Flies On The Wall

For The First Time Ever, The 'Best Whiskey In The World' Is Not From Scotland, How Many Tahrs Can You Spot In This Landscape, Are GIFs Safe???, What Drones Are Learning From Insects, Dancing At 60 FPS Is Unreal, I Just Bought My First CD Since 2006 And You Should Too The Daily Digg Tuesday, November 4, 2014 TURNING JAPANESE For The First Time Ever, The 'Best Whiskey In The World' Is Not From Scotland independent.co.uk Scottish distilleries are in shock after a Japanese single malt was named the best whiskey in the world. WAIT FOR IT How Many Tahrs Can You Spot In This Landscape digg.com If you're thinking, "What the hell is a tahr?" they're a species closely related to goats. If you're thinking you don't see a single living thing in this image, just you wait. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Are GIFs Safe??? digg.com The Giphy News team has the report. FLIES ON THE WALL What Drones Are Learning From Insects psmag.com Large, unmanned aerial vehicles look like regular (albeit menacing) airplanes. But there are also small drones that resemble big insects, and they're being programmed to act like them too. Insectile drones could evolve into useful minions to track, map, and respond to climate change. PLEASE SET QUALITY TO HIGHEST Dancing At 60 FPS Is Unreal digg.com Does this man have any bones in his body? He might not, but he's making it work for him. TAYLOR-MADE I Just Bought My First CD Since 2006 And You Should Too gizmodo.com Hello. I'm a 33-year old father of two, and I just bought a Taylor Swift CD on Amazon. Let me explain the CD part. Read more on Digg.com → RAISED BLADES An Afghan Shiite flagellates himself with chains and knives during the holy day of Ashoura in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Shiites mark Ashoura, the tenth day of the month of Muharram, to commemorate the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed. Credit: AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Earth: The Final Frontier?

Terminally Ill Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life, There Was A Giant NASCAR Brawl And Almost Everyone Was Involved, What's So Special About MeUndies?, Chris Rock's Last Chance, Syrian Rebels Armed And Trained By U.S. Surrender To Al-Qaeda, How This Working Man Became Japan's Most Controversial Marathoner The Daily Digg Monday, November 3, 2014 R.I.P. Terminally Ill Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life people.com Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29. CAN ONLY USE THEIR LEFT FISTS There Was A Giant NASCAR Brawl And Almost Everyone Was Involved digg.com Following an on-track incident, Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, and seemingly every other NASCAR driver got into a brawl right in front of the cameras. We'd say they should just duke it out on the track, but honestly, a fistfight might be safer than racing. UNDERWEAR WE DIGG SPONSORED What's So Special About MeUndies? digg.com Everything. THE DUKE OF DOUBT Chris Rock's Last Chance newyorker.com He rules in standup but has never quite made it as a filmmaker. Can his new movie change that? YEP, THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT Syrian Rebels Armed And Trained By U.S. Surrender To Al-Qaeda telegraph.co.uk Moderate rebels in Syria that the US.. have armed and trained to fight jihadists have surrendered to Al-Qaeda. RUN AFOUL OF CONVENTION How This Working Man Became Japan's Most Controversial Marathoner fittish.deadspin.com One guy, one not-super-fast-or-important guy has sort of spanked the elite running establishments of Japan, and the U.S. of A. Read more on Digg.com → A WHEEL HERO Kurt Fearnley of Australia kisses his wife Sheridan Fearnley after winning the men's wheeler division at the 2014 New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: What T-Pain Sounds Like Without Autotune, What It's Like To Walk In NYC As A Man And What A Beer Can Do To A Master Lock

T-Pain Performs Without Autotune, Is Awesome, How To Open A Master Lock With A Beer Can, 10 Hours Of Walking In NYC As A Man, Timelapse Reveals How Efficient Oysters Are At Filtering Gross, Murky Water, How To Ask For A Good Haircut, Kid Pilots Dad In Sweet MechWarrior Costume The Daily Digg Sunday, November 2, 2014 THE MAN CAN SING T-Pain Performs Without Autotune, Is Awesome digg.com "People felt like I was using it to sound good," says T-Pain, in an interview that will air on "All Things Considered." "But I was just using it to sound different." CRACK ONE OPEN How To Open A Master Lock With A Beer Can digg.com Yes, it's that easy. Master locks are not going to protect your stuff, especially from drunk people. HEY, YOU WANT A JOB? 10 Hours Of Walking In NYC As A Man digg.com If you're a man and you want more free footballs than you know what to do with, move here. ARE YOU GONNA EAT THAT? Timelapse Reveals How Efficient Oysters Are At Filtering Gross, Murky Water digg.com An adult oyster is capable of filtering 20 to 50 gallons of water per day; here's a whole pile of them filtering one tank in about an hour. VOCABULARY FOR HANDSOMENESS How To Ask For A Good Haircut digg.com Barbers have their own language for how to cut and style your hair, and by not knowing these terms you're sentencing yourself to a lifetime of mediocre haircuts. Just remember, "a little off the top" is the death of all good trims. DAD OF THE YEAR Kid Pilots Dad In Sweet MechWarrior Costume digg.com Most kids think of their dads as superheroes. This is sort of like that, but with more metal and guns. Read more on Digg.com → CAN'T LOOK AWAY All 2,000 pages of drawings for Last Ex's "Girl Seizure" video are freaking us out. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Season Of The Witch

The Prisoners Fighting California's Wildfires, How The Occult Saved Rock And Roll, What We Learned This Week, What's Behind The Great Podcast Renaissance?, Recreating The Shower Scene From 'Psycho' Using Pumpkins, How Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Myth Suckered America The Daily Digg Friday, October 31, 2014 IRONS IN THE FIRE The Prisoners Fighting California's Wildfires buzzfeed.com As climate change makes the role of inmate firefighters in California increasingly crucial, Americans are beginning to ask whether the type of low-level offenders who qualify for the program even deserve to be locked up. SEASON OF THE WITCH How The Occult Saved Rock And Roll pitchfork.com Peter Bebergal on his new book, which explores how ideas of the occult found such a perfect outlet in rock'n'roll and what they tell us about our own humanity. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned what it's like to walk around NYC as a woman, the big problem with American bathrooms and how the economics of sugar daddy dating work. WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN What's Behind The Great Podcast Renaissance? nymag.com What's happening? And why now? The word podcast is roughly ten years old, after all, and the "pod" to which it refers has been discontinued. Still, the genre seems more alive than ever. KEEP THOSE KNIVES SHARP Recreating The Shower Scene From 'Psycho' Using Pumpkins digg.com Many pumpkins were harmed during the making of this stop motion film. WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT How Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Myth Suckered America deadspin.com Myth now dominates our misunderstanding of Muhammad Ali, who was once the most accessible celebrity in the world. The truth of the man is nearly irretrievable. Read more on Digg.com → CREATING SOME VELODRAMA Austrian cyclist Matthias Brandle rides during his attempt to break the hour record at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre velodrome in Aigle, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Brandle broke cycling's historic hour record on Thursday after covering a distance of 51.850 kilometers at the cycling governing body's velodrome. Credit: AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The First Lady Of Murder

The Green Monster, T-Pain Performs Without Autotune, Is Awesome, Now Cooking Doesn't Have To Be A Pain, It Would Take The World's Richest Man 220 Years To Spend His Wealth, Mexico's First Lady Of Murder Is On The Lam, This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America The Daily Digg Thursday, October 30, 2014 FAREWELL, OVERSIGHT The Green Monster politico.com How the Border Patrol became America's most out-of-control law enforcement agency. THE MAN CAN SING T-Pain Performs Without Autotune, Is Awesome digg.com "People felt like I was using it to sound good," says T-Pain, in an interview that will air on "All Things Considered." "But I was just using it to sound different." FOOD WE DIGG SPONSORED Now Cooking Doesn't Have To Be A Pain blueapron.com Why bother with the hassle of grocery shopping? With Blue Apron you get the perfect amount of the freshest ingredients delivered right to your door. Easy shopping, easy recipes, and easy cooking — it really doesn't get much better than this. Oh wait, it does — get 2 free meals on us! GRAPHS THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL POOR It Would Take The World's Richest Man 220 Years To Spend His Wealth theguardian.com Since the financial crisis, the number of billionaires in the world has more than doubled, according to research by Oxfam which warns that economic inequality has "reached extreme levels." IF YOU SEE THIS WOMAN, RUN Mexico's First Lady Of Murder Is On The Lam thedailybeast.com In a city where murderers tortured and killed with seeming impunity, Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa was "the key operator" — and allegedly sealed the fate of 43 student teachers. TEACH FOR AMERICA; LEARN FROM NO ONE This Is What Happens When You Criticize Teach for America m.thenation.com Last year, Wendy Heller Chovnick, a former Teach For America manager, spoke out against her former organization in The Washington Post, decrying its "inability and unwillingness to honestly address valid criticism." An internal media strategy memo, obtained by The Nation, confirms Chovnick's concerns. Read more on Digg.com → A HOLY CELEBRATION Lifeguards keep vigil as Hindu devotees crowd the banks of the River Ganges to performs rituals at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in Patna, India, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. Credit: AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014