Hacker News: prismatic

What Did the Hudson River School Painters See?

prismatic — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:42:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/travel/hudson-valley-painting-thomas-cole-frederic-church.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296834

Points: 2

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The Melancholy of Slaying Monsters

prismatic — Tue, 26 May 2026 19:25:13 +0000

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-strange-melancholy-of-slaying-monsters/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284711

Points: 238

# Comments: 106

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877)

prismatic — Mon, 25 May 2026 21:53:40 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/brahan-seer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272420

Points: 1

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How Much of the Internet Is AI Slop?

prismatic — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:29:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.statsignificant.com/p/how-much-of-the-internet-is-ai-slop

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207413

Points: 6

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Octonous Open Beta: What We've Learned and Where We're Going

prismatic — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.ai/octonous-open-beta-what-weve-learned-and-where-were-going/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056043

Points: 4

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Pyramid of the Capitalist System (1911)

prismatic — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:09:59 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pyramid-of-the-capitalist-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032432

Points: 5

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Wolfgang Koeppen's Structural Musicality

prismatic — Tue, 05 May 2026 05:13:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/05/04/wolfgang-koeppens-structural-musicality/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48018316

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

Little magazines are back

prismatic — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:03:43 +0000

Article URL: https://wsjfreeexpression.substack.com/p/little-magazines-are-back

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962681

Points: 113

# Comments: 40

Ben Lerner's Big Feelings

prismatic — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:43:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vulture.com/article/ben-lerner-transcription-interview.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789087

Points: 43

# Comments: 22

The Soviet Network

prismatic — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:26:50 +0000

Article URL: https://literaryreview.co.uk/the-soviet-network

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702224

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Doing Impressions: Monet's Early Caricatures (ca. late 1850s)

prismatic — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:11:45 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/claude-monet-caricatures/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47661977

Points: 51

# Comments: 1

'True Color' Review: Not-So-Black-and-White

prismatic — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:58:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/true-color-review-not-so-black-and-white-12ed9615

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577582

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The loneliness of A Room of One’s Own

prismatic — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:53:59 +0000

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/206731/loneliness-room-one-virginia-woolf-hold-up

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47526470

Points: 58

# Comments: 16

Out of Light Adjust Share: Caravaggio, La Tour, and the Art of Attention

prismatic — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:19:45 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2026/03/out-of-light-nicole-krauss-caravaggio-georges-de-la-tour/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119119

Points: 33

# Comments: 5

Sekka Zusetsu: A Book of Snowflakes (1832)

prismatic — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:49:52 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-snowflake-book/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46941383

Points: 42

# Comments: 4

Typing for Love or Money: The Hidden Labor Behind Modern Literary Masterpieces

prismatic — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921659

Points: 41

# Comments: 13

Make Nothing That Isn't Beautiful

prismatic — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:42:11 +0000

Article URL: https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/make-nothing-that-isnt-beautiful/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46909533

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Back to Bellevue

prismatic — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:18:06 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanscholar.org/back-to-bellevue/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726827

Points: 15

# Comments: 2

The hunt for a stolen Jackson Pollock

prismatic — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:21:19 +0000

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613624

Points: 29

# Comments: 4

Where Have All the Pithiatics Gone?

prismatic — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:33:05 +0000

Article URL: https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/where-have-all-the-pithiatics-gone

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598551

Points: 2

# Comments: 0