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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Google image search is the bane of tattoo culture, Instagram inspires people to live in vans and Silicon Valley produces the most useless juicer.

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THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Tattoos Are Bad Now, 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: Google image search is the bane of tattoo culture, Instagram inspires people to live in vans and Silicon Valley produces the most useless juicer. GOOPS The Unbearable Wrongness Of Gwyneth Paltrow theoutline.com What's at the heart of Paltrow's empire? Is she just a dedicated health-seeker taking us on her path for utmost physical and spiritual well-being? No. Paltrow's Goop is pure, unadulterated, blood-diamond free, organic-certified, biodynamic, moon-dusted bullshit. INTERROGATING THE PROCESS How Does The Government Decide Who's A Terrorist? trial-and-terror.theintercept.com The U.S. government has prosecuted 796 people for terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. Most of them never even got close to committing an act of violence. ENERGY WE DIGG | SPONSORED Here's $20, Now Go Make Some Fossil Fuel Companies Mad arcadiapower.com Arcadia Power lets you access clean energy for your home, no matter where you live. It's completely free, and, if you sign up right now, they'll even take $20 off your next utility bill. For those interested in supporting renewable energy (and sticking it to The Man), this is a no-brainer. CTRL + ALT + DEL CLOSING THE BOOK Torching The Modern-Day Library Of Alexandria theatlantic.com "Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them." SUBSTANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE Why Old Operating Systems Never Really Go Away tedium.co It ain't just about Windows, macOS, or Linux. Also-ran or fairly obscure operating systems, like OS/2, are everywhere — in some cases, hiding under your nose. SOLID Intel's Next-Generation SSD Technology Is Finally Ready And It's Really, Really Fast theverge.com Intel and Micron Technology have been working on a new-generation memory technology since about 2012. It's called 3D XPoint (not to be confused with 3D NAND), and it's absurdly fast. VIDEO OF THE DAY HIGH FANTASY Throwing Up A Handful Of M&Ms During A Zero G Pushover Is Totally Radical digg.com As a plane shifts from a climb to a dive, there is a fleeting moment where gravity lets up and everything seems possible. IN THE NEWS French Policeman Killed On Champs Élysé​e​s In 'Terrorist' Attack Trump Had A Secret Meeting With Colombian Leaders At Mar-a-Lago, And Other Trump News From Today US Prepares Charges To Seek Julian Assange's Arrest What's Going On With The 'DaddyOFive' Controversy Roiling YouTube? Alex Jones Testified In Court That He Smoked Weed Yearly To 'Monitor Its Strength' DIGG DEBRIEF The Day's Important Political News, Straight To Your Inbox digg.com If you can't keep up with all the news coming out of Washington DC these days (we don't blame you), catch up every afternoon with our newsletter roundup of the day's important Trump news. Click here to sign up. Don't worry, we still like your tattoo. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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