Having The Talk

You Never Think About Tuberculosis Until You Lose Two Years And Half A Lung To It, Just The Important Stuff From Thursday's Apple Event, The Sad Parents Of #Gamergate, Can Enough Exercise Make Up For Junk Food?, What We Learned This Week, Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Says Goodbye To Her Staff Before Her Transfer To Maryland The Daily Digg Friday, October 17, 2014 INCONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION You Never Think About Tuberculosis Until You Lose Two Years And Half A Lung To It buzzfeed.com While volunteering for the Peace Corps in Ukraine in 2010, I contracted a severe version of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Two years of painful, isolating treatment taught me the vital role social media may play in finally eradicating this disease. PRESENTED WITH ORGANIC PASSIVATION Just The Important Stuff From Thursday's Apple Event digg.com ​It feels like it was only yesterday that we all sat through a three-hour Apple Event. But it wasn't. So Tim Cook is back on stage telling us about the best things ever. We're here to tell you just what you need to know. THEY'RE HAVING 'THE TALK' The Sad Parents Of #Gamergate theawl.com All around the country, parents are sitting down to have the talk with their children. Not about sex or mortality or college. They're having the talk about Gamergate. THE NEW PEPSI CHALLENGE Can Enough Exercise Make Up For Junk Food? theatlantic.com When people think about sugar calories in terms of physical activity, they choose well. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned just how un-exciting two new iPads could be, poop banks exist and that shouting Ebola in a crowded bus isn't protected by the First Amendment. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING OKAY Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Says Goodbye To Her Staff Before Her Transfer To Maryland digg.com Nina Pham, the second confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. and one of the nurses who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, says goodbye to her treating physician Dr. Gary Weinstein before she leaves for the National Institutes of Heath clinical center in Maryland. Currently, Pham is in stable condition. Read more on Digg.com → CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Young kids silhouette against an installation set as part of the Signal Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. The light festival brings the city's historical buildings to life through audio-visual installations. Credit: AP Photo/Petr David Josek Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Courting Corruption

When Women Become Men At Wellesley, Video Of A Helmet Saving A Marine From Certain Death, How Many '90s References Can You Spot In This Ad?, The Auctioning Of The Judicial System, Timelapses Of Fast Food Burgers Molding Over (Or Not), How Cosmetic Companies Get Away With Pseudoscience The Daily Digg Thursday, October 16, 2014 DEFINE 'WOMEN'S COLLEGE' When Women Become Men At Wellesley nytimes.com It was the first day of orientation, and along the picturesque paths there were cheerful upper-class student leaders providing directions and encouragement. They wore pink T-shirts stamped with this year's orientation theme: "Free to Explore" — an enticement that could be interpreted myriad ways, perhaps far more than the college intended. KEVLAR KEEPS YOU SAFE Video Of A Helmet Saving A Marine From Certain Death digg.com The difference between life and death is a matter of millimeters. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED How Many '90s References Can You Spot In This Ad? meundies.com Ah, the '90s. It was a time when everything seemed so good, and apparently when underwear made you feel great. COURTING CORRUPTION The Auctioning Of The Judicial System theatlantic.com Don't believe the Citizens United pollyannas. Watching money flooding into elections for judges' seat shows how dangerous unregulated campaigns can be. McDONALD'S IS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Timelapses Of Fast Food Burgers Molding Over (Or Not) digg.com On the one hand, it's sad to see food go from delicious to inedible in the span of seconds. On the other hands, it's gross how little evidence of aging several of these show. ANTI-AGE OUR ASS How Cosmetic Companies Get Away With Pseudoscience psmag.com Anti-aging creams make absurd claims that they repair DNA damage or use stem-cell treatments. When cosmetics companies and dermatologists partner to maximize profits, who is responsible for protecting the consumer? Read more on Digg.com → YOU CAN CALL THEM QUEEN BEE Kansas City Royals designated hitter Billy Butler celebrates in the locker room after the Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in Game 4 of the American League baseball championship series Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals advance to the World Series. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

You Got Service

The Adultery Arms Race, U.S. Marine Band And Republic Of Korea Army Band Drum Battle In Parking Lot, Remember How You Said You Wanted To Read More? Here's How To Do It, The Ohio Sperm-Bank Controversy, This Is How A Million Dollar Drone 'Lands', How To Make The Ultimate Grilled Cheese The Daily Digg Wednesday, October 15, 2014 FIND MY CHEATING SPOUSE The Adultery Arms Race theatlantic.com Technology has made cheating on your spouse, or catching a cheater, easier than ever. How digital tools are aiding the unfaithful and the untrusting — and may be mending some broken marriages. YOU GOT SERVICE U.S. Marine Band And Republic Of Korea Army Band Drum Battle In Parking Lot digg.com This drum line competition between the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band and the Republic of Korea Army Band is great. Truly. It makes us wish all battles were fought like this. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Remember How You Said You Wanted To Read More? Here's How To Do It oysterbooks.com We know you want to read more — we do too. That's why we love Oyster. We can read more for less money and do something else with our portable devices than check Instagram for the millionth time. THE NEW CASE FOR REPARATIONS The Ohio Sperm-Bank Controversy newyorker.com Jennifer Cramblett was reared in Scio, Ohio, "around stereoptypical attitudes about people other than those in her all-white community." Cramblett recalls hearing members of her family speaking "openly and derisively about persons of color." Cramblett herself "did not know African Americans until her college days at the University of Akron." Then, in 2012, the complaint says, she gave birth to one. CAN DRONES GET WHIPLASH? This Is How A Million Dollar Drone 'Lands' digg.com Seems like there may be a better way to do this. GRILLED CHEEZUS How To Make The Ultimate Grilled Cheese firstwefeast.com Chef Amy Stonionis of Murray's Cheese Bar breaks down the golden rules of grilled cheese perfection, and gives five tried-and-true combos that totally swag it out. Read more on Digg.com → GHOST RIDE THE WAR WHIP Pro-Russian rebels ride atop a car to their positions not far from the Donetsk Sergey Prokofiev International Airport in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Enough Food To Feed A Small Army

One-Third Of Food Is Lost Or Wasted: What Can Be Done, This Cool Layer-Lapse Makes Boston Look Freakishly Beautiful, Is America's Military Too Small For Obama's New War On Terror?, A Very Sneaky Onside Kick Works Perfectly As Planned, Dragons, Memory And Navigating The Globe Using Only Your Wits, Our Changing Pictures Of Space Through Time The Daily Digg Tuesday, October 14, 2014 RESCUING OUR RESOURCES One-Third Of Food Is Lost Or Wasted: What Can Be Done news.nationalgeographic.com From our farms to grocery stores to dinner tables, 30 percent of the food we grow is never eaten. We can do better. MOST COLORFUL BOSTON HAS EVER BEEN This Cool Layer-Lapse Makes Boston Look Freakishly Beautiful digg.com And not a single drunk college kid in sight! SIZE DOES MATTER Is America's Military Too Small For Obama's New War On Terror? politico.com Although the massive automatic defense cuts known as the sequester were relaxed in last year's budget deal, they are set to return in 2016. That doesn't bode well for the major international challenge the United States now faces in the Islamic State. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, FOOL 'EM A Very Sneaky Onside Kick Works Perfectly As Planned digg.com Who said football was all about muscle? TERROR INCOGNITA Dragons, Memory And Navigating The Globe Using Only Your Wits nautil.us But imagine for a moment that you didn't have to rely on maps to navigate the unknown — that your memory, instincts, and knowledge of the environment sufficed. This is the art of Polynesian wayfinding. COSMOS AS MASTERPIECE Our Changing Pictures Of Space Through Time nytimes.com A new book by Michael Benson examines the how our depiction of space has evolved alongside our understanding of the heavenly bodies within our sky. Read more on Digg.com → A REGIME UNDER FIRE Firefighters try to extinguish the flames after the state capital building was set on fire by protesting college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Oct. 13, 2014. Hundreds of protesting teachers and students demanding answers about the 43 students who went missing on Sept. 26 during a confrontation with police, clashed with police at the local congress and outside the state government palace Monday. Officials are attempting to determine if any of the missing students are in newly discovered mass graves. Credit: AP Photo/Felix Marquez Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Please Don't Rob A Bank

How Obama Became The Gay-Rights President, Man Starts Amazing Train Dance Party With Wit And Charm, How To Do More With Less, The Navy's Newest Ship Doesn't Know What The Hell It Is, Players Don't Care About NFL Fines, Still Wearing Beats Headphones, A Retired English Gangster Explains How To Rob A Bank The Daily Digg Monday, October 13, 2014 'WELL, WHAT'S STONEWALL?' How Obama Became The Gay-Rights President newrepublic.com The inside story of a personal evolution. SOUL TRAIN Man Starts Amazing Train Dance Party With Wit And Charm digg.com He came dressed to party, and dammit, that's what he's going to do. STUFF WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Do More With Less reductivist.com What if you could carry around every tool in your toolbox on your keychain? Thanks to the Reductivist Ringtool, now you can. It's the solution to basically any problem you can think of. CONFUSION ABOARD THE USS AMERICA The Navy's Newest Ship Doesn't Know What The Hell It Is foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com Is it an aircraft carrier? Is it an amphibious assault ship? Is it any good at either of those things? BEATS VS. BOSE Players Don't Care About NFL Fines, Still Wearing Beats Headphones deadspin.com Wearing the wrong headphones will cost players $10,000. That's clearly not enough to deter them, and it's a goddamned bargain for this sort of advertising. DISCLAIMER: PLEASE DON'T ROB A BANK A Retired English Gangster Explains How To Rob A Bank vice.com It's vitally important to grab the attention of everybody in the bank at the very outset. Read more on Digg.com → THREE'S A MAGIC NUMBER? A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Villa 14 de Septiembre, in the Chapare region, Bolivia, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Bolivia is holding general and presidential elections Sunday with President Evo Morales appearing to be headed to an unprecedented third term. Credit: AP Photo/Juan Karita Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014