Swipe Derecho

In the spirit of thinking more deeply about boundaries, we've picked out border stories for you. Stories about courtship, hardship, bedazzling, and fake passports.

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Oct 15

DIGG + FUSION A Note From This Weekend's Guest Editor: Fusion Editor-In-Chief, Dodai Stewart digg.com In the spirit of thinking more deeply about boundaries, we've picked out border stories for you. Stories about courtship, hardship, bedazzling, and fake passports. LIVING ON THE EDGE SWIPE DERECHO When Your Tinder Date Lives Across The Border fusion.net At first they were laughing, telling stories, listening to music. But at some point, he thought, This isn't worth it. "We are crossing countries like it's the easiest thing in the world," he says. "But actually, it's not." WORLD'S WORST COMMUTE What It's Like To Live On One Side Of The Border, And Work On The Other theatlantic.com Some residents of border towns cross the line every day, to get to work or school. JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR BORDERED The Insane, High-Stakes Life Of A Border Paramedic story.californiasunday.com Drownings, shootings, high-speed accidents, immigrants in labor — all just part of the job. ENERGY WE DIGG | SPONSORED Get 4 Free LEDs To Do Something Fossil Fuel Companies Will Hate arcadiapower.com Arcadia Power lets you access clean energy for your home or apartment in all 50 states. It only takes three minutes to set up and is free. Plus, they are offering 4 free LEDs to Digg readers. EXTREME WAYS BUGGING THE BATTLEFIELD How The Vietnam War Brought High-Tech Border Surveillance To America paleofuture.gizmodo.com From 1968 until 1973, the US military spent about $1 billion a year on a new computer-powered initiative intended to end the war in Vietnam. BUILT TO THRILL Chasing Niagara Falls In A Kayak sports.vice.com "Worst-case scenario was that I dropped 150 feet and hit a rock, which would have been certain death." Pro-kayaker Rafa Ortiz wanted to paddle over the waterfall at one of the world's most famous borders. Or did he? DON'T FENCE ME IN Tunnels, Drones, Jet Skis, And Planes: How The Cartels Beat A Border Wall thedailybeast.com By air, by sea, by secret subterranean tunnel: Smugglers are resourceful. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE What The Hell Are Somali Immigrants Doing In The Panamanian Jungle? fusion.net "If you have the opportunity to leave Somalia, you go." VIDEO OF THE DAY THE NEED FOR SPEED These Little Pink Pills Are Destroying A Continent digg.com That's all folks. Have yourselves one heckuva weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Flying Is A Real Downer

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Air travel sucks, the art of sound design in porn, and that one time the British hung rotting corpses in cages.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Oct 14

THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Flying Is Getting Worse 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: Air travel sucks, the art of sound design in porn, and that one time the British hung rotting corpses in cages. INTRODUCING THE NEW DRONE WARFARE Are Flying IEDs The Next Big Threat? warontherocks.com On Tuesday, French media broke the story that two French soldiers in Erbil had been severely injured and two Peshmerga fighters killed by what appears to be the first successful use of a drone carrying explosives. If confirmed, this would be the first known instance in which an explosive, booby-trapped drone was successfully used by a non-state actor against Western forces. FROM THE DIGG STORE 100% Wirefree Earbuds For 50% Off store.digg.com These earbuds have a minimal design, fit comfortably in your ears (without falling out) and deliver top-notch sound. Bonus! They're completely wireless and on super sale. HOW? THE RIGHT STICK How Video Games Are Changing The Way Soccer Is Played nytimes.com Games like FIFA that were designed to reflect the sport's reality have helped alter it, influencing professional players and front offices. STRANGER TIMES How Ten Outsiders Created The Indy Newspaper That's Lasted A Quarter Of A Century blog.longreads.com Twenty-five years after its debut, here is the story of an independent newspaper in Seattle that spawned Dan Savage and won a Pulitzer Prize. A LITERAL ARMS RACE How Did The Introduction Of Guns Change Native America? aeon.co Multilateral imperial politics triggered an indigenous arms race and led to the violent transformation of Native America. FLUNKING OUT IT'S A BUSINESS NOT A CHARITY Why For-Profit Education Fails theatlantic.com Investors aiming to start an education revolution have, with regularity, lost their shirts. WE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AT LUNCHABLES The Evolution Of School Lunches Over The Past Century mentalfloss.com A hundred years ago, school lunch as we know it didn't exist. Now, its ubiquitous. Here's how the midday meal has evolved through the years. VIDEO OF THE DAY 'DO YOU HAVE APPLE PAY? WE DON'T TAKE IT' An All-Too-Accurate Parody Of What Using A Chip Credit Card Is Like digg.com Insert it. Wait. Remove it. Wait, no, that was too quick. Could you insert it again? IN THE NEWS Big Donors Urge The RNC To Cut Ties With Donald Trump Donald Trump Calls Allegations By Women 'False Smears' Justice Department Will Track Police Killings And Use Of Force Entire US Political System 'Under Attack' By Russian Hacking, Experts Warn United Airlines Systemwide Computer Glitch Leads To Delayed Flights, Paper Tickets, Long Lines Fresh Wave Of Airstrikes Hit Syria's Aleppo That's all for this morning. If you're flying today, we're sorry. You'll get through this. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Do You Kiss Your Maker With That Mouth?

Wolfram Alpha wants to be more than just a search engine — it wants to change how we understand language.

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Oct 13

SPEAKING OUR LANGUAGE A WINNING EQUATION How Wolfram Alpha Wants To Change Language backchannel.com Wolfram Alpha wants to be more than just a search engine — it wants to change how we understand language. LAW OF THE BAND The Man Musicians Call When Two Tunes Sound Alike nytimes.com Peter Oxendale is a "forensic musicologist." When a musician suspects they've been plagiarized, that's when he gets to work. ROBOTOMOBILE This Engineer Built An Amazing Voice-Controlled Robot Car In His Garage jalopnik.com Paulo Camasmie is an engineer who thinks in a way that car companies aren't. "Atticus" is designed as a human-helping robot first and a car second. FROM JAMES ALLEN | SPONSORED Everything You Should Know About Buying An Engagement Ring digg.com From how much you should spend to what the Four C's are, here's everything you need to know before buying an engagement ring. HOW'D YA SWING THAT? WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK How To Get Banned From The World's Most Remote Place, And Other Stories digg.com Banned for life from a tiny island in the South Atlantic, a fight to leave Adderall behind, and more of the best longreads of the week. 'DEFYING GRAVITY, MAKING WEATHER' WATCH: Levitating Cloud Speaker Brings A Mini Thunderstorm Into Your Living Room digg.com We never thought we would want a big fluffy cloud floating around in our living room cranking tunes, but then again, we never thought such a magical thing existed. GOOD, CLEAN FUN STAY POSI Straight Edge: How One 46-Second Song Started A 35-Year Movement medium.com No drugs, no booze… just "positive mental attitude" and lots of testosterone. AN EVIL GENIUS Who Invented The Haunted House? popularmechanics.com The DIY history of a Halloween tradition. VIDEO OF THE DAY OK, YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED Darth Vader Makes His Appearance In The New 'Rogue One' Trailer digg.com The new trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" gives us a closer look at Jyn and her fellow rebels, as well as the Empire's forces inside the Death Star. IN THE NEWS Slew Of New Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Donald Trump Emerge Wells Fargo Chairman And CEO John Stumpf Is Retiring Immediately Soylent Recalls Its Bars After Reports They Made People Violently Ill Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature World's Longest-Reigning Monarch, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dies After 70-year reign Happy Thursday, go forth and spread the gospel of straight-edge (at least until the weekend, at which point we will definitely need a beer). View the Edition at Digg.com »

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