This is a bit off-topic (though tangentially related) - does anyone remember a similar blog where the author would do something like a "5 minute paper" review, i.e. they'd discuss findings and try to communicate the main point? It was usually a paper per week, mostly CompSci / maths papers IIRC

Was it "The morning paper" by Adrian Colyer? - https://blog.acolyer.org/

Thank you for resurfacing this, it has been my daily commute read for years, it was great!

Yes, exactly this! Thank you!

There is/was also 2-minute papers[0], but the videos lost their plot a couple of years ago.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/@TwoMinutePapers