Papers I loved

Cryptography

• Game Changer: A Modular Framework for OPRF Security
  Karla Friedrichs, Anja Lehmann, Cavit Özbay
  ASIACRYPT, 2025
  super interesting work on OPRFs that is both a charm to read and treats security like a first class citizen.
• Lightweight Techniques for Private Heavy Hitters
  Dan Boneh, Elette Boyle, Henry Corrigan-Gibbs, Niv Gilboa, Yuval Ishai
  IEEE S&P, 2021
  cute trick and uses DPFs

Philosophy

• A Defense of Abortion
  Judith Jarvis Thomson
  enlightening essay, easy to read, sound reasoning