Bite The Bullet (Train)

How The Law Turns Battered Women Into Criminals, The Train That Made Modern Japan, What We Learned This Week, A Secret History Of Mormon Heavy Metal, What Doesn't David Fincher Do?, What Would It Take To Turn New York Into A Megacity? The Daily Digg Friday, October 3, 2014 A FAILURE TO PROTECT How The Law Turns Battered Women Into Criminals buzzfeed.com Arlena Lindley's boyfriend Alonzo Turner beat her for months and murdered her child — so why was she sent to prison for 45 years? THE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL The Train That Made Modern Japan theguardian.com At 10am on 1 October 1964, with less than a week and a half to go before the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the two inaugural Hikari Super Express Shinkansen, or "bullet trains," arrived at their destinations, Tokyo and Osaka. They were precisely on time. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned why cyclists shave their legs, how to use an app for consensual sex and why this cat is a hero. 'WAR IN HEAVEN' IS PRETTY BRUTAL A Secret History Of Mormon Heavy Metal deathandtaxesmag.com For a brief, blaring onslaught in the early 1970s, Utah's most famous musical Mormons proudly put themselves in league with Satan. That's right: the Osmonds went heavy metal. AND THE OTHER WAY IS WRONG What Doesn't David Fincher Do? digg.com For sheer directorial craft, there are few people working today who can match David Fincher. And yet he describes his own process as "not what I do, but what I don't do." Join Tony Zhou today in answering the question: What does David Fincher not do? NO NEED FOR STREET JUDGES What Would It Take To Turn New York Into A Megacity? io9.com Something bizarre happened overnight: New York City's population grew to the size of Shanghai's, swelling from 8 million people to 24 million. It's like a natural disaster, but this tidal surge is made of human needs. Here's how we'll rebuild the city to make room for them all. Read more on Digg.com → THE BUS GOT ITS GOATS Goats look out of a bus window, while being transported to a near by livestock market, to be displayed for sale in preparation for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. Muslims around the world will mark Eid al-Adha, as the biggest holiday of the Islamic calendar. It commemorates the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim or Abraham, as he is known in the Bible to sacrifice his son in accordance with God's will, though in the end God provides him a sheep to sacrifice instead. Credit: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

On The Wings Of A Pig

The Cult Of Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Female Sociopath, What Country's Film Industry Has The Best Gender Equity?, Proof Buying A GoPro Doesn't Make Your Life More Exciting, The Story Of Abercrombie's Highbrow, Controversial, Sort Of Amazing Magalog, The Mystery Man Behind Teen Witch Fan Club The Daily Digg Thursday, October 2, 2014 UNQUESTIONING SKEPTICS The Cult Of Neil deGrasse Tyson politico.com Neil deGrasse Tyson is a very famous and popular scientist. He even has a TV show. And wears a cool astronomical vest. Only he's not infallible. GONE GIRLS The Female Sociopath digg.com In honor of the "Gone Girl" premiere this week, we've decided to reissue this piece about the power of the female sociopath in our collective cultural imagination. Read it, see the movie, discuss amongst yourselves. THE BEST OF THE WORST What Country's Film Industry Has The Best Gender Equity? bitchmagazine.org We know that women woefully make up only 30 percent of speaking roles in American films. But a new study looks at how women fare in cinema internationally. GO-MEDIOCRE Proof Buying A GoPro Doesn't Make Your Life More Exciting digg.com Just like buying a treadmill doesn't make you skinny. BEFORE WE CALLED IT 'BRANDED CONTENT' The Story Of Abercrombie's Highbrow, Controversial, Sort Of Amazing Magalog racked.com A&F Quarterly, the magalog produced from 1997 to 2003 by Abercrombie & Fitch, is probably most famous now for its nudity-filled Bruce Weber photo shoots — and for being a lightning rod for controversy. NO, NOT SABRINA The Mystery Man Behind Teen Witch Fan Club noisey.vice.com Teen Witch Fan Club is totally a Tumblr generation artist: He was born of the Internet. The man behind the alias is Zain Curtis and the internet acts as his sole form of communication — he doesn't own a phone — and it's platform for him to express himself as a musician, clothing designer, magazine editor and Internet explorer. Read more on Digg.com → LIKE A HUMAN TESSELLATION South Korean army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during the 66th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

We Know It When We See It

Is Coding Art?, How Bill Murray Went Missing During Letterman's First Episode, The Hunters Have Become The Gatherers, The Long History Of Uninvited White House Guests, Apple Plans On Making A Gold iPad, Will Ferrell Screams At Derek Jeter For Four Minutes Straight The Daily Digg Wednesday, October 1, 2014 WE KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT Is Coding Art? newrepublic.com The "art" label is appended to show that a commercial product has transcended its industrial creation or that some higher, more thoughtful intelligence is at work. So what about particularly good code? AN ORAL HISTORY How Bill Murray Went Missing During Letterman's First Episode digg.com As told by the people who were there. FOOD WE DIGG SPONSORED The Hunters Have Become The Gatherers stickinabox.co Man used to have to find meat, but now thanks to Stick in a Box, meat finds us. Embrace this strange new world and get yourself some quality beef jerky delivered right to your door. And if you use the promo code "Digg," you'll get 20% off a lifetime subscription. A lifetime of jerky. A lifetime. ONE GUY WATCHED A MOVIE WITH FDR The Long History Of Uninvited White House Guests nytimes.com Long before the latest fence jumper captured international attention by getting as far as the East Room, the history of White House security breaches was vast and varied. BECAUSE GOLD NEVER BENDS Apple Plans On Making A Gold iPad bloomberg.com Apple will add a gold color option for its full-size iPads in an effort to boost a category that's posted declining shipments this year, according to people familiar with the plans. WILL FERRELL? SCREAMING? NO! Will Ferrell Screams At Derek Jeter For Four Minutes Straight digg.com He's not messing around, folks. Read more on Digg.com → LEND A HELPING HAND A woman being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, is sprayed with disinfectant, Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014. Six months into the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak, and the first to happen in an unprepared West Africa, the gap between what has been sent by other countries and private groups and what is desperately needed is huge. Credit: AP Photo/Jerome Delay Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

A New Set Of Pipes

What It's Like To Be Related To The Most Hated Free Man In America, Dallas Hospital Monitoring Possible Ebola Patient, This Email Could Have Been Filled With Amazing Videos, Aretha Franklin Covering 'Rolling In The Deep' Reminds Us Who The Original Diva Was, This 'Lung Flute' Is Helping People With Respiratory Problems Breath Better, The Unexpected Consequences Of Success The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 30, 2014 ZIMMERMAN FAMILY VALUES What It's Like To Be Related To The Most Hated Free Man In America gq.com Soon after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin more than two years ago, George's loyal family learned that sharing his name meant sharing the blame. It also meant a surreal new life filled with constant paranoia, get- rich-quick schemes, and lots and lots of guns. THIS IS USUALLY MORE OF A FLORIDA THING Dallas Hospital Monitoring Possible Ebola Patient thescoopblog.dallasnews.com A Dallas hospital expects preliminary test results Tuesday that may confirm whether a patient there has Ebola. EMAILS WE DIGG This Email Could Have Been Filled With Amazing Videos link.digg.com We watch a lot of videos. Like, way too many. Let us leave the good eggs in your inbox every day so you're never late to the content party. Because there's no party like a content party, right? Right? STILL THE QUEEN OF SOUL Aretha Franklin Covering 'Rolling In The Deep' Reminds Us Who The Original Diva Was digg.com Shouldn't Adele be the one covering Aretha songs? Something about this seems backwards but we are definitely not complaining. STILL WAITING ON LUNG SAXOPHONE This 'Lung Flute' Is Helping People With Respiratory Problems Breath Better gizmag.com The Lung Flute requires users to simply blow into it. Doing so causes an integrated reed to vibrate, producing low-frequency sound waves which travel down into the patients' lungs. There, the waves break up the mucus, allowing it to subsequently be cleared when the user forcefully exhales. WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING The Unexpected Consequences Of Success blogs.hbr.org Everybody loves a winner, right? Unfortunately, not always. Read more on Digg.com → SIT-DOWN STRIKE Protesters take rest at a main road in the financial central district after riot police use tear gas against them as thousands of people blocked the road in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. Hong Kong police used tear gas on Sunday and warned of further measures as they tried to clear thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered outside government headquarters in a challenge to Beijing over its decision to restrict democratic reforms for the city. Credit: AP Photo/Vincent Yu Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Leaving The Flock

The Health Effects Of Leaving Religion, What You Missed This Weekend, How To Improve Your Sock Game, News Anchor Interviews Kristen Wiig And Bill Hader About 'Skeleton Twins,' A Movie He Has Not Seen, My Coworkers Made Me Use Mac OS 9 For Their (And Your) Amusement, Facebook Requires Real Names. What Does That Mean For Drag Queens? The Daily Digg Monday, September 29, 2014 FORSAKEN The Health Effects Of Leaving Religion theatlantic.com How a loss of faith can manifest itself in the mind and body. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com Japan is surprised by a deadly volcanic eruption, the iPhone 6 is nowhere as bendy as the Internet would make it seem, and what the life of an average billionaire looks like. SOCKS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Improve Your Sock Game sockpanda.com How do we know you need new socks? Because EVERYBODY always needs new socks. Save yourself some trouble and have SockPanda delivered to your door every month. And for every pair you get, they donate one to the homeless. Look good and do good. 'WE ARE NOT NAKED IN IT' News Anchor Interviews Kristen Wiig And Bill Hader About 'Skeleton Twins,' A Movie He Has Not Seen digg.com Usually an interview is preceded by some sort of research, even if it's reading a plot synopsis on Wikipedia. Denver anchor Chris Parente has not heard of Wikipedia. DOWNGRADING My Coworkers Made Me Use Mac OS 9 For Their (And Your) Amusement arstechnica.com If you want to appreciate the present, try living in the past for a few days. DEFINE 'REAL' Facebook Requires Real Names. What Does That Mean For Drag Queens? npr.org Years ago, Lil Miss Hot Mess created a Facebook profile. Her page was shut down early last week, and she wasn't the only one whose account was deactivated. Facebook also closed the pages of other queens after they were reported for not using their "real" names on Facebook. Read more on Digg.com → DISGRACED A supporter wearing a ring with a picture of Jayaram Jayalalitha wipes her tears as she sits with others on a fast demanding the release of their leader from a Bangalore jail in Chennai, India, Sunday, Sept.28, 2014. Jayalalitha, the top elected official in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu was sentenced Saturday to four years in prison after a court found her guilty of corruption in a case filed 18 years ago. Credit: AP Photo/Arun Sankar K Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014