Hacker News: Vigier

Magic by return of post: How mail order delivered the occult

Vigier — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:17:02 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/magic-by-return-of-post/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47904615

Points: 49

# Comments: 5

Can AI Prompt Us to Ask New Questions?

Vigier — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:44:05 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/can-ai-prompt-us-to-ask-new-questions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145186

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Diary: Val McDermid, Deep Winter

Vigier — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:28:26 +0000

Article URL: https://books.substack.com/p/diary-val-mcdermid-deep-winter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46321246

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

Roma Lister, Aradia, and the Speculative Origins of a Witchcraft Revival

Vigier — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 06:20:59 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/roma-lister-aradia/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45911386

Points: 17

# Comments: 1

Bedside Manners: Can empathy be taught in medicine?

Vigier — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:20:12 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/10/bedside-manners-rachel-pearson-empathy-medical-education/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45648018

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

The Middle Earth

Vigier — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:09:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/out-margins/real-middle-earth

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074827

Points: 33

# Comments: 3

Humanlike?

Vigier — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:27:17 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/when-is-enjoying-funny-animal-videos-not-anthropomorphism

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44660297

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Curbing the Power of the Popes

Vigier — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 06:10:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/curbing-power-popes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43790625

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Circling the Good

Vigier — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:06:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/04/24/circling-the-good-thomas-nagel/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43613632

Points: 34

# Comments: 1

Ogres Are Cool

Vigier — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:28:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/colin-burrow/ogres-are-cool

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43369739

Points: 94

# Comments: 36

Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece

Vigier — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 06:02:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250311-rembrandt-to-picasso-five-ways-to-spot-a-fake-masterpiece

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43350733

Points: 43

# Comments: 29

José Guadalupe Posada's Engravings of Unusual Births (Ca. 1880–1910)

Vigier — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:43:32 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/posada-unusual-births/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43277161

Points: 15

# Comments: 0

Treaties Lost in Translation

Vigier — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/treaties-lost-translation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42975415

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Cardan grille

Vigier — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:48:22 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardan_grille

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42857029

Points: 44

# Comments: 8

Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?

Vigier — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:48:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/who-blame-early-modern-climate-change

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42837527

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Roaming Rocks

Vigier — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:42:21 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/metamorphic-rocks-go-on-deep-journeys-we-never-can

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42519769

Points: 40

# Comments: 5

Blame the Gerbils

Vigier — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:43:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n21/tom-shippey/blame-the-gerbils

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42112864

Points: 45

# Comments: 15

The Brain Collector

Vigier — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:10:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/22/ancient-brain-collector-alexandra-morton-hayward-heslington

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41921733

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

The First Horse Domestication Was Later Than We Thought

Vigier — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:26:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-horse-domestication

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41563786

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Ancient parasite analysis: Exploring infectious diseases in past societies

Vigier — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:46:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440324001353

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41431673

Points: 1

# Comments: 0