Friday, July 12, 2019

Tase Me, Bro!

The Inside Story of Tazer Ball, the Most Shocking Extreme Sport in TV History, The Day The Music Died, and more.
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ELECTRIC DREAMS
NUMBER ONE STUNNER
The Inside Story Of Tazer Ball, The Most Shocking Extreme Sport In TV History
melmagazine.com
A freakish amalgamation of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns, Tazer Ball dominated the press cycle and briefly seemed like the next big thing in 2012.
POP PUNK FOREVER
Forever Warped: On The Beach, At The Tour That Refuses To Die
vice.com
It was the summer of 2019, and Warped Tour was to end its 25-year run. For real. But who actually thought that was true?
NAPSTERED
The Day The Music Died
public.tableau.com
In the 1990s, the music industry was booming. What happened?
MATCHMAKER MAKE ME A MATCH
The Dating Algorithm That Gives You Just One Match
vox.com
The Marriage Pact is designed to help college students find their perfect "backup plan."
PODCASTS WE DIGG
Riding The Solar Coaster
brokengroundpodcast.org
The latest episode of Broken Ground is all about solar energy and how two schools' experiences differ as they look to power students' education with renewable energy.
CONS AND PROS
Why Consulting Is One Big Grift, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
digg.com
Helping people cheat their way to PhD degrees, the billionaire who created a "fake" parking space for himself and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
NOT-SO-FAMILIAR FAME
BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE
My 9 Months On The Road With Fan Bingbing, China's Biggest Movie Star
gen.medium.com
A decade before her disappearance, the Angelina Jolie of China hired me as her tutor. I got a crash course in China's dizzying celebrity-industrial complex.
A PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED STORY
The Havana Job
medium.com
When three CIA agents bungle their way into Fidel Castro's clutches on the eve of the most dangerous international standoff of the 20th century, they are sentenced to Cuba's most notorious prison, the Isle of Pines. Escape seems impossible, but then came a Hail Mary plan.
SPLISH SPLASH I WAS TAKING A BATH
Is Belle Delphine, AKA Bathwater Gamer Girl, The Greatest Troll On The Internet?
rollingstone.com
"She's almost like a parody of the kind of girl these dudes want," says one expert. "She's very directly playing into the sensibilities of these men."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'OH MY GOOOOOOD'
Deep Sea Researchers Stunned When They Film A Grouper Swallowing A Shark Whole
digg.com
Researchers on the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition off the coast of South Carolina were observing a shark feeding frenzy over a swordfish carcass when something extremely unexpected happened.
IN THE NEWS
New Orleans Faces A Never-Before-Seen Problem With Tropical Storm Barry
Severe Turbulence Injures 37 On Air Canada Flight
A Sunken Cold War Nuclear Sub Is Leaking Radiation At Levels 800,000 Times Normal
The 'Lion King' Remake Reviews Are Here — And They're Not Very Good
R. Kelly Arrested On Federal Sex Crime Charges, Law Enforcement Says
DIGG PICKS
This Tripod Is Legitimately The Coolest Thing We've Seen This Week (Yes, A Tripod)
digg.com
Peak Design is on its ninth Kickstarter campaign and this one is a doozy.
Have a ball this weekend — but please, no stun guns.