Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/10/23) - Friday Happy Links!

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

Tadpole scientists: Two NH kids co-publish a research paper on frog eggs (NHPR)

Ooh: ‘Great Expectations’ Teaser: Olivia Colman’s Miss Havisham Meets Young Pip In Steven Knight’s Dickens Adaptation (Deadline)

Queer Fans Coming Out at Harry Styles Shows Makes for a Special Space (Autostraddle)

This Black Bear Took Hundreds of ‘Selfies’ on a Wildlife Camera (Smithsonian)

Revealing Nghi Vo’s Mammoths at the Gates, a New Novella in the Singing Hills Cycle (Tor)

Quiz: Which Judy Blume Character Are You? (Book Riot)

Metal heads: the thriving detectorist scene digging up Britain’s past (The Guardian)

Into it: The Pistachio Moment Is Already My Favorite Food Trend of 2023 (Eater)

The Accidental Culinary Cozy Author (CrimeReads)

I'm not a purse person, but some of these veer dangerously close to messenger bags... Fug Nation Loves Cute New Day Bags! (GFY)

And some longer Friday reads:

FANCY CHOCOLATES: Where to Buy Bonbons for Valentine’s Day (Eater)

Hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Designs Were Never Built. Here’s What They Might Have Looked Like (Smithsonian)

8 Books About African Mythology from Around the Continent (Book Riot)

Getting Lost in the World’s Largest Stack of Menus (Taste)

TBRainbow Alert: 2023 MG and YA Starring QTBIPoC (LGBTQ Reads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/9/23)

It's Thursday. We're almost there.

The Ukraine Crackup in the G.O.P. (New Yorker)

Yay! Democrats build on midterm wins with new control of Pennsylvania House (Vox)

Media watchdog urges release of journalist detained in Kabul (WaPo)

Why the FBI’s attempt to track police violence hasn’t worked (Grid)

UK to open probe into Northern Ireland’s deadliest bombing (Politico EU)

Here's How Moms for Liberty Is Lying About Books (Book Riot)

Points of progress, grim statistics shape child advocate’s annual report (NH Bulletin)

Checking In With the Starbucks Union as a Supreme Court Labor Decision Looms (Eater)

U.S. Restores Protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest (Smithsonian)

‘Holy grail’ wheat gene discovery could feed our overheated world (The Guardian)

And some longer reads...

The Hunt for Russian Collaborators in Ukraine (New Yorker)

Can police brutality be reduced through better training? Here’s what the evidence says. (Grid)

It’s Not Just What Manchester City Won. It’s What Others Lost. (NYT)

Big Meat just can’t quit antibiotics (Vox)

10 Wizarding Games You Can Play Instead of 'Hogwarts Legacy' (Lifehacker)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/8/23)

Somehow it is only Wednesday, but we can get through it together! BTW, I haven't had time to read much SOTU analysis yet so there will probably be more to come of that in the next few days, but there's a decent overview at the top of the "longer reads" section below if you're looking for that.

This is just tragic, and obviously still unfolding, so pointing you to another page for live updates today: Live Updates: Quake Death Toll Passes 11,000 in Turkey and Syria (NYT)

Iranian Activists Greet Prisoner Amnesty With Skepticism, Calling It An Attempt To Change The Narrative (RFE)

This is so great! Hong Kong’s top court rules surgery is not needed to register gender change (WaPo)

Don't love this!! French Senate backs AI-powered video surveillance for Paris 2024 Olympics (Politico EU)

Such an important step: AbbVie's blockbuster drug Humira finally loses its 20-year, $200 billion monopoly (NPR)

This is SO LATE: After this weekend’s cold, 'ice-in' is declared on Lake Winnipesaukee (NHPR)

I love this idea: A new bill in the Mass. Legislature could subsidize local newspaper subscriptions (Boston Globe)

Oh phew: Radioactive Capsule Safely Recovered in Western Australia (Smithsonian)

Picture imperfect: light pollution from satellites is becoming an existential threat to astronomy (The Guardian)

Quarry workers make 'unexpected' discovery of ship from Queen Elizabeth I's reign (Live Science)

And some longer reads:

5 winners and 2 losers from Biden’s 2023 State of the Union (Vox)

Russia after Putin: When and how it might happen — and how dangerous it might get (Grid)

The Crisis of Missing Migrants (New Yorker)

Somalia hunger crisis raises a question for the world: When is a famine a famine? (Grid)

How to Write English Prose (The Lamp)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/7/23)

Today is Tuesday and there's . . . lots going on.

A dire situation in northwest Syria: Devastating quake amid civil war (WaPo)

A landmark subversion trial opens against high-profile Hong Kong democracy activists (NPR)

Ukraine Renews Threat to Boycott Olympics if Russians Compete (NYT)

Cyprus presidential election heads for runoff next Sunday (Politico EU)

The New G.O.P. Takes the Country Hostage with the Debt Ceiling (New Yorker)

Rep. Ilhan Omar ties GOP vote on her committee post to her identity as a Muslim woman of color (The 19th*)

Ugh, of course. He is so, so scary: Ron DeSantis announces plan to block DEI programs in state colleges (The Guardian)

Yay Kim!! Kim Petras Wins Grammy for ‘Unholy,’ First Transgender Woman to Win for Pop Duo/Group Performance (Variety)

And! Viola Davis earns coveted EGOT (NBC)

Animals at the Dallas Zoo Keep Mysteriously Disappearing (Smithsonian)

And some longer reads:

Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either. (ProPublica)

A history of spy balloons: From the French revolutionary wars to the China incident over the U.S. (Grid)

UK Labour Party raids Trump and Brexit playbooks as power beckons in 2024 (Politico EU)

‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word. (NYT)

Franz Kafka, Party Animal (New Yorker)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/6/23)

Monday again. We can do this! Here's my TV news roundup at The Televixen.

I'm sending you to the BBC's live coverage page as this is just unfolding as I write this: Second earthquake hits Turkey after more than 1,000 killed (BBC)

Chinese province ends ban on unmarried people having children (The Guardian)

Ooh wow this also just broke as I was writing: Manchester City Charged With Dozens of Financial Violations (NYT)

It was very cold!! Mount Washington sets a new wind chill record (NHPR)

Good: The U.S. renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman (NPR)

Also probably good: F.D.A. Seeks More Authority to Oversee CBD Products (NYT)

The Case for Public Child Care (The Atlantic)

Bob Born, Who Brought Marshmallow Peeps to the Masses, Dies at 98 (NYT)

Hawk this Way (History Today)

I am FOR THIS: The Rise of Customizable Bowls (The Takeout)

And some longer reads:

Tyre Nichols’ death brings debate on qualified immunity for police back into the spotlight (Grid)

The Conservative Who Wants to Bring Down the Supreme Court (New Yorker)

‘They’re erased’: When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper (The 19th*)

The Nuclear Dump That Created a Generation of Indigenous Activists (NYT)

Who Were the First Britons? (History Hit)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/5/23)

Today is Sunday and it's above zero out already!!! Balmy!

The U.S. has downed a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina (NPR)

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's ex-president, dies aged 79 (BBC)

Heartbreaking and terrifying: Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Fla. schools tell teachers (WaPo)

Ukrainian Artist Creates Mirror Mandala At Jewish Cemetery In Poland (RFE)

I think this is GREAT and truly cannot wait to see the fallout here in NH: Democrats Overhaul Party’s Primary Calendar, Upending a Political Tradition (NYT)

I hate this so much. This is money from the public school budget. Amazon, private schools are among the top beneficiaries of NH's school choice program (NHPR)

California’s dark history of forced sterilizations comes into focus as it seeks victims to pay reparations (STAT)

Social Media Use Is Linked to Brain Changes in Teens, Research Finds (NYT)

Charles Tuckett Senior and the British Museum Bindery fire of 1865 (Untold lives blog)

True: America Deserves Coffee Cubes (The Takeout)

And some longer reads:

How the ‘contagion effect’ leads to group use of excessive force by police: Expert (Grid)

Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching (ProPublica)

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is no end-run around abortion bans (STAT)

The Science Behind the Oldest Trees on Earth (Smithsonian)

The Archaeological Excavation of Clachtoll Broch (History Hit)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/4/23)

Good morning! Today is Saturday and it is VERY COLD here in New Hampshire.

Chinese balloon punctures Blinken's plans, leaving U.S.-China ties adrift (NPR)

‘We’re fighting for a free future’: the Chechen battalions siding with Kyiv (The Guardian)

Jordan, Latvia and Israel Shake Up Diplomatic Corps After “Shadow Diplomats” Investigation (ProPublica)

EU top court: Belgium can’t refuse to extradite Catalan separatists without very good reason (Politico EU)

What a good list of senators: Senators ask mifepristone manufacturer to list miscarriage as a use for abortion pill (The 19th*)

True: Sexual orientation census undercounts older people and those who shun labels (The Guardian)

YUP: Charging for Twitter API access risks killing the things that made Twitter great (Grid)

This story is WILD: Painter Peter Doig Wins $2.5 Million in Sanctions Against a Gallery That Tried to Force Him to Take Credit for Another Artist’s Work (Artnet)

‘Self-Healing’ Concrete May Have Preserved Ancient Roman Structures (Smithsonian)

8 Brilliant Dark Academia Books by Authors of Color (Book Riot)

And some longer reads...

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? The bloodsoaked rise of a key figure in Putin’s Ukraine war (Grid)

Atlanta shooting part of alarming US crackdown on environmental defenders (The Guardian)

A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water (NYT)

8 Memoirs by Women About Multicultural Identity and Belonging (Electric Lit)

A Philosophy Professor’s Final Class (New Yorker)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/3/23) - Friday Happy Links!

WE MADE IT TO FRIDAY. Time for some happy links.

! Apple TV+ Says Gay Rights, Makes Frog and Toad Show (Vulture)

Okay, I still haven't actually READ Lavender House, but two people who get my taste say I'll love it, so I'm excited about the sequel anyway: The Bell in the Fog: Excerpt and Cover Reveal (CrimeReads)

Oh does she!!! Well then! Gillian Anderson Wants To Know Your Sexual Fantasies (Autostraddle)

Astronomers Find the Edge of Our Galaxy (Gizmodo)

What a delightful bunch of people: Ina Garten’s ‘Be My Guest’ Season 3 Welcomes Stanley Tucci, Laura Linney, Norah Jones and Misty Copeland (Variety)

Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland (BBC)

Never-Before-Seen Photos by Paul McCartney Take You Inside Beatlemania (Smithsonian)

The Best Dark Academia in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Book Riot)

Build a Better Non-Alcoholic Cocktail (Punch)

What Makes a Story Comforting? (Tor)

And some longer reads, again mostly book lists, sorry not sorry:

Happy Black History Month 2023! (LGBTQ Reads)

54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023 (Autostraddle)

A Tour of America’s Beloved Regional Cocktails (Punch)

15 of the Best Queer SFF Romance Books (Book Riot)

25 Historical Crime, Mystery, and Horror Novels to Look Forward To In 2023 (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/2/23)

It's Thursday! My job is trying to kill me this week but we're almost there!

Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine (NPR)

New Czech president risks China’s rage with call to Taiwanese leader (Politico EU)

Ugh. Happy Black History Month? The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies (NYT)

More women are being detained as jail populations near pre-COVID levels (The 19th*)

India has banned TikTok and over 300 Chinese apps. Some US officials see it as a model to follow. (Grid)

New England states propose coordinated transmission development to support wind power (NHPR)

Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds (The Guardian)

Paying research participants — a lot — may be a key to increasing diversity in studies (STAT)

Mesoamericans Have Been Using a 260-Day Ceremonial Calendar for Millennia (Smithsonian)

‘They are holding on to a dream’: the last bohemians at New York’s Chelsea Hotel (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

How a Chinese naval blockade could isolate Taiwan and send shockwaves across the world (Grid)

How Biden Could Appoint More Judges Than Trump (FiveThirtyEight)

When does life begin? (NYT)

The Instagram Reels Gold Rush (New Yorker)

The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews (Longreads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (2/1/23)

Today is Wednesday and it's February!

4 suspects in the assassination of Haiti's president were transferred to U.S. custody (NPR)

Ukraine wants to join EU within two years, PM says (Politico EU)

‘It is a war’: senator and Auschwitz survivor Liliana Segre on fighting Italy’s far right (The Guardian)

This is awful: These benefits will disappear when Biden ends the Covid national and public health emergencies in May (CNN)

Important! CDC warns that a brand of eyedrops may be linked to drug-resistant bacterial infection (NBC)

How Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court election became a referendum on abortion access (Grid)

Researchers say the FBI's statistics on hate crimes across the country are flawed (NPR)

You don't say (I joke but having data is good!!): Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds (NYT)

Advocates want to change a NH law that criminalizes drug checking equipment (NHPR)

Science journals ban listing of ChatGPT as co-author on papers (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Police body cameras filmed Tyre Nichols’ killing. But they were supposed to prevent it in the first place. (Grid)

U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits (NYT)

Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence (WaPo)

The Writer Who Burned Her Own Books (New Yorker)

With This Japanese Ace, the Ghost Stories Are True (NYT)