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Dani Nett's week got off to a mugtastic start. First they showed off their mug, a squeesome addition to Mugs of NPR. 

Later, they went to Starbucks, and #thishappened:

was wondering why the barista asked for everyone’s name but mine @Starbucks pic.twitter.com/NMg4LtgILe

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Beirut-based reporter Alison Meuse has a beat that's critical, and often grave and distressing. I was so tickled to see this #MugsofNPR snapshot of her morning last week:

This morning's look #NPRlife pic.twitter.com/ecpXz3ha7E

— Alison Meuse (@AliTahmizian)

December 15, 2016

And she followed up with this pic (THAT MUG!):

Greetings earthlings... from bureau Beirut 🎧#MugsofNPR pic.twitter.com/kzRPbYgxJ8

— Alison Meuse (@AliTahmizian)

December 16, 2016

Thanks for all you do, Alison. And greetings from the Mothership!

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GOOD MORNING! Happy Monday!I hope you enjoyed Friday’s NicholasCageCatNews. I am still not sorry about your nightmares. I probably never will be sorry. You’re just going to have to live with the photos forever.

Today we’re going to look at cats wearing clothes—like this horsecat.

HERE ARE CATS:

Cats wearing winter clothes.

Cats wearing armor. (anyone have a 3D printer? Please?)

Cat wearing top hat.

Cat wearing slippers.

HERE IS NEWS:

[This is a terrifying story and I cannot express how lucky I feel to know I live in a country where contractingthese diseases are a virtual impossibility.] I got typhoid. Then dengue fever. Here’s what it taught me about my love of travel. The Ebola outbreak is under control, but the developing world remains rife with life-threatening diseases that we in the West barely notice. I should know— I caught three of them in three months.

  [NO NO NO NO NO. Also the lede is wrong. The Rebellion is based off Dantooine, kind of. Don’t be dumb, Editor of the Independent] Reporter confuses Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance with al-Qaeda. The Alliance is based predominantly in Coruscant, not the Middle East.

  [I listen to NPR every day. If that makes me An Old, so be it. You should become An Old and listen every day too.] NPR is graying, and public radio is worried about it. As NPR came of age in the 1980s, its audience matured with it. Three decades later, that is starting to look like a problem. Morning listening has dropped 11 percent overall since 2010, according to Nielsen research that NPR has made public; afternoon listening is down 6 percent over the same period.

  [Good. Keep it coming.] 16 People Arrested in Antiterrorism Raids Across Belgium. After a dramatic security sweep, the authorities said 16 people had been arrested in an operation to try to head off what the prime minister earlier described as a “serious and imminent” threat.

  [Obvious “new combo Viagra/Botox drug” joke is obvious] Pfizer and Allergan Near $150 Billion Merger Deal. A deal would create a huge new pharmaceutical giant and could potentially help Pfizer lower its American tax rate.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Dog eats hamburger.

Dog eats hamburger.

Dog eats hamburger.

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

Source: Reddit!

from This is NPR

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This palm-sized cuppa belongs to National Desk correspondent (and current guest host on All Things Considered) Kelly McEvers. It’s a kit from Blue Bottle, complete with TINY GRINDER AND WEE FILTERS. <squeeeeeeee!!!> Kelly was brewing some beans she gets through the coffee club she’s a member of.    

UPDATE: We just got word this morning that Kelly McEvers isn’t just a guest host: She and Ari Shapiro are joining hosts Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish on ATC weekdays. And Michel Martin will helm weekends on All Things Considered. Learn more about all of them and this big news here. 

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