Sunday Links


From the Who Knew? files: Cheetah Racing In 1930s London

Modern Baghdad: Visual archive of architecture, art, and culture

Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah played on the mbira Lovely.

That 70’s Suitcase: What if you could send a package (let’s say suitcase-sized) to 1977? It will arrive at today’s date, minus 40 years.

Katherine Johnson, the NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil

Where Did Playing Cards Get Their Symbols?  

What was inside Timothy Leary's stash box? 

The 100 greatest comedies of all time I know it's a goofy movie but I think "Meet The Parents" is hilarious and should have made the list.

Is Elon Musk's Pet Snail Okay? A Gizmodo Investigation

Steve Jobs’s Mock Turtleneck Gets a Second Life

How to Heal a Foreigner in Early Modern Russia

The untold story of the Mississippi Delta Chinese - part of a video series on Chinese food in America.

Notes on Vulture’s “100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction” list

Aging Parents With Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t Want It

Gauguin’s Stirring First-Hand Account of What Actually Happened the Night Van Gogh Cut off His Own Ear

A Most American Terrorist: The Making Of Dylann Roof 

Are you haunted by the ghosts of your social mistakes? Read the story of The Self-Made Millionaire Teen who wrote the Book on Jazz Age Etiquette

Beer for her: Czech brewery puts best foot backwards for feminism

Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy Memorials to the Lost Cause have always meant something sinister for the descendants of enslaved people.

The only 4 spaghetti recipes you'll ever need Simple and delicious.

10 of the Best Books About the Transgender Experience 

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