A Numbers Shame

I Grew Up In A John Hughes Movie, Jay Z Watching Blue Ivy Dance Killed Us, What You Missed This Weekend, The Complete Guide To Swearing At Work, An In-Depth Examination Of The Double-Barreled Shotgun In Video Games, ISIS as Start-Up: Explosive Growth, Highly Disruptive, Super-Evil The Daily Digg Monday, August 25, 2014 ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS I Grew Up In A John Hughes Movie buzzfeed.com Five years after the beloved — and perhaps underrated — teen-movie maestro's death, a look at what it was like to come of age in the suburbs that inspired his fictional Shermer, Ill., but never quite seeing yourself on the screen. FATHERHOOD IN 6 SECONDS Jay Z Watching Blue Ivy Dance Killed Us digg.com We're dead. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com An earthquake in wine country, a shooting in sunset strip, and an underwhelming eruption. F*CK YES The Complete Guide To Swearing At Work qz.com For those of us with a fondness for profanity, testing the bounds of cursing in the workplace can feel at once satisfying — and f*cking terrifying. But fear not, there's reason to believe that indulging your impulse to drop an f-bomb in the office is worth it, according to some experts. THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK An In-Depth Examination Of The Double-Barreled Shotgun In Video Games digg.com Since "Doom," the side by side shotgun (and to a lesser extent the over/under) has been a staple of the FPS. Here, a recap of the shotty's rise to the universal-second-gun-you-get in just about every shooter. The Scary Numbers Behind ISIS ISIS as Start-Up: Explosive Growth, Highly Disruptive, Super-Evil medium.com With $2 billion in the bank — thanks to military victories in the past few months — ISIS has become the most well-funded terrorist group in the world. Read more on Digg.com → FLAWLESS Beyonce accepts the Video Vanguard Award with Blue Ivy and Jay-Z at left during the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Inglewood, Calif. Credit: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Caught Them All

You Can't Quit Cold Turkey, A Compilation Of People Completely Screwing Up The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, What's In The Box? It Could Be Anything, I Caught Every Pokémon And It Only Took Most Of My Life, What We Learned This Week, The Amazing Contortions of B.K.S. Iyengar The Daily Digg Friday, August 22, 2014 PIGSKINS VS. POTATO SKINS You Can't Quit Cold Turkey espn.go.com What do you do when your appetite for food competes with your appetite for the game? RAISE MONEY FOR THE MONEY RAISERS A Compilation Of People Completely Screwing Up The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge digg.com Breaking necks and cracking skulls in the race to cure ALS. BOXES WE DIGG What's In The Box? It Could Be Anything quarterly.co Gold? A thousand souls? A phone we used for special effects? All will be revealed. GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL? I Caught Every Pokémon And It Only Took Most Of My Life polygon.com The road to catching all 719 Pokémon was paved with a childhood's worth of free time, a healthy commute and one very promiscuous ditto. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned about the biggest problem in Ferguson, what mass murderers are really thinking and why yoga pants are so much better than yoga. MIND-BENDING The Amazing Contortions of B.K.S. Iyengar theatlantic.com The legendary yogi died on Wednesday at age 95. Reportedly, he did headstands into his 90s. Read more on Digg.com → CLEVER GIRL A visitor takes a picture during the Dinosaurs exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. ''Dino Park" has been opened at Belgrade's Kalemegdan Fortress. Credit: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Shark, Attack

At Burning Man, The Tech Elite One-Up One Another, Goliath Grouper Eats Shark In One Bite, Why You Look Like Your Dog, How Antiperspirant Works (And Who It Might Hurt), Little League Kids Lose, And This Coach Knows Exactly What To Say, The Curious Tale Of The Last True Hermit The Daily Digg Thursday, August 21, 2014 GET YOUR MONEY OUT OF MY FUN At Burning Man, The Tech Elite One-Up One Another nytimes.com There are two disciplines in which Silicon Valley entrepreneurs excel above almost everyone else. The first is making exorbitant amounts of money. The second is pretending they don't care about that money. FISH FOOD Goliath Grouper Eats Shark In One Bite digg.com Just when you thought sharks were the kings of the sea, you learn that something called a Goliath grouper exists and eats sharks for its mid-morning snack. RESTING BITCH FACE Why You Look Like Your Dog slate.com The eyes are a window to the ego. SWEAT FERMENTS UNDER YOUR ARMS How Antiperspirant Works (And Who It Might Hurt) gizmodo.com You only need to walk down your supermarket's personal care aisle to understand how big of a business the selling of deodorant and antiperspirant has become in the U.S. But do you know what's actually in the stuff you roll on (hopefully) every morning? HEADS UP HIGH Little League Kids Lose, And This Coach Knows Exactly What To Say digg.com After his Rhode Island team was eliminated from the Little League World Series, this coach delivered a welcome dose of perspective and encouragement to his teary-eyed troops. LEAVING THE FOREST The Curious Tale Of The Last True Hermit gq.com For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. Read more on Digg.com → I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP, MR. LECTER A model displays a creation by a Gen Next designer during the first day of the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India. Credit: AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Different Rules Apply

Different Rules Apply, What's The Difference Between Ice Cream And Gelato?, SeaWorld's Most Rewarding And Traumatic Job, The Best Possible Ending To A Motorcycle Accident, Hacking Into Traffic Lights With A Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple, Little Boy Devastated After Dad Takes His Ear The Daily Digg Wednesday, August 20, 2014 'JUST PUT YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR' Different Rules Apply rogerebert.com Over the weekend, my ten-year-old son and I had just finished eating supper at a diner near our house. The multiple TVs in the diner were all showing cable news coverage of the Ferguson situation. On the way out, we passed an African American mother talking to her son, a child around my boy's age, seated in a booth near the front door. The boy asked his mother, "So I should just put my hands in the air?" WE ALL SCREAM What's The Difference Between Ice Cream And Gelato? bathroomreader.com The many, and often subtle, differences between all those frozen desserts you've been eating all summer long. BEHIND CLOSED TANKS SeaWorld's Most Rewarding And Traumatic Job outsideonline.com The hours are long, and the work can be dangerous. But animal care workers, the unsung heroes devoted to the health of mammals at SeaWorld and other marine parks, have unrivaled access to the animals — and the challenges of captivity. Here, three former employees go on the record about their experiences. THIS MAN MAY BE A CAT The Best Possible Ending To A Motorcycle Accident digg.com In this week's insane Russian dash cam video, a man makes the most bonkers recovery from a motorcycle accident we have ever seen. JUST LIKE 'THE ITALIAN JOB' Hacking Into Traffic Lights With A Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple gizmodo.com The idea that our traffic data systems are vulnerable is not a new one. In fact, improving cyber security on our nation's infrastructure is a huge priority right now. But a new study from the University of Michigan on the vulnerabilities of traffic lights is shocking proof that we need to make some major changes, and we need to make them now. THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS Little Boy Devastated After Dad Takes His Ear digg.com Everyone in the world knows this magic trick. Except this kid. Read more on Digg.com → NOBODY WAS HURT A tornado is seen approaching the costal city of Genoa, in Northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2014. At right, in background, the profile of the Costa Concordia cruise liner wreck which was towed to Genoa for scrapping. Credit: AP Photo/Tano Pecoraro Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Troll Call

Trayvon Martin's Mom On Michael Brown And Ferguson, The 42 Best Celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge Videos, The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Adam Carolla's Settlement With The Podcasting Troll, What If You Could Go Back In Time And Prevent A Drunken Hookup?, You Can Watch An 'Unaltered' Version Of 'Star Wars' In HD Today, If You Bend The Law, How Do Thoughts Form? The Daily Digg Tuesday, August 19, 2014 'TO THE BROWN FAMILY' Trayvon Martin's Mom On Michael Brown And Ferguson time.com "I wish I had a word of automatic comfort but I don't." A BRACING SPLASH OF CHARITY The 42 Best Celebrity Ice Bucket Challenge Videos digg.com Just about every famous person you can think of has dumped freezing cold water on themselves in the last two weeks. Now they're all in one place. TROLL CALL The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Adam Carolla's Settlement With The Podcasting Troll eff.org Big news from Texas: Adam Carolla has settled with the podcasting patent troll Personal Audio. Although the settlement is confidential, we can guess the terms. DIGG JOKES What If You Could Go Back In Time And Prevent A Drunken Hookup? digg.com What would happen if future-you could jump back in time and stop a drunken hookup from ever happening? This week in Digg Jokes, you get the answer. ALL YOU NEED IS 17GB OF HARD DRIVE SPACE You Can Watch An 'Unaltered' Version Of 'Star Wars' In HD Today, If You Bend The Law polygon.com The "Star Wars" that was released in 1977 no longer exists. The film has been edited, special effects shots have been swapped, colors have been changed and more. THINK QUICK How Do Thoughts Form? bbc.com We are now beginning to crack the brain's code, which allows us to answer such bizarre questions as "what is the speed of thought?" Read more on Digg.com → WHEEL IN THE SKY Participants struggle to reach the prizes during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of the Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Dita Alangkara Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014