Morning Coffee (5/31/19)

Time for some FRIDAY HAPPY LINKS.

This is great: AOC to bartend again in support of wage equality for restaurant workers

Ooh, trailer for The Goldfinch!

Music in premature infants enhances high-level cognitive brain networks

I'm so excited for this one: In 'Girls of Storm and Shadow' By Natasha Ngan, The Rebel Uprising Is Under Attack By Dark Magic — Start Reading Now!

White Panda Is Spotted in China for the First Time

Phew: Yes, You Can Replace Regular Water With Seltzer Water

For Sale: 300-Year-Old ‘Shipwreck Wine’ Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea

‘Captivating’ – BFI shares first footage of a solar eclipse from 1900

Fug Nation Loves Cute Sandals (Again)!

With Make-Ahead Punch, Keep the Party Going All Summer Long

Morning Coffee (5/19/18)

2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members

Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities’ Funding to Abortion Restrictions

I think I missed this when it was first published, but it's important: Almost 1,500 Migrant Children Placed in Homes by the U.S. Government Went Missing Last Year

Missing Files Motivated the Leak of Michael Cohen’s Financial Records

This sounds normal and in no way worrisome: Kushners Near Deal With Qatar-Linked Company for Troubled Tower

The Coup Has Already Happened

Michigan State's Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent

In an Expected Move, Amazon Offers Exclusive Whole Foods Deals to Prime Members

!! Jennifer Aniston to Play First Female President in Netflix's 'First Ladies' (And her character is married to a woman!)

...what. LaCroix Swimsuits Will Make You Look Like a Giant, Tanned Can of Seltzer

Afternoon Tea (5/17/17)

There's been a lot of talk about whether this should have been published, but I think it's definitely worth reading assuming you read critically and thoughtfully: My Family's Slave

Teen magazines have always covered more than fashion. You just didn’t notice.

Eleanor Roosevelt: “Can a Woman Ever Be President of the United States?”

Interesting: Germans Are the World’s Most Discerning Seltzer Connoisseurs

Ooh: A Rare Public Display of a 17th-Century Mayan Manuscript