Mindless Self-Indulgence

How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty, Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach, It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence, ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies, What We Learned This Week, Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt? The Daily Digg Friday, November 14, 2014 A LOW POINT IN HIGHER LEARNING How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty buzzfeed.com Corinthian Colleges lured students to its high-priced courses with the promise of an escape from poverty. But mired in tens of thousands of dollars of debt they will likely never be able to repay, many now feel more stuck than ever. SOME THINGS STILL NEED THE HUMAN TOUCH Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach nytimes.com As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering: Why were they up there at all? DIGG VIDEOS It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence digg.com Trying your hardest not to do any work today? Here's a whole bunch of videos to waste your time in the best possible way. THE NEW CLOAK AND DAGGER ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies thedailybeast.com There's a reason ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has proven so hard to take out. He and his followers have become really good at keeping their communications covert. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week, we learned about the secret life of the "Goosebumps" illustrator, the going rate for a Moscow mistress and why we like the smell of our own farts. WE CALL THEM 'SEA-TONGUES' Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt? digg.com UPDATE: It's actually the clam's foot. OR SO SCIENTISTS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. PREVIOUSLY: So a clam's body is, for all intents and purposes, just a massive tongue. And they love the taste of salt. Read more on Digg.com → TAKE A BOW A model presents a creation from the Juozas Statkevicius women's Spring-Summer 2015 fashion collection in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014