Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/30/23)

It's Monday! Let's do this! Oh, here's my TV news roundup for the past two weeks at The Televixen.

Imagery Shows How a Cemetery for Russian Mercenaries Is Expanding (NYT)

Chandeliers and avatars: how conflict spawned a new lexicon in Ukraine (The Guardian)

This is amazing, and also sad that it feels so amazing: Book showing same-sex marriage suitable for children, European court rules (Politico EU)

The battle over state bans of federally approved abortion pills will begin in West Virginia (Grid)

Becca Balint Never Imagined Herself In Congress (Bustle)

Two new studies paint encouraging picture of Covid-19 vaccine’s performance (STAT)

This is awful: Conspiracy theorists hounded Grant Wahl's family when he died. Now they're back (NPR)

Well, this doesn't bode well for me ever getting to see a doctor again: Dartmouth Health plans hiring freeze, job reviews as it eyes $120M budget cut (NHPR)

Atmospheric dust may have hidden true extent of global heating (The Guardian)

How Animals May Have Conquered Snowball Earth (Smithsonian)

And some longer reads:

In Kabul, Taliban rulers are changing the face of the capital (WaPo)

Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help (NPR)

Abraham Lincoln’s other legacy: An obsession with open caskets and America’s lifeless death industry (Grid)

Marguerite Duras and the Domestication of Desire (New Yorker)

What Do We Know About the People of Roman Vindolanda? (History Hit)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/29/23)

Today is Sunday! Let's see how much of my extremely long list I can get done!

Memphis Police permanently disbands SCORPION unit in wake of Tyre Nichols' death (ABC24)

Military offensives increase nuclear accident odds in Ukraine, warns atomic safety chief (Politico EU)

GOOD: Nobel winner Maria Ressa and her online news outlet are cleared of tax evasion (NPR)

'Everywhere they were, you got them out': Those displaced from Manchester encampment wonder where to go next (NHPR)

The truth behind the viral MTG Tweet claiming the second covid booster puts many people in the hospital (Grid)

Time for a New Emancipation Proclamation (Boston Globe)

The Only H.I.V. Vaccine in Advanced Trials Has Failed. What Now? (NYT)

How to Fight New Obscenity Laws Targeting Librarians (Book Riot)

lol: AP apologises and deletes widely mocked tweet about ‘the French’ (The Guardian)

Moon rivers? UK scientists at heart of mission to extract water from lunar rock (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Vladimir Putin still has lots of friends: How Turkey, India and South Africa just gave him a boost (Grid)

The Trumpiest court in America (Vox)

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story. (ProPublica)

The Case for Wearing Masks Forever (New Yorker)

One of Taiwan's biggest pop stars sings in an Indigenous language (NPR)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/28/23)

Today is Saturday! This is my "get my life back in order after the holidays and lots of January travel" weekend so my to do list is very long.

They have now released the video as well but I am not linking to it. You can find it easily if you want to. 5 Memphis ex-police are charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols (NPR)

Reporting corruption in a time of war: The Ukrainian journalists’ dilemma (Politico EU)

Covid Vaccines Targeting Omicron Should Be Standard, Panel Says (NYT)

This makes an EXTREMELY important point: An Open Letter to Stephen King: Book Censorship News, January 27, 2023 (Book Riot)

Journalists angered by new Australian federal court restrictions on reporting of cases (The Guardian)

National Dems give New Hampshire, Georgia more time to change 2024 primary dates (NH Bulletin)

An Ohio law defining natural gas as ‘green energy’ — and backed by dark money — lays out the next battle in the climate wars (Grid)

Welp: CNET Is Reviewing the Accuracy of All Its AI-Written Articles After Multiple Major Corrections (Gizmodo)

Why a London Museum Is Removing the Skeleton of an ‘Irish Giant’ From View (Smithsonian)

The astonishing vanishing act of the glassfrog, revealed (NPR)

And some longer reads:

The Flu-ification of COVID Policy Is Almost Complete (The Atlantic)

Progress! FDA eases blood donation ban on gay and bisexual men after years of protest (WaPo)

Leonard Leo is quietly remaking state high courts in his conservative image (Grid)

Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work (NYT)

The Cheesecake Factory knows what you want (Vox)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/27/23) - Friday Happy Links!

We made it to Friday! Let's have some happy links!

AS THEY SHOULD. Storm to retire Sue Bird’s #10 Jersey on June 11 (WNBA)

Exotic green comet not seen since stone age returns to skies above Earth (The Guardian)

Aw yay! A new indie bookstore named for Octavia Butler is opening in the author’s hometown. (LitHub)

DANGER: Fug Nation Loves New Stationery For the New Year (GFY)

This is frankly more complicated than I usually have the energy for at cocoa o'clock, but if someone would like to make it FOR me I would not object. Vanilla Chai Hot Chocolate (Half-Baked Harvest)

Okay! Add Rosemary to Your Water (Eater)

New Book Puzzles for Cozy Winter Enjoyment (Book Riot)

7 Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books (Tor)

Alexander the Great: an ancient horse whisperer (Medieval manuscripts blog)

All the Ways to Drink Your Winter Citrus (Punch)

I literally only have book-related longer reads for you today, sorry not sorry:

The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2023 (CrimeReads)

16 Page-Turner Novels Set in Gloriously Cold and Snowy Places (SSoP)

The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of Spring 2023 (Electric Lit)

Snuggle with a Book...ish Blanket! (Book Riot)

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023 (LitHub)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/26/23)

Today is Thursday! Almost there!

As its only remaining elected officials depart, Haiti reaches a breaking point (NPR)

How Not to Negotiate with Russia (Politico)

The Doomsday Clock Is Now Closer Than Ever to Midnight (Smithsonian)

Covid increases risk of grave illness and death in pregnant women – study (The Guardian)

What a shock: Rep. George Santos’ earliest political backers faced financial misconduct investigations (Grid)

This is a great idea: Bill would allow New Hampshire cities and towns to pass rent controls (NH Bulletin)

Do AI Art Tools Break Copyright Laws? Two New Lawsuits Will Find Out. (Gizmodo)

You don't say: Corporate Greed Has Something To Do With ‘Inflation-Related’ Grocery Prices (The Takeout)

A Hall of Famer With All the ‘Ingredients’ for Third Base (NYT)

‘A second front’: fight to save 1,000-year-old caves from developers in Ukraine (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows (The Guardian)

Great news for germs (Vox)

A Cathedral Tried to Approach Heaven, but the Earth Held a Deep Secret (NYT)

My mom and brother and I all do this, so I've always assumed there's a genetic component: I usually wake up just ahead of my alarm. What's up with that? (NPR)

The Striking Geology of The Wheel of Time (Tor)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/25/23)

Today is Wednesday and we are bracing for more snow!

US finalizing plans to send approximately 30 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, two US officials say (CNN)

Russia to blame for ‘worst food crisis since WW2’, says US envoy (The Guardian)

China Covid: Coffins sell out as rural losses mount (BBC)

The FDA no longer requires all drugs to be tested on animals before human trials (NPR)

Oscar nominations! (Oscars.org)

NH blueberries need cold winters. Climate change threatens them. (NHPR)

Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses (Gizmodo)

Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around (The Guardian)

When the Gay Kingdom of The Coral Sea put queer sovereignty on the map (LGBTQ Nation)

Archaeologists Unearth Viking Hall in Denmark (Smithsonian)

And some longer reads:

Ukraine Fires Officials Amid Corruption Scandal, as Allies Watch Closely (NYT)

How Democrats mostly neutralized Republican attacks on crime in the midterms (Vox)

Inside the Nisga’a Nation’s Fight to Get a 36-Foot Totem Pole Back From Scotland (Smithsonian)

How Sarah Polley Infused ‘Women Talking’ with Hope, Humor and Reasonable Working Conditions (Variety)

The Best Crime TV of 2022 (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/24/23)

It's Tuesday! Or so I'm told! I'm finally home after an extremely long travel day, so we're still going through some stuff I had bookmarked in the past few weeks rather than lots of new headlines, but hopefully back to the normal mix of the two tomorrow!

A U.N. report has good and dire news about child deaths. What's the take-home lesson? (NPR)

Great! New York City to provide free abortion pills at four clinics (The Guardian)

The right has a hot new legal theory to destroy LGBTQ+ rights (LGBTQ Nation)

Arizona Prison Is Reportedly Inducing Early Labor in Pregnant People Without Consent (Jezebel)

Great idea: NH coalition wants younger and more diverse voices on local land use boards (NHPR)

Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast (The Guardian)

Archaeologists Recover 275 Artifacts From Mysterious Arctic Shipwreck (Smithsonian)

It’s Turtles All the Way Down in the Fossil Record (NYT)

Men Are the Most Likely Victims of Homicide. Why Do Crime Writers Kill So Many Women? (CrimeReads)

Specialty Coffee, But Make It Fun (Eater)

And some longer reads:

Epidemics That Weren’t: How Countries Shut Down Recent Outbreaks (NYT)

Making independent films in Xi Jinping’s China is getting harder and more dangerous: ‘We’re thorns in their sides’ (Grid)

Seventy-five Years After Indian Partition, Who Owns the Narrative? (New Yorker)

Is it time for GDPR 2.0? (Ars Technica)

A secret site for the Knights Templar? (BBC)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/23/23)

Today is Monday! I am hopefully on a flight toward home as you read this, but I haven't seen any news in days, so let's keep going through my bookmarks!

The situation in Haiti is dire. But is international intervention really the answer? (Grid)

Republicans have already filed dozens of bills to restrict voting in 2023 (The Guardian)

More people than ever buy insurance on Healthcare.gov (NPR)

Ugh: DeSantis moves to turn a progressive Fla. college into a conservative one (WaPo)

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center over capacity amid staffing shortages, surge in respiratory viruses (NHPR)

Abortion stories on TV get closer to reality, says new report (NPR)

Calling nuclear fusion a potential ‘climate solution’ may undermine actual solutions (Grid)

Rural patients struggle to access expert sexual assault exams. Telehealth services are closing that gap. (The 19th*)

The Frick Adds Its First Renaissance Portrait of a Woman to Permanent Collection (Smithsonian)

Remains of a Viking Hall Found in Denmark (Gizmodo)

And some longer reads:

What “no mercy” means inside Iran: Sham trials, executions and targeting celebrities in a crackdown against protests (Grid)

Bulgaria to the rescue: How the EU’s poorest country secretly saved Ukraine (Politico)

‘Major Trustee, Please Prioritize’: How NYU’s E.R. Favors the Rich (NYT)

California Forest Dispatch (Places)

History’s First Named Author Was a Mesopotamian Priestess (Atlas Obscura)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/22/23)

Today is Sunday! I think! Yes.

Peru protests: Machu Picchu closed indefinitely and tourists stranded (BBC)

Guess which party! An Iowa official's wife is charged with 52 counts of voter fraud in congressional race (NPR)

Abortion bans don’t prosecute pregnant people. That may be about to change. (The 19th*)

NH has spent years trying to prevent police from killing people in mental distress, but advocates say gaps remain (NHPR)

Splitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physics (The Guardian)

U.S. plans crackdown on nursing homes that sedate patients with unnecessary antipsychotics (STAT)

Why it matters that the diversity report card for environmental organizations doesn’t track gender (The 19th*)

Whoa: Italian Police Seize Rubens Masterpiece From an Exhibition (Smithsonian)

Oh NO: The World of Crackers Has Lost a Giant (Slate)

Creating Dual Timelines and Five Novels That Do It Well (CrimeReads)

And some longer reads:

How Russia’s New Commander in Ukraine Could Change the War (New Yorker)

Members of a new House committee will have the power to investigate agencies that are investigating them (Grid)

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics (NPR)

Amna Nawaz is stepping into history at PBS, and she hopes to make room for others like her (The 19th*)

For Marginalized Chefs, Are Pop-Ups the Path to Success? (Eater)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/21/23)

Happy Saturday! I'm traveling for the next few days, so I'll be writing posts when I have time with links I stockpiled and scheduling them. So if I'm missing some big news by the time you read this, that's why!

China appoints hardliner Zheng Yanxiong as its top representative in Hong Kong (The Guardian)

This is just awful: As Manchester officials evict a downtown encampment, residents are wondering where to go next (NHPR)

Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study (STAT)

U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022 (NYT)

Here's what's at stake in Elon Musk's Tesla tweet trial (NPR)

Political ads are headed for your Twitter feed (Grid)

I see: Florida High School Cancels ‘Indecent,’ a Play About Censorship on Broadway in 1923 (Smithsonian)

What banning noncompetes could mean for the US workforce (Vox)

Is Virtual Product Placement Coming? ‘NCIS’, ‘Friends’ And ‘Criminal Minds’ Could Help Entertainment Firms Pocket $6.6BN Annual Revenue, Report Claims (Deadline)

American Generals of the Revolutionary War: Who Lived the Longest and Who Died Youngest? (JAR)

And some longer reads:

Cleaning Up After the Bolsonaristas in Brasília (New Yorker)

Why does Bakhmut matter? The brutal, monthslong fight for a small city in Ukraine. (Grid)

A guide to 9 global buzzwords for 2023, from 'polycrisis' to 'zero-dose children' (NPR)

How New Hampshire schools are trying to meet a growing demand for special education (NHPR)

Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times (NYT)