Third Wheelin' It

This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison, Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live, The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming, U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks, Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart, The Adult Tricycle Revival The Daily Digg Wednesday, November 12, 2014 AN ABUSE OF JUSTICE This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison buzzfeed.com Tondalo Hall was sentenced to 30 years in prison for allowing child abuse — while the actual abuser got only two years. WE HOPE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live digg.com A live webcast from ESA mission control, when Europe's Rosetta spacecraft dispatches the Philae lander to make the first-ever touchdown on a comet. The separation of the lander is scheduled to begin around 4:00am EST, and the actual landing scheduled for approximately 11:00am EST. UNPROTECTED The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming outsideonline.com There's a horror in the shadows of American competitive swimming: a continuing legacy of sexual abuse, usually involving male coaches who prey on young women — and a governing body that looks the other way. THEY PLAYED IT COOL U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks nytimes.com China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases. EVERYONE USE THE PASSENGER DOOR Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart digg.com Investing in a few donkeys to carry people seems like a really good idea right about now. THIRD WHEELIN' IT The Adult Tricycle Revival tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com Long a favorite of toddlers, three-wheelers have also attracted the attention of British lords, Indian maharajahs — and now, one writer hopes, a bold new generation. Read more on Digg.com → R.I.P. Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Jwabreh, 21, during his funeral in al-Aroub refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Jwabreh was hit by a live bullet in the chest in clashes with Israeli security forces Tuesday. Credit: AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Strawberries Won't Save California

Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West, ​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise?, The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry, Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts?, The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One, Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin The Daily Digg Tuesday, November 11, 2014 SAVE US WILL SMITH Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West nationaljournal.com Last fall Madden noticed something suspicious. The water filling the tanks outside her veterinary clinic in Los Gatos, Calif., was disappearing at an alarming rate. Madden checked for leaks but found none. Then she realized: Someone was stealing her water. DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP ​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise? digg.com The cold is upon us yet again, and with it comes that incessant clank from inside your walls. It may feel like a cruel joke the weather is playing on you, but it's just a simple problem of fluid dynamics. ROTTEN PATCHES The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry cironline.org Strawberries like to grow where people like to live, in the perpetual spring of coastal California. Thus, growers are often forced to use some of the most dangerous pesticides near schools, homes and businesses — and this makes people unhappy, and very unhealthy. YOUR ROSES REALLY SMELL LIKE POO Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts? digg.com Whoever "smellt" it may have dealt it, but that doesn't mean they didn't enjoy it. 'TEENAGE TOMMIES' The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One bbc.com War confers many things on boys who pick up a weapon to fight. They learn the true meaning of fear. They test their own capacity for courage and the limits of human endurance, physical and mental. As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One, Fergal Keane remembers their sacrifices. OBESE TO BEAST Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin digg.com Even though he's more confident in his body, John Glaude is still self-conscious without clothes because of his remaining loose skin. Read more on Digg.com → A NATION MOURNS Grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster gathered around 298 candles representing the victims during a national commemoration ceremony in Amsterdam Monday Nov. 10, 2014. Nearly four months after the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people onboard, relatives and friends are gathering to commemorate the lives of victims. Credit: AP Photo/Frank van Beek, Pool Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

We Want To Ride His Bicycle

The Obama Whisperer, Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle, How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain, Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless?, What You Missed This Weekend, Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan The Daily Digg Monday, November 10, 2014 THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN The Obama Whisperer newrepublic.com Even at this late date in the Obama presidency, there is no surer way to elicit paranoid whispers or armchair psychoanalysis from Democrats than to mention the name Valerie Jarrett. WE WANT TO RIDE HIS BICYCLE Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle digg.com Last week, Francois Gissy strapped rockets to a bicycle and reached 207 MPH in under five seconds. What did you do last week? TAP YOUR WAY TO CLEANLINESS How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain cdn.readtapestry.com So you sat in some chocolate. No big deal. Here's a GIF guide on how to keep your clothes looking so fresh and so clean. OUT OF A WILD HOME, THEN INTO THE WILD Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless? outsideonline.com An explosive memoir by Carine McCandless provides new details about a toxic family environment that drove her brother to embark on the famous and fatal quest immortalized by Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild." DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com President Obama nominates an attorney general, Elon Musk wants to build satellites, Nicki Minaj made a video in questionable taste and other things you may have missed this weekend. VAV VAV VAV Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan digg.com Let this woman do some very convincing amateur Hebrew cryptography. Just hear her out, ok? Read more on Digg.com → WHEN THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN A person flashes the victory sign behind a man holding paper with a peace sign and the writing "one world please" as they attend the central event to commemorate the Fall of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. The 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989 is marked with numerous events on the weekend. Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber 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: Too Many Cooks, Too Many Cooks And Too Many Cooks

If You Like Good Things, You Need To Watch 'Too Many Cooks', Astronauts Encase A GoPro In A Water Sphere, 5 Foods You've Been Eating Completely Wrong, The Quickest And Least Efficient Way To Wash Your Car, Tim And Eric Made An Ad For Totino's Pizza Rolls And It Is Horrible In The Best Way, This Is Why You Shouldn't Try To Outrun A Bear The Daily Digg Sunday, November 9, 2014 NSFW-ISH/GORE-ISH/RAD-ISH/PUN-ISH If You Like Good Things, You Need To Watch 'Too Many Cooks' digg.com Adult Swim aired this fake TV show intro at 4am recently. If we were just up randomly watching TV at 4am and this came on we'd be scared shitless. Seriously, we'd call our parents crying because we'd have thought we'd gone insane. This gets weird. And gory. But watch it. ON EARTH, YMMV Astronauts Encase A GoPro In A Water Sphere digg.com Most things are cooler in space, like how water starts to act like a big blob of snot. LET THE CHIPS COME TO YOU 5 Foods You've Been Eating Completely Wrong digg.com Unless you've got six weeks to spare, think twice about buying an avocado. WATER WEIGHT The Quickest And Least Efficient Way To Wash Your Car digg.com Just spend the $15 and go for the platinum package. Car washes are kind of relaxing too. KEEP YOUR CORPORATE BS, I'M INTO PUNK PIZZA Tim And Eric Made An Ad For Totino's Pizza Rolls And It Is Horrible In The Best Way digg.com This was made by eating 10 boxes of Totino's Pizza Rolls and spinning around until they all threw up ideas. THE CAR IS BEARLY KEEPING UP This Is Why You Shouldn't Try To Outrun A Bear digg.com Seems like Pooh should have been able to get his paws on a lot more honey if he could move like this. Read more on Digg.com → AND PAINFUL WHEN THEY HIT YOU IN THE EYE Add metal shavings to the ever-growing list of Totally Pedestrian Things That Are Way Cooler When Slowed Down. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Battle Over Bigfoot

The Hunter, The Hoaxer, And The Battle Over Bigfoot, What We Learned This Week, Do You Want To Read More?, An Hour And A Half Of MLB Ejections, Thanks To This Guy, Reader's Digest Will Now Pay You For Your Tweets, Not All Nerds The Daily Digg Friday, November 7, 2014 MESSIN' WITH SASQUATCH The Hunter, The Hoaxer, And The Battle Over Bigfoot buzzfeed.com Jeffrey Meldrum is a respected anthropologist risking his reputation to prove Sasquatch is real; Rick Dyer is an unapologetic con artist capitalizing off that curiosity. Their rivalry represents two sides of the fractious but booming Bigfoot subculture. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned that our weirdest sexual fantasies aren't all that weird, the best way to board an airplane and why starting that alpaca farm was a truly terrible idea. APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Do You Want To Read More? longform.org Of course you do, you're not an idiot. Well thanks to Longform's great new app, you can now read all of the day's best articles, plus follow writers and get recommendations from your friends. Don't blame us if you go blind from reading so much on a tiny screen. THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT! An Hour And A Half Of MLB Ejections digg.com Now that the baseball season is over, things are getting pretty boring on that front. Nothing like shouting matches to get the ol' American blood boiling again. WELL, MAYBE NOT YOU, BUT FUNNY PEOPLE Thanks To This Guy, Reader's Digest Will Now Pay You For Your Tweets facebook.com A few months ago, a friend told me he'd been reading the September issue of Reader's Digest and loved my joke. I was baffled, mostly because I can't imagine a 20-something having a subscription to Reader's Digest. Also, this was the first I'd heard about my joke being printed in the magazine. Here's the email I sent them in response, and here's what they wrote back. THE UNHEARD NERDS Not All Nerds thenewinquiry.com By imagining nerds as a race of their own, Silicon Valley tries to disguise its white supremacy. Read more on Digg.com → SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN The sun sets beyond the shell of a building under construction Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, in Olathe, Kan. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014