Rebecca Davis posted this short clip about how Mah Jongg, while being a traditionally Chinese leisure game, seeped its way into Jewish women’s heritage in the 1930′s and has since become a staple of some Jewish community functions. The video above shows a Mah Jongg marathon event being held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage [...]
How did people envision the future 50, 60, or even 100 years ago? Vintage Future will show you (with lots of lovely illustrations!!!). [via]
Treehugger posted this fascinating video from CHOW that tours the Hodo Soy Beanery in Oakland, California and shows how soy beans can make a wide variety of tofu-related food products and delicacies. I’ve grown up eating tofu and beyond a few traditional Chinese dishes, I’ve never really had tofu quite like they prepare it in [...]
Photo: Edward Sly I can’t read a thing on this page, but here’s a lovely photo series taken aboard Europe’s longest and still-active narrow-gauge railway. [via] Photo: Edward Sly
StreetFilms released this video just yesterday that shows just about every single major city in the US — except for NYC — with bike racks on buses. Some opponents of bike racks on city buses have stated that bike racks on city buses will have a negative effect on loading times for stops along the [...]
GOOD posted this very sad and disturbing video of a young man named Kevin DeAnna at the Conservative Political Action Conference who is part of the group called Youth For Western Civilization that celebrates Western heritage by actively opposing radical multiculturalism. There’s obviously a hint of radicalism in his voice and also in the mission [...]
