin’ important”

Not the biggest campaign issue, but interesting: Sununu Says He's An Engineer, But Whether That's Technically True Is A Judgment Call

Two Capitals, One Russian Oligarch: How Oleg Deripaska Is Trying to Escape U.S. Sanctions

How zero tolerance forces undocumented victims into the shadows

This is heartbreaking: The NYPD Does Not Believe Two Saudi Sisters Found Dead And Tied Together Near The Hudson River Were Victims Of A Crime

Origin of chocolate shifts 1,400 miles and 1,500 years

New dinosaur species unearthed in Argentina

Afternoon Tea (9/28/18)

This is GREAT and I love The Spy with the Red Balloon and can't wait to read Black Wings Beating! Alex London and Katherine Locke Discuss Keeping Magic in the Family

I LOVE this series: Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine de’ Medici

I very much want a combination bookstore/bakery in my town now: Would You Like Some Sausage With Your Novel?

Fascinating: The Fossil Wars: On the Battle Between Paleontologists and Amateur Dealers

You Should Be Eating Pie for Breakfast

Afternoon Tea (7/9/18)

The Fireworks King

Some great-looking stuff here: Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel You Need to Read From Now Till December

How We Elected T. rex to Be Our Tyrant Lizard King

The unromantic, untold story of the great US divorce spree of 1946

Mongolian Milk: Nomadic Cheesemaking in Mongolia

Afternoon Tea (5/29/18)

Under The Skin: Why That 'Arrested Development' Interview Is So Bad

Searching for Dinosaurs in a Seaside English Town

Will Shoppers Ever Really Care About Sustainability?

Finding the Backdrop of ‘Gatsby’ in Connecticut, Not Long Island

Will the real Venerable Bede please stand up?

Morning Coffee (4/8/18)

Dozens Suffocate in Syria as Government Is Accused of Chemical Attack

'Hang women who have abortions' is not a view that's fit for public debate

This Pruitt profile is quite something: Making America Toxic Again

Again, (unfortunately) not surprising but important to have the data: Government Watchdog Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline

Why I’m thankful for Louise Linton, the Trump administration’s resident supervillainess

Therapy, Mozart, play zones: it's a Spanish police dog's life

The Curious Case of the Yeshiva Carve-Out

What! Dunkin' Donuts test-selling doughnut fries, chicken tenders (ALSO PRETZELS, which I will try.)

The Crystals That May Have Helped Vikings Navigate Northern Seas

Dinosaur footprints found on Skye

Morning Coffee (2/6/18)

Yesterday's Oscar project posts: The Disaster Artist and Dunkirk

To Counter Russia, U.S. Signals Nuclear Arms Are Back in a Big Way

“Unprecedented”: 9 historians on why Trump’s war with the FBI is so stunning

After Years of Investigation, a Sudden Folding of the Case Against Menendez

Awesome: O Canada: Senate backs gender-neutral changes to national anthem

Good: Larry Nassar Sentenced To Additional 40 To 125 Years In Prison

Wow, good for them: Fox's 'Hate U Give' Actor Dropped From Movie After Racially Charged Remarks (And for those of you who haven't been following this - this movie is explicitly about the Black Lives Matter movement and this actor was found to have racist videos on YouTube, so.)

So sad: ‘Frasier’ Star John Mahoney Dies at 77 If you haven't seen Broken Hearts Club, you should.

Oooh, I really like the Solo trailer!

Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths

USEFUL: How to Get Rid of Those Annoying Mac Update Notifications

Morning Coffee (2/1/18)

ICYMI, yesterday's Oscar post: The Post

Train Carrying GOP Lawmakers Hits Garbage Truck In Virginia (SOMEONE DIED so the obvious comment isn't, ah, appropriate here.)

F.B.I. Condemns Push to Release Secret Republican Memo

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, C.D.C. Director, Resigns Over Tobacco and Other Investments

Hillary Clinton wrote about her decision in 2008 to punish but not fire someone accused of harassment and it's very well-reasoned and thoughtful. GOOD THING SHE'S NOT IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING, huh?

This sounds... dangerous: Russian jet flies within 5 feet of US Navy plane, Pentagon says

Of COURSE he is: Greg Gianforte, politician who assaulted reporter, to lead communications workshop

Whoa: Japan's Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1 billion deal, create JV

!!! Scientists discover ‘the holy grail of dinosaurs’ in Africa

It's finally happening! Julian Fellowes’ ‘The Gilded Age’ Drama Series Set For 2019 Launch On NBC

Found: An 800-Year-Old Chess Piece

Afternoon Tea (1/10/18)

Retired From the Brutal Streets of Mexico, Sex Workers Find a Haven

This cultural history of the color was FASCINATING: All the Whites You Cannot Name

What's an Ancient Roman Temple Doing in Armenia?

Betty Crocker and the Joy of Children's Cookbooks

The First Scientist to Study Dinosaur Footprints Thought Giant Birds Made Them

Morning Coffee (12/4/17)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

This is actually a very good read: Billy Bush: Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That

Hmm: CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal that could shake up health-care industry

AWWW: Gay Australian Politician Proposes During Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Good for him: ‘Black Panther’ Actor Publicly Announces His DACA Status, Lending Voice to Immigration Fight

“She Didn’t Want This Come Hell or High Water”: Inside Melania Trump’s Secretive East Wing

Yuck: Met Opera Suspends James Levine After New Sexual Abuse Accusations

Pterosaurs: record haul of egg fossils from ancient flying reptile found in China

Found: 11 Iron Age Cauldrons and More Metalwork in an English Field

Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers

I WAS wondering this: Answering Your Biggest Shape of Water Question: Does She F*ck the Fish-Man?

Morning Coffee (11/1/17)

Bernie Sanders stated that attacks on women and non-white people and LGBT people aren't things that matter to "ordinary Americans", in case you still weren't sure where THAT jerk thinks you stand.

20 of America's top political scientists gathered to discuss our democracy. They're scared.

My West Wing

This is important: I've decided to tell you guys a story about piracy.

ALSO IMPORTANT: Some of the SiriusXM holiday stations start today!

Native American Secrets Lie Buried in Huge Shell Mounds

Archaeologists Discover Trove of Cuneiform Tablets in Northern Iraq

Perfect: Honest Unsubscribe Options

The “Science” Behind “Geostorm”, the Newest Weather-Fueled Doomsday Flick

Aw: Not so nasty: dinosaurs liked to snuggle up and socialise

Afternoon Tea (9/28/17)

This from Celeste Ng was great: What Writers Can Learn From Goodnight Moon

The Strange World of Sorority Rush Consultants

I can't wait to see the movie: Victoria and Abdul: The Friendship that Scandalized England

This German Village Is a Town Based on Time

A glimpse of when Canada's badlands were a lush dinosaur forest by the sea

Morning Coffee (9/28/17)

Me elsewhere: Me, Myself & I was bad.

Good thing we didn't put her in charge of anything: Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now it’s preparing to go.

"The acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration will resign at the end of the week, according to law enforcement officials, who said he had become convinced that President Trump had little respect for the law."

These women are amazing: A Sisterhood of Domestic Workers is Fighting Against SB 4

Angela Merkel won in a landslide — now comes the hard part

Labour's route to Downing Street

Jemele Hill on doing the right thing

THE TANA FRENCH SHOW IS FINALLY HAPPENING!!!

Ooh: Delta Is Offering Free Messaging on Flights Starting in October

Whoa: Lady Lucan, key figure in 1974 murder mystery, found dead at London home

California Officially Has a State Dinosaur