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The 9 Big Things That Happened In January 2019, Inside Dau, The 'Stalinist Truman Show', and more.

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DISPATCHES FROM HELL CAPRICORN CONTENT All Of January 2019 In One Big Post digg.com Good gymnastics, bad sexts and a whole bunch of no-good, very bad world events. Here are the nine big things that happened in January 2019, all in one big post. LIVING IN THE PAST, LITERALLY Inside Dau, The Bizarre, Real-Life 'Stalinist Truman Show' theguardian.com What started as a film shoot evolved into a mammoth project which saw the cast eating, working and sleeping on a period set — for years. Is its creator a genius or a monster? A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER One Lawyer, 194 Felony Cases And No Time nytimes.com The Constitution guarantees poor defendants a lawyer. It doesn't say the lawyer will have enough time to actually work their cases. INSURANCE WE DIGG | SPONSORED Save Up To 70% On Auto Insurance smartfinancial.com SmartFinancial Insurance Calculator compares rates from over 50 carriers side by side to deliver optimal savings. BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE FROZEN MOMENTS IN TIME 19 Pictures Show Just How Cold The Weather Has Become In The Midwest buzzfeednews.com Extreme cold has descended over the Midwest and Upper Plains region as its residents brace for potentially life-threatening and frigid temperatures. BUNDLED SERVICE JOURNALISM How Do You Cover A Story About How Dangerous It Is To Be Outside When It's Too Dangerous To Be Outside? poynter.org "Viewers are smart," said Jennifer Lyons, news director at WGN-TV in Chicago. "They actually get angry if our reporters are outside telling people how dangerous it is to be outside." LOOKING AT YOU, @REALDONALDTRUMP A Map Showing How Long It's Been Since The Hottest And Coldest Year On Record Around The World digg.com Show this map to anyone who thinks the polar vortex somehow disproves climate change. VIDEO OF THE DAY NOPE, NO THANKS Here's An Illustration Of How Insanely Cold It Is In Chicago digg.com ​How long does it take water to freeze solid on a pane of glass in -40° F windchill? IN THE NEWS At Least 10 Dead As Temperatures Drop To Record-Breaking Lows Lyft Is Suing Over New York's Minimum Pay For Drivers Law Russian 'Hackers' Stole US Evidence To Discredit Mueller Investigation, Filing Says San Francisco Could Be First To Ban Facial Recognition Tech DIGG GIVEAWAYS We're Giving Away A Smart Doorbell For Your Home (And $1,000 In Cash) dojomojo.ninja It's free to enter, but it should be hard to enter your house. That's why we're giving away a smart doorbell (with an HD camera and nightlight) and cash to spend on security stuff. Winters never quit, and quitters never win. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Over the past decade, Fetlife.com has amassed a community of over 7 million people with a seemingly simple mission: a place for folks to talk about their sexual desires in an open, healthy environment online. And that, for better or worse, comes down to one man: John Baku.

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Jan 30

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KNOW YOUR LIMITS EVERYONE'S FETISH IS A SAFE SPACE The Internet's Largest Kink Community Isn't Going To Moderate Itself digg.com Over the past decade, Fetlife.com has amassed a community of over 7 million people with a seemingly simple mission: a place for folks to talk about their sexual desires in an open, healthy environment online. And that, for better or worse, comes down to one man: John Baku. THE GREAT DUMPSTER FYRE The Fyre Festival's Greatest Legacy Is A Handy Metaphor For Failure qz.com Once upon a time, an event or product that failed epically after a great deal of anticipation was simply, well, an epic failure. We might have called it a "debacle," a "fiasco" or a "flop." Enter: Fyre Fest. 'NOTHING WILL COME EASY' My Crazy Kurdistan Road Trip outsideonline.com The Kurdish region of Iraq is home to spectacular peaks, wild rivers and fiercely hospitable people, and it could be the Middle East's next big adventure tourism destination. But there's one small catch: it's still dangerous as hell. CARDS WE DIGG | SPONSORED 7 Outrageous Credit Cards For Those With Excellent Credit nextadvisor.com Banks are offering unprecedented offers to people with great credit. Get 0% APR until 2020, a $500 intro bonus, double cash back & more. GIVE THESE A LOOK-SEE JUST THE GOOD STUFF January's Best Long Reads, According To Digg's Editors digg.com Here at Digg, we spend a lot of time digging through the web to find the best long reads out there, so you can spend your time reading instead of searching. These are our favorites from January. SLIPPING THROUGH OUR FINGERS 'AS CLOSE TO THE PAST AS WE CAN GET' The Last Fish Shack On The River bittersoutherner.com For more than a half-century, Desposito's Seafood Restaurant has served the best boiled shrimp on the Wilmington River. Simple Southern fish shacks — food for coastal families, cooked and caught by coastal families — are disappearing throughout the region. And Desposito's may be soon to follow. GONE AWOL A Security Company Cashed In On America's Wars — And Then Disappeared theatlantic.com Sabre International Security employed guards for the Canadian embassy in Kabul. When a bombing left many of them dead or wounded, the company vanished. WHEN THE ENDS CAN'T MEET The Crushing Logistics Of Raising A Family Paycheck To Paycheck citylab.com Stephanie Land's new memoir sheds light on the grueling work — and the bureaucratic complications — of being a maid and a single mother. VIDEO OF THE DAY A FEATHERED METRONOME This Bird Keeping Perfect Balance On A Boat In Rough Water Is Mesmerizing digg.com Tired from the back and forth of the sailing vessel it was perched on, this bird decided to just give up and go with the flow. IN THE NEWS Facebook Pays Teens To Install VPN That Spies On Them Automation Software That Helped A Consulting Firm Cut 40,000 Jobs Is Reportedly Now For Sale Robocallers Blasted Americans With 26.3 Billion Spam Calls Last Year How Cold Is It In Canada And The Upper Midwest? Colder Than Mars, In Parts DIGG PICKS The World's Smallest Flashlight kickstarter.com It's also the world's most badass flashlight. Let there be light! If the polar winds are blowing your way, please do whatever you can to keep yourself and others warm. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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