Meanwhile, Back At The Bunny Ranch

The best things to come out of human tribalism are the stories, a few of which we'll share here with you in this newsletter. Check out Digg.com for more picks.

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Sep 24

QUARTZ + DIGG It's A Nasty And Wonderful World: A Note From This Weekend's Guest Editor, Gideon Lichfield digg.com The best things to come out of human tribalism are the stories, a few of which we'll share here with you in this newsletter. Check out Digg.com for more picks. WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT? THERE'S WALDO London Has Built A Team Of Detectives Full Of People Who Never Forget Faces newyorker.com Remembering every face is not nomal, but it is useful. Especially to spot criminals. CLOCK'S TICKING The Apple Watch Is The Most Anxiety-Inducing Device I've Ever Owned qz.com The Watch was supposed to leave us with just the things we really needed. But that's hardly how it works. START SLIDE SHOW These Memories Won't Last memories.sutueatsflies.com When you look back on your life, what memories would you choose to share? NOTHING IS REAL Many Scientific 'Truths' Are, In Fact, False qz.com If a scientific study can't be reproduced, were the results ever true? FROM OUR FRIENDS AT STASH Why You Should Start Investing While You're Young And Broke digg.com Turns out, starting to invest when you don't have much money or experience can actually be an advantage. Here's why. ON THE JOB SEX SELLS Inside Nevada's Moonlite Bunny Ranch: Come For The Sex. Stay For The Negotiation Skills. qz.com Moonlite Bunny Ranch is more than just a brothel. It's a contradictory place where women can go to learn to own their value, and get paid accordingly. DEEP DIVE A Former BP Supervisor Who Was Indicted For The Deepwater Horizon Spill Tells His Story texasmonthly.com Four years after his indictment, one of the only people prosecuted for the Deepwater Horizon explosion tells his side of the story. BOTTOM'S UP BUT DON'T FEEL OBLIGED WATCH: The Complete Guide To Business Drinking In China digg.com Alcohol can lubricate dealmaking and consensus-building around the world, but it's particularly powerful in China. VIDEO OF THE DAY I SAID A HIP HOP Deconstructing The Best Rhymes Of All Time Explains Why Rap Is Great digg.com Vox reconstructs the history of rapping through the syllables and sounds that make its incredibly complex beats connect, and in some cases, disconnect. That's all for this dispatch. Check out Digg dot com for more of Quartz's picks! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Where Did All These Babies Come From?

During the chaotic end of the Vietnam War, the United States undertook an operation to evacuate thousands of children from Vietnam. Supposedly all orphaned, they were slated to be adopted out to waiting U.S. families.

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Sep 22

FOOTNOTES TO HISTORY IT WAS NOT CHILD'S PLAY After The Vietnam War, America Flew Planes Full Of Babies Back To The US atlasobscura.com During the chaotic end of the Vietnam War, the United States undertook an operation to evacuate thousands of children from Vietnam. Supposedly all orphaned, they were slated to be adopted out to waiting U.S. families. HE WANTED TO BE ANECDOTAL DATA Why The Father of Modern Statistics Didn't Believe Smoking Caused Cancer priceonomics.com While Ronald Fisher was wrong about the specifics, there is still debate over whether he was wrong about the statistics. WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK How To Get Rid Of Rats Forever, And Other Stories digg.com A new plan to stop rats, the decline and fall of Chyna, and more of the best long reads of the week. SMOOTHIES WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Best Ready-To-Blend Smoothies You've Ever Had daily-harvest.com Daily Harvest delivers perfectly portioned smoothies straight to your door. Just throw the ingredients into the blender, add some milk and you're all set. Plus, they make superfoods like avocado, camu and hemp taste like dessert. Hell yes to that. Try it now and get your first two smoothies on us. SAY WHAT NOW? FUNNY JUNK The Dark Web Is Mostly Full Of Garbage gizmodo.com The dark web is known as the secret place for hackers-for-hire, hitmen, internet drug kingpins, child pornographers, and their inevitable customers. But really, most the dark web just resembles the internet of 20 years ago. TALK ACCURATELY TO ME Listen To The Super Lifelike Computer Voice Google Is Building digg.com DeepMind — the Google company behind AlphaGo, the groundbreaking "Go"-playing bot — is working on a new speech generator called WaveNet, and it sounds really, really good. DA DIALECT OF DA DALEYS IS RARE The Disappearing Chicago Accent chicagoreader.com In its most undiluted expression, the Chicago accent — dialect of Daleys, the sound of CTA announcements ("Customer assistance is needed at the key-ask") — is layered with local history: settlement, immigration, segregation, industrialization, globalization. LIFE HACKS HOW TO BE AN ADULT Just How Clean Do You Need To Be? digg.com How often should you be taking care of basic hygiene routines anyway? Of course, needs will differ from person to person, but overdoing it can wasteful of both your time and your fancy soaps. A WEARABLE SHACKLE Your Fancy Health Trackers May Be Making It Harder For You To Lose Weight nytimes.com Wearable activity monitors can count your steps and track your movements, but they don't, apparently, help you lose weight. In fact, you might lose more weight without them. VIDEO OF THE DAY SELF-DRIVING CARS: THE NEXT GENERATION Holy Crap, Someone Made A Working Transformer Out Of A BMW digg.com It may not have Optimus Prime's voice or fighting capability, but this creation from Turkey has that classic "looks-and-drives-like-a-real-car-and-then-transforms-into-a-standing-robot" thing going on. IN THE NEWS State Of Emergency Declared As Charlotte Police Shooting Protests Continue Into Second Night There's A Kickstarter To Reissue Carl Sagan's Golden Record 1.5 Million In Puerto Rico Lose Power Jubilation As Scientists Use 'Virtual Unwrapping' To Read Burnt Ancient Scroll We hope your Thursday commute doesn't require a shape-shifting car. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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We Were Wrong About Some Stuff

Almost Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong, Part 2

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Sep 21

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TRUST NO ONE IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY Almost Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong, Part 2 digg.com We're just barely two days into this week, yet again the foundations that ground our society are crumbling: The moderately wealthy are actually poor, the five-second rule is wrong and Britain hates pubs. UNDER PRESSURE The Deflategate Scientists Unlock Their Lab nytimes.com The researchers whose work led to Tom Brady's suspension have never spoken publicly. Now they're eager to say they were right, no matter what Patriots fans believe. NOTHING TO WAG YOUR TAIL ABOUT Something's Rotten In The Pet Food Industry modernfarmer.com In theory, the Food and Drug Administration regulates pet food. In practice, limited resources and the need to prioritize human safety have led the FDA to effectively cede federal oversight to the Association of American Feed Control Officials. The end result: few national safeguards to prevent, or even discourage, the use of questionable meat meal. THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICAN SPYCRAFT Women Of The CIA newsweek.com There are more women in the CIA then ever before, with women operating at unprecedented levels on every floor of CIA headquarters and throughout its far flung global outposts. Yet women remain underrepresented in executive-level jobs and the clandestine service. SMILES WE DIGG | SPONSORED How To Fix Your Teeth, Without The Whole 'Having Braces' Thing smiledirectclub.com If you're thinking about braces but don't want to spend a fortune, SmileDirectClub's got you. Their aligners are invisible, affordable and shipped straight to your door. Everything's assessed online, so you don't even need to visit the orthodontist. ALL AUTO EVERYTHING THE TENNIS SHOE THAT WORE A COMPUTER The Secret Lab Where Nike Invented The Power-Lacing Shoe Of Our Dreams wired.com "Back To The Future II" introduced the Nike Mag, and finally, after 28 years, Nike is ready to bring it to market in the form of the HyperAdapt. OLD FOLKS CAN GET DOWN WITH TECH, TOO How Florida Became The Most Important US State In The Race To Legalize Self-Driving Cars qz.com "This is our generation's transition from horse-and-buggy to the Model T." TESLA MOTORBOATS Scientists In Amsterdam Will Test Self-Driving Boats In The City's Canals qz.com Researchers are planning to launch "roboats" to traverse the Dutch capital's canals next year, part of a five-year project to test the self-driving vessels' ability to transport people and goods in a city whose area is about one-quarter water. VIDEO OF THE DAY LINK'S MOVING CASTLE 'Zelda' Animated Like A Miyazaki Movie Is Basically Perfect digg.com Literally the only thing wrong with this reimagining of "Zelda" as a Studio Ghibli film is that there's only a minute and 45 seconds of it to stare at. IN THE NEWS Suspected Manhattan Bomber Worked For The AP, Was Sympathetic To Taliban 12 Officers Injured As Protests Break Out In NC After Police Fatally Shoot Man China's Tiangong-1 Space Station 'Out Of Control' And Will Crash To Earth Have a great day and watch out for falling space stations. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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