Around The World In 80 Minutes

Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off.

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OUT THERE 'ANYWHERE ON EARTH IN UNDER AN HOUR' Here's Elon Musk's Radical Proposal For A City-To-City Rocket System digg.com Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off. A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR I Guarded An Arctic Base Against Polar Bears At The Frontline Of The Apocalypse motherboard.vice.com The DEW Line was built in the fifties to warn of a nuclear threat. I guarded six workers there from polar bears. 'THEY ACTUALLY WEAR NAZI UNIFORMS' Spending A Year Undercover With The Alt-Right huckmagazine.com 25-year-old Patrik Hermansson set up a fake identity to join the Alt-Right movement, putting himself face to face with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. EXTENSIONS WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Trick Gets You Prime-Sized Savings Without Paying $99/yr wikibuy.com Wikibuy is a Chrome extension that automatically finds the lowest price, best coupon, or cash back offer for whatever you're shopping for — on Amazon and a ton of other major sites. It's a free tool, so there's literally no reason not to get it. SOCIAL DISORDER WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Assholes Are Everywhere, 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: A conversation about assholes, the pinnacle of video game controller design and the end of software as we know it. YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING FROM HOME Zucktown, USA thebaffler.com Facebook, Amazon and Google are reviving the ill-fated "company towns" of the Gilded Age. THE HOUSE ALWAYS MESSES WITH YOU How Slot Machines Are Designed To Be Addictive theguardian.com Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. The Guardian breaks them down so you can see exactly how they work, and how they affect people. THE INVISIBLE SECOND SHIFT Women Aren't Nags. We're Just Fed Up. harpersbazaar.com Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand. VIDEO OF THE DAY CAUTION: CUTE PROFANITY Dad Learns Why You Shouldn't Say The F Word In Front Of Your Toddler digg.com ​"Fuck" really is a great word. It rolls off the tongue. And it appears James LaPorta's nearly 2-year-old son has already learned that fact, unfortunately for his father. IN THE NEWS HHS Secretary Tom Price Will Only Repay A Fraction Of Cost Of His Private Flights Jared Kushner's Lawyer Accidentally Forwards Senate Letter Asking For Kushner's Private Emails To Prankster's Fake Account Houston Woman Dies From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Left Behind By Hurricane Harvey Bears Linebacker Knocks Green Bay Receiver Out Cold With Vicious Head-To-Head Hit, Sparking Rules Discussion FROM THE DIGG STORE Everything You Need To Build Your Website On WordPress store.digg.com This $40 bundle includes WP themes, plugins and templates, plus one year of SSD web hosting. The weekend is only one Friday-length rocket ride away. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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