Hot Flashes

Bombed-Out Boise City, VIDEO: Magnetic Putty Is Gross And Weird At Any Speed, A Bot That Analyzes Your Bank Account And Saves Money For You, How Sugar Lobbying Influenced U.S. Government-Funded Research, VIDEO: 'Office Space,' With The Real Michael Bolton, The Life, And Death, Of Jairo The Daily Digg Wednesday, March 11, 2015 FLASH IN THE PANHANDLE Bombed-Out Boise City thislandpress.com It was about half past midnight on July 5, 1943. The heat of the day had given way to the usual cooling that occurs during the summer at Boise City, located in the far western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle. Most of its 1,400 residents had gone to bed when an airplane began dropping bombs on the sleepy town. NOT SILLY AT ALL VIDEO: Magnetic Putty Is Gross And Weird At Any Speed digg.com This is what it must be like to be eaten by an amoeba. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED A Bot That Analyzes Your Bank Account And Saves Money For You digit.co Mo' money mo' problems? Yeah, less money mo' problems, too. That's why we use Digit to help us save cash automatically. It's a stress-free way of dealing with a stressful problem. SWEET DEAL How Sugar Lobbying Influenced U.S. Government-Funded Research psmag.com A new analysis of sugar-industry documents finds companies worked with U.S. government researchers to soften recommendations against eating too much sugar. 'IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE' VIDEO: 'Office Space,' With The Real Michael Bolton digg.com Today we saw an aging pop singer do unspeakable things to a printer, and it was glorious. TURTLE TRAGEDIES The Life, And Death, Of Jairo deepseanews.com The stretch of Caribbean coast of Costa Rica has long been known as a sordid region. The stretch of isolated and sparsely populated coast represents a double edge sword, on one side minimizing human contact with sea turtle nests and for the exact same reason seen as harbor for criminals. Over time, two areas one would never thought connected have become so — drugs and sea turtle conservation. Get more stories on Digg.com → PAIN(T)ED EXPRESSIONS Tibetan exiles, their faces painted in the colors of the Tibetan flag, jump over a flower bed as they make their way towards the Chinese Embassy during a protest in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Indian police on Tuesday detained about 100 Tibetans who were protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against China's rule in Tibet. The protest was to mark the 56th anniversary of the uprising, which led to the flight of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' spiritual leader, and the establishment of the Tibetan government-in-exile in a north Indian town. Credit: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Fool's Gold

India's Dying Well Of Death, Buffalos: Have Crazy Tongues, Really Just Want To Be Friends With Your Car, Don't Be A Victim Of Crappy Design, Millennials Are More Racist Than They Think, A New Trailer For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5, Apple's Trick For Using 'As Little Gold As Possible' In Its New, $17,000 Gold Watch The Daily Digg Tuesday, March 10, 2015 THE ONLY CONSTANT IS TAXES India's Dying Well Of Death smithsonianmag.com Brave stuntmen have long been riding the near-vertical walls of India's Well of Death — but the popular spectacle is on the decline. CAN I GET A LIFT? Buffalos: Have Crazy Tongues, Really Just Want To Be Friends With Your Car digg.com It seems buffalos are friendly and docile, just like a dog. A dog with a monstrously long tongue. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Don't Be A Victim Of Crappy Design creativemarket.com You're embarrassed to send people a link to your website. You hide it from friends and loved ones. You know you need help but you're not sure who to turn to. Shhh, it's okay — Creative Market is here for you. Admitting you've hit design rock bottom is the hardest part. It gets easier from here, we promise. MEH-LLENNIALS Millennials Are More Racist Than They Think politico.com The next generation of Americans, they say, is "post-racial" — more tolerant, and therefore more capable of easing these race-based inequities. Unfortunately, closer examination of the data suggests that millennials aren't racially tolerant, they're racially apathetic: They simply ignore structural racism rather than try to fix it. BREAK THE WHEEL A New Trailer For 'Game Of Thrones' Season 5 digg.com This new trailer debuted earlier today at the Apple Watch event to celebrate the fact that HBO's standalone subscription service will be available on Apple TV. We don't care where it's available — we just care about Daenerys taking down all of Westeros. THE EDITION SITUATION Apple's Trick For Using 'As Little Gold As Possible' In Its New, $17,000 Gold Watch slate.com There is something conceptually funny about the product that Apple has engineered. We are talking about an 18-karat gold watch that, to quote one of the company's patents, uses "as little gold as possible." Get more stories on Digg.com → BLACK LIVES MATTER Demonstrators protest the shooting of Tony Robinson at the state Capitol Monday, March 9, 2015, in Madison, Wis. Robinson, 19, was fatally shot Friday night by a police officer who forced his way into an apartment after hearing a disturbance while responding to a call. Police say Robinson had attacked the officer. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Manis Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Doing Your Best Work On The Toilet

Restoring Vintage Baseball Magazine Covers, How The Coke Bottle Got Into Shape, Truck Nutz, And Other News, What It's Like To Be A Human Cannonball, The Ambassador Who Worked From A Nairobi Bathroom To Avoid State Department IT, A Rare Look Into The Imprecise World Of Art Identification The Daily Digg Monday, March 9, 2015 DUG OUT OF THE PAST Restoring Vintage Baseball Magazine Covers uni-watch.com I've always been a fan of the covers of Baseball Magazine, which ran from 1908-1957. Their earliest covers featured the illustration artwork of Gerrit Beneker and J.F. Kernan, two recognized legends in the field. I noticed that undamaged covers were nearly impossible to find, so I decided to try and restore some of my favorite examples from 100+ years ago. SODA STREAM-LINED How The Coke Bottle Got Into Shape thedailybeast.com Sleek, ridged and much imitated in the drink's beginning, the Coke bottle became a patented classic in 1915. What makes it so distinctive, and loved? WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Truck Nutz, And Other News digg.com A Senator that has never used email, a history of brunch, and the man behind Truck Nutz. SO THEY DON'T SHOUT 'CANNONBALL' THEN What It's Like To Be A Human Cannonball digg.com Watch from the perspective of Gemma Kirby, the youngest female human cannonball in the world, as she gets shot into the sky during a Ringling Bros. Circus XTREME performance. THE OLD POOP AND SEND The Ambassador Who Worked From A Nairobi Bathroom To Avoid State Department IT arstechnica.com If you think Clinton's e-mail scandal is bad, you haven't heard about Scott Gration. IT'S ALL IN HOW IT'S FRAMED A Rare Look Into The Imprecise World Of Art Identification nytimes.com At a time when the attribution of paintings can be so litigious, a startling reassessment provides a rare window into the often imprecise, and debate-riddled, field of identifying the authorship of artworks. Get more stories on Digg.com → SKI'S A CROWD In this aerial view taken from a helicopter thousands of sportsmen and women await the start, in Maloja, of the annual Engadin skiing marathon on Sunday, March 8, 2015, from Maloja to S-Chanf in south Eastern Switzerland. Credit: AP Photo/Keystone,Gian Ehrenzeller Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: A Wave That Just Keeps Going, How Not To Make Pancakes And Too Many Spiders

This Is Not How Gordon Ramsay Makes Pancakes, Steph Curry Delivers The Most Insanely Chill Pass, Live Here If You Want Thousands Of Roommates!, 15-Year-Old Tears 'Through The Fire And Flames' To Bits, Possibly The Luckiest Kill In Any Shooting Game Ever, Passing Snacks To The Rear Seat Of A Fighter Jet Is Harder Than You'd Think The Daily Digg Sunday, March 8, 2015 THAT'S JUST MILKCHIPS This Is Not How Gordon Ramsay Makes Pancakes digg.com What he really wants is a Sony camcorder and a nice travel bag. YOU CAN FAKE A BEHIND-THE-BACK PASS? Steph Curry Delivers The Most Insanely Chill Pass digg.com The pass is good, but what makes it is Curry slowly jogging away, untouched, as Harrison Barnes drains a bomb — like an action movie hero slowly walking away while a drug kingpin's villa explodes in the background. AND THEY'RE ALL SPIDERS Live Here If You Want Thousands Of Roommates! digg.com Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope. DOESN'T EVEN BREAK A SWEAT 15-Year-Old Tears 'Through The Fire And Flames' To Bits digg.com To everyone who ever felt cool for finishing this song on "Guitar Hero": don't. 420 NOSCOPED Possibly The Luckiest Kill In Any Shooting Game Ever digg.com No this isn't skill it's pure luck, because no one in the world could have accounted for a bullet bouncing three times and then resulting in a perfect headshot. ASTRONAUTS HAVE IT EASY Passing Snacks To The Rear Seat Of A Fighter Jet Is Harder Than You'd Think digg.com Either this plane is making some crazy turns, or that Snickers is haunted. Get more stories on Digg.com → THIS WAVE JUST KEEPS GOING Koa Smith found himself in a 27 second barrel and caught it all on camera. Credit: Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Slow Your Kroll

Nick Kroll's Walk In The Park, How Is Polio Still A Thing?, The Quartz Daily Brief: Everything You Should Know About The World, In Five Minutes, The Firefighter's Workout, The Gangsters Of Ferguson, Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes The Daily Digg Friday, March 6, 2015 SLOWING HIS KROLL Nick Kroll's Walk In The Park buzzfeed.com Comics work their whole careers to land their own successful, acclaimed, eponymous Comedy Central sketch show. But after three seasons, and with his show at its creative and commercial peak, Nick Kroll is leaving it all behind for destinations unknown — because he can. REASON TO SALK How Is Polio Still A Thing? medium.com We're so close to eradicating it, but here's the block: Superstition, suspicion — and the C.I.A. PARTNER WE DIGG SPONSORED The Quartz Daily Brief: Everything You Should Know About The World, In Five Minutes bit.ly Being a responsible, informed person doesn't have to be boring. The Quartz Daily Brief email feels like it was written by that one weird, smart friend of yours who can tell you all about the Greek financial bailout and somehow knows about a plant in Chile that eats sheep. Sign up here. FEEL THE BURN The Firefighter's Workout digg.com Working in a firehouse is like having a free gym membership, except for that whole saving lives and facing constant danger thing. BLUE ON BLACK CRIME The Gangsters Of Ferguson theatlantic.com Darren Wilson was innocent. If only the city's cops offered their own citizens the same due process he received. GOTTA GO FAST Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes nautil.us The high speed of society has jammed your internal clock. Get more stories on Digg.com → TICKLED PINK The Smithsonian Institution Building, known as The Castle, is visible behind Mia Molnar, 6, of Tampa, Fla., who plays in the snow on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014