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Mark Evanier
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Mark Evanier writes News From ME, a personal blog at newsfromme.com about culture and history. Since 2012, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Linked for a column on what the Romans found funny. One commenter cites it while suggesting a modern joke about an astrologer whose predictions get whittled down as the person corrects them.
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What Hacker News says?
> Although I could imagine a modern joke about an astrologer making grand predictions that are whittled down as the person corrects them. https://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col054/
Comment linking /pov/col054/
on “No laughing matter? what the Romans found funny”Submitted My Larry Hagman Story as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Unfinanced Entrepreneur [1998] as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted All This Fuss About a Seth Rogen Movie as a story · 2 points
HN discussion- Mz · 2014-10-05
Submitted Saturday Morning Cartoons, R.I.P as a story · 2 points
HN discussion Submitted The great Subway sandwich app fail as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted At the Market, Very Late as a story · 1 points
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