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Meghan Boilard

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Meghan Boilard writes Off-Topic, a personal blog at meghanboilard.substack.com about culture and history. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-01, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
3HN people?
2021–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2022

A weird and wonderful dive into the depths of visual culture, exploring what it is to be human in a world dominated by image.

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  1. bcohen123 · 2023-06-20
    My wife wrote about this on her Substack and got into the Kiwi stuff, if you're curious: https://meghanboilard.substack.com/p/the-online-business-of-...

    Comment linking /p/the-online-business-of-torture

    on “Global network of sadistic monkey torture exposed by BBC”
  2. diodorus · 2025-03-23

    Submitted The great Hobby Lobby artifact heist as a story · 171 points

    HN discussion
  3. bcohen123 · 2022-08-02

    Submitted What the Hell Is Up with Dilbert? as a story · 155 points

    HN discussion
  4. bcohen123 · 2022-07-18

    Submitted How Urban Legend Destroyed the Ball Pit as a story · 91 points

    HN discussion
  5. bcohen123 · 2021-12-22

    Submitted More than you wanted to know about the crazy frog NFT drama as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  6. bcohen123 · 2022-11-01

    Submitted How the NFL, Nickelodeon, and Everyone in Between Sugarcoats Football's Dangers as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. bcohen123 · 2022-01-28

    Submitted Coronavirus, Conspiracy, and Coping with Death as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  8. bcohen123 · 2022-09-14

    Submitted The Online Business of Monkey Torture as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. bcohen123 · 2026-02-13

    Submitted Scott Adams and the Art of Dying (and Living Forever) Online as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. bookofjoe · 2025-12-23

    Submitted Searching for Soul in Roblox as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. bcohen123 · 2023-09-18

    Submitted On Earthing, a Holistic Medicine Trend as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. bcohen123 · 2022-11-23

    Submitted Pomp and Turkumstance: What's the Deal with Presidential Turkey Pardons? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. bcohen123 · 2022-04-06

    Submitted Remembering the Power Player Super Joy III as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. bcohen123 · 2025-07-01

    Submitted The Shifting State of Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. bcohen123 · 2023-07-24

    Submitted A History of Shark Week as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. bcohen123 · 2023-06-23

    Submitted Enter Hatman: Exploring the World of Benadryl-Induced Delirium as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. bcohen123 · 2022-02-15

    Submitted On Bliss: The Origin Story of XP's Iconic Background Image as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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