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Saturday, 20 May 2017

5/20 Blaze It

How a family of hog farmers handle the leftovers of the world's most indulgent city.
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Morning · Sat, May 20
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HOW THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE
PIG SKIN CITY
The Pigs Who Keep Vegas Buffets Running
eater.com
How a family of hog farmers handle the leftovers of the world's most indulgent city.
GOT IT GOING ON
The Oral History Of Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'
billboard.com
CĂ©line Dion never wanted to sing "My Heart Will Go On." Actually, she hated it.
UP AND OUT
WATCH: Turkey's Brilliant Tow Trucks Put The US To Shame
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With Turkey's side-loading tow truck replacement, a car is loaded and gone in under a minute.
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What A 21st Century Wallet Should Be
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The Arceo Wallet is made out of durable carbon fiber and sealed with magnets. It's designed for maximum storage, so you can securely carry up to 14 cards and won't have to worry about over-stretching elastic bands.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
THE (NOT SO) LITTLE (NOT SO) RED SPOT
The Week's Best Space Photos
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Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system, and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week.
NEED SOMETHING TO READ?
Child Psychopaths And More Of The Best Long Reads Of The Week
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A gripping custody battle, a modern-day slave, treatments for child psychopaths and other great stories.
CURATED BY VIEWFIND
The Best Photography Of The Week
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This week: The real world of "Twin Peaks," the jarring work of Stanley Greene and a reimagining of race and power.
LEADING LIGHTS
PLANTING THE SEEDS
Apple Originals
mashable.com
Apple is up to something in Hollywood, but no one knows exactly what. Not even Apple.
HE'S BAKK
Selling The Apocalypse: The Second Coming Of Televangelist Jim Bakker
buzzfeed.com
Thirty years ago, the televangelist — who rose to fame in the '70s with his wife Tammy Faye — had a very public fall from grace with fraud charges and a sex scandal. Now, he's back.
EVERYTHING WAS ILLUMINATED
What Was The Universe's First Light?
quantamagazine.org
A series of observations at the very edge of the universe has reignited a debate over what lifted the primordial cosmic fog.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
LET THE STRESS MELT AWAY
Hey, You Deserve To Watch This Video Of A Baby Emu Playing With Some Basset Hounds
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It's been a long week, huh? This will help.
FROM THE DIGG STORE
The Best Robot Vacuums For Less Than $400
digg.com
Robot vacuums are great for setting animals atop and creating viral videos. But, turns out, they're also pretty good for cleaning your house.
It's spring. It's Saturday. What more could you want?

Friday, 19 May 2017

Let's All Dump Chrome Together

This week, we learned that Chrome is a garbage browser, cars have gotten a lot safer and MP3s are a dying breed.
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Morning · Fri, May 19
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JUST BROWSING
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
You Should Be Using Opera Instead Of Chrome, And Other Facts
digg.com
This week, we learned that Chrome is a garbage browser, cars have gotten a lot safer and MP3s are a dying breed.
HASHTAG LIFE
An Oral History Of The #Hashtag
wired.com
Whether you first knew # as a number sign, the pound symbol or a tic-tac-toe board, its incarnation as the hashtag has changed language for millions.
1977 WAS A GOOD YEAR
The Biggest Movie From The Year You Were Born
thrillist.com
Your entire birth year deserves a symbolic movie, too, the BIGGEST film from a 12-month window that surely says something about where you've come from, and who you've become.
SHE CLICKED SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
Lost In The Digital Swamp, Link By Link
nytimes.com
Clicking "Around The Web" links feels like taking a tour through the internet's id — each grotesque screenshot and gender stereotype that manages to override our thinking brains and reduce us to pure click monsters.
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InvizBox Go is a discreet and portable VPN device that protects all your other internet devices when using WiFi. There's no installation, it works everywhere, and even doubles as a 5000mAH charger. They're shipping now, so you can get one immediately.
DARK ENTERTAINMENT
THE WEIRD KIND OF ESCAPISM
Why America Desperately Needs The 'Twin Peaks' Revival Right Now
theweek.com
In the Black Lodge of the Trump years, we need Agent Cooper's resilient humanity.
IT'S XENOMORPHIN' TIME
What The Reviews Have To Say About 'Alien: Covenant'
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It's a sequel to "Prometheus," a prequel to "Alien," and there's plenty of face-hugging, flesh-bursting and bloody messes to go around. Here's what the reviews have to say.
THIS COULD BE UTERUS BUT YOU PLAYING
Could 'The Handmaid's Tale' Actually Happen?
theatlantic.com
We're a long way from Gilead, praise be, but pollution can hurt fertility.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHO IS SHE?
Little Boy Completely And Utterly Transfixed By Little Girl During Playtime
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He's got his mom, he's got a kiddie shopping cart, he's got some Oreos. But the only thing that has got his attention is a new arrival.
IN THE NEWS
Sweden Drops Assange Prosecution But British Police Say He Still Faces Arrest
Anthony Weiner Expected To Plead Guilty To Transferring Obscene Material To A Minor
Comey Pushed Trump Away After Repeated Personal Inquiries About Investigation, And Other Trump News From Today
FBI Once Warned GOP Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him
House Oversight Chair Jason Chaffetz Resigns — Here's What You Need To Know
SLEEP WE DIGG | SPONSORED
It's The Internet's Favorite Mattress For A Reason
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Casper was the first mattress startup to give power back to the consumer. One perfectly-engineered mattress sold directly to customers online, without the middleman markup. Casper mattresses come with a 100-night trial, so go ahead and sleep on it.
It's Friday! You made it to the end of the longest news week in history.