Morning Coffee (5/30/14)

Happy Friday!

Whoa. They're rebooting Stargate.

The Women of New York's City Hall

Businessweek's Piketty cover is the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

Fascinating, even if you don't really care about Jolie: Angelina Jolie's Perfect Game

My friend Christine is recapping the terrible "history" of Reign this summer and it's going to be amazing.

I will admit I desperately want Taylor Swift Keds.

And now a bunch of royalty-related things:

This profile of a second-generation royal reporter is quite interesting.

I hope this girl dines out on the time she made pizza with Prince Harry for the rest of her life.

Swedish cuteness: Princess Estelle carries out her first official royal engagement and Princess Madeleine shows off baby Princess Leonore, but scroll down on that one and take a look at Chris O'Neill in the Yankee cap, because it's cracking me up. (I know he's a commoner and they live in New York BUT STILL.)

I'm dying to see what Anmer Hall ends up looking like.

Look, a jelly bean portrait of the Cambridges. (Or Strathearns, since they were in Scotland.)

Morning Coffee (5/29/14)

Into the Fire: Will Investigators Bring Charges in the Back Bay Blaze?

Rebelling Against Abuse, Afghan Women See Signs of Change

Gillian Flynn is doing Hamlet for those Hogarth Shakespeare retellings and . . . hmm. That should be interesting.

The scholar who linked Dracula with Vlad the Impaler has died.

Interesting: Ukraine Faces Hurdles in Restoring Its Farming Legacy

Esther Dyson: Breaking through tech’s glass ceiling

What it’s like to win the National Spelling Bee

Perfect: The Hobbit, Improved

Morning Coffee (5/28/14)

Very important: Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds

Related: When Women Refuse

Eight facts about violence against women everyone should know

The Onion, but basically completely sincere: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

Cornelia G. Kennedy, a Pioneering Federal Judge, Dies at 90

Once Allies, Ex-Obama Aides Face Off in British Campaign

The Fug Girls have highlights and lowlights from Cannes.

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin may be getting married at Highclere. a.k.a. Downtown Abbey. Hee.

Morning Coffee (5/27/14)

Today's Google doodle: Rachel Carson.

Pick-Up Artist Site On Mass Shooting: ‘More People Will Die Unless You Give Men Sexual Options’

50 pols urge Redskins name change

Whoa: FBI: Confirmed Sightings of Missing Boston Artwork

Still Paying for the Civil War

David Schwimmer Helped Solve an East Village Crime

Meet the man who spent a year and a half of his life explaining the best episode of the West Wing ever made

Knitters, here's an app you may want to see.

Morning Coffee (5/23/14)

Yay holiday weekend! See you Tuesday.

First Native American Woman To Be A Federal Judge Takes Oath

This Rolling Stone list of the 40 best YA novels is surprisingly non-terrible.

Ontario man finds baby moose, takes it to Tim Hortons

Whoa, awesome Harry Potter-themed wedding.

Why Is There No Hyphen in This TV Show’s Name?

The 25 Greatest Homes in Literature (Whither Pemberley?)

It's a long weekend. Let's look at the world's best hotel balconies.

And eat dessert.

Morning Coffee (5/22/14)

There was a military coup in Thailand this morning.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Case for Reparations (I haven't actually read this yet, but everyone's talking about it, and it's on my plan for the day.)

With New Bill, Abortion Limits Spread in South

Of course this is in the Fashion & Style section. Sigh.

“Nuns Can’t Paint”: Sexism, Medieval Art, and Dudes on Mopeds

Here's an interesting article about Instacart, where my cousin works!

And here's a great profile of Anna Holmes.

Oldest National Park Ranger Shares 'What Gets Remembered'

Morning Coffee (5/21/14)

Make sure you check out today's Mary Anning Google doodle.

Ex-Players Sue NFL Over Use of Painkillers

There was another terrible article about romance novels going around yesterday and I'm not going to bother linking to it, but you should read Alyssa Rosenberg's response to men who are upset that women read romance, and also my friend Holly's tweets on the subject.

I Wanna Marry Harry premiered last night and was TERRIBLE, as you'd expect, but the A.V. Club review is worth a read.

Author Jennifer Weiner has some interesting thoughts on book blurbs.

West Wing fans, make sure you check out this site devoted to "Seventeen People."

Susie from Insatiable Booksluts has a nice guide to How to Write a Book Review.

"Have you ever received an email from an important man over the age of forty? They’re tremendous."

Morning Coffee (5/20/14)

Joe Biden: The best. (But stop inviting celebrities to prom, kids, it's weird.)

Interesting internal perspective: Abramson’s Exit at The Times Puts Tensions on Display

Sorcery at War

Ooh, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz are writing a book.

Awesome: Rice lands verbal commitment after sending letter to quarterback's cat

The Masterpiece Mystery season starts next month, and here's a preview for The Escape Artist, a new mystery series starring David Tennant. It feels like he's suddenly playing All The Detectives, and . . . that is not an objection.

Need some free audiobooks this summer? Check out SYNC.

Sources Confirm That Thing You Said Really Was That Bad

Morning Coffee (5/19/14)

If you need a Monday time-waster, the Google Doodle is a functional Rubik's cube.

And I'm pretty sure your Monday needs 24 Babes Holding Babies.

This is not how to deal with dropping out of college.

Jill Abramson Will Never Know Why She Got Fired

The Worst Argument Ever Made Against Gay Marriage

The ‘journalist’ who just sexually harassed America Ferrera on the red carpet

Well, this is horrifying: Swarm of honeybees descends on central London Topshop

A Few Questions About Jill Abramson, From David Brooks For David Brooks By David Brooks

Morning Coffee (5/16/14)

First, some Jill Abramson links, because it's important:

Ken Auletta keeps having the best scoops.

I Sort of Hope We Find Out That Jill Abramson Was Robbing the Cash Register

Woman at the Top of the Masthead

Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire Digital Picture

And now your regularly scheduled happy Friday:

My friend Faythe has some good recommendations for YA novels with diversity.

Um: Morrissey invited to take guest role in BBC Radio 4's The Archers

If We Talked About Architecture Like We Talk About Writing

This early and accidental baseball picture is awesome.

I Just Ate Fruit for the First Time and It Kind of Sucked

I love reading about what people read. Here's Mallory Ortberg.

Observations From My Dad Upon Finally Watching The Devil Wears Prada Last Night