That's Not A Trick, It's My Illusion!

Researcher Kohske Takahashi calls it the "curvature blindness illusion" and it's very trippy.

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MASS ILLUSION THE LINES ARE ALL THE SAME SHAPE A New Optical Illusion Was Just Discovered, And It's Breaking Our Brains digg.com Researcher Kohske Takahashi calls it the "curvature blindness illusion" and it's very trippy. LIGHT SHOES, LIGHT WALLETS Inside The Cult Of The Vaporfly runnersworld.com Meet the obsessive runners who will do anything—and spend everything—to get their feet inside a pair of Nike's most hyped and least available shoes. AUTOMATE IT YOUR WAY Robots Will Transform Fast Food theatlantic.com And that might not be a bad thing. BANKING WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Bank Account Can Get You Paid Up To 2 Days Early chimebank.com With Chime Banking, when you receive a payroll direct deposit to your Chime Spending Account, your paycheck posts up to two days early. That's two less days of sad rent week cereal dinners. THE WEEK IN PHOTOS THE GOOD STUFF ON THE INTERNET Flickr's Top Photos Of The Year Are Stunning digg.com Flickr dug through what its users posted this year and selected its favorite photos — and they're wonderful. CALIFORNIA WILD FIRES FROM SPACE The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com 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. CURATED BY VIEWFIND The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com The defining news photos of 2017, domestic slavery in India, and the weird world of wildlife contraband. DARK PLACES WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS WATCHING? Inside Elsagate, The Conspiracy-Fueled War On Creepy YouTube Kids Videos theverge.com Sometimes, a conspiracy subreddit gets it right. THE FASCIST NEXT DOOR How Did A White Supremacist Get A Job As An Equal Employment Officer? splinternews.com A self-identified "fascist," who discussed racial superiority on a podcast he hosted, was listed as being in charge of nondiscrimination policy for his company. YOU CAN BUY SOME EXTREMELY WEIRD SHIT The Bizarre eBay Instagram Account You Never Knew You Needed racked.com If you're not already one of the 19.5K who follows her feed, @ebaybae is an ode to the cornucopia of items listed for sale on eBay, from the wonderfully weird (like a 26.9 pound, 8 foot long gummy worm) to the seriously covetable (a 1995 Gianni Versace bathrobe) and slightly macabre (a burial suit that claims to be a more eco-friendly alternative to a coffin). VIDEO OF THE DAY A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH What's The Smallest Hole A Mouse Can Fit Through? digg.com It depends on how lazy they are. DIGG PICKS The Best Robot Vacuum On Amazon Is 56% Off Right Now amazon.com The Eufy robot vacuum outperforms other higher-priced models in tests. You can schedule it to clean when you're not home, and it will return to its dock to charge after cleaning. It typically costs $399, but is on sale for $259. Here's something that's not an illusion: It's Saturday and there are only two more work weeks before the holiday break. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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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: It doesn't matter what brand of phone you own, restaurant hype is a scam and staring into the sun will burn your retinas.

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TRADING PLACES WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK You Don't Need An iPhone Anymore, 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: It doesn't matter what brand of phone you own, restaurant hype is a scam and staring into the sun will burn your retinas. LIFE HITS A CUL DE SAC How Our Housing Choices Make Adult Friendships More Difficult vox.com "Land use," as it's rather aridly known, shapes behavior and sociality. And in America we have settled on patterns of land use that might as well have been designed to prevent spontaneous encounters, the kind out of which rich social ties are built. 'YOU HAD A DAUGHTER BEFORE ME?' The Adopted Black Baby, And The White One Who Replaced Her nytimes.com "Is it true that you had a daughter before me?" asked Amy, who, like her brothers, was adopted at birth. DOING JUST FINE ON HER OWN Ada Blackjack, The Forgotten Sole Survivor Of An Odd Arctic Expedition atlasobscura.com In the early 1920s, 23-year-old Blackjack endured a two-year stay on frosty Wrangel Island. GEAR WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Compact Photography Bag Gets The Job Done peakdesign.com The folks at Peak Design are photography gear legends. Their latest bag is also their smallest and lightest, ideal for carrying your camera, done and everyday gear. RISE OF THE MACHINES WE HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS What You Should Know About Bitcoin's Ridiculous Surge In Value digg.com The price of Bitcoin came close to hitting $20,000 today before settling down around a still-insane $16,000. It was at less than $1,000 at the beginning of the year. Here's what's going on. AUTOMATE IT YOUR WAY Robots Will Transform Fast Food theatlantic.com And that might not be a bad thing. PROGRAMMER FRANK N. STEIN'S MONSTER AI Is Now So Complex Its Creators Can't Trust Why It Makes Decisions qz.com There's a core problem with this technology, whether it's being used in social media or for the Mars rover: The programmers that built it don't know why AI makes one decision over another. AND NOW HE'S WAY RICHER THAN YOU WATCH: A Painfully Accurate Parody Of That Guy In Your Office Who Bought Bitcoin digg.com "Look it's called blockchain... you wouldn't get it." VIDEO OF THE DAY 'I'M A HOUSE PARTY ENTHUSIAST' This Bro's Speech To The LA City Council Might Be The Funniest Thing We've Seen All Year digg.com We honestly can't tell if this is an elaborate prank or not, but we're choosing to believe that this is sincere, because sometimes you just need to believe in something good. IN THE NEWS Congress Passes Short-Term Deal To Stave Off Shutdown, Setting Up Late-December Spending Fight US Payrolls Rise 228,000 While Wages Gain Less Than Forecast Newly Discovered Email Shows Effort To Give Trump Campaign WikiLeaks Documents Arizona Congressman Quits After Asking Female Staffers About Surrogacy DIGG PICKS Bose's Beloved Noise-Canceling Headphones Are 40% Off amazon.com Do yourself a massive favor and get these for the holidays. They'll save you from noisy planes, packed trains and drunk Uncle Larry's post-dinner soliloquies. Don't know about you, but we're hella stoked to tear it up at a house party this weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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