Whoop There It Is

Welcome To Gibtown, The Last 'Freakshow' Town In America, Confessions Of A Disordered Eater, The Best Way To Almost Ruin A Guitar And Other Facts From This Week, The Secret Lives Of L.A.'s Bottle-Service Girls, Playing Hockey Upside Down On The Underside Of A Frozen Pond, Your Cough Might Kill This Baby The Daily Digg Friday, February 27, 2015 GEEK LIFE Welcome To Gibtown, The Last 'Freakshow' Town In America theguardian.com With the demise of the carnival, an important slice of American history risks being lost – but the residents of Gibsonton, Florida, are trying to keep the legacy of the town's famous "freaks" alive. FOOD FIGHT Confessions Of A Disordered Eater buzzfeed.com After a lifetime struggling with compulsive, secretive, and restrictive eating, I'm still figuring out how to have a healthy relationship with food. WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK The Best Way To Almost Ruin A Guitar And Other Facts From This Week digg.com This week we learned that you can shred licks while shredding waves, even monks can enjoy a good snowball fight and boobs in video games are unrealistic. BOTTLE-SERVICE JOURNALISM The Secret Lives Of L.A.'s Bottle-Service Girls firstwefeast.com The ladies on the front lines of Hollywood's VIP nightspots pull back the velvet rope and open up about misconceptions, tricks of the trade, and how to avoid being the biggest douche in the club. ICING ON THE STICK Playing Hockey Upside Down On The Underside Of A Frozen Pond digg.com Because hockey isn't already difficult enough with all the slipping and sliding around. WHOOP THERE IT IS Your Cough Might Kill This Baby medium.com Thought measles was bad? Meet whooping cough: highly contagious, especially fatal to infants, and making a comeback. Get more stories on Digg.com → CAT FANCY Les Kroemer is dwarfed by a likeness of Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in Marion, Ind. Kroemer shoveled the likeness onto the frozen surface of Wagner Lake behind his home. Credit: AP Photo/The Chronicle-Tribune, Jeff Morehead 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

It's Puppies All The Way Down

A Postcard From Guantanamo, Foreign Governments Gave Millions To Foundation While Clinton Was At State Dept., You're A Grown-Up, Time For A Grown-Up Watch., Students Say Colleges Should Let Them Judge Sexual Assault Cases, VIDEO: Try To Guess How Many Basset Hounds Are Going To Come Out Of This Dog House, Why I Joined ISIS The Daily Digg Thursday, February 26, 2015 'I AM NOT CORN' A Postcard From Guantanamo vice.com How Mohamedou Ould Slahi became a suspected terrorist, then a best-selling author. UNOFFICIAL STATE BUSINESS Foreign Governments Gave Millions To Foundation While Clinton Was At State Dept. washingtonpost.com The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration, foundation officials disclosed Wednesday. TIMEPIECES WE DIGG SPONSORED You're A Grown-Up, Time For A Grown-Up Watch. mvmtwatches.com Clothes don't make the man. Accessories do. A VOICE IN THE MATTER Students Say Colleges Should Let Them Judge Sexual Assault Cases bloomberg.com The government discourages colleges from letting students sit on hearing boards for sexual assault cases, but a group of students thinks a student presence could improve the process. A DOGGY CLOWN CAR VIDEO: Try To Guess How Many Basset Hounds Are Going To Come Out Of This Dog House digg.com This is a game that we would like to play every day. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND Why I Joined ISIS medium.com In interviews conducted with ISIS fighters and supporters over the past few months, Maya Gebeily tried to bring it back to basics: why did you join, what's it like, where's your family? Over Skype and Twitter, they gave her a glimpse inside their heads. Get more stories on Digg.com → DO YOU SEE THE SCHOONER? A small ship is lit by a ray of sunshine as it sails up the Tagus river, in Lisbon, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Everyday boats, ferries and cargo ships sail up and down the river on their way to dock or leave the ports of the Portuguese capital. Credit: AP Photo/Francisco Seco 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

Pimps And Nazi Cattle

Where An Ant Goes When Its Gotta Go, VIDEO: A Gritty Short Based On 'Power Rangers' Starring James Van Der Beek And Katee Sackhoff, Get Rid Of The Bulge In Your Pocket (No, Not That One), Pimps And Nazi Cattle: A Translator's Adventures In The Dictionary, VIDEO: What The Lowest-Density Solid On Earth Sounds Like, The Near And Far Future Of Libraries The Daily Digg Wednesday, February 25, 2015 DON'T SHIT IN ANTHILLS Where An Ant Goes When Its Gotta Go sciencenews.org Most of us think ants are unsanitary. But scientists have spotted ant behaviors that show that the insects are cleaner than you might think. Some ant species are known to form "kitchen middens" outside their nests, full of waste and fecal material. YOU READ THAT RIGHT VIDEO: A Gritty Short Based On 'Power Rangers' Starring James Van Der Beek And Katee Sackhoff digg.com Adi Shankar took his (and a lot of peoples') favorite childhood TV show and followed the disembodied-head-recruits-child-soldiers-for-space war plot of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" to it's dark, logical conclusion. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Get Rid Of The Bulge In Your Pocket (No, Not That One) GetKeySmart.com It's only taken thousands of years, but finally there's a more elegant way to carry your keys. OF PIMPS AND PYKNICS Pimps And Nazi Cattle: A Translator's Adventures In The Dictionary theparisreview.org In the novel by Patrick Modiano I'm translating, a bus stops at Cross Road in Bournemouth "devant un cottage pimpant," and I had a feeling, somehow, that my first try, "in front of a pimpin' little cottage," was probably not right. AEROGEL JAMS VIDEO: What The Lowest-Density Solid On Earth Sounds Like digg.com Aerogel is almost entirely air. It's manufactured for a number of reasons — including its lightness and low thermal conductivity — but the unusual sound it makes is just gravy on top. DEWEY DECIMEL 5000 IS HERE TO SERVE The Near And Far Future Of Libraries hopesandfears.com As archives become digital and machines become smarter, what function will libraries serve ten years and ten thousand years from now? Get more stories on Digg.com → PRETTY FAST FOR A BIKER A cyclist rides in between cars in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. A public bike rental scheme was inaugurated last year but there are still few cycling lanes in the Spanish capital. 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

What Happens Next Won't Surprise You

What If Putin Were Nice?, Michael Keaton Stuffing His Speech Back In His Pocket After Realizing He Lost, Anatomy Of A Fake, Viral Story: The Priest Who Met A Female God In His Near-Death Experience, The Surprising History Of Gay Marriage In The Navajo Nation, Ping Pong Player Shuts Down Opponent With A Mercilessly Chill Behind-The-Back Return, I've Just Seen A (DNA-Generated) Face The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 24, 2015 LOGLINE FOR THE WORST FANFIC What If Putin Were Nice? politico.com In truth, there would be very little difference in Russia's anti-Western policies. THE SADDEST 6 SECONDS OF THE OSCARS Michael Keaton Stuffing His Speech Back In His Pocket After Realizing He Lost digg.com "But my name's not Eddie R— Oh..." FORGIVE THEM, THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY RT Anatomy Of A Fake, Viral Story: The Priest Who Met A Female God In His Near-Death Experience digg.com How one website fabricated a story that plays on our hopes and fears, and how everyone else repeated their lie. IT WAS LEGAL UNTIL 2005 The Surprising History Of Gay Marriage In The Navajo Nation fusion.net Ahead of a historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, a parallel debate is raging inside another sovereign nation within U.S. borders: the Navajo nation. YOU'LL FEEL THIS IN YOUR SOUL Ping Pong Player Shuts Down Opponent With A Mercilessly Chill Behind-The-Back Return digg.com This just in: It's possible to be a hotshot and ice cold at the same time. AREN'T THOSE JUST CALLED 'FACES'? I've Just Seen A (DNA-Generated) Face nytimes.com The faces here, which look a bit like video game avatars, are actually portraits drawn from DNA. Get more stories on Digg.com → FLOUR POWER Local revelers celebrate Clean Monday with a flour war, a unique colorful flour fight marking the end of the carnival season in the port town of Galaxidi, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of Athens, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Although Clean Monday ceremonies abound across Greece, the most common being kite-flying, Galaxidi's flour-fight is unique, and is thought to have been influenced by similar goings-on in Sicily in the 19th century. Credit: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris 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

Let The Bodies Hit The Floor

The Insanely Dangerous, Weirdly Meditative Sport Of Freediving, Bodyslams, And Other News, VIDEO: Neil Patrick Harris' Oscar Opener Was Going Well Until Jack Black Got Fed Up With It, God Is In These Waters, Are We Headed For 'Peak Code'? Not Likely, Renting A Boyfriend In China The Daily Digg Monday, February 23, 2015 GOING UNDER The Insanely Dangerous, Weirdly Meditative Sport Of Freediving wired.com Imagine holding your breath for three minutes. Now imagine doing it as you dive to depths of 200 feet or more. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Bodyslams, And Other News digg.com Food tinkerers registered some weird patents, statistics were abused, and wrestling moves popped up in sports that aren't wrestling. A MUSICAL SPECTACULAR VIDEO: Neil Patrick Harris' Oscar Opener Was Going Well Until Jack Black Got Fed Up With It digg.com Did you know Neil Patrick Harris was in "Star Wars" and "The Goonies?" Yep, he's been a time traveling musical wunderkind this whole time. THE YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA God Is In These Waters narrative.ly Equipped with a beat-up old sloop and a boatload of literary inspiration, a Mainer-turned-city-slicker sets sail on an epic 2,000-mile journey to rediscover the coast of his youth. CODING YOURSELF OUT OF A JOB Are We Headed For 'Peak Code'? Not Likely motherboard.vice.com There's a possible future in which programmers make themselves redundant by being too good at, well, programming. The best code by the best programmer doesn't need to be rewritten, and so that task is eliminated from the marketplace — along with the programmer. DO YOU HAVE TO RENT A TUX FOR HIM TOO? Renting A Boyfriend In China foreignaffairs.com How to survive the Chinese New Year. Get more stories on Digg.com → A SKIP IN THEIR STEP Texas Rangers players warm up during spring training baseball practice, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in Surprise, Ariz. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel 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