Morning Coffee (4/9/17)

The Story Behind the Fire That Killed Forty Teen-Age Girls in a Guatemalan Children’s Home

Will North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland? Probably.

The Jeff Sessions Agenda

The real reasons Trump can’t work with Democrats

Of COURSE: Jared Kushner Hires Horror-Film Publicist to Run PR for His New White House Office

Trump wants to make Medicaid recipients work to get benefits. That’s a very bad idea.

The Rituals Of The Presidency Make Trump Seem More Presidential

The Bizarre Case Of The Middle East Expert Who Allegedly Tried To Scrub Anti-Trump Columns

Coding for Abortion Access

Oh no! Moths threaten fabric of England's most historic properties

!! 'Super potato' grown in Mars-like conditions may benefit Earth's arid areas

Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case

Morning Coffee (4/8/17)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms

Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria

Why Children Face The Greatest Danger From Chemical Weapons

This is an important point regardless of what you think of the Syria decision specifically: Trump’s foreign policy is dangerously impulsive

The New York Times Trump Interview Is a Reminder: The President Is a Huckster

Well, of course: Trump’s Expected Pick for Army Secretary Is a Stealth Anti-LGBTQ Extremist

Hah: Mystery Wikipedia User 'Sk-Gorka' Edits Articles About WH Aide Sebastian Gorka

The Alt-Right Curriculum

What President Trump doesn’t understand about job creation (and destruction)

Why We Need to Fight to Save Mosul’s Cultural Heritage

Ooh: Found: Roman-Era Mosaics Dating Back to the First Century

Hee: Does This Band Name Start With The? A Quiz.

Afternoon Tea (4/7/17)

So interesting and important: This Kenyan village is a laboratory for the biggest basic income experiment ever

Kazakh Capital, a Post-Soviet Creation, Is Growing Real Roots

The Politics of Sunbathing on Human Remains

Trading Places: Smuggling and the American Revolution

Ooh, a medieval heavenly recipe for Lent.

The Scandalous Flap Books of 16th-Century Venice

Morning Coffee (4/7/17)

Finally Friday. Time for some distracting links.

Obviously the original issue here isn't happy, but the reaction is: Dutch Men Hold Hands in Solidarity With Attacked Gay Couple

This is SO COOL: An Excavation Of One Of The World’s Greatest Art Collections

The new Netflix Anne show looks... pretty good, you guys.

Fascinating: Translating Agatha Christie into Icelandic: 'One clue took 10 years'

What it's like to run an all-romance bookstore in Los Angeles

Hee: Sony Asked Us to Share Footage of the Smurfs: The Lost Village Premiere and We Said Yes

Hahaha: Harlequin Brings Its Romance-Novel Hunks Into the Real World, With Hidden Cameras Rolling

Want To Ogle Some Official Gifts Given To The Queen? WHO DOESN'T?

Martha Stewart and a drone!

Ooh, so organized: Mayim Bialik’s Passover Calendar Looks Intense

I didn't know the Mary Poppins house was real!

Let's run away to a castle in Italy.

Afternoon Tea (4/6/17)

Science Should Not Be a Free-Market Endeavor

Whoa: Brands see the future of fashion in customized 3D-knitted garments produced while you wait

Big in China: Murder Villages and Scam Towns

In the Land of Frankincense

How a Soap Opera Virus Felled Hundreds of Students in Portugal

When Bowling Was a Sport Reserved for Royalty

Morning Coffee (4/6/17)

The Holes in Russia’s Account of the Syria Chemical Attack

Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War

A famine is threatening 20 million lives in Africa. Trump’s budget cuts would make it worse.

Bannon Taken Off Trump National Security Council in Shake-Up

Pence's Obamacare diplomacy fails to yield a deal because he TOLD DIFFERENT GROUPS DIFFERENT CONFLICTING THINGS, lolol.

"Indeed, the only real puzzle of the Kushner trip is which particular Trumpian political vice it best illustrates: deluded self-aggrandizement or a callous indifference to other people’s lives; conflicts of interest or a lack of any interest in the consequences of the use of power."

An important read about domestic abuse and immigration: “I Wish I’d Never Called the Police”

A federal court just made a very big decision for gay rights. Seriously, it’s huge.

This is AWESOME: These high school journalists investigated a new principal’s credentials. Days later, she resigned.

Hrm: Russia Moves to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as ‘Extremist’

World's largest dinosaur footprints discovered in Western Australia

I love that there are still archaeological finds being made in Egypt: Remains of an ancient Egyptian pyramid discovered south of Cairo

Afternoon Tea (4/5/17)

A good read if you're interested in history and the way it's marketed and how gender plays in: Why Lucy Worsley will do whatever it takes to get people involved

The hospital where parents care for premature babies

The Bittersweet Story of Vanilla

Tunis Greets an Ottoman-Era History Long Banished by Its Dictators

Humans Killed the Aral Sea. Now, It’s Come Back to Life

The 17th-Century Lady Astronomer Who Took Measure of the Stars

Morning Coffee (4/5/17)

A Child Soldier Sees His Mother After 6 Years. But Why Doesn’t He Speak?

Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel

Egypt's president is a bloodthirsty dictator. Trump thinks he's done a "fantastic job.”

What a shock: Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors

I'm sure this is a shock as well: Donald Trump Revokes Order That Protects Women in the Workplace

Gorsuch refusing to meet with female senators of color is quite something: Merrick Garland Isn’t the Only Reason the Democrats Should Filibuster Gorsuch

National Archives orders Trump not to delete tweets

Trump Isn’t Nixon: Nixon read books, for one thing.

A Rabbi Walks Into a Bar — and Enforces the Law

!!! GP reveals his 30-year secret life as Archers character Robert Snell

I think Todd's right about Bones here: Bones was satisfying junk-food TV that tried — and failed — to be so much more

A Roman Sarcophagus Is Rescued from Humble Duty as a Flower Pot

Afternoon Tea (4/4/17)

Tragic and fascinating: Death of a Dystopian

How Feud recreates the world of 1963 Hollywood, according to its production designer

In Poland’s Crooked Forest, a Mystery With No Straight Answer

The Incredible Legacy of Susan La Flesche, the First Native American to Earn a Medical Degree

It’s Not Always Easy Being Iceland’s Best Witchcraft Museum

The Friendliest Border

Morning Coffee (4/4/17)

An incredibly important story: The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us

I just enjoy this headline here: McCaskill To Vote 'No' On Gorsuch, Citing His 'Lack Of Humanity'

Fox News just sounds like a delightful place for women, huh? Bill O’Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up

Supreme Court Rejects NH Bid To Revive Ballot Selfies Ban

The case for immigration

I love this: Why Does Anyone Care What Bernie Sanders Thinks About the Democratic Party? (With Receipts)

In Brooklyn’s Kosher Pizza War, Modern Tastes Battle Ancient Law

Duck Dynasty and Girls, from beginning to end, have reflected a splintered America

!! Tyrannosaurus rex was a sensitive lover, new dinosaur discovery suggests

I want a mystery show set here: In This Alaskan Town, Every Resident Lives in the Same Building

In the Caves of Ancient Humans, Stories Told Dot by Dot