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Wednesday 30 January 2019

Right On The Edge

Over the past decade, Fetlife.com has amassed a community of over 7 million people with a seemingly simple mission: a place for folks to talk about their sexual desires in an open, healthy environment online. And that, for better or worse, comes down to one man: John Baku.
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KNOW YOUR LIMITS
EVERYONE'S FETISH IS A SAFE SPACE
The Internet's Largest Kink Community Isn't Going To Moderate Itself
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Over the past decade, Fetlife.com has amassed a community of over 7 million people with a seemingly simple mission: a place for folks to talk about their sexual desires in an open, healthy environment online. And that, for better or worse, comes down to one man: John Baku.
THE GREAT DUMPSTER FYRE
The Fyre Festival's Greatest Legacy Is A Handy Metaphor For Failure
qz.com
Once upon a time, an event or product that failed epically after a great deal of anticipation was simply, well, an epic failure. We might have called it a "debacle," a "fiasco" or a "flop." Enter: Fyre Fest.
'NOTHING WILL COME EASY'
My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip
outsideonline.com
The Kurdish region of Iraq is home to spectacular peaks, wild rivers and fiercely hospitable people, and it could be the Middle East's next big adventure tourism destination. But there's one small catch: it's still dangerous as hell.
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GIVE THESE A LOOK-SEE
JUST THE GOOD STUFF
January's Best Long Reads, According To Digg's Editors
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Here at Digg, we spend a lot of time digging through the web to find the best long reads out there, so you can spend your time reading instead of searching. These are our favorites from January.
SLIPPING THROUGH OUR FINGERS
'AS CLOSE TO THE PAST AS WE CAN GET'
The Last Fish Shack On The River
bittersoutherner.com
For more than a half-century, Desposito's Seafood Restaurant has served the best boiled shrimp on the Wilmington River. Simple Southern fish shacks — food for coastal families, cooked and caught by coastal families — are disappearing throughout the region. And Desposito's may be soon to follow.
GONE AWOL
A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared
theatlantic.com
Sabre International Security employed guards for the Canadian embassy in Kabul. When a bombing left many of them dead or wounded, the company vanished.
WHEN THE ENDS CAN'T MEET
The Crushing Logistics Of Raising A Family Paycheck To Paycheck
citylab.com
Stephanie Land's new memoir sheds light on the grueling work — and the bureaucratic complications — of being a maid and a single mother.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
A FEATHERED METRONOME
This Bird Keeping Perfect Balance On A Boat In Rough Water Is Mesmerizing
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Tired from the back and forth of the sailing vessel it was perched on, this bird decided to just give up and go with the flow.
IN THE NEWS
Facebook Pays Teens To Install VPN That Spies On Them
Automation Software That Helped A Consulting Firm Cut 40,000 Jobs Is Reportedly Now For Sale
Robocallers Blasted Americans With 26.3 Billion Spam Calls Last Year
How Cold Is It In Canada And The Upper Midwest? Colder Than Mars, In Parts
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