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My first assumption was that COIB Daily Dose was some kind of parody account — a weird-Twitter comedian posing as a bizarro-world city agency. Happily, I was very wrong.

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Did You Mean Whale, Or Wail?

Trace the journey of MoviePass from the announcement of its $10 deal through feuds with AMC, service outages, surge pricing, "Gotti," and everything of interest in-between.

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HOW TIME FLIES MOVIEFAIL A Timeline Of MoviePass's Rapid Rise And Fall digg.com Trace the journey of MoviePass from the announcement of its $10 deal through feuds with AMC, service outages, surge pricing, "Gotti," and everything of interest in-between. I MET A TRAVELER FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND An Oral History Of The Best 'Breaking Bad' Episode Ever theringer.com Inside the making of "Ozymandias," the harrowing, violent end to the reign of Walter White. 1979-1989 Losing Earth nytimes.com The decade we almost stopped climate change. COMPUTING WE DIGG | SPONSORED A Dev-Friendly Cloud Platform That's Robust, Intuitive And Affordable digitalocean.com DigitalOcean is quickly becoming one of the most popular cloud-hosting providers. Their dev-friendly, all-in-one platform simplifies cloud infrastructure and helps you deploy, manage and scale apps of any size. PHONING THINGS IN AUTOCORRECT CULTURE RUN AMOK You Can Turn Off Autocorrect On Your Phone, It's Fine digg.com After autocorrect, for the 325th time, ruined a joke of mine in a group chat, I decided to just turn it off. I'm never going back. COULD HAVE HAD 'POCKET CRYSTALS' INSTEAD What Happened To General Magic? nymag.com Inside the company that invented the iPhone — two decades too early. A STEEP TOLL ON YOUR TICKETS Concert Ticketing App AXS Scrapes Everything It Can Get From Your Phone theoutline.com Seeing your favorite band live will probably cost you more in data than in dollars. ON-SCREEN KIDS ON SCREENS The Stars Of 'Eighth Grade' On Growing Up, The Internet And Chicken Nuggets vulture.com "I think a big part of the internet is that it really compels you to not only express yourself, but just talk about how you feel, regardless of whether you feel like doing either of those things." VIDEO OF THE DAY WE GET IT, MR. WHALE, YOU'RE STRONG Killer Whale Grabs A Boat's Anchor Chain, Drags The Boat Around Like A Toy digg.com Can someone investigate and make sure this orca isn't the one who untied Betsy DeVos' yacht the other day? IN THE NEWS 3D-Printed Gun Website Yanks CAD Files After Federal Judicial Order New Body Camera Footage Shows LAPD Officers Accidentally Shoot And Kill A Hostage The Census Might Finally Ask About Your Gender Identity Ancestry And 23andMe Agree To New Rules To Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA California's Death Valley Will Have The Hottest Month Ever Recorded On Earth DIGG PICKS This Weird-Looking Wheel Will Help With Your Back Pain kickstarter.com Based on feedback from over 100,000 original customers, the Plexus Wheel has engineered a way to get back pain relief in less than 5 minutes a day. We hear that whale knows more tricks, but they only work when the water is still. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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