Wednesday assorted links

1. Lydia Davis update.

2. Soumaya Keynes and Janan Ganesh, both FT columnists, have been on a roll lately.  Here is one by Janan, here are the recent ones by Soumaya.

3. Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude.

4. Why do some people from the past become memes?

5. The gay younger brothers hypothesis.