Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/3/23)

Today is Tuesday, and back to work for me . . .

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN (WaPo)

If we ignore it it's not happening, I guess? UK to stop publishing Covid modelling data (The Guardian)

Covid upended 50 years of rural population loss. Will the new trend last? (Grid)

If you're wondering what's going on with Greta Thunberg and Romania and pizza boxes, read this: Who is Andrew Tate? Your guide to the self-styled misogynist influencer (NPR)

A Ron DeSantis presidency would have dire consequences (LGBTQ Nation)

Illinois will be the first state to eliminate cash bail. Here’s why women led the push for reform. (The 19th*) 

10 of the Most Ridiculous Anti-LGBTQ+ Things Conservatives Said This Year (them)

Ha: Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent (Engadget)

Sigh. Student group with anti-LGBT positions alleges religious discrimination at UNH Law School (NHPR)

Food Systems Past And Present: The History And Politics Of Grain (History Matters)

And some longer reads:

Their Final Moments: Victims of a Russian Atrocity in Bucha (NYT)

China’s plan to be the next nuclear superpower (Grid)

Abortion, taxes and the Old Man of the Mountain: NH lawmakers have lots on their plate this year (NHPR)

10 amazing discoveries from Antarctica in 2022 (Live Science)

Crime and the City: Tunis (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/2/23)

Good morning! It's Monday!

Ukraine strike on Russian-held Makiivka reportedly kills scores of troops (The Guardian)

In Iran, More And More Photos Show Women Ditching The Hijab (RFE)

An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars (NYT)

DC’s Attorney General leads 18 states against ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law (L.A. Blade)

'It is the obvious thing.' The White House tries a new tack to combat homelessness (NPR)

Flu, RSV and COVID are wreaking havoc — but teachers don’t feel like they can stay home when they’re sick (The 19th*)

How ‘back to normal’ crashed the stocks of some pandemic darlings (Grid)

Good! Spain’s parliament passes bill allowing trans children to legally change their gender (LGBTQ Nation)

How Angels Found their Wings (History Today)

Time is fleeting. Here's how to stay on track with New Year's goals (NPR)

And some longer reads:

Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida (NYT) 

5 big questions China and Xi Jinping face in 2023 (Grid)

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate on Twitter has reached unprecedented heights. Where do we go now? (LGBTQ Nation)

Identical twins aren't *that* identical (Science Fictions)

‘Sink Back In To What Was Lost’: An Interview with Jonathan Escoffery (Hazlitt)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (1/1/23)

Happy New Year! (It seems to be Sunday.)

Key Takeaways From Trump’s Tax Returns (NYT)

Why is America getting hit with blackouts this winter? (Grid)

If Ukraine can do this in the middle of a war... Ukraine passes bill banning LGBTQ+ hate speech in media (LGBTQ Nation)

How federal lawmakers achieved a ‘watershed’ year of progress fighting gender-based violence and sexual harassment (The 19th*)

What to know about the most important elections in 2023 (Vox)

Sununu shoots for national status, but State House challenges loom (NHPR)

Oregon's LGBTQ community worries that a new law will keep them from obtaining guns (NPR)

Svalbard reindeer thrive as they shift diet towards ‘popsicle-like’ grasses (The Guardian)

Books Hitting the Public Domain in 2023 (Book Riot)

How to Overcome 'Overwhelm Freeze' and Get Stuff Done (Lifehacker)

And some longer New Year's reads:

How Did the Medieval World Celebrate New Year? (History Hit)

The 21 Most-Anticipated British TV Shows Coming in 2023 (Variety)

The Pantone Color of the Year 2023, Book Cover Edition (Book Riot)

Most Anticipated Movie Releases of 2023 (THR)

Well this looks like it will be expensive: Most Anticipated Adult Fiction: January-June 2023 (LGBTQ Reads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/31/22)

Happy New Year's Eve! Today is Saturday.

Juan Guaidó Is Voted Out as Leader of Venezuela’s Opposition (NYT)

Former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95 (The Guardian) 

What we know about the University of Idaho stabbings (NPR)

5 things President Biden did for LGBTQ+ people this year (LGBTQ Nation)

The year tech giants fell to earth (Grid)

And: Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022 (Vox)

Barack Obama Reveals Favorite Movies, Music and Books of 2022: ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ Beyoncé and Michelle Obama’s Memoir Make the Cut (THR)

18 LGBTQ+ Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2022 (LGBTQ Nation)

The Year We Wanted to Be Fancy Little Bitches (Eater)

Gossip was the saving grace of 2022 (Vox)

And some longer reads:

The war in Ukraine, zero-covid in China, Iran protests and climate nightmares: The world in 2022, in 50 photos (Grid)

33 Cool Charts We Made In 2022 (FiveThirtyEight)

The Coolest Space Images of 2022 (Gizmodo)

Books of the Year 2022 (History Today)

9 breakthroughs this year that gave us hope for the future (Vox)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/30/22) - Friday Happy Links!

Happy Friday! As is our wont, we're taking a break from the news for some happy links.

Ooh, I'll have to go see it: Currier Museum acquires rare 17th century painting by Dutch artist ‘lost to history’ (NHPR)

It's all EXTREMELY gay: Benoit Blanc Is The Fashion Star Of Glass Onion (Bustle)

Let it snow: Scientists make metallic snowflakes out of nanoparticles (Ars Technica)

This sounds so good! The Mimicking of Known Successes Is a Cozy, Holmesian Sci-Fi Mystery (Gizmodo)

Take a Sneak Peek at Amtrak’s Newest Trains (Smithsonian)

This celebrity/topic combination seems hilariously random, but hey, maybe you need a suggestion! Walton Goggins Shares His Favorite Sparkling Wines for New Year’s Eve (THR)

I read this and ordered these immediately: The Ingenious $10 Amazon Find That’ll Corral Your Entire Ornament Collection (Apartment Therapy)

An ode to cribbage, the game that taught me a new (love) language (NPR)

The Best 2023 Bookish Wall Calendars (Book Riot)

Our Favorite Easy Digestivo Cocktails (Punch)

And some longer Friday reads:

Making Wassail and Victorian Mince Pies (History Hit)

I've already bought one from this list and am enjoying it! Best games of 2022 chosen by NPR (NPR)

10 times ancient Egyptian discoveries awed us in 2022 (Live Science)

How to Make Flavourful Vegetable Stock (The First Mess)

The Best Traditional Mysteries of the Year (CrimeReads)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/29/22)

Today is Thursday and I am headed off to visit family for the long weekend!

UGH, I hate that he could force them into this: Jan. 6 Committee Withdraws Its Subpoena of Trump (NYT)

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Anti-Showman (Slate)

UN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women (WaPo)

More UGH: Supreme Court allows border restrictions for asylum-seekers to continue for now (NPR)

The hate hasn’t stopped, Club Q shooting survivors tell House lawmakers (The 19th*)

‘Life no longer as we know it’: war in space would have devastating effects, military experts say (The Guardian)

Good: TikTok Banned On Devices Issued By U.S. House Of Representatives (Deadline)

Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for His Country’s Role in the Slave Trade (NYT)

3M says it will stop producing PFAS chemicals that have contaminated communities across New Hampshire (NHPR)

Excavations reveal pilgrims’ lamps and inscriptions at ‘tomb of Salome’ (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Jingle Bell Time Is a Swell Time to Decide About a 2024 Campaign (NYT)

Are unions thriving or shrinking? How 2022 reshaped the labor movement. (Grid)

Red Arrows and a kitten: Ministry of Defence’s best photographs 2022 (The Guardian)

Fourteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2022 (Smithsonian)

German Lebkuchen Are a Labor of Love With a Centuries-Old History (Atlas Obscura)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/28/22)

I had to think about it for several moments while making the bed this morning, but today is Wednesday.

Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor (NYT)

Serbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo (WaPo)

I see: Military Device Containing Thousands of Peoples’ Biometric Data Reportedly Sold on eBay (Gizmodo)

Russia's economy is still working but sanctions are starting to have an effect (NPR)

Winter storms put the US power grid to the test. It failed. (Vox)

As winter settles in New Hampshire, unhoused look for warm places to stay (NHPR)

Why the 2022 election was historic for Muslim women’s representation (The 19th*)

The unionizing studio is called PROLETARIAT. I can't stop laughing. Workers Launch Third Union Drive at Activision Blizzard (THR)

Italian police use Lamborghini to deliver kidneys to transplant patients (The Guardian)

U.S. Restores J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Security Clearance After 68 Years (Smithsonian)

And some longer reads:

How The War In Ukraine Has Exposed Georgia's Fault Lines (RFE)

Lula won Brazil’s closest-ever election. That was the easy part. (WaPo)

‘Carol of the Bells,’ a Christmas Staple From Ukraine, a Century Later (NYT)

Giving you this a few days early so you can prepare: 9 Foods Meant to Bring You Good Luck in the New Year (The Takeout)

16 Gripping Novels That Feature Diaries, Journals, and a Strong Sense of Place (SSoP)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/27/22)

Today is Tuesday! And I have to remember how to do my job.

At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in 'once-in-a-generation storm' (NPR)

Captured Russian tanks and equipment are coveted trophies — and a headache (WaPo)

Taiwan extends mandatory military service to one year (BBC)

Fourth member of scandal-hit Japanese cabinet resigns (The Guardian)

In case you haven't been following this story, this is a Congressman-elect: George Santos Admits to Lying About College and Work History (NYT)

New Hampshire reported an uptick in hate crimes in 2021, according to FBI data (NHPR)

This is awful: No response from state officials as some Alaskans go months without food stamps (APM)

Congressional Equality Caucus releases first report on the state of LGBTQ+ rights in the US (LGBTQ Nation)

More than 500 musicians demand accountability after Juilliard misconduct allegations (NPR)

Do you smell what I smell? How scents linked to Christmas have changed (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

The revenge of history in Ukraine: year of war has shaken up world order (The Guardian)

The Jan. 6 committee’s final report says some key questions remain unanswered. Here are 8 of them. (Grid)

The Most Sought After Manuscript in Publishing? The Jan. 6 Report. (NYT)

‘We don’t want to leave’: If Obergefell is overturned, LGBTQ+ people in the South will bear the brunt (The 19th*)

Airport Art Is Taking Off (HyperAllergic)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/26/22)

Today is . . . Monday! Weirdly enough! And I just wanted to mention that I'm going to respect the Twelve Days of Christmas and scatter a few holiday links in for the next bit, if I see something I think is worth sharing.

Adam Schiff: My Fellow Members of the Jan. 6 Committee and I Don’t Want You to Forget About ‘the Republican Congressmen’ (NYT)

China stages big military incursion, Taiwan says (BBC)

Taliban stop women from working for aid organisations (The Guardian)

Rights Watchdog Says Failure To Investigate January Protest Abuses Leaves 'Damaging Legacy' For Kazakhstan (RFE)

More racists using people as props: Busloads of migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve (NPR)

This is TRULY INCREDIBLE, please read it: A Totally Normal Interview With Author Emily St. John Mandel (Slate)

N.H. is putting COVID wastewater data online, helping track virus’s spread (NHPR)

California Fast Food Workers Are Being Shortchanged Again (The Takeout)

Christmas cake: the traditional Sri Lankan treat uniting an island and its diaspora (The Guardian)

It’s a Wonderful Noir: Exploring the Seedy Underbelly of a Christmas Classic (CrimeReads)

And some longer reads:

The real life consequences of vaccine conspiracists demanding unvaccinated blood (Grid)

For Weinstein survivors, mixed verdict brings complicated feelings and hope for accountability (The 19th*)

Black Travelers Say Home-Share Hosts Discriminate, and a New Airbnb Report Agrees (NYT)

The Best Noir Fiction of 2022 (CrimeReads)

The Lights of Christmas 2022 (The Atlantic)

Morning Coffee Link Roundup (12/25/22)

Merry Christmas! We're sticking with the theme today. (And it's Sunday, to the best of my reckoning.)

‘It won’t be like before’: Christmas in Ukraine transformed by war (The Guardian)

At a holiday celebration in southern Ukraine, ‘kids still need miracles.’ (NYT)

US winter storm: Americans and Canadians face mass outages on Christmas Day (BBC)

Christmas preparations for traditional Mexican dishes begin at a Nashua butcher shop (NHPR)

So cute: Willow The Cat Celebrates First Christmas In Biden White House (HuffPost)

How a century-long Russian conspiracy hid that the beloved “Nutcracker” composer was gay (LGBTQ Nation)

Is this the future of Christmas trees? (Grid)

Charmaine Wilkerson’s ‘Black Cake’ Uses a Beloved Christmas Food to Reveal Untold Family Stories (Eater)

An Eggless Christmas (History Today)

This Family Gave the World the Snow Globe (Atlas Obscura)

And some longer festive reads:

Taking to the Woods With Maine’s ‘Tree Tippers’ (NYT)

Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history (NPR)

Jokes of Christmas Past: The History of Crackers… With Some Jokes Thrown In (History Hit)

Frankly I was not expecting so much Bobby Kennedy in this piece: How the Union Army’s Beloved Marching Song Became a French Christmas Favorite (Slate)

Chi-rho pages for Christmas (Medieval manuscripts blog)