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Sohla El-Waylly valiantly whips up a 7-course tasting menu made from convenience store staples.

https://digg.com/video/heres-how-to-make-a-7-course-tasting-menu-out-of-items-found-at-a-bodega

The world's most powerful nation has played whack-a-mole with the coronavirus, slowing its transmission in one place only for it to flare up somewhere else.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/us-coronavirus-patchwork-pandemic-maps

"People are basically good" was eBay's founding principle. But in the deranged summer of 2019, prosecutors say, a campaign to terrorize a blogger crawled out of a dark place in the corporate soul...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/technology/ebay-cockroaches-stalking-scandal.html

More than two dozen legal thinkers game out what President Trump's new Supreme Court pick means for America's biggest legal fights, the court's reputation, the fate of its "swing seat" and more.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/26/amy-barrett-scotus-legal-experts-422028

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are the world's most admired people in the world, according to a study conducted by YouGov of 45,000 people in 42 countries and territories.

https://digg.com/2020/the-most-admired-people-in-the-world-visualized

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are at an all-time high in the state.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/09/wisconsin-coronavirus-hotspot/616510/

A 35-minute documentary on how the Joker came to hold such a hallowed place in our pop culture.

https://digg.com/video/how-the-joker-became-a-legendary-supervillain-icon

When a majority of City Council members promised to "end policing as we know it" after George Floyd's killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html

We should all aspire to reach the level of enlightenment shown here by TikTok user @420doggface208.

https://digg.com/2020/this-guy-skateboarding-to-fleetwood-macs-dreams-and-chugging-on-cranberry-juice-is-living-his-best-life

How many languages can a single human being learn?

https://digg.com/video/what-is-the-record-for-most-languages-spoken-by-one-person

Using Medicare data, the researchers say dense concentrations of smoke between the beginning of August & early September contributed to some 1,200 deaths that would not otherwise have happened & ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/these-are-hidden-deaths-over-1000-likely-died-early-due-to-californias-wildfire-smoke/ar-BB19m7EQ

There is a small chance that Pfizer's vaccine trial will yield results by Nov. 3. But it could still take weeks for FDA review. Here's everything that has to happen and how to tell a political st...

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-real-vaccine-before-the-election-itd-take-a-miracle

While the Tesla Model 3 is considered to be one of the safest electric vehicles on the road, its autonomous emergency braking system failed to yield for this dummy during a recent safety demonstr...

https://digg.com/video/watch-this-pedestrian-dummy-get-creamed-by-a-tesla-model-3-after-its-automatic-braking-fails

Why your mind is conditioned to ignore "the the" in a sentence.

https://digg.com/video/why-does-your-brain-ignore-reading-a-second-the-when-its-repeated-in-a-sentence

Introducing a new queen into a colony housed in a hive is unexpectedly complicated.

https://digg.com/video/how-beekeepers-introduce-a-new-queen-to-the-bee-colony

The entire redesign should be complete by the end of 2021

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/23/21453300/wikipedia-desktop-redesign-2021

Although the ban on India's Alphonso mangoes was lifted a decade ago, they're still virtually impossible to find in America. Here's why.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyw4zb/alphonso-best-mangoes-india-us

Stories of transracial adoption most often feature white families adopting black and Asian children. When the opposite happens, and black and Asian parents adopt white children, officials and mem...

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-54238642

The Dubai Creek Tower was set to become the tallest manmade structure ever built. What happened?

https://digg.com/video/why-construction-on-the-worlds-tallest-structure-was-put-on-hold

From Myanmar to Canada, people are asking: How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/asia/trump-united-states.html

Unfortunately for the soldiers, the brownies were not made in mind to satisfy the palate.

https://digg.com/video/us-military-brownie-recipe

The story behind QAnon is becoming as weird and winding as the conspiracy theory itself. (It doesn't have satanists, though.)

https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/qanon-identity-revealed-explained.html

Every day somebody says or does something that earns them the undivided attention of the internet. Here are the main characters this week, from Herman Cain to a beaver that took four years to pho...

https://digg.com/2020/one-main-character-herman-cain-russell-brand-frances-weetman

Also including "The Geometric Beauty of Los Angels" and a photo series honoring the photographer's ancestors.

https://digg.com/2020/best-photography-of-the-week-homeless-shelters-in-rich-peoples-living-rooms

While director Jon Turtletaub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would periodically tease another installment, beginning as early as 2008, one never materialized. And now we might know why we never g...

https://collider.com/why-national-treasure-3-never-happened/

The crash of the world's most famous dirigible in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937 hits different when seen in high-resolution color.

https://digg.com/video/someone-used-neural-networks-to-upscale-footage-of-the-hindenburg-disaster-to-1080p

With Apple Pencil support and up to ten hours of battery life, this 10.2-inch iPad is worth every single cent.

https://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPad-10-2-inch-Wi-Fi-32GB/dp/B08J65DST5/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=diggseptember2020-20&linkId=10edf3558dd56b8838ab339988d638e0&language=en_US

Designers have come up with a futuristic eco-friendly skyscraper that would be the tallest in the country.

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/this-massive-carbon-filtering-tower-could-be-the-highest-skyscraper-in-nyc-092420

Sometimes it's just the simplest of things that does the trick.

https://digg.com/2020/trick-stop-cat-lying-on-laptop

Who's going to be the next "Karen" asking to speak to the manager in the 2030s and 2040s?

https://digg.com/2020/karen-names-in-the-future-prediction

You Wrong About's Sarah Marshall explains why debunking #SaveTheChildren and human trafficking statistics is so difficult.

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/9/25/21453036/save-the-children-qanon-human-trafficking-satantic-panic

Ron Burkett put his quarantine time to excellent use and sculpted a road mural with his power washer.

https://digg.com/video/artist-uses-pressure-washer-to-paint-driveway-mural

Here's a fun party trick that you might not have realized was humanly possible.

https://digg.com/video/heres-how-you-can-twist-your-eye-around-your-pupil

College baseball player Adam Horowitz's hidden ball trick pitch was ruled legal by the umpire but drew at least one "WTF?" from the crowd.

https://digg.com/video/were-still-trying-to-figure-out-how-this-pitchers-throw-was-legal

The avalanche of bad news these days makes you feel like the main character from Memento.

https://digg.com/video/this-15-second-video-perfectly-sums-up-the-experiencing-of-reading-the-news-in-2020

A vaccine by early 2021, a steady decline in cases by next fall and back to normal in a few years — 11 top experts look into the future.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/25/how-covid-19-pandemic-ends-421122

Trump speaks of "anarchy and mayhem" in cities. But understanding violent crime is much more complicated than simply looking at numbers.

https://www.vox.com/21454844/murder-crime-us-cities-protests

This week, we've got "I made a new friend" from "Donnie Darko," Da Vinky, "Among Us" and every straight couple in Brooklyn.

https://digg.com/2020/memes-ranked-among-us-da-vinky-donnie-darko

Some people are lucky to have a patient friend ready for you to end your workday.

https://digg.com/2020/theres-always-someone-there-to-greet-this-woman-when-her-workday-is-over

The celebrated economist has built a data tool with a God's-eye view of the pandemic's damage and soaring inequality.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-09-24/harvard-economist-raj-chetty-creates-god-s-eye-view-of-pandemic-damage

Why you should get an autopsy if it's the last thing you do.

https://elemental.medium.com/the-slow-troubling-death-of-the-autopsy-82a372f8b617

"We were on a family holiday trip. My brother asked if he could cross the river, I said 'yes but I don't think you'll make it.'"

https://digg.com/video/motorbike-cross-river-fail

Watching Gabe struggle with his sexuality in the new season of PEN15, I felt like I was watching my younger self onscreen — and I'm not alone.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/pen15-gabe-gay-storyline

So much TV has tried to capture the tumultuous, melodramatic world of high school theatre. But none have recreated the awkward truth quite like this.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34114363/pen15-season-2-play-episode-theater-kids/

"It looks like football training, but in suits."

https://digg.com/video/heres-how-god-level-bodyguards-protect-the-worlds-most-famous-people

If the actual wars among the stars are your favorite part of "Star Wars," this is the game for you. Pre-order now, and play it at launch on October 2nd.

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Squadrons-PlayStation-4/dp/B089F7Y472/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=diggseptember2020-20&linkId=af7ce0475567044300a2c604453d8da9&language=en_US

Need to brush up on the nitty gritty of world history? These maps hold the key to a better understanding of how we got to today. Plus, they look rad as hell.

https://www.amazon.com/History-World-Map-DK/dp/1465475850/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=diggseptember2020-20&linkId=f1b19f044587cb6bf22a00cff67655ef&language=en_US