America's Weed Is Getting Whitewashed

America's Whites-Only Weed Boom, Retirees Pulled Off The Biggest Heist In British History, And Other Great Stories, The History Of History's Luckiest Charms, Before Rosa Parks, There Was A 15-Year-Old Schoolgirl Who Refused To Move, The Suspicious Authenticity Of One Of Israel's Best Known National Symbols, Who The Experts (And President Obama) Are Picking In The NCAA Tournament The Daily Digg Thursday, March 17, 2016 WHITEWASHING THE GREEN RUSH America's Whites-Only Weed Boom buzzfeed.com Black Americans were disproportionately targeted in the "war on drugs." Now state laws and steep regulatory costs have left them far more likely to be shut out of America's profitable marijuana boom. WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK Retirees Pulled Off The Biggest Heist In British History, And Other Great Stories digg.com The biggest jewelry heist in British history was pulled off by a bunch of 60- and 70-year-olds, people aren't sure what's going on with Richard Simmons, and more of the best longform of the week. THEY'RE MAGICALLY AUSPICIOUS SPONSORED The History Of History's Luckiest Charms digg.com If you've ever wondered why lucky horseshoes are a thing and how rare four-leaf clovers really are, then prepare for us to drop some leprechaun-sized knowledge on you. NEVER TOO YOUNG TO CHANGE THE WORLD Before Rosa Parks, There Was A 15-Year-Old Schoolgirl Who Refused To Move historybuff.com Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to move from her seat. However, the NAACP decided not to use her case to challenge the segregation laws. MAADANA BEGUILES The Suspicious Authenticity Of One Of Israel's Best Known National Symbols newrepublic.com How did a questionable inscription on a seal of mysterious origins get catapulted to mythical status in Israeli culture? SPARTANS VS JAYHAWKS Who The Experts (And President Obama) Are Picking In The NCAA Tournament digg.com March Madness is upon us, and with it, the bracket challenges. If you're still mulling over your picks, we broke down what the top experts think will happen. Get more stories on Digg.com TIES THAT BIND ​An ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride enters to the men's section of the wedding to fulfill the Mitzvah tantz, in which family members and honored rabbis are invited to dance in front of the bride, often holding a gartel, and then dancing with the groom, during her wedding to the grandson of the Rabbi of the Tzanz Hasidic dynasty community, in Netanya, Israel. Credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Kentucky Fried History

Clinton, Trump Win Big; Rubio Drops Out, Get Your Last-Minute Bracket Advice From FiveThirtyEight, Never Fear Changing Your Duvet Cover Again, The 1996 Chicago Bulls And The NBA's Greatest Season Ever, The Long, Strange Life Of Harland 'Colonel' Sanders, VIDEO: Watch A Waterjet Cutter Slice Through A Metal Laptop Like Butter The Daily Digg Wednesday, March 16, 2016 MEGA TUESDAY RESULTS Clinton, Trump Win Big; Rubio Drops Out digg.com Hillary Clinton swept Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, while Donald Trump won every state except Ohio, where John Kasich came out ahead. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race after a crushing defeat in Florida, his home state. DIGG DIALOG Get Your Last-Minute Bracket Advice From FiveThirtyEight digg.com Winning your office bracket is fun (and, uh, might win you some cash). So if you have any burning questions about which team to pick, this is your chance to ask a stats expert from FiveThirtyEight. BEDDING WE DIGG SPONSORED Never Fear Changing Your Duvet Cover Again craneandcanopy.com Changing your duvet cover is a miserable experience. Thankfully, the ingeniously designed NOVA Duvet Cover is putting an end to the frustration. Now you can easily stuff your comforter and make the perfect bed in seconds, too. DON'T TELL STEPH CURRY The 1996 Chicago Bulls And The NBA's Greatest Season Ever ca.complex.com "It was perfect. It was like a great novel." HE WAS NO CHICKEN The Long, Strange Life Of Harland 'Colonel' Sanders damninteresting.com In contrast to most other famous food icons, Colonel Sanders was once a living, breathing person, and his life story is considerably more tumultuous than the white-washed corporate biography suggests. EROSION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SLOW VIDEO: Watch A Waterjet Cutter Slice Through A Metal Laptop Like Butter digg.com Whatever you do, please don't use this thing to take a shower. Get more stories on Digg.com HANGING OUT Lara Gut of Switzerland is airborne during a training session for the women's downhill competition at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Credit: AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

You're Not The Only One Who Dreams Of Destroying Comcast, Buddy

The Woman Who Couldn't Swallow, What To Expect From Today's 'Mega Tuesday' Primaries, He Started Digg And Now He's Launching A Newsletter, Why Windows Has A 'Recycle Bin' Instead Of A Trash Can, WATCH: This Documentary About The Fleshlight Factory Is So Very Awkward, The Immortalist: Uploading The Mind To A Computer The Daily Digg Tuesday, March 15, 2016 HARD TO STOMACH The Woman Who Couldn't Swallow digg.com Patients with dyspaghia can't swallow, a condition that's been described as akin to being waterboarded for 24 hours a day. IT'S A DELEGATE SITUATION What To Expect From Today's 'Mega Tuesday' Primaries digg.com "Mega Tuesday" is March 15th, and many experts are dubbing it "the most decisive day" of the primary season. Here's what you can expect as candidates square off in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina. NEWSLETTERS WE DIGG SPONSORED He Started Digg And Now He's Launching A Newsletter thejournal.email You love Digg, so odds are you'll love "The Journal" a new newsletter from Digg Founder Kevin Rose. Published only once a month, each issue features Kevin's picks on tech, body hacking, videos, men's style, podcasts, and more. Sign up and join the 21,000+ members already reading. BILL GATES JUST LOVES RECYCLING? Why Windows Has A 'Recycle Bin' Instead Of A Trash Can atlasobscura.com A 1994 lawsuit by Apple scared other developers away from the garbage can. NSFW: IT'S A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SEX TOYS WATCH: This Documentary About The Fleshlight Factory Is So Very Awkward digg.com The world's best selling male masturbation toy, the Fleshlight, is made in a very unremarkable brick building in Las Vegas, Nevada. There, people do unremarkable things. And that's how Fleshlights are made. GET SOME HIGH-QUALITY HARD DRIVES The Immortalist: Uploading The Mind To A Computer bbc.com While many tech moguls dream of changing the way we live with new smart devices or social media apps, one Russian internet millionaire is trying to change nothing less than our destiny, by making it possible to upload a human brain to a computer Get more stories on Digg.com BONITO A youth fishes by hand using fishing line on the shores of Regla, as commuters cross the bay by ferry to Havana, Cuba. People who fish here tend to catch small sardines and a fish known as "bonito." Credit: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Where Did Where's George Go?

Where's George Is Not Made Of Money, Anxiety and Depression Are On An 80-Year Upswing, It's March And This Suit Deal Is Madness, Young People Are Over Partying And Other Stories, How Can You Listen To Music When You Can't Really Hear?, What's It Like To Go On A Wild, Wild West Journey? The Daily Digg Monday, March 14, 2016 BUT WHERE THERE'S A BILL, THERE'S A WAY Where's George Is Not Made Of Money digg.com Where's George, one of the break-out successes of the nascent web, is being slowly left behind by the rest of the Internet. A SAD TRUTH Anxiety and Depression Are On An 80-Year Upswing nymag.com When someone claims pop music is getting much dumber, or college kids are much more prone to mental illness, odds are pretty good the claim in question is a bit overblown. Sometimes, though, there are exceptions. SUITS WE DIGG SPONSORED It's March And This Suit Deal Is Madness indochino.com This week only Indochino's offering up to 50% off spring suits and shirts, plus free global shipping on orders over $150. Use promo code SPRING16. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Young People Are Over Partying And Other Stories digg.com Welcome to What You Missed This Weekend. This week: why young people prefer running to drinking, Ariana Grande's musical impressions and a forgotten subculture obsessed with chasing the dollar. TURN IT UP TO 11 How Can You Listen To Music When You Can't Really Hear? motherjones.com One doctor is teaming up with Juilliard composers to find the answer. DIGG DIALOG What's It Like To Go On A Wild, Wild West Journey? digg.com Author and historian Alexis Coe went on a 7-day wagon ride, retracing the path of the California Gold Rush in search of the American Dream. Read her piece and join her today at 12pm EST. Leave your comments now! Get more stories on Digg.com SHEER BEAUTY An alpaca walks to rejoin the herd after getting sheered on the Mallkini Hacienda in the highlands of the Puno department in Peru. Alpaca breeders sell the fiber for $3 a pound, but the same amount on the international market can fetch as much as $300, according to agrarian authorities in Puno. Credit: AP Photo/Martin Mejia Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002