Afternoon Tea (1/11/19)

This roundtable was a DELIGHT: Here's What It's Really Like To Be An Internet Advice Columnist

Off the chart: the big comeback of paper maps

The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019: Part 1

A Changeling in My Own Skin

A Brief History of Cheddar Cheese

Morning Coffee (1/11/19)

Time for Friday happy links!

Your feel-good story of the day: Actor Joe Manganiello brings his love of Dungeons and Dragons to kids at Pittsburgh hospital

AMAZING: British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace-head displayed upside down

!! Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels From Eric Heisserer & Shawn Levy

I am obsessed with this New Yorker cover.

Starbucks’ Newest Drink Tastes Just Like Cookie Butter

Meghan Markle’s Royal Patronages Will Focus on These Four Interests

Heh: Fact-checking the mob song from ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Fug Nation Loves Slippers!

The Best Time of Day to Book Your Next Flight

Let's go! This Book-filled Hotel in Cambridge, England, Is the Ultimate Getaway for Bibliophiles

Afternoon Tea (1/10/19)

This story is QUITE SOMETHING: The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini

I have limited sympathy for Shelley sometimes but this was fascinating: Wielded by a Wizard

A Photographer’s Quest to Reverse China’s Historical Amnesia

'One Cut of the Dead' Bootleg Reveals Amazon Prime's Piracy Problem

She awed the country before Amelia Earhart even took to the skies

Morning Coffee (1/10/19)

“Immigrants are coming over the border to kill you” is the only speech Trump knows how to give

Oh look, the only thing he actually cares about: "The response by Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer has slightly larger preliminary numbers than the president's address."

Good: Investigators Looking Into Accusations From R. Kelly Documentary

Wow, what a story: Bernice Sandler, ‘Godmother of Title IX,’ Dies at 90

How marginal tax rates actually work, explained with a cartoon

Qanon-Believing Proud Boy Accused of Murdering ‘Lizard’ Brother With Sword

Not good! Democrats Faked Online Push to Outlaw Alcohol in Alabama Race

The Taming of Poland's Far Right

Nobody Is Moving Our Cheese: American Surplus Reaches Record High

Broadway Actors Pushing for Profit-Sharing in Creation of Shows

Afternoon Tea (1/9/19)

He runs one amateur football game per year. He makes more than $1 million.

This made me very much want to read her fiction, as I mostly knew of the films: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and the Art of Ambivalence

Where Doulas Calm Nerves and Bridge Cultures During Childbirth

Welcome to Брайтон Бич, Brooklyn

The Anglo-Saxon origins of the English counties

Morning Coffee (1/9/19)

Manafort Shared Trump Campaign Data With Russian Associate, Prosecutors Say

“He’s not hurting the people he needs to be”: a Trump voter says the quiet part out loud

Why Men Find the New Congresswomen So Frightening

I Was Sexually Harassed On Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. And No One Cared.

Yay! Ex-felons can now sign up to vote in Florida

Of course: Trump administration considers rollback of anti-discrimination rules

'It's like 1984': Venezuela targets human rights defenders

Another Black Man Has Died in the Home of Democratic Donor Ed Buck

!! Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase Drama Book Shop

The Americans finally wins a Golden Globe for best drama

Afternoon Tea (1/8/19)

Vice doesn’t want to humanize Dick Cheney. So instead, it (maybe) demonizes America.

This made me want to read her books: Sally Rooney Gets in Your Head

The Soccer Politics of Morocco

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' In Search Of More Productive Crops

The Jonestown We Don't Know

Morning Coffee (1/8/19)

!!!! Cyntoia Brown Is Granted Clemency After 15 Years in Prison

Oh good: Saudi woman fleeing family temporarily admitted to Thailand

Only six immigrants in terrorism database stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018 The administration said it was 4000.

I.R.S. Will Issue Tax Refunds During Shutdown, Trump Official Says (and it sounds like this might be illegal)

A 1970 U.S.-Mexico treaty shows why Trump’s border wall is absurd (And illegal - noticing a theme?)

Democrats: Investigate Trump’s Corrupt Corporate Alliance

This is awful: Belgium Bans Religious Slaughtering Practices, Drawing Praise and Protest

The Ugly, Illiberal, Anti-Semitic Heart of the Yellow Vest Movement

Scientific Research Halt Adds To Growing List Of Shutdown Casualties

What we gain from keeping books – and why it doesn’t need to be ‘joy’

Afternoon Tea (1/7/19)

Stalin’s Soaring Moscow Towers Sorely Need Body Work

Mormon Mysteries: Who Are They For?

A New Year’s resolution for everybody: cook more

The Female Badasses Who Made History (Only You Didn’t Know About It) Vol. 1

A Mysterious Linguistic Enclave in Southern Poland

Morning Coffee (1/7/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Trump adviser: US to leave Syria once IS beaten, Kurds safe

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'How Do You Not Know How Marginal Tax Rates Work?'

Sultan Muhammad V steps down as Malaysia's king

Legal Abortions Begin in Ireland With Solidarity and Small Protests

Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Formally Break From Russia

What the hell is a presidential “exploratory committee”?

Hm: JonBenét Ramsey’s Brother Settles $750 Million Defamation Lawsuit Over CBS Series

Interesting: Charles Darwin's ailments are 'typical of Lyme disease' in UK

We still do not need this! Luca Guadagnino Says Elio & Oliver Will Meet Again In Paris In Potential ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Sequel

Ooh, Carmen Sandiego trailer!