Tom Lehrer buried a joke inside the NSA maths paper archive

The short thread is a must read for mathematicians, cryptographers, and other forms of NSA-adjacent nerd:

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Opal (@opalescentopal.bsky.social) 2025-07-27T21:01:18.863Z
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