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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: Silicon Valley just freaking loves money, soon they'll own the government but maybe it doesn't have to be this way.

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WELCOME TO YOUR E-LIFE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Everyone Wants To Be A Tech Billionaire, 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: Silicon Valley just freaking loves money, soon they'll own the government but maybe it doesn't have to be this way. LOGGING ON Navigating A Digital World After 40 Years In Prison splinternews.com Edward Minor had a paper due for his English class on income inequality at Wayne County Community College in Detroit. He'd completed all the research and knew what he wanted to write. The main issue was time—he only had a few hours. ARE YOU A WICKED MANIAC? WORK AT AMAZON The Most Commonly Used Words In Tech Giants' Job Listings Will Make You Never Want To Work At A Tech Giant digg.com Are these job listings or character descriptions for Disney movie villains? BUT WHAT IF WE ADD THE BLOCKCHAIN? The Artificial Intelligence Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet medium.com A confluence of ideas and technology trends has been rebranded as "AI" over the past few years. This rebranding is worthy of some scrutiny. VAPES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Here's Everything You Need To Start Vaping (For $1) blu.com E-Cig pioneer Blu is offering their myblu starter kit — which includes their myblu e-cig, a charger and the fan-favorite Gold Leaf liquidpod — for $1. Insane, right? SMOH KWEED HAPPY 4/20 A Brief History Of Stoner Movies digg.com What better day to look back at the trailblazers of stoner movie history than today? Let Fan Service be your guide. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES 'A DEATHTRAP' The Worst Plane Ever Made foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com Developed by a man described as "the greatest charlatan ever to see his name associated with an airplane," the Christmas Bullet was the rare kind of fighter which had a perfect kill ratio: it killed everyone who ever tried to fly it. ROPE-A-DOPE The Man Who Brought Down Lance Armstrong theatlantic.com Floyd Landis, a former teammate of the cyclist's, just won more than $1 million in a legal case against Armstrong. Here are his thoughts on the suit, cycling, and his onetime rival. CUBA AMORE 'My Dearest Fidel': An ABC Journalist's Secret Liaison With Fidel Castro politico.com The untold story of how Lisa Howard's intimate diplomacy with Cuba's revolutionary leader changed the course of the Cold War. VIDEO OF THE DAY NOTHING TODAY COMPARES TO IT The Original Version Of Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Has Just Been Released And It's Freaking Amazing digg.com The video also contains never-before-soon footage of Prince & The Revolution rehearsing in 1984. IN THE NEWS Comey Memos Leak, Detailing Trump's Comments On Russia, Reservations About Flynn Chuck Schumer Says He'll Introduce Weed Decriminalization Bill Giuliani Says He Is Joining Trump's Legal Team To 'Negotiate An End' To Mueller Probe Lance Armstrong Reaches $5 Million Settlement With US Government FROM THE DIGG STORE The World's Largest Entertainment Library Isn't on Netflix Or Hulu — It's Here store.digg.com SelectTV let's you stream 300,000 TV episodes, 200,000 movies, 50,000 radio stations and 2,000 channels on all your devices. Subscribe now, and they'll throw in a free HD Antenna. We propose a toast to a quick Friday and a splendid Saturday and Sunday. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Youth Is Vaped On The Young

Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found.

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Apr 19

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YOUTHFUL INDISCRETIONS 'THIS CRAZY FREEDOM, AND STRESS' Birthright Israel And #MeToo jewishcurrents.org Jewish Currents spoke with more than 50 Birthright Israel participants and staffers about their experiences with the often-fraught sexual and gender dynamics on the famous free trip to Israel. Here is what we found. WAS XWEETOK NAMED FOR XENU? Neopets Was Run By Scientologists theoutline.com Executives even suggested adding religious principles to the game. CREME BRULEE PODS ARE NOT COOL New York Teens Created The Biggest Vape Trend (And Now They're Over It) thecut.com By the time the Juul epidemic was covered in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and emails from school principals, teens had been ripping Juuls for two full years. PACKS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Two Very Similar Bags, Two Very Different Uses Nomatic.com The magicians at Nomatic have figured out how to create a space for everything you need to take without taking up too much space. Their bags have all the organization you want and none of the bulk you don't. MONEY MOVES AH, THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY The Richest Person Of All Time From Each State, Mapped digg.com Jeff Bezos hasn't caught up with Walmart founder Sam Walton (who died in 1992) or John D. Rockefeller (who died in 1937 and remains the richest American of all time). At least, he hasn't caught up yet. PROFESSIONAL INSTAGRAM IS WILD, Y'ALL PopSugar Stole Influencers' Instagrams — Along With Their Profits racked.com The lifestyle website stripped bloggers' affiliate links from their posts and added the site's own. FIGHT FOR MORE THAN JUST $15 We're Talking About The Minimum Wage All Wrong splinternews.com Instead of trying to minimize all job loss, those defending wage increases should also fight for a robust welfare state that includes things like generous unemployment insurance and decoupling benefits like health care from employment (a la Medicare for all). VIDEO OF THE DAY BALL OUT This Machine Makes A Perfect Wooden Ball Super Fast And We Can't Stop Watching It digg.com One perfectly round wooden ball is satisfying. How about infinite perfectly round wooden balls? IN THE NEWS Is Nikki Haley The Only Member Of The Trump Administration Willing To Stand Up To Trump? Ex-Playboy Model Let Out Of Contract Silencing Trump Affair Story New York's Attorney General Is Investigating Bitcoin Exchanges California Opens Investigation Into Tesla Workplace Conditions North Korea Wants Total Denuclearization, Says Seoul WITH FLEETWIT | SPONSORED The Go-To Trivia App for Jeopardy Contestants digg.com Some trivia apps are all about the show. Fleetwit is all about the trivia. That's probably why it's the go-to trivia app for over 100 ex-Jeopardy and game show contestants. Be glad you're not in high school. (Unless you are in high school, in which case we're sorry.) View the Edition at Digg.com »

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