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A good one, courtesy of Longreads, the fiction and biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology.
Link: https://longreads.com/2017/02/01/xenus-paradox-the-fiction-of-l-ron-hubbard/
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When I was a kid in Moose Jaw we'd go swimming at the Natatorium. We didn't call it the swimming pool or rec center, it was the Natatorium. Even though in the summer we only used the outdoor pool, and technically that wasn't a Natatorium. Anyways, there was a diving board there, 7 Meters at the high board, but it was always closed so the adventurous could jump off the 5 meter lower platform, rumour had it that someone had once done a belly flop off the top board and exploded when they hit the water and that's why it was always closed and of course we all believed it...
Which makes the following video of Swedish Divers working up their courage all the more interesting...
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004882589/ten-meter-tower.html?src=vidm
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Probably the closest thing we have to democracy left on the face of the earth.
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An excellent long read on Leonard Cohen, courtesy of the New Yorker.
Link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/leonard-cohen-makes-it-darker?mbid=synd_digg
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Have I ever mentioned P**** & C********? If not, never mind.
These are our customers. Entitlement taken to it's logical extremes. 2 Excellent long reads for today, one our customers, the others, well, could it be worse?
Link: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-framed/
&&: http://qz.com/774206/how-to-negotiate-for-what-your-worth-according-to-the-women-of-the-famous-moonlite-bunny-ranch-brothel-in-nevada/
Both courtesy of DIGG. But you know that already...