Everyone Farts

You're Surrounded By Farts And Other Facts, Jazz Jennings Is Finding Her Voice, WATCH: A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones, The Man Behind The Mascots Is A Character, Too, How To Become The Deputy Administrator Of NASA, So, I Just Watched 'Star Wars' For The First Time The Daily Digg Friday, September 25, 2015 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK You're Surrounded By Farts And Other Facts digg.com This week we learned that you're forever enveloped in a fart cloud, Disney movies have a lot of dead parents and most left-handed people are from New England. A NEW JAZZ AGE Jazz Jennings Is Finding Her Voice buzzfeed.com At 6 years old, Jazz Jennings became one of the first openly transgender children ever to appear on television. Eight years later, she boasts a children's book, YouTube fame, and a TLC reality show — but can she balance being the most famous transgender kid in America with just being a kid? WARRANTY: VOIDED WATCH: A Compilation Of People Destroying Their iPhones digg.com The iPhone 6S Plus is out today, so we've compiled the best clips of people wrecking their old iPhones. While these phones probably could have been donated or sold, we have to admit that there's something satisfying about seeing last season's lusted-after piece of tech dropped, smashed, shot, set on fire, or otherwise reduced to metal spaghetti. A MASKED IDENTITY The Man Behind The Mascots Is A Character, Too nytimes.com After his wife kicked him out, Jean-Claude Tremblay moved into his small factory here and set up a cot. He slept there for two years, he said, as he devoted himself to what was becoming his life's work: building mascots. A JOB THAT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD How To Become The Deputy Administrator Of NASA theverge.com Dr. Dava Newton's first job was polishing shoes in a department store. Now she's second-in-command at NASA. Here's how she got there. GREAT KID! DON'T GET COCKY So, I Just Watched 'Star Wars' For The First Time wired.com To my peers who still haven't seen "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope," let me offer a word of warning: The hokey fade transition effects and the deep V revealing Harrison Ford's chest hair can't be unseen. Get more stories on Digg.com → THE POPE LOOKS SO DOPE ​Pope Francis leaves St. Patrick's Cathedral after attending an evening prayer service in New York, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. Credit: Anthony Behar/Pool Photo via AP 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

I Hate You, Man

The Most Hated Man On The Internet, The Best Articles Of The Week: Plane Bombers And Ultrarunners, Your Student Loans Just Got Lighter, How Big Will A Sustainable Mars Colony Have To Be?, Take A Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go To Jail, How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive The Daily Digg Thursday, September 24, 2015 RIPOFF ARTIST The Most Hated Man On The Internet digg.com This week on "Reply All," meet the man behind Ripoff Report, the bane of online businesses. People have all sorts of stories about him. They say he lives in a bunker, he's on the run from the FBI, he's a sociopath, a pedophile. "Reply All" decided to go find him. THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST The Best Articles Of The Week: Plane Bombers And Ultrarunners digg.com Ken Dornstein's brother died in the Lockerbie plane bombing and he may have found those responsible; how doctors tell ten-year-old JJ that she was born HIV-positive; and Catra Corbett quit meth a couple decades ago and hasn't stopped running since. SAVINGS WE DIGG SPONSORED Your Student Loans Just Got Lighter commonbond.co Are student loans a perpetual thorn in your side? Make them a little easier. By refinancing your loans with CommonBond you can lower your rates and save a ton. Get a quote in less than 5 minutes. You can thank us later. INBRED IN OUTER SPACE How Big Will A Sustainable Mars Colony Have To Be? inverse.com The problem of Martian genetics. LAW VERSUS FAMILY Take A Valium, Lose Your Kid, Go To Jail digg.com ​Alabama has turned hundreds of pregnant women into felons for using drugs — even when they're legal and the kids turn out fine. TOUGH PILL TO FINANCE How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive wired.com Is Martin Shkreli really an excessive rogue actor, or is he merely playing by the same rules as the rest of the pharmaceutical industry? Get more stories on Digg.com → GET YOUR NUNS IN A ROW ​Nuns sit in their pews while waiting for Pope Francis to arrive inside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/David Goldman 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

The Most Mysterious Emoji

What Did People Think About The First iPhone?, Bugs Bunny Sings 50 Cent's 'Many Men', Shopping Without The Shopping, Apple's Curious New Emoji Is Different From The Rest, Pope Francis To Find A Church In Upheaval, The Dark Origins Of Conjugal Visits The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 22, 2015 BROWSER HISTORY What Did People Think About The First iPhone? digg.com Apple released its first iPhone a little over eight years ago, on June 29, 2007. Before it was clear the iPhone would take over the world, people had some thoughts about it: Was this "high-tech bling" "fundamentally flawed"? Or would it be the Jesus phone? PERMANENTLY RABBIT SEASON Bugs Bunny Sings 50 Cent's 'Many Men' digg.com Looking back on it, the vast majority of Bugs's life is simply not being murdered. BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED Shopping Without The Shopping bombfell.com Like looking good, but hate shopping? Have someone else do the dirty work for you. Bombfell matches you with a real stylist who picks out clothes for you and sends them straight to your door. :SCREAM: Apple's Curious New Emoji Is Different From The Rest time.com Apple has concocted a strange new symbol for its emoji library. The tech giant calls its new ideogram "eye in speech bubble." Indeed, the symbol looks just like that: a dilated peeper set against a black chat balloon. Strangely though, the ideogram was not designed by the Unicode Authority, suggesting that Apple needed it for something specific. WANING FAITH Pope Francis To Find A Church In Upheaval nytimes.com Pope Francis is scheduled to land in the US today, but the state of the church has changed since the last time a pope has been to the states. Some US churches are bursting with immigrant parishioners, while others are struggling to even stay open. HICKY HISTORY The Dark Origins Of Conjugal Visits priceonomics.com Conjugal visits loom large in pop culture. They are the subject of prison-related jokes and fantasies. Despite their reputation, reformers believe that more prisons should have them. While they may be good policy, the visits got their start in America for the worst possible reasons. Get more stories on Digg.com → LOOKS LIKE A BASKET CASE Spain' s Sergio Llull uses the net as a hat after winning the Eurobasket European Championship final between Spain and Lithuania in Lille, northern France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. Spain beats Lithuania 80-63 to take Eurobasket gold medal. Credit: AP Photo/Michel Spingler 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

Stonehenge Worth Many Stones

A Real Path To Shared Prosperity In America, Why Ikea Caused Your Breakup, And Other News, Summer's Over — Time To Finally Build Your Own Website, The Man Who Bought Stonehenge — And Then Gave It Away, Did Japan Just Erase The Social Sciences And Humanities From Its Universities?, Jon Hamm And Kerry Washington Are Disgusted By Andy Samberg The Daily Digg Monday, September 21, 2015 A ROCKY ROAD A Real Path To Shared Prosperity In America politico.com How can our nation continue to grow while also providing a path to prosperity for more Americans? WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Why Ikea Caused Your Breakup, And Other News digg.com Save your relationship before you go to Ikea and meet the new "it" mouse with What You Missed This Weekend. WEBSITES WE DIGG SPONSORED Summer's Over — Time To Finally Build Your Own Website squarespace.com The dog days of summer are behind us; it's time to get down to brass tacks and build that website you put off all summer. Don't worry, Squarespace is here to help. WORTH MANY STONES The Man Who Bought Stonehenge — And Then Gave It Away bbc.com Today Stonehenge is England's most important monument, but 100 years ago it was up for sale. The man who bought it helped seal its fate. WHERE WILL THE POETS GO? Did Japan Just Erase The Social Sciences And Humanities From Its Universities? bloombergview.com Japan just issued an order that may erase the social sciences and humanities from its universities. Here's why that's a major mistake. THE EMMYS HAPPENED Jon Hamm And Kerry Washington Are Disgusted By Andy Samberg digg.com The Emmys happened last night, with Andy Samberg playing host. Here's the opening sequence where Andy Samberg shows off his TV chops, but ends up repelling Jon Hamm and Kerry Washington. Get more stories on Digg.com → HE'S HITTING ALL THE RIGHT MARX Pope Francis holds his pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, where a sculpture of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara and a Cuban flag decorate a nearby government building. Pope Francis opens his first full day in Cuba on Sunday with what normally would be the culminating highlight of a papal visit: Mass before hundreds of thousands of people in Havana's Revolution Plaza​. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino 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