Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Lee Lai's "Cannon"; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/08/gung-gung/
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I'm coming to #Guelph, Ontario TODAY (May 😄 to deliver the Musagetes Lecture:
https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/guelph-lecture-on-being-2026/
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Lee Lai's "Cannon": A beautiful, subtle, long-lingering tale of duty, sex, and working for a shitty restaurant boss.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116538923745795143
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Hey look at this
* Here’s Every Single Death Linked to Immigration Enforcement Since Trump’s Raids Began in 2025 https://lataco.com/ice-death-tracker
* We only win when we’re singing https://www.absurdintelligence.com/we-only-win-when-were-singing/
* Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible https://nooneshappy.com/article/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible/
* The Last Comic https://www.thelastcomic.com
* Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’ https://www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/heartland-institute-limiting-voting-rights-lee-zeldin/
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#25yrsago Ebay paying newspapers to run listings in the classifieds section https://web.archive.org/web/20010506063910/http://www.business2.com/news/2001/05/ebaypapers.htm
#20yrsago Airline spoons of the world photo-gallery https://www.flickr.com/photos/airlinespoons
#20yrsago Coach passengers arrested for moving to first class http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4980364.stm
#15yrsago Hidden cognitive costs of doing stuff https://web.archive.org/web/20110507154653/https://us.lifehacker.com/5798202/the-cognitive-cost-of-doing-things
#15yrsago Syria’s man-in-the-middle attack on Facebook https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/syrian-man-middle-against-facebook
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