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Clive Thompson
Personal blog · clivethompson.netwritingculturescience
Clive Thompson's personal blog at clivethompson.net covers writing, culture and science. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Clive Thompson's post on the destruction of Sappho's works and the recovery of her poetry, as the thread title and linked URL suggest. The only comment is a brief recommendation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-18
What Hacker News says?
Worth reading this one again about Sappho. http://clivethompson.net/2016/05/16/astronomers-crack-the-se...
Comment linking /2016/05/16/astronomers-crack-the-secret-of-this-gorgeous-poem-by-sappho/
on “The destruction of Sappho's works”Submitted How Ursula Franklin made me a technology journalist as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Astronomers crack the secret of this gorgeous poem by Sappho as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What can people do better than machines? The view from 1951 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted That cursed newfangled technology, “electric lights” as a story · 1 points
HN discussion