Morning Coffee (7/31/19)

"We are in great danger": In Amazon, indigenous Waiapi chief is killed by illegal miners

No More Family Separations, Except These 900

Trump’s Cynical War on American Citizenship

States Rush to Make Voting Systems More Secure as New Threats Emerge

Hardly Any Rape Cases Lead to Charges in England and Wales: Report

Study: Malaria Drugs Are Failing At An 'Alarming' Rate In Southeast Asia

Scientists want to make it a war crime to damage the environment in a conflict

America’s dual housing crisis and what Democrats plan to do about it, explained

The World Is Getting a Pickup-Truck Emoji Because the other emoji weren't manly enough!!

Michael Jaffee, Who Co-Founded Early-Music Group, Dies at 81

Morning Coffee (7/29/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Trump says Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, to step down

‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault

A controversial deal between US and Guatemala could reshape the asylum process

In Congo, a New Plan to Fight Ebola Follows a Government Power Struggle

RT fined £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules

Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks

Sen. Chris Murphy announces new book on violence and guns

Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You

Nasa fast-tracks habitation module for planned moon landing

A Shipwreck, 500 Years Old, Appears on the Baltic Seabed

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

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 (7/20/19)

SOME GOOD NEWS: New Law Offers Anti-Discrimination Protection For N.H. Public School Students

Trump says US Navy destroyed Iranian drone

...of course: Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court justice, as his next secretary of Labor

Great column from Jamelle Bouie: Trump Voters Are Not the Only Voters

EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children’s health problems

The House just passed a $15 minimum wage. It would be the first increase in a decade.

Catholics in Iowa went to church. Steve Bannon tracked their phones.

The new Veronica Mars is STREAMING NOW, this is not a drill!

Yay! Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! Musical Will Release a Cast Recording in the Fall

Heh: The Other CBD: Christian Book Distributors Changes Name After Cannabis Confusion

Afternoon Tea (7/19/19)

Why 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Author Casey McQuiston Loves Making Birth Charts For Her Characters

This about the process of getting rights to all those songs was fascinating: How Can ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Upstage the Movie? With 70 Songs

Dear Internet: The Little Mermaid Also Happens to Be Queer Allegory

Van Gogh Painted Many ‘Sunflowers.’ But How Different Are They?

Why a Computer History Museum Owns a Legendary Teapot

Morning Coffee (7/19/19)

We made it to Friday! Time for happy links!

There are enough bad things in the world so I've decided I'm just going all in on the ridiculous fun of CATS. LOOK AT THIS TRAILER.

And the Vita & Virginia trailer looks genuinely good.

Aaah, I'm so excited for Rose Lerner's f/f Jewish Regency Jane Eyre!

Also excited for this book set in twelfth-century Wales.

ABOUT TIME: Margaret Paston, Woman of Letters, commemorated after six centuries

Oh good! Taika Waititi to Direct 'Thor 4'

New Hampshire Is First State to Install Highway Marker to Computer Programming

Beautiful: Exclusive: Her Universe Harry Potter collection debuting at SDCC

LOOK AT THIS GIANT SHINY NEW FRESH AIR ARCHIVE.

16 Fabulously Bookish Literary Scarves

Afternoon Tea (7/17/19)

Worrisome, obviously, but fascinating: ‘We Cannot Save Everything’: A Historic Neighborhood Confronts Rising Seas

This is quite a saga: "I Did Not Die. I Did Not Go to Heaven."

Oh, wow, what bad science: The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t

7 Unlikeable Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God

Afternoon Tea (7/16/19)

India’s Shooting for the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped

A Universe of One’s Own

Inside an Amazon Warehouse, Robots’ Ways Rub Off on Humans

Queer History Uncovered: A Conversation with Matthew Riemer

This Archive Captures Centuries of British Crime, From Cheese Theft to Murder

Morning Coffee (7/16/19)

Trump Administration Implementing '3rd Country' Rule On Migrants Seeking Asylum

ICE Launches Raids Targeting Migrant Families

Vital, from Adam Serwer: Trump Tells America What Kind of Nationalist He Is

Trump says he’s not concerned about being racist because “many people agree” with him

Hundreds of leaked chat messages show Puerto Rico’s governor using vulgar antigay slurs repeatedly

American Federation of Teachers sues Betsy DeVos over public service loan forgiveness program

Good! Britain’s £50 Note Will Honor Computing Pioneer Alan Turing

Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible

Fair Trade Helps Farmers, But Not Their Hired Workers

Found: The Original Home of England’s Doomed ‘9-Day Queen’

Morning Coffee (7/15/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids

This affects a lot of important research (including climate change) as well as the obvious education aspect: Political chaos roils Alaska as universities face devastating cuts

Uh, I'm pretty sure we've all read this book: Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

Agriculture Department suspends data collection for honeybees after Trump budget cuts (WEIRDLY ENOUGH this came right after they got rid of a rule banning pesticides that hurt bees!)

Sanders and Warren voters have astonishingly little in common

WOW, this is awful: ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Turmoil: Inside Andrea Arnold’s Loss of Creative Control

The Milky Way Has Battle Scars from Colliding With a Ghostly Galaxy

AWW: Paul McCartney Brings Ringo Starr to the Stage for End-of-Tour Surprise

Unesco Recognizes Heritage Sites, Ancient to Modern, Around the World

Good! Essex drops library closure plans following sustained public protests

Morning Coffee (7/13/19)

Thousands Are Targeted as ICE Prepares to Raid Undocumented Migrant Families

Trump’s mass arrests are set to begin. Here’s the Democratic answer.

House Democrats Approve Subpoenas for Who’s Who of Mueller Witnesses

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is resigning

Trump's 'Acting' Cabinet Grows With Acosta Departure

This is going exactly the way we thought: Every member of Trump’s new human rights commission is an anti-LGBTQ activist

Robert Foster, GOP governor candidate, denies woman reporter access because of her gender

R. Kelly has been arrested on federal sex crime charges, including child pornography

Wow: F.T.C. Approves Facebook Fine of About $5 Billion

I’m Trans. The 2020 Candidates Don’t Know How to Pander to Me.

Afternoon Tea (7/9/19)

Exclusive Investigation: Sex, Drugs, Misogyny And Sleaze At The HQ Of Bumble’s Owner

Why the USWNT’s open queerness matters

Romance Novelists Write About Sex and Pleasure. On the Internet That Makes Them Targets for Abuse

DNA Begins to Unlock Secrets of the Ancient Philistines

A few days late but very interesting: An Ives Fourth

Morning Coffee (7/7/19)

Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations

Finally: Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged

Democrats Found A Major Recruit To Take On Susan Collins in 2020

Of course: DeVos Repeals Obama-Era Rule Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges

Lawyers Ask Judge to Order White Nationalist From Keene To Stop Alleged Threats

In male-dominated Afghanistan, justice for women is complicated

Trade War Has Damaged U.S. Chip Industry in Ways a Deal May Never Fix

Neanderthals’ history is as complicated as ours

This seems like a terrible idea! The ‘Les Misérables’ Revolving Stage Is Going. Fans Are in a Spin.

Dracula arrives in first blood-splattered look at Sherlock creators' miniseries

Afternoon Tea (6/25/19)

This is great: Naked, Afraid and Transgender: ‘The Wilderness Couldn’t Care Less’

The Wild Ride at Babe.Net

Can ‘Big Data’ Help Fight Big Fires? Firefighters Are Betting on It

I FEEL ATTACKED but no, this is important: You Are Doing Something Important When You Aren’t Doing Anything

6 YA Books About Thorny Female Friendships

Morning Coffee (6/19/19)

U.N. Report Calls for Investigation of Saudi Crown Prince in Khashoggi Killing

Patrick Shanahan withdraws from consideration as Trump’s secretary of defense

SCOTUS Just Killed Off Virginia’s Racial Gerrymander. Its Decision Will Affect Elections for Years to Come.

Trump’s 2020 message: “Depraved” Democrats “want to destroy you”

Mitch McConnell, Too, Welcomes Russian Interference

Joe Biden's Approach to Governing Won't Work

Eight Women Accuse Hollywood Filmmaker Max Landis of Emotional and Sexual Abuse: ‘We’re Not People to Him’

ABOUT TIME: Carnegie medal goes to first writer of colour in its 83-year history

NOPE: Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency

It looked like a simple domestic murder. Then police learned about the alien reptile cult.

Morning Coffee (6/16/19)

A “Listless” 1-Month-Old Girl And Her Teenage Mother Were Discovered In Border Patrol Detention

Obama Veterans: Joe Biden’s Pledge to Work With GOP Is Delusional

Poll: a growing number of Democratic voters are prioritizing gender-related issues

Abortion Rights Haven’t Been A Priority In Blue States — Until Now

Here’s How New Zealand’s ‘Hobbit Law’ Is Impacting The Country

Depo-Provera, an Injectable Contraceptive, Does Not Raise H.I.V. Risk

Patricia Battin, Lightning Rod in a Library War, Dies at 89

Wow: Your Smartphone Is Spying (If You’re a Spanish Soccer Fan)

Women Directed Just 3% of Animated Movies (Study)

Ancient asteroid crater located off coast of Scotland

Afternoon Tea (6/11/19)

The Making of a YouTube Radical

This essay by Amy Whipple is lovely and important: Foster Care: Heroic Measures

How Nuclear Bomb Tests Are Helping to Identify Art Forgeries

The First Woman Cabinet Minister: Margaret Bondfield, 1873-1953

When Tea Reaches Its Boiling Point In Fiction, So Too May The Story

Afternoon Tea (6/10/19)

This is great reporting: Scott Warren Worked to Prevent Migrant Deaths in the Arizona Desert. The Government Wants Him in Prison.

A Ship of Jewish Refugees Was Refused U.S. Landing in 1939. This Was Their Fate

Inside The World Of Gillistans, Kirsten Gillibrand’s Biggest Fans

What Anne of Green Gables Taught Me about Grief

So neat: ‘Knitting Is Coding’ and Yarn Is Programmable in This Physics Lab

Afternoon Tea (6/6/19)

‘Archaeology of D-Day’ Aims to Preserve What the Soldiers Left Behind

This is a fascinating read about Waldorf schools in general in addition to the vaccine issue: Measles for the One Percent

Why Society Goes Easy on Rapists

Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary

Gwenda Bond's take on writing tie-ins/IP is great: Toy Stories