Left Behind

This is Rikers, Rocket Science Is Still Really Hard, And Other News, Get New Skills, Get A Better Job, What Happened To The Lefties In Men's Tennis?, Remembering Nuon, The Gaming Chip That Nearly Changed The World — But Didn't, Gay Vampires And Bisexual Cowboys: Why Erotica Has E-Readers To Thank The Daily Digg Monday, June 29, 2015 ON THE INSIDE This is Rikers themarshallproject.org As long as the City of New York has owned Rikers Island, since the 1880s, it has been a place for the unwanted. What it's like today, according to those who live and work there. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Rocket Science Is Still Really Hard, And Other News digg.com SpaceX had a rough weekend, CNN needs to brush up on its sex toys, and what might be behind Facebook's rainbow profile pictures. CLASSES WE DIGG SPONSORED Get New Skills, Get A Better Job skillshare.com With over 1400 courses, Skillshare has everything you've ever wanted to learn. Learn what you want, at your own pace (and sign up now for a free 14-day trial). LEFT BEHIND What Happened To The Lefties In Men's Tennis? telegraph.co.uk Only two of the men's top 32 seeds at this year's Wimbledon play left-handed. What happened? CHIP OFF THE NEW BLOCK Remembering Nuon, The Gaming Chip That Nearly Changed The World — But Didn't arstechnica.com How DVD players and game consoles nearly combined to rock consumer electronics in the 90s. CAN'T JUDGE A COVERLESS BOOK Gay Vampires And Bisexual Cowboys: Why Erotica Has E-Readers To Thank theguardian.com Few benefits of the e-reader are as attractive as the privacy it affords, and so after the launch of the Kindle, that's when erotic romance really took off. Get more stories on Digg.com → SAY CHEESE Actors perform during the closing ceremony of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Sunday, June 28, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Week's Best Videos: Badminton and Good Handshakes

This Is Not The Confederate Flag, The Reason Rain Barrels Are Illegal In Colorado, This Rugby Player Knows All The Handshakes, Beautifully Rude Badminton Shot Wins The Point, Unsuspecting Pilot's Equally Unsuspecting Cat Comes Along For A Plane Ride, Don't Fall Into The Lake Texoma Intake Vortex The Daily Digg Sunday, June 28, 2015 WRONG, WRONG, WRONG AGAIN This Is Not The Confederate Flag digg.com CGP Grey Explains that, well, the Confederacy were really godawful at flag design, and that the flag that we think of as the "Confederate flag" never was that, officially. Sidebar: it still represents and glorifies the brutal racism of that time, so don't even think about using this video as an excuse for why Wal-Mart should start selling them again or something. MINER OFFENSES The Reason Rain Barrels Are Illegal In Colorado digg.com Rain falls from the sky, but if you live in Colorado you're not allowed to let that rain pour into something for you to use later. James Amos explains where this bizarre law has its origins. SCRUM CHUMS This Rugby Player Knows All The Handshakes digg.com Maybe just quit sports and become captain of the being a cool guy squad? BADMINTON, BETTERMINTON, BESTMINTON Beautifully Rude Badminton Shot Wins The Point digg.com Hans-Kristian Vittinghus knows how to win with style. A PLANE WITH TWO TAILS Unsuspecting Pilot's Equally Unsuspecting Cat Comes Along For A Plane Ride digg.com The only explanation for this is that the cat saw a cloud that looked like a fish and needed to take a closer look. MAY CAUSE FEELINGS OF VERTIGO Don't Fall Into The Lake Texoma Intake Vortex digg.com This intake vortex is, according to the uploader, 8 feet in diameter and capable of sucking in a whole boat. Why is it doing that? Well, because the water drains out through the Denison Dam, to make sure things don't overflow. And if you fell into it, you'd almost certainly be crushed by the pressure. Get more stories on Digg.com → THE WEEK'S BEST SHORT The word "more" has never carried more weight or sadness than in this beautiful animated short from Alan Holly. This was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and nominated for the Annies — watch and you'll know why. Credit: And Maps And Plans Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Pretend You're At Work

'I Don't Believe In God, But I Believe In Lithium', Adults Love To Pretend They're At Work And Other Facts, Why Shoot Photos When You Can Shoot PHHHOTOS?, How A Makeup Mogul Liberated Women By Putting Them In A Pretty New Cage, WATCH: Relaxing Footage Of A Wooden Flute Being Born, The Death Of Golf The Daily Digg Friday, June 26, 2015 A TROPHICAL DEPRESSION 'I Don't Believe In God, But I Believe In Lithium' nytimes.com My 20-year struggle with bipolar disorder. WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Adults Love To Pretend They're At Work And Other Facts digg.com This week we learned that adults ruin jokes, your poop is the key to happiness and being a celbri-tree is not easy. NO THAT'S NOT A TYPO SPONSORED Why Shoot Photos When You Can Shoot PHHHOTOS? digg.com Look, we love photographs. We love taking them. We love sharing them. We even love featuring them here on Digg. But sometimes we want more than what just a single image can offer. We want a video without the length of a video, a picture that's more vibrant than a picture, a GIF that's cooler than a GIF. What we want is a PHHHOTO. COVERING UP TO STAND OUT How A Makeup Mogul Liberated Women By Putting Them In A Pretty New Cage collectorsweekly.com For the flapper feminists of the 1910s and 1920s, makeup became a tool of liberation — both economic and sexual — and Helena Rubinstein taught them how to apply it. HELLO WORLD WATCH: Relaxing Footage Of A Wooden Flute Being Born digg.com Winne Clement is a musician and instrument-maker. Here Winnie makes a flute from start to finish. GONE TO GREENER PASTURES The Death Of Golf mensjournal.com It's expensive, difficult, and demands the kind of time most people get only when they go on vacation — or retire. From the dried up fairways of Southern California to the vacant course-side condos ion the Carolina coast, we survey the sport's demise — and the entrepreneurs hoping to reinvent it for a new, less patient generation. Get more stories on Digg.com → WHAT THE DUCK Crew members work on the L'Hermione as a giant rubber duck sails up the Delaware River between Camden, N.J. and Philadelphia during a tall ships parade, Thursday, June 25, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Troll Detective

Who Set Jessica Chambers On Fire? The Internet Is Trying To Find Out, Three Great Articles Worth Your Time This Week, Your Website Should Look Like 2015, Not 1997, A Teen Started A Facebook Community Parodying Adult Life. And Then Adults Ruined It, Who Lost Iraq?, Who Owns The Dead? The Daily Digg Thursday, June 25, 2015 TROLL DETECTIVE Who Set Jessica Chambers On Fire? The Internet Is Trying To Find Out buzzfeed.com Six months ago, a teenager was burned alive in a tiny Mississippi town. Police say they still don't know who killed her or why, leaving the mystery in the hands of amateur online sleuths who may be doing more harm than good. When does a private tragedy become a public pastime? THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST Three Great Articles Worth Your Time This Week digg.com ​In this week's edition of the Long-Reader's Digest: Two dead bodies in matching wetsuits and a search for answers, troubled pregnancies in fracking country, and on the ground with the 'SEAL Team 6' of disaster response. WEBSITES WE DIGG SPONSORED Your Website Should Look Like 2015, Not 1997 squarespace.com Whether you want a website for your passion project, your portfolio or your wedding (congrats!), Squarespace gives you all the tools you need to create a website that doesn't look like it was built in 1997. OFFICE DEBASED A Teen Started A Facebook Community Parodying Adult Life. And Then Adults Ruined It digg.com On this week's episode of "Reply All" — how a teenager reacts when his parody of adulthood gets overrun by adults. EVERYONE? Who Lost Iraq? politico.com Did George W. Bush create the Islamic State? Did Barack Obama? Asking the insiders to tell us who's to blame. DEATH COMES HOME Who Owns The Dead? newrepublic.com For decades, Americans have been increasingly distanced from the dead. A small group of women is working to change that. Get more stories on Digg.com → PLEDGING FEALTY Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles as a little robot waves to the her during a reception at the 'Technische Universitaet' (Technical University) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are on an official visit to Germany until Friday, June 26. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Facial Discrimination

Distorted Faces: Living With Facial Disfigurement, Under Cover Of Darkness, Female Janitors Face Rape And Assault, With Running Gear This Beautiful, You'll Have No Excuse To Not Exercise, I Spent The Last 15 Years Trying To Become An American, And I've Failed, What Is The Largest Possible Inhabitable World?, The Wait-For-Google-To-Do-It Strategy The Daily Digg Wednesday, June 24, 2015 FACIAL DISCRIMINATION Distorted Faces: Living With Facial Disfigurement digg.com In a world obsessed with beauty, living with a facial disfigurement can be hard. An exploration of what it's like to look different, and what's being done to help. MESSY PROBLEMS Under Cover Of Darkness, Female Janitors Face Rape And Assault revealnews.org It was the isolation that made Erika Morales most wary of her job as a night shift janitor. The solitude had begun to feel like a trap. GEAR WE DIGG SPONSORED With Running Gear This Beautiful, You'll Have No Excuse To Not Exercise tracksmith.com Running apparel comfortable enough for your hardest workouts and stylish enough for all day on the town sounds impossible. Enter Tracksmith, which gives you the best of both worlds. CAST AWAY I Spent The Last 15 Years Trying To Become An American, And I've Failed vox.com "I have lived in America for the past 15 years. I have two Ivy League degrees. And I am on the verge of deportation." WARNING: HERE BE EQUATIONS What Is The Largest Possible Inhabitable World? aleph.se In part, it depends on how you define "largest," "possible," "inhabitable" and "world." LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU The Wait-For-Google-To-Do-It Strategy technologyreview.com America's communications ­infrastructure is finally getting some crucial upgrades because Google is forcing ­competition when regulators won't. Get more stories on Digg.com → SOME LIKE IT HOT A man jumps over a bonfire during the night of San Juan in Alcobendas near Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The San Juan night coincides with the Summer solstice and it's the welcome to Summer. This celebration takes place during the shortest night of the year in almost all cities and towns of Spain. Credit: AP Photo/Andres Kudacki Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014