Morning Coffee (11/11/16)

I'm not sure I actually have enough HAPPY links for you this morning, but I'm going with... emotionally neutral, at worst, and not election-related. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to try to have roughly half the links each day about current events and half about other things, and I will label those sections so you can find what you need.

The New York Public Library’s book train will make your nerdiest dreams come true

Let's talk about The Harrying of the North, because why not?

My non-verbal son communicates through ‘Hamilton’

Utopians are so maddening and fascinating to read about, especially right... now.

This is nifty: City of Women

The secret behind Italy's rarest pasta

The Mysterious Origins of Tiramisu, the Dessert That Took the '80s by Storm

Gold Rings Found in Warrior's Tomb Connect Two Ancient Greek Cultures

The History and Future of the Once-Revolutionary Taxidermy Diorama

Aw: 24 Moms That Are Way Too Pure And Wholesome For This World

Morning Coffee (11/10/16)

Well, here we are. Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday; between the result and the sheer number of hours I'd been volunteering/not sleeping, I just couldn't make myself do anything but stay snuggled on the couch for most of the day. I'm still not up to reading many pieces about what happened, but I'm bookmarking interesting stuff to read later and I may share it then (properly labeled so you can avoid if desired) if you're interested. For now I'm going to give you two important links about where we go from here, and then a bunch of interesting and totally unrelated things I'd bookmarked over the last month or so and never had time to share. Hope you're all doing okay. Reach out if you need to talk.

A Letter to Young Women: How We Will All Move Forward Together Now

A List of Pro-Women, Pro-Immigrant, Pro-Earth, Anti-Bigotry Organizations That Need Your Support

I realize this is obvious to a lot of us, but the more actual research we can cite, the better: Study of adoptive families finds no differences for same-sex families

The Rolling Stone story had a lasting effect on the UVA campus

How One Man Was Wrongly Blamed for Bringing AIDS to America

American Child Brides and the Dangers of Underage Sex

“The Girl On The Train” And Women’s Dark Fantasies

Skeleton Offers Clue to Amelia Earhart's Fate

Andrew Jackson's Marco Polo

Ooh: Cartography Software for Fantasy Writers

Happy Election Day!

I've been home extremely few hours in the past four days, and by the time you are reading this I'm back volunteering more, so no links today. Go vote!

Morning Coffee (11/7/16)

Trump Is an Existential Threat

I love this, by my friend Margaret: Hillary Clinton and Hardworking Imperfection

The Economist: Why we would cast our hypothetical vote for Hillary Clinton

‘It Really Does Get Into Your Head.’ The Election, Through the Eyes of Teenage Girls.

The workers who have the most at stake in this election aren’t white men

Critics Say North Carolina Is Curbing Black Vote. Again.

I Had a Scary Dream About Donald Trump’: Muslim Parents Face a Tense Election

Putin, Assange, and Comey are doing Donald Trump’s work for him

Interesting: The Polls of the Future Are Reproducible and Open Source

Laughing Until We Cry: Conversations About Getting Flashed, Grabbed, and Groped

Morning Coffee (11/6/16)

This is going to come in very handy: Daily Kos Elections Nov. 8, 2016 poll closings times map

YOU DON'T SAY: Therapists Say This Election Is Traumatizing Women

I love every word of this: Goodbye to all that: I’m done with Election 2016

What a headline: FBI launches internal investigation into its own Twitter account

Fear And Anger When Trump Comes To Campus

Dumping on Bronx kids, Donald style

Freaking out about white supremacists’ voter harassment threats does their work for them

Trump's Secret Bundler List

Heh: A Legendary Hollywood Scheduler Imagines Trump TV's Lineup

These people are such self-centered babies but I guess it's better than NOTHING: Third-party voters are “trading votes” with Clinton voters to defeat Trump

Morning Coffee (11/5/16)

okay first WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN, you guys??

This is so important: Hillary Clinton’s quiet revolution

This happened here in New Hampshire: The ugliest Donald Trump rally of the campaign

'The FBI is Trumpland': anti-Clinton atmosphere spurred leaking, sources say

The chilling implications of the FBI’s latest attack on Hillary Clinton

Bret Baier Is Serving As A Mouthpiece For Unknown Sources On FBI Stories

Fun Fact: Clarice Starling Isn’t Real

Meet Donald Trump’s Top FBI Fanboy

Nate Silver's model gives Trump an unusually high chance of winning. Could he be right? (Please no please no please no)

Nothing to see here: Casting notice goes out for new 'up-and-coming' conservative news network

Morning Coffee (11/3/16)

Okay, let's take a QUICK break for some happy links to distract from the election...

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

I love everything about this up to and including all the puns: Tyler Hoechlin, Man of Steal-ing Your Heart

In other important Superman news: Here Is Barack Obama With a Tiny Superman to Remind Us That All's Not Lost

Aw, Tim Kaine made us a playlist.

The Obama Family's Stylish Private World Inside the White House

Ooh, the Hamilton Mixtape tracklist!

Hm, and Melissa de la Cruz has an Alexander and Eliza Hamilton YA novel coming out!

'Taylor Swift,' 10 Years Later

Recommend Me a Book is pretty fun to play with.

How 'Tumblr Pink' Became the Most Ubiquitous Color in Fashion Branding

Morning Coffee (11/3/16)

How should voters weigh the sins of these two uniquely corrupt candidates?

White nationalists plot Election Day show of force

The FBI Was Basing A Potential Clinton Foundation Case On This Garbage Right-Wing Book

Just imagine what the FBI saga would look like under a vengeful President Trump

How Donald Trump Used Fine Print To Make It Harder To Sue Wall Street For Fraud

Look to Europe to understand why Ivanka Trump is more dangerous than her father

Louis C.K., Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, and the rise of benevolent sexism in liberal men

To be specific: "If we have to pretend this is a good opinion, I’m going to die."

2016! Bono named one of women of the year by 'Glamour,' is not a woman

What the Early Vote in North Carolina Means: A Daily Tracker

Morning Coffee (11/2/16)

How You Can Fight Donald Trump Right Now

Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes

That explosive story about Trump's secret server for talking to Russia doesn't add up

And/but: The New York Times’ very fishy article about Trump and Russia

BUT: Forget conspiracy theories. This is why Trump’s Russian connection is actually a problem.

Everything is very normal: A Senator with a Top Security Clearance Joked About a Bullseye on Hillary Clinton's Face

What a weird coincidence: Odd Timing: FBI Releases Closed Case Files On Bill Clinton Pardon Of Marc Rich

Who could have guessed? Hostility toward women is one of the strongest predictors of Trump support

Neat: Bits and Pieces of Old New York, in a New Digital Collection

This list is not entirely what I would have guessed: These Were the Most-Performed High School Musicals of 2015/2016

Morning Coffee (11/1/16)

This is terrifying: Woman Thrown Out Of Trump Rally: “I’m Not A Paid Protester”

Um: "The official said some government insiders are perplexed as to why Comey would have election timing concerns with the Russian disclosure but not with the Huma Abedin email discovery disclosure he made Friday."

Donald Trump's Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders

A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump

"And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump." Okay, but...

Who could have guessed? Donald Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster three-quarters of a million dollars

There are so many fascinating, alarming things in this piece about the Trump campaign's final days that I don't know where to start.

I assume this weird piece about Biden for Secretary of State may just be someone trying to mess with Trump. (Not that I'd object if it were true, obviously.)

I don't even LIKE Chobani but now I want to buy it.

Novelist Gayle Forman has a great essay about deciding who should stay home with her kids.