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We May Be On The Verge Of Space War And Other Facts, What Digg Is Building Next, Another Reason To Love Your WiFi Network, Why Taylor Woolrich Wanted A Gun, Donald Trump Really Recorded This Amazing Ancient-Internet Flash Ad, The CEO Selling Clothes That Speak Internet The Daily Digg Friday, August 14, 2015 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK We May Be On The Verge Of Space War And Other Facts digg.com This week we learned that a Blood Space War is nigh, MIT has a Jaeger program and the Flying Spaghetti Monster is real. DIGGS WE DIGG What Digg Is Building Next blog.digg.com We think there's space for conversation on Digg – conversation that's focused on stories (or "links" if you're old-school). A place for discovering great content and a great place for conversation. That's the next phase of Digg. CHATROOMS WE DIGG SPONSORED Another Reason To Love Your WiFi Network digg.com FlashChat allows you to connect with people who are sharing the same WiFi network. Coffee shops, work, airports... the options are endless, unless you're using dial-up. A TRIGGER WARNING Why Taylor Woolrich Wanted A Gun buzzfeed.com For four years, a Dartmouth student had been relentlessly stalked by an older man. The legal system couldn't protect her, so she wanted permission to carry a gun on campus. One year after becoming a gun-rights poster girl, Taylor Woolrich tells her story. CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO DONALDNESS! Donald Trump Really Recorded This Amazing Ancient-Internet Flash Ad digg.com Digg has unearthed this Web 1.0 gem from 2006 featuring "The Donald" doing all manners of chores for All detergent. The ad seems strangely prescient considering the slew of comments Donald has been directing at women lately, and we have to admit, it's more than a little satisfying seeing Donald "hard at work." J33N SPEAK The CEO Selling Clothes That Speak Internet nymag.com If you haven't heard of Shop Jeen, that's because you're not a 19-year-old with pastel-pink hair and an iPhone plastered in emoji stickers. Get more stories on Digg.com → A STARRY-EYED SURPRISE ​A general view of the stars above Sycamore Gap prior to the Perseid Meteor Shower above Hadrian's Wall near Bardon Mill, England, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Wednesday night, but much of the UK is facing cloudy conditions. The best places to view the event is in northern England and Scotland. Credit: AP Photo/Scott Heppell 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

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A Comedian's Crusade Against Child Pornography, The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized, This Could Be The Best Suitcase You'll Ever Own, The Forever-Doomed Eastern Europe Of Our Imaginations, Is California In The Middle Of A Wildfire Apocalypse? (No), The Complex Origins Of Boiled Peanuts The Daily Digg Thursday, August 13, 2015 NOT FUNNY BUSINESS A Comedian's Crusade Against Child Pornography digg.com On this week's episode of "Reply All" — In 1992, comedian Barry Crimmins told an audience that he had been repeatedly raped as a child, and during the course of the 1990s he waged a one-man campaign against AOL and child pornography-dedicated chatrooms it hosted. THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized digg.com Bareknuckle fighting and dreaming of the big time in Florida, Canada's overbearing maple syrup cartel, and the intense, dangerous world of doctored softball bats. SUITCASES WE DIGG SPONSORED This Could Be The Best Suitcase You'll Ever Own trunkster.co The Trunkster has it all: USB charging, a built-in digital scale, location tracking and no zippers . Yeah. We're pretty confident that it's the bag of the future. And you can preorder now for 40% off. DOCTOR WHO? The Forever-Doomed Eastern Europe Of Our Imaginations theawl.com Unsurprisingly, the creation imaginary Eastern European countries for super villain backstories has not been kind to the West's perception of Eastern Europe. EMBER'S GAME Is California In The Middle Of A Wildfire Apocalypse? (No) buzzfeed.com A review of federal wildfire data shows that the situation in the West is not unusual, and fire-prone areas including California have actually had a comparatively calm season. A NUTTY HISTORY The Complex Origins Of Boiled Peanuts seriouseats.com Boiled peanuts are a Southern staple and are seen as an edible symbol of the region, but what are the origins of the tasty cuisine? Get more stories on Digg.com → UNDERWATER BLACKOUT The Los Angeles Reservoir is covered with over 90 million black plastic balls in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The city has completed a program of covering its open-air reservoirs with floating, 4-inch diameter "shade balls" to protect water quality by blocking sunlight from penetrating the 175-acre surface of the reservoir, preventing chemical reactions that can cause algae blooms and other problems. Credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes 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

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The Teflon Toxin, Is More Parental Leave For Daddy Good Or Bad For Women?, Meet The Chinese Rappers Bringing Hip-Hop To The Middle Kingdom, How Life And Luck Changed Earth's Minerals, WATCH: Eagle Takes Down Drone And Reclaims The Skies For Itself, What We Need To Do To Prepare For Another Nuclear Event The Daily Digg Wednesday, August 12, 2015 TEFLON CON The Teflon Toxin firstlook.org Concerns about the safety of Teflon, C8, and other long-chain perfluorinated chemicals first came to wide public attention more than a decade ago, but the story of DuPont's long involvement with C8 has never been fully told. WHAT WE'RE READING IN POLITICS THIS WEEK Is More Parental Leave For Daddy Good Or Bad For Women? digg.com Also: the Republican debate *pops off*, Bern interrupted and Obama gets called an anti-semite. FAR EAST MOVEMENT Meet The Chinese Rappers Bringing Hip-Hop To The Middle Kingdom huffingtonpost.com Who's the bigger hater, the Communist Party or Confucius? NOT ROCK STEADY How Life And Luck Changed Earth's Minerals quantamagazine.org Is geology predictable, or is the mineral composition of Earth due to chance events? The answers could eventually help scientists identify planets likely to harbor life. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WATCH: Eagle Takes Down Drone And Reclaims The Skies For Itself digg.com It's the Luddite's dream — nature striking down invasive technology. (Don't worry, the eagle is okay!) IF THEY DROP THE BOMB What We Need To Do To Prepare For Another Nuclear Event digg.com Denial about the threat of a nuclear attack means that we are not very well-prepared for nuclear and radiological events. Get more stories on Digg.com → IT'S A DOG-DRINK-BEER WORLD ​Barny, the Harveys Brewery dog has a sniff of a pint of beer at the Great British Beer Festival, at Olympia in London, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The five day event is organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), with over 900 real ales, ciders, perries and international beers on offer. Credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth 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