A Fancy Cult, Amazon's World Domination, And More Weekend Reads

Inside The World's Chicest Cult

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Jul 16

WEEKEND LONG READS Inside The World's Chicest Cult harpersbazaar.com "Everyone has a threshold for New Age spirituality. At Spirit Weavers, a highly Instagrammable, sold-out women's retreat, I hit mine." HELP PLS Your Therapist Is Typing... digg.com Between guided mindfulness and text-based therapy, the world of mental health apps ranges from benevolently innocuous to a big, unregulated question mark. PRIME MOVER Jeff Bezos Is Hurtling Toward World Domination newsweek.com Today, the question is not whether Amazon can survive but whether we can survive without Amazon. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN The Mysterious Metamorphosis Of Chuck Close nytimes.com The legendary artist has radically upended his distinctive style of portraiture — and his entire life. Why? STUNTING THEIR WILD OATS Why Isn't There A Male Pill Yet? digg.com ​Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing. But why? IN THE NEWS Turkish Government Repels Military Coup Attempt, Hundreds Dead Nearly 3,000 Turkish Military Members Detained BOXES WE DIGG Themed Boxes For Guys Who Give A Damn bespokepost.com "You can't put a price on the fun you'll have opening these boxes" - Esquire FAN SERVICE A LABOR OF TREKKIE LOVE This Astounding Fan-Made, Stop Motion 'Star Trek' Film Took Eight Years To Make digg.com Forget "Star Trek: Beyond" — the next "Star Trek" you should watch is German Trekkie and filmmaker Jürgen Kaiser's 58-minute, almost entirely DIY "Star Trek Enterprise II: The Beginning Of The End." DRAGONS ON A PLANE WATCH: Samuel L Jackson Explaining 'Game Of Thrones' Is Even More Epic Than The Show digg.com This is probably the most effective advertisement for "Game of Thrones" we've ever seen. Whatever HBO paid Samuel L. Jackson to voice this recap definitely wasn't enough. MORE 'STAR WARS' PLEASE WATCH: The Behind-The-Scenes Reel Has Got Us Pumped For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' digg.com Obviously you can't read too much into a carefully staged behind-the-scenes video, but, well, we're going to read into this: "Rogue One" looks awesome. ASKING THE SMALL QUESTIONS LOOK INTO THEIR EYES Nature's Hidden Order quantamagazine.org Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds' eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random. THE MAN IN THE HARD DRIVE A Quest To Crack The Mysteries Of Our DNA statnews.com A scientist recently pointed me out to his colleagues. "That is not Carl Zimmer," he declared. "Really," he said, pointing to a slim hard drive on the table, "this is Carl Zimmer." HARD TIMES SEARCHING FOR DOCTOR LANUSSE Finding The Man Who Saved My Parents During WWII theatlantic.com What happened to the French doctor my parents had taken in during the Russian siege of Budapest? 'IT WAS DEMEANING AND DEGRADING' Life As A Woman In The Trucking Industry maryreview.com Age 55 at the time, Cathy Sellars set out to find a new profession, one that would offer her an independent lifestyle. She wasn't intimidated by the idea of maneuvering a 40-ton truck, sitting virtually immobile for hours at a time in a hulking pilot seat. What she wasn't ready for was everything else that would come with it. BEFORE YOU GO HARDCORE When You Buy An Apple, It's Already A Year Old digg.com Apple picking season is between August and November. Those apples are rapidly processed and put into cold storage where they lie in wait, all year round. That's it, folks. Enjoy the sun this weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Therapist In Your Pocket

Your Therapist Is Typing...

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Jul 15

HELP PLS Your Therapist Is Typing... digg.com Between guided mindfulness and text-based therapy, the world of mental health apps ranges from benevolently innocuous to a big, unregulated question mark. WHAT'S HAPPENING 84 Dead After Truck Drives Into Crowd Celebrating Bastille Day In Nice, France Newt Gingrich Calls For Tests For All US Muslims After Nice Attack Tim Tebow And Peter Thiel To Speak At The Republican Convention Meet Trump's Reported VP Pick, Governor Mike Pence SERVICES WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Startup Has Completely Reimagined Legal Services For Entrepreneurs lawtrades.com LawTrades is a smarter way to get business legal help. Their platform lets you get an upfront price quote, talk to a lawyer, and get legal work done for 60% less than what traditional law firms cost. PUZZLIN' EVIDENCE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK NASA Is, For Sure, Covering Up UFO Activity, And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: What NASA doesn't want you to know about UFOs, a world where all drugs are legal and how poison ivy works. THE TAMIR RICE STORY How To Make A Police Shooting Disappear gq.com How does a 12-year-old boy with a toy gun on a playground get shot to death on-camera by the police without anyone getting charged? Put another way: How does a small group of government officials make this case disappear without a trial? Here's how. YOU NEED TO MAKE IT DYNAMIC You're Probably Stretching Wrong qz.com Although the American College of Sports Medicine recommends static stretching, or holding a pose that lengthens a muscle group, for 15 to 30 seconds three to five times at least twice a week, evidence to back up the benefits of this kind of stretching is pretty murky. HIGH STANDARDS The Whistleblowing Doctor Who Happened To Work On MKULTRA thebigroundtable.com An eminent physician did not hesitate to blast his colleagues for their ethical lapses. But was he in any position to criticize? DEPENDS ON HOW YOU ROLL Experts Finally Know How Much Weed Is In The Average Joint nytimes.com How much marijuana is in a typical joint? Believe it or not, the question has perplexed experts for years. A new study claims to have an accurate estimate based on federal arrest data, and it's less than regular users think. CHILL, DUDE Why Big Pharma Is Fighting Legal Weed washingtonpost.com People are actually using marijuana as medicine, and pharmacuetical companies don't like that. BEFORE YOU GO THE REAL L33T HAX0R Watch As Elite Password Hacking Software Cracks Thousands Of Passwords In Seconds digg.com Dr. Mike Pound demonstrates how a password hacking hardware called "Beast" can make short work of your "strong" passwords. Now go change your passwords — and then have a good weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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