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Re:Voynich Manuscript Decrypted by Bristol Academic by bloak on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @06:03AM (#19917871)
"Published online: 29 Apr 2019", says that page, and the article itself says "May 15, 2019", but it looks like Gerard Cheshire published his theory in 2017, because here's a plausible-sounding rebuttal from November 2017:

https://ciphermysteries.com/2017/11/10/gerard-cheshire-vulga...

Re:Voynich Manuscript Decrypted by Bristol Academic by jfengel on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:15AM (#19920210)
And indeed, it was discussed on Hacker News at least once before:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19491517