[nonostantement #49] - making tofu and mutton hotspot / history of the world according to cats / real life sketching in virtual reality /
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The Story Behind John Cage's 4'33"
"By 1950, Cage was serious about writing a silent piece of music. It wouldn’t just be a Zen experiment. It would also be a political statement: an attempt to restore, for a brief moment, the silence industrial America had lost, a plea asking people to listen closely again."[Video] - 红辣的菜叶豆腐乳,架上铜锅涮点肉就能捱住整个冬 (Making Tofu and Mutton Hotpot)
"Li Zikai cooked a hearty winter meal consisting of fermented tofu and a hotpot with mutton. She prepared the tofu more than a month in advance, including making it from scratch."Bright lights, small city
"Living day by day had always seemed a valid way to operate. But I wanted things to be easier and sunnier and I wanted to own a house, and I could not have that kind of life in New York."[Video] - blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful
"80s and 90s vhs covers"[Video] - The history of the world according to cats - Eva-Maria Geigl
"In ancient times, wildcats were fierce carnivorous hunters. And unlike dogs, who have undergone centuries of selective breeding, modern cats are genetically very similar to ancient cats. How did these solitary, fierce predators become our sofa sidekicks?"Mixed Reality Hack: How to Make Real Life Sketches Using Google Earth VR
"[...] sketching in real life while using Street View in Google Earth VR. The video feed is from a webcam that she attached to her collar."[Video] Thieves of Instagram plan on robbing KSI! After he purchases £150K WATCH!
"Gangs and criminals in UK openly showing off their stolen motorcycles and acts of vandalism on Instagram. This YouTuber reported them to the police, and nothing is being done like expected"People from all over the world are sending emails to Melbourne's trees
"Melbourne gave 70,000 trees email addresses so people could report on their condition. But instead people are writing love letters, existential queries and sometimes just bad puns."
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