What I saw on the web on 2023.5.21

1. So, I've got cancer
   by Hank Green
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6a4hMyiwBo
   insert the standard exhortation on the topic here
   via happning to see this in youtube recommends
   
   
2. “We Didn’t Start The Fire” The Silmarillion Edition
   by Bard of Arda
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBvo6AZnHV4
   on a first listen-through, it's pretty accurate
   via FB
   
   
3. World Air Quality Index
   by World Air Quality Index
   https://waqi.info/
   in case you're wondering what the air quality outside is right now, and Environment Canada's scale from 1 to 10+ isn't doing it for you
   via seeing it a while ago and going looking again
   
   
4. Rich People’s Gain is Worth Less Than Poor People’s Pain
   by Cory Doctorow
   https://doctorow.medium.com/rich-peoples-gain-is-worth-less-than-poor-people-s-pain-6c3631292841
   an interesting version of utilitarian calculus
   via rss
   
   
5. a serious explainer 🧵 from yours truly about 0 in Sinitic languages
   by Egas Moniz-Bandeira ᠡᡤᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠨᠢᠰ ᠪᠠᠨᡩ᠋ᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠ
   https://twitter.com/egasmb/status/1660251463250063361
   in case you're wondering how to write 0 in chinese, and then why that's the way to write 0 in chinese
   via discord
   
   
6. “What did ye do, ye Men, long ago in the dark?” The ATHRABETH FINROD AH ANDRETH
   by The Thain's Book
   https://thainsbook.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/what-did-ye-do-ye-men-long-ago-in-the-dark-the-athrabeth-finrod-ah-andreth/
   an introduction to one of the fascinatingest texts from the History of Middle-Earth
   via googlery cuz it's that fascinating