Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): An incomplete taxonomy of festive folk rhymes
TL;DR A lexicographer solicited versions of the schoolyard parody “Jingle Bells (Batman Smells)” on BlueSky and mapped dozens of variants.…
A Child in the State of Nature: The Wild Boy of Aveyron Reexamined
TL;DR Roger Shattuck’s 1980 book The Forbidden Experiment has been reissued by NYRB Classics in 2025, revisiting the case of…
The most damaging taboo about sexual violence: understanding intrusive fantasies
TL;DR Survivors of sexual violence can experience intrusive fantasies that adopt a perpetrator’s perspective; in trauma psychology this is understood…
ACME Python Labs: Applied Mathematics Hands-On Exercises for Theory and Practice
TL;DR ACME Labs offers a collection of self-contained Python-based exercises that pair with the Foundations of Applied Mathematics textbook series.…
Who Watches the Waymos? I Do — Video by Vincent Woo (YouTube, 2025)
TL;DR A short YouTube upload titled "Who watches the Waymos? I do" appears on Vincent Woo’s channel. The page metadata…
Why Quake’s Running Speed Was Intentionally Reduced During Development
TL;DR During Quake's 1996 crunch the team constrained level size and polygon budgets to ensure performance on early hardware and…
TOPS-10 in a Box: Ready-to-run PDP-10 TOPS-10 image with Adventure
TL;DR A curated TOPS-10 distribution assembled by Jimmy Maher provides a near one-click PDP-10 environment for hobbyists and researchers. The…
Tell HN: Merry Christmas — a reminder to rest, connect, and show compassion
TL;DR A Hacker News user posted a seasonal greeting acknowledging global time zones and varied observance dates, wishing rest and…
Show HN: Just Fucking Use Cloudflare — A satirical guide to CF stack
TL;DR A one-page, tongue-in-cheek pitch urges developers to consolidate many infrastructure services onto Cloudflare. The site lists Cloudflare offerings and…