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Monday 19 September 2016

How Our Information Addiction Might Break Us

An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
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DOWN AND OUT OF POWER
CELLS BECOMING CELLULAR
Technology Almost Killed Me
nymag.com
An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
METROID II 2: GALACTIC BOOGALOO
One Man's Decade-Long Quest To Remake 'Metroid II'
vice.com
While "Mario" and "Zelda" fans devoured new entries every few years, "Metroid" players often went hungry. Milton Guasti was one of those fans, until he decided to do something about it himself.
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
The Great Fall Of Chyna
thelab.bleacherreport.com
How the WWE's greatest female wrestler disappeared.
CASES WE DIGG | SPONSORED
An iPhone 7 Case So Thin You'll Forget It's Even There
buypeel.com
The iPhone 7 is a beautiful piece of design — which can easily get ruined if you don't use a case or if you use an ugly case. Enter the Peel case. At just 0.35mm thin, its sleek, minimal design will keep your iPhone safe and beautiful.
TV'S BIGGEST NIGHT
EITHER BOW DOWN, OR GET OUT
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Unstoppable
fivethirtyeight.com
If you look at the numbers, it's clear that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a cut above every else vying for attention on the small screen.
A DRAMATIC AFFAIR
All The Winners From Last Night's Emmy Awards
cnn.com
Last night, all of TV's biggest stars came together to celebrate their biggest successes and award the industries best and brightest.
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WATCH: Jeb Bush Is Jimmy Kimmel's Uber Driver In This Goofy Emmy's Sketch
digg.com
Apparently James Corden isn't the only late night TV host who needs help getting to work.
YOU'RE GROUNDED
NOT YET CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF
The F-35 Stealth Fighter May Never Be Ready for Combat
warisboring.com
The Air Force recently declared a variant of the F-35 "ready for combat." But a memo issued from the Pentagon's top testing official, based largely upon the Air Force's own test data, showed that the declaration was wildly premature.
'ARTHUR THAT' DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME RING
Why We Say 'Roger That'
jakubmarian.com
It was popularized by radio transmissions of NASA's Apollo missions and by military fiction and is now sometimes used jokingly in everyday contexts. But how did it come into existence?
JET FUEL *CAN* MELT TOY PLANES
VIDEO: Watch A Turbine-Powered RC Jet Basically Disintegrate Mid-Flight
digg.com
By itself, watching this 1:2 scale model jet execute such nasty barrels rolls would be awesome enough. But the fact that it pretty much falls apart in midair really puts a bow on the whole thing.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
BOJACK HORSEMASK
Live Action Remake Of The 'BoJack Horseman' Title Sequence Will Make You Question Your Sanity
digg.com
Just like Netflix's critically acclaimed, super dark cartoon itself, this parody of the "BoJack" title sequence has us pondering our place in this weird world.
IN THE NEWS
Police Announce Suspect At Large In New York Bombing And Make Multiple Arrests
Mass Stabbing Attack In Minnesota Mall Injures At Least 9 People, ISIS Claims Responsibility
We Haven't Seen This Many Comic Books In Stores Since 1996
Lady Gaga To Headline The Super Bowl Halftime Show
Go ahead little ponies, gallop into your week with the strength of 10 Horsemans.

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