Do You Even Lift?

Training, Tanning, And Branding With The Bikini Bodybuilding Stars Of Instagram, What We Learned This Week, The Curious Life And Mysterious Death Of Pippin Roe, The Dread Pirate's Confidante, This Nightmare Machine Mows Ditches, Harry Reid In Winter The Daily Digg Friday, January 23, 2015 BODY POLITIC Training, Tanning, And Branding With The Bikini Bodybuilding Stars Of Instagram buzzfeed.com Twenty-six-year-old Ashley Kaltwasser is the reigning world champion of a polarizing new bodybuilding competition that raises questions about attainable female body image while cultivating a massive following on social media. But the LeBron James of #BikiniCompetitor culture doesn't have the answers – she's busy trying to make history. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned that it's always been cool to like pizza, everybody is working for the weekend, and to escape a moving vehicle stuff trash down your pants. SPACEGURL LEAVES HOME The Curious Life And Mysterious Death Of Pippin Roe boston.com Pippin Roe's partially decomposed body was discovered by Boston police on July 13, 2014, behind a building on Columbus Avenue in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. The story of how it got there is a mystery still unfolding, of a curious New England upbringing, a broken family, and a promising young artist whose friends and family felt powerless as they watched her life spiral out of control. NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES The Dread Pirate's Confidante forbes.com They first met in 2002, when they were both college freshmen at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ross declared a major in physics and went on to pursue graduate studies at Penn State. Richard declared in computer science and went to go work for Paypal. Today, Ross Ulbricht is accused of being the Dread Pirate Roberts, the operator of Silk Road, an online drugs black market, and Richard Bates is a witness for the prosecution. DOESN'T CUT GRASS, MAKES IT RUN IN FEAR This Nightmare Machine Mows Ditches digg.com This horrifying thing is a Claas Xerion 3300 VC Octopus, which is a stupid name because it has four arms instead of eight. But don't say that to its face. BLOODIED BUT UNBOWED Harry Reid In Winter politico.com The Senate Democrats' wounded leader is eager to show that he's still pulling the strings. Get more stories on Digg.com → BLUE SEA AT NIGHT, PHOTOG'S DELIGHT This Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 photo made with a long exposure shows the glow from a Noctiluca scintillans algal bloom along the seashore in Hong Kong. The luminescence, also called Sea Sparkle, is triggered by farm pollution that can be devastating to marine life and local fisheries, according to University of Georgia oceanographer Samantha Joye. Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Evolution Is Making A U-Turn

You're A Luddite? Don't Worry, It's Human Nature, Why 1978 Was The Least Worst Year For America's Most Worst Problem, The Wrists Of Birds Reveal Evolution Undoing Itself, How Exactly Are McDonalds Fries Made?, Prosecutors In Silk Road Trial Present Damning Evidence From Ross Ulbricht's Computer, Watch These Bottled Waters Turn Instantly To Ice The Daily Digg Thursday, January 22, 2015 GADGETS ARE JUST EPHEMERA You're A Luddite? Don't Worry, It's Human Nature talkingpointsmemo.com The other day, I pointed out the pink sunset between the cluster of bare winter trees behind our house to my five-year-old daughter, and she turned to me, her face blank and said, "Is that real?" GENERATIONAL GAP Why 1978 Was The Least Worst Year For America's Most Worst Problem medium.com The wealth gap is a problem Obama wants to solve  —  but it might be impossible. IT GOES BOTH WAYS The Wrists Of Birds Reveal Evolution Undoing Itself smithsonianmag.com Are you sitting down? Good, because you may be shocked to learn that evolution can retrace its steps. AN EYE FOR SPUDS How Exactly Are McDonalds Fries Made? digg.com And how can we buy them in bulk? HOISTED BY HIS OWN HARD DRIVE Prosecutors In Silk Road Trial Present Damning Evidence From Ross Ulbricht's Computer news.vice.com If alleged Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht had awoke on October 1, 2013 and decided to toss his laptop into the San Francisco Bay, he might still be a free man today. LIQUID TO SOLID IN 5 SECONDS FLAT Watch These Bottled Waters Turn Instantly To Ice digg.com Is it magic? No, it's just really damn cold outside in North Carolina. Get more stories on Digg.com → JANUARY MARCH Indian soldiers practice a march ahead of Republic Day parade celebrations in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. U.S President Barack Obama will be the chief guest at this year's parade, marked annually on Jan. 26. Credit: (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Shtick Burn

Obama's Sick Burn That Everyone You Know Will Be Calling A 'Sick Burn' Or 'Zinger' At Whatever Replaced The Water Cooler In Your Office Tomorrow So You Better Watch This Video So You Know What Everybody Is Talking About, It's Time For Microsoft To Open Source Internet Explorer, Introducing The Stealth Suit, The Best Photos Of 'UFOs' We Found In The Newly-Released Project Blue Book Collection, Are You Drinking Because You're Working Long Hours, Or Are You Working Long Hours To Justify Drinking?, The Fight Over The Gray Wolf, The Most Polarizing Animal In The West The Daily Digg Wednesday, January 21, 2015 'SICK BURN' Obama's Sick Burn That Everyone You Know Will Be Calling A 'Sick Burn' Or 'Zinger' At Whatever Replaced The Water Cooler In Your Office Tomorrow So You Better Watch This Video So You Know What Everybody Is Talking About digg.com Pretty much. BREAK IT SO WE CAN FIX IT It's Time For Microsoft To Open Source Internet Explorer arstechnica.com Being the only closed source mainstream browser isn't a good position. SUITS WE DIGG SPONSORED Introducing The Stealth Suit ministryofsupply.com What keeps you cool in the sun, dry in the rain, and looking good all the time? The Stealth Suit. It's the suit engineered for every occasion. WHEN EVERYTHING WAS A UFO The Best Photos Of 'UFOs' We Found In The Newly-Released Project Blue Book Collection digg.com Up until last week, Project Blue Book's massive catalog of over 10,000 UFO and extraterrestrial reports from the 1940s to the 1970s has only been accessible by visiting the National Archives in Washington. Now that they're easily found online, we dug through them to find the most interesting sightings from our nation's Atomic Era. A DELICIOUS CYCLE Are You Drinking Because You're Working Long Hours, Or Are You Working Long Hours To Justify Drinking? theguardian.com A new study finds a link between working long hours and drinking alcohol at risky levels, but it might not be as simple as it seems. A WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING? The Fight Over The Gray Wolf, The Most Polarizing Animal In The West outsideonline.com Twenty years after wolves were reintroduced in the Northern Rockies, many politicians would still love to see them eradicated, and hunters and ranchers are allowed to kill them by the hundreds. But the animals are not only surviving — they're thriving, and expanding their range at a steady clip. For the people who live on the wild edges of wolf country, their presence can be magical and maddening at once. Get more stories on Digg.com → EAT YOUR VEGGIES, SATAN! People throw turnips at the Jarramplas as he makes his way through the streets beating his drum during the Jarramplas Festival in Piornal, Spain, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. Jarramplas is a character that wears a costume made from colorful strips of fabric, and a devil-like mask and beats a drum through the streets of Piornal while residents throw turnips as a punishment for stealing cattle. The exact origin of the festival are not known, various theories exist from the mythological punishment of Caco by Hercules, to a cattle thief ridiculed and expelled by his neighbors. Jarramplas Festival takes place every year from the 19th till the 20th of January on Saint Sebastian Day. Credit: AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Mutant Musings

Can The Internet Be Archived?, The Supreme Court's Billion-Dollar Mistake, A Video Timeline Of All The X-Men Ever, America's Middle Class Is Unlucky, A Terrifying Near Miss Experience On The Highway, An Oral History Of The Creation Of FX's 'Justified' The Daily Digg Tuesday, January 20, 2015 COBWEB Can The Internet Be Archived? newyorker.com The average life of a Web page is about a hundred days. No one believes any longer, if anyone ever did, that "if it's on the Web it must be true," but a lot of people do believe that if it's on the Web it will stay on the Web. Chances are, though, that it actually won't. WHAT'S LEGALESE FOR 'WHOOPS'? The Supreme Court's Billion-Dollar Mistake nybooks.com Five years ago this week, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court decided to allow unlimited amounts of corporate spending in political campaigns. How important was that decision? At the time, some said criticism of the decision was overblown, and that fears that it would give outsize influence to powerful interests were unfounded. Now, the evidence is in, and the results are devastating. COURTESY OF BISHOP A Video Timeline Of All The X-Men Ever digg.com Brace yourselves. This is 11 minutes full of mutant history. LEFT BEHIND America's Middle Class Is Unlucky theatlantic.com President Obama's tax plan is Piketty-lite, aimed at reversing years of economic rot among America's poorest 50 percent. DRIVE SAFELY PLEASE A Terrifying Near Miss Experience On The Highway digg.com The driver was blocked by two trucks on a highway in New Jersey and was trying to take a picture when he noticed an out of control semi-truck barreling towards him. The truck narrowly missed his car and instead ended up jumping the guard rail and landing in the opposite lane. The occupants of the truck can be seen exiting the cab of the truck towards the end of the video. GOING DEEP IN HARLAN An Oral History Of The Creation Of FX's 'Justified' uproxx.com With the end of "Justified" in sight, Uproxx thought it would be fun to go back to the beginning and look at the show's journey to the screen from the perspective of the people involved. They talked to some of the key players in the development of the series and the result is this account of how "Justified" came to be. Get more stories on Digg.com → A REVELATION BEST SERVED COLD Men get out of the ice cold water after plunging into it to mark Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers will plunge into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Credit: AP Photo/Sergei Grits Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

My Robot Is Street Legal

The True Tragedy Of 'American Sniper', No One Really Knows How Secure Government Social Media Is, Oscar Films For Every Personality, Octopus Squeezes Its Way To Freedom Through Impossibly Small Opening, There's A Functional Mech Robot For Sale On Amazon For $1M, 300 Movies Edited Into A Single Trailer The Daily Digg Monday, January 19, 2015 FILMS FROM THE FRONT The True Tragedy Of 'American Sniper' buzzfeed.com What America's most popular war movie says about our nation's continued alienation from the front lines. PASSWORD IS WHITEHOUSE123 No One Really Knows How Secure Government Social Media Is buzzfeed.com There's no centralized way to find out if the proper security measures are being used to protect government accounts. OSCAR MYERS-BRIGGS Oscar Films For Every Personality nytimes.com Forget Academy-approved categories like best picture and best director. Here are worthy nominated movies to suit a variety of tastes and worldviews. EIGHT-LEGGED FREAK Octopus Squeezes Its Way To Freedom Through Impossibly Small Opening digg.com For all intents and purposes, this octopus basically teleports from inside a boat to the water outside. IS THAT THING STREET LEGAL? There's A Functional Mech Robot For Sale On Amazon For $1M theverge.com The robot is Kuratas, a passion project of Japanese blacksmith Kogoro Kurata that has been in development for several years. It's 3.8 meters (12.5 feet) tall, weighs 5 tons, and should be able to scare the snot out of entire towns with aplomb. IMAGINE IF EVERY MOVIE WAS CONNECTED 300 Movies Edited Into A Single Trailer digg.com About two minutes into this you're going to realize that there's not much difference between this — a nonsensical jumble of famous movies set to inspiring music — and just about every other trailer out there. Get more stories on Digg.com → FACING THE COMPETITION DR Congo's soccer fan painted in his national colors gestures during the African Cup of Nations Group B soccer match between DR Congo and Zambia in Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. Credit: (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014