Eek-onomics

What Really Happens When You Become An Overnight Millionaire?, The Balloon Boy Hoax — Solved!, How Can I Tell My Boss I Don't Want To Share A Bed With My Coworker, And Other Advice Column Questions, and more.

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Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Sep 30

THE MONEY THOUGHT GOOD QUESTION How Can I Tell My Boss I Don't Want To Share A Bed With My Coworker, And Other Advice Column Questions digg.com A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days. THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION What Really Happens When You Become An Overnight Millionaire? marker.medium.com Peter Rahal started RxBar out of his mom's kitchen — then sold it for $600 million. Life on the other side of the entrepreneurial fantasy. REGRESSION TO THE DUMB The Tyranny Of Economists newrepublic.com How can economists be so wrong, so often, and yet still exert so much influence on government policy? DIGG PICKS This Board Game From The Makers Of Blood Rage Is Set In Feudal Japan And Comes With Marvelously Designed Minis digg.com Rising Sun is all about strategy, using politics, resources, battle and honor to maneuver your way to victory. WHAT A TRIP UP, UP AND AWAY The Balloon Boy Hoax — Solved! 5280.com Ten years ago this month, the country was captivated by a bizarre spectacle in Fort Collins that was colloquially dubbed the Balloon Boy Hoax. Although Richard Heene, the so-called Balloon Boy's father, pleaded guilty to charges related to the prank, it was never fully clear whether it was the scam that police made it out to be. For the first time, we reveal the true story. DIY TO DOING IT FOR EVERYONE The Man Who Built His Own Lamborghini thehustle.co When Mike Vetter's dream of owning a Lamborghini didn't come to fruition, he built one himself. Now he earns a living making his own supercars. THE RESCUE A Flimsy Raft, More Than 100 Souls, And Three Teenage Heroes — Or Are They Pirates? magazine.atavist.com It was the morning of March 26, 2019, and Abdalla Bari and more than 100 other people were floating in a 30-foot-long rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea, somewhere in the expanse of water between North Africa and Italy. THE OLD MAN AND THE ISLAND The Man Who Went To War With Canada atlasobscura.com For centuries, the United States and Canada's only remaining land border dispute has been kept alive by a single family. VIDEO OF THE DAY A REAL CATCH The Best Catch Of The MLB Season Might Have Come In The Last Game Of The Season youtube.com The Orioles were truly terrible this season, losing 108 games. But at least they had this catch from Stevie Wilkerson. IN THE NEWS Trump Suggests House Intel Chair Adam Schiff Should Face 'Arrest For Treason' Intelligence Panel Has Deal To Hear Whistleblower's Testimony Hong Kong Police And Protesters Clash Ahead Of 70th Anniversary Of People's Republic Of China Inside The New Uber: Weak Coffee, Vanishing Perks And Fast-Deflating Morale DIGG PICKS Shoes That Support Your Efforts At The Gym And Your Friday Night Out On The Town huckberry.com The Interval Knit shoes are technically appropriate for working out and aesthetically appropriate for non-fitness endeavors. This week, be above it all, just like Balloon Boy. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Ad-ly In Love

A Love Story Completely Told Through Fake Advertisements, Wedding Photographer Compares Photos Taken With A DSLR To The iPhone 11 Pro

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This Week's Top Videos Sun, Sep 29

MOST POPULAR 'ADMAN' A Love Story Completely Told Through Fake Advertisements digg.com GIVE IT A SHOT Wedding Photographer Compares Photos Taken With A DSLR To The iPhone 11 Pro digg.com DO NOT DISTURB MODE ENABLED World's Chillest Bar Patron Sits Back, Lights A Cigarette While Guy With A Rifle Robs The Bar digg.com DIGG PICKS There's Zero Need To Stop Biking Just Because Fall Has Fallen (Especially With This Biking Gear) digg.com Our six picks for fall biking will keep you and your stuff warm and dry. CURIOUS CLIPS THE POWER OF LEXEND How Scientists Were Able To Design A Font Proven To Actually Make You Read Faster digg.com IT'S ACTUALLY ALWAYS VERY, VERY DARK An R-Rated Ode To The Brilliance And Moral Rot Of The Main Cast Of 'It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' digg.com WILL IT WAVE? Conspiracy Theorists Say The Flag Wouldn't Flutter On The Moon, So A YouTuber Put A Flag Inside A Vacuum-Chamber To Test Their Hypothesis digg.com DIGG U DON'T USE THE WORD 'PASSION' Editor Who's Read Over 500 College Admission Essays Gives Her Take On What You Shouldn't Say digg.com FROM THE DIGG STORE Build Your First Website With An Insane Deal On Wix, The Leading Website Builder store.digg.com You've already heard of Wix because it's the absolute gold standard for building websites without code. Portfolio, business site, or anything else, Wix makes it easy. Get your first year for 73% off today. This email was brought to you by a bunch of fake ads (and a couple of real ones, too) View the Edition atDigg.com »

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Put A Leash On That VC Fund

Dog-Walking Startup Wag Raised $300 Million. Then Things Got Messy, When Creed Were Earth's Biggest, Most Hated Band, There's A Leopard Hidden In This Photo And It's Breaking Our Brains

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Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Sep 27

THE BAD PLACE WRITE IT OFF The Millennial Question pudding.cool We've seen countless stories about what millennials have killed. From napkins to marriage to Applebees, just looking at headlines you'd guess that for the past decade the millennial generation's been on a rampage. But we wanted to dig deeper: how does popular media report on millennials more broadly? WAG THE DOG Dog-Walking Startup Wag Raised $300 Million. Then Things Got Messy cnn.com At the start of 2018, Wag looked like tech's next Big Thing. CREED? DEAR GOD — NO REVIVAL When Creed Were Earth's Biggest, Most Hated Band stereogum.com Some music tends to sound better with age, while other music tends to sound worse. Two decades on, "Human Clay" simply just is, a thunderous and immovable slab comprised of sepia spirituality, chugging riffs, and bandleader Scott Stapp's medium-maned caterwaul. DIGG PICKS Get Ready For A Game Of Brutal, Medieval-Style Machinations Packaged Like A Saturday Morning Cartoon digg.com Root is an asymmetrical board game that pits factions of woodland creatures against one another. GOOD LOOKING OUT NOT SEEING SPOTS There's A Leopard Hidden In This Photo And It's Breaking Our Brains digg.com Every once in a while, a photo pops up online that both showcases an animal's natural camouflage and tests our "Where's Waldo?" skills from childhood. This is a good one. PICTURE THIS Emergency Service Workers Doing 'The Tetris Challenge,' And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com Challenging the stigma around skin conditions, the elaborate underground architecture of Soviet metro stations and other best photos of the week. GOING NOWHERE FAST 'THIS IS A PLACE THAT SUCKS YOUR SOUL' When Impeachment Meets A Broken Congress politico.com The most essential branch of the U.S. government is collapsing before our eyes — right as it faces a historic showdown. THE DESOLATION, THE SMOG The Toxic Valley theblacksea.eu How global industry turned a once green Turkish province into an environmental wasteland. PARTING SHOT A Game Like Heroin: On Escapism, TwitchCon, And Kicking The 'Fortnite' Habit themillions.com How did Fortnite suddenly become so popular? Well, it's addicting. I remember how sweaty and shaky my hands were after my first win, after hours and hours of grinding. DON'T BE PEEKING Why Germany Is A Blank Spot On Google's Street View bigthink.com There are good historical reasons why Germans are suspicious of surveillance — but is Google as bad as the Gestapo or Stasi? VIDEO OF THE DAY WILL IT WAVE? Conspiracy Theorists Say The Flag Wouldn't Flutter On The Moon, So A YouTuber Put A Flag Inside A Vacuum-Chamber To Test Their Hypothesis youtube.com When astronauts landed on the moon and planted the American flag, it fluttered. Conspiracy theorists cried foul. Here comes the science. FROM THE DIGG STORE Get Over 170 Hours Of Computer Science Training For Less Than $40 store.digg.com You didn't major in Computer Science in college but you can still get the training you need to climb the tech career ladder. The Complete Computer Science Master Class Bundle features 11 courses and is just $39 now. It's the first Saturday of fall. Go crunch some leaves. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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