NYC Underwater, The Fate Of Limp Bizkit, And More Weekend Reads

Can New York City Be Saved?

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Jul 09

WEEKEND LONG READS WATER OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE Can New York City Be Saved? rollingstone.com The future of America's greatest city is at risk in the era of global warming. WORK, JUST A THREE-LETTER WORD Welcome To The New Prostitution Economy vanityfair.com A growing number of young people are selling their bodies online to pay student loans, make the rent, or afford designer labels. Is it just an unorthodox way to make ends meet or a new kind of exploitation? GEORGE SAUNDERS INVESTIGATES Who Are All These Trump Supporters? newyorker.com Award-winning author George Saunders attends a few Trump rallies and, predictably, delivers one of the most nuanced portraits of the Followers of Donald. STOPPING AT NO THINGS Marie Kondo And The Ruthless War On Stuff nytimes.com "My dream is to organize the world," tidying guru Marie Kondo said as she wrapped up a recent talk. The crowd cheered, and Kondo raised her arms into the air like Rocky. SHEETS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Sheets That Stay Cool When Things Get Steamy sheex.com SHEEX performance sheets stay so damn cool because their patented, temperature-regulating fabric actually moves heat away from your body. Plus, they're absurdly soft and 2x more breathable than cotton. A TROUBLED PAST THE BEST OF TIMES, THE DURST OF TIMES Whatever Happened To Limp Bizkit? avclub.com It is hard to overstate just how huge Limp Bizkit was during its heyday. Then the bottom fell out. A SHOCKING PAST The 'Gay-Cure' Experiments That Were Written Out Of Scientific History digg.com In one of the great forgotten stories of neuroscience, Robert Heath claimed to have cured homosexuality by implanting electrodes into the pleasure center of the brain. WEEKEND ACTIVITIES How To Catch Rare Pokémon In 'Pokémon Go' digg.com Get up off the couch, you've got some walking to do. GO, DO YOUR GARDENING IN PEACE WATCH: A Detailed Explanation Of How Poison Ivy Works, And A Foolproof Way To Prevent It digg.com The first thing to know is how to identify poison ivy. The second thing to know is that urushiol oil is like car grease. And you should treat it the same way. NAZIS: BAD THEN, BAD NOW A VERY JUSTIFIED TIME TO FAKE SICK 'Syndrome K,' The Fake Disease Used To Save Jews From The Nazis qz.com In Rome, a group of doctors saved at least 20 Jews from a similar fate, by diagnosing them with Syndrome K, a deadly, disfiguring and very fake disease. STILL FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT The Last Nazi Hunter newsweek.com Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff has spent four decades doggedly chasing Holocaust criminals, but when his pursuit led him to Lithuania, the fight got personal. BEFORE YOU GO MON DIEU! Bikers Crash Into Collapsed Inflatable Arch During Final Kilometer Of Tour De France Stage 7 digg.com British hopeful, Adam Yates, was the first to crash into the arch and ended up needing four stitches. Another British rider, Steven Cummings, went on to win the stage in the Pyrenees. No one knows what caused the sudden deflation. That's all! Enjoy your weekend (and watch where you're riding your bike). View the Edition at Digg.com »

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It's Expensive To Be Poor

It's Expensive To Be Poor And Other Facts

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Jul 08

WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK It's Expensive To Be Poor And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: the high costs of poverty, why the spaghetti spoon has a hole and a infuriatingly deceptive optical illusion. WHAT'S HAPPENING 12 Police Officers Shot, 5 Killed By Snipers In Dallas US Payrolls Jumped 287,000 In June, Most In Eight Months MN Governor Says Philando Castile Shooting Wouldn't Have Happened If He Were White Planet Discovered Orbiting Three Suns BOXES WE DIGG | SPONSORED How To Look Cool When It's Hot As Hell bombfell.com Put down the board shorts and step away from the jorts. Bombfell's team of stylists pick clothes based on your style and budget, so you can look great without ever having to step foot into a store. LOUD NOISES BOOM GOES THE, UH, SOMETHING We're Still Not Totally Sure What Happened In The Tunguska Event bbc.com Over 100 years after the most powerful explosion in documented history, researchers are still trying to figure out exactly what happened DEATH METAL The Loudest Sound In The World Would Kill You On The Spot fivethirtyeight.com If a sound is loud enough, it can plow into you like a linebacker and knock you flat on your butt. When the shock wave from a bomb levels a house, that's sound tearing apart bricks and splintering glass. Sound can kill you. HEY, WATCH IT NO TIME FOR COLD OPENS A Brief History Of TV Shows' Opening Credit Sequences theweek.com The opening number of a television show has a big job to do. It has to convey the mood of the show you're about to watch, possibly introduce you to the characters, and set the tone for the next 30 to 60 minutes. But more than anything, it has to hook you. [INDECIPHERABLE] The Art Of The Movie Subtitle thepointmag.com Critics of subtitles have protested that they seem stuck onto films where space wasn't made for them, as if they need to atone for defacing the movie by doing their business as quietly and modestly and unobtrusively as possible. THEY HOLD AMERICA CAPTIVE Pop Culture's Fascination With Captive Women theatlantic.com From drama to comedy, current works of television and cinema are putting a new spin on a very old trope. BEFORE YOU GO MIRROR ЯOЯЯIM FBI Negotiator Offers Tips To Help You Win Your Next Negotiation digg.com Chris Voss explains how a good negotiator can take advantage of the brain reacting subconsciously to what is being said. That's all for now; good luck negotiating a higher salary today! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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How Do You Do Fellow Kids?

The Bomb That Shook DC, And Other Great Stories

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Jul 07

WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK The Bomb That Shook DC, And Other Great Stories digg.com A shocking assassination, the physical future of virtual reality, and more of the best long reads of the week. WHAT'S HAPPENING Woman Streams Aftermath Of Boyfriend's Fatal Shooting By Police At Traffic Stop In Falcon Heights, MN (Warning: Contains Graphic Footage) DOJ Will Not File Charges Against Clinton In Email Servers Scandal Half A Million Hoverboards Recalled In US London Tech And Media Companies May Bolt In The Wake Of Brexit EMAIL WE DIGG | SPONSORED He Started Digg And Now He's Launching A Newsletter thejournal.email You love Digg, so odds are you'll love "The Journal" a new newsletter from Digg Founder Kevin Rose. Published only once a month, each issue features Kevin's picks on tech, body hacking, videos, men's style, podcasts, and more. Sign up and join the 55,000+ members already reading. MORE THAN A GAME What Makes Shigeru Miyamoto Tick kotaku.com The man who brought the world Mario, Link, and Donkey Kong is getting old. But don't tell him that. A TALE OF THEIR EXPLOITS How 'Advantage Players' Game The Casinos nytimes.com They're not cheaters. Instead, they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can. WELL ALLIANCES ARE ANYTHING BUT What Survivor Can Teach Us About Emergent Game Design killscreen.com Because of Richard Hatch — a snake according to Sue Hawk, his first alliance member — "Survivor" went from "Gilligan's Island" to "Lord of the Flies". Building a camp, starting a fire, gathering food: now all a backdrop to the scheming and conniving of Hatch's children. RUNNING AWAY FROM IT ALL Meet The Mustachioed, Beer-Drinking 'Hero' Who Crashed The Olympic Trials runnersworld.com One year ago, Noah Droddy was planning to attend the Olympic trials as a spectator. But with a new coach and even longer hair, he qualified — and became an internet sensation. LIMITED CURB APPEAL Who Is The Tiny House Revolution For? buzzfeed.com Television's obsession with the tiny house "revolution" is lighting up conversations about class, race, and even the politics of housing regulation. 30 GOING ON 13 Why One Woman Pretended To Be A High-School Cheerleader theatlantic.com On September 2, 2008, a shy, blonde transfer student strolled into Ashwaubenon High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Just 16 days later, she was standing in court wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and shackles, charged with identity theft. BEFORE YOU GO THE COUSIN OF DANK ASS SANDBOARDING Kayaking The Sand Dunes Of Namibia Is As Cool As It Sounds digg.com It helps to have some paragliding buddies around to give you a push. Happy Thursday to ya, keep shredding those dank sand dunes. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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