https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:40:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ey3b42tkd https://flipso.com/p/ey3b42tkd?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:40:16 GMT The jadeite cabbage is a tiny but iconic National Palace Museum treasure in Taipei, carved from white and green jadeite and famous for its lifelike leaves, insects and natural flaws. Its popularity has made it a museum star, appearing on stamps, merchandise and plush toys, and it even has its own dedicated room. [cnn.com] p7fhtj4cw https://flipso.com/p/p7fhtj4cw?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:20:15 GMT Mark Dominus reflects on seven books on the shelf by his elbow and why he keeps them close for inspiration, from Roget’s Thesaurus and Sir Thomas Browne to Boccaccio’s Decameron. [blog.plover.com] eldiiic83 https://flipso.com/p/eldiiic83?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:20:32 GMT Marco Arment launches Unforgetful, an iOS and Mac reminders app built around ADHD-friendly task capture. It keeps notifications repeating until tasks are completed, supports generous snoozing, uses Reminders data directly, and is available with a $19.99/year subscription plus a one-month free trial. [marco.org] jzoeugxiw https://flipso.com/p/jzoeugxiw?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:44:04 GMT Four improv habits for product leaders in Japan: listen for what’s unsaid, replace “yes, but” with collaboration, make others look good, and treat failure as usable feedback. [tokyodev.com] 3mmgwemio https://flipso.com/p/3mmgwemio?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:20:13 GMT Ashurbanipal’s seventh-century BC library at Nineveh preserved thousands of clay tablets on religion, literature, magic, medicine, and royal history. Rediscovered in the 19th century, it helped reveal Assyria’s power, the breadth of Mesopotamian learning, and key texts such as the Flood story later identified with the Epic of Gilgamesh. [historytoday.com] u1xpfmtcj https://flipso.com/p/u1xpfmtcj?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:40:16 GMT The Persian Gulf’s wealthy city-states rely on migrant labor under restrictive sponsorship rules, with many workers facing severe exploitation and little legal protection. Bernard Freamon argues that these conditions fit Moses Finley’s definition of a genuine slave society. [aeon.co] miwrnxsdb https://flipso.com/p/miwrnxsdb?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:00:18 GMT The long read: Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace [theguardian.com] q68qv1vyn https://flipso.com/p/q68qv1vyn?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:40:17 GMT A clear explainer of Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, showing how he encoded statements as numbers, built self-referential formulas, and proved that any consistent axiomatic system must leave some truths unprovable. [quantamagazine.org] yi9kbbjav https://flipso.com/p/yi9kbbjav?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:00:33 GMT A reflective essay on lying on the grass and looking straight up at the sky, finding that the view feels different, deeper, and more vivid than ordinary horizon-gazing. The piece argues that the sky’s scale and motion are easy to overlook until you give it deliberate attention. [raptitude.com] 6hhk3fcrk https://flipso.com/p/6hhk3fcrk?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:40:14 GMT Early cave paintings suggest art was not a late human invention but something that helped shape human self-understanding. The essay argues that artworks reveal a deeper truth and beauty beyond mere facts, and that our capacity for meaning may emerge through images rather than precede them. [aeon.co] kxvywdh1g https://flipso.com/p/kxvywdh1g?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:19 GMT A mother describes how a seemingly minor cold triggered a sudden psychiatric and neurological crisis in her 8-year-old daughter, and the difficult search for a diagnosis and treatment for PANS. [thecut.com] nmit2t7cx https://flipso.com/p/nmit2t7cx?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:40:18 GMT From a car crash to a broken nail, ‘trauma’ has been stretched by overuse. This essay examines how the word widened from physical injury to everyday distress, and argues that its meaning matters if it’s going to keep naming real harm. [aeon.co] fflpxzrjc https://flipso.com/p/fflpxzrjc?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:20:13 GMT A reflective essay on how berry-picking shifted from a teenage chore to a quiet summer ritual. The author describes starting out restless and ending up with a calm, attentive solitude among the berries, birds, and sky. [tsoon.com] q3ov6dd03 https://flipso.com/p/q3ov6dd03?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:20:14 GMT Researchers say DNA sequencing points to Lanmaoa asiatica as the mushroom behind rare Lilliputian hallucinations reported in Southwest China and the northern Philippines. The species is an edible bolete sold in Yunnan, and the study suggests the effect may come from an as-yet-unidentified psychoactive compound rather than psilocybin. [phys.org] z4eocd72o https://flipso.com/p/z4eocd72o?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:20:21 GMT Why so many young people are struggling to find love, even amid an abundance of dating apps, singles events, and matchmaking services. [theatlantic.com] ga7bbxj10 https://flipso.com/p/ga7bbxj10?ref=rss Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:40:13 GMT Canned sardines are getting harder to find as social-media-driven demand surges while warming oceans and tighter fishing limits reduce supply. The shortage is hitting supermarket shelves across the country and may take time to ease. [corneroffifth.studio] ii877onwp https://flipso.com/p/ii877onwp?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:00:13 GMT A review of the new translation of Carlo Ginzburg’s classic microhistory, marking 50 years since its original publication. It revisits Menocchio, the 16th-century miller whose trial records reveal an unusual blend of peasant culture, reading, and heretical ideas. [historytoday.com] 40x35qz90 https://flipso.com/p/40x35qz90?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:48:36 GMT Research suggests social capital and weak ties can matter more for upward mobility than sheer effort or chance. Economic connectedness and the people you know a little may have a bigger impact on jobs and income than most networking advice suggests. [julienreszka.com] db4bn92z1 https://flipso.com/p/db4bn92z1?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:20:15 GMT A reflection on how human recommendations shape what we read next, contrasted with algorithmic feeds and search. It highlights a new nonfiction book-search engine built from literary prize finalists and argues that people remain the most useful filter for discovering great books. [thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com] dc79wdtly https://flipso.com/p/dc79wdtly?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:00:12 GMT Molly Cooper recounts how her father, a former New Yorker writer, was cast in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou after a last-minute production scramble in Rome, and how the experience became a family story about work, anxiety, and an unexpected meeting with Bill Murray. [theparisreview.org] 7ulb5m0oy https://flipso.com/p/7ulb5m0oy?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:18 GMT Chris Heath reports from Zanesville, Ohio, on the 2011 escape of a private exotic-animal menagerie and the deadly police response that followed. [gq.com] pqk820ftv https://flipso.com/p/pqk820ftv?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:18 GMT A fire at Purity’s factory in March disrupted baking operations, leaving grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador struggling to keep hard bread in stock. The piece also looks at the long history of this regional staple and why it remains so widely eaten. [cbc.ca] l2z2hj2z7 https://flipso.com/p/l2z2hj2z7?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:40:13 GMT A deep dive into Gorton, a 150-year-old engraving font that turned up on keyboards, signs, controls, and even Apollo hardware. The piece traces how a once-obscure routing font spread far beyond its original machines and became one of the most pervasive letterforms in everyday infrastructure. [aresluna.org] oaky9pk0n https://flipso.com/p/oaky9pk0n?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:20:16 GMT A global constellation of neutrino detectors is creating a never-before-seen view of the radioactive elements that power Earth’s tectonic heat engine. [quantamagazine.org] npdrnkg3v https://flipso.com/p/npdrnkg3v?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:00:17 GMT Horseshoe crabs have helped make injectable medicines safer for decades, but heavy harvests for bait and blood have helped drive down East Coast populations. In Massachusetts, new seasonal protections and a biomedical shift to a lab-made alternative are giving the species signs of recovery, though scientists say more conservation is needed. [whdh.com] 6qhu46aua https://flipso.com/p/6qhu46aua?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:00:18 GMT A Florida surrogate and a Chinese intended father end up in a bitter custody dispute after triplets are born and he doesn’t come to pick them up, raising questions about international surrogacy, parental rights, and what happens when contracts and reality collide. [thecut.com] kxfomc2j8 https://flipso.com/p/kxfomc2j8?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:20:21 GMT A photographer looks back at finding a dream job through a newspaper classified ad, then uses archived newspapers and old emails to verify the memory and recover the original listing. [ironicsans.ghost.io] x9zlybwie https://flipso.com/p/x9zlybwie?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:00:18 GMT An in-depth profile of the growing end-of-life doula movement, following Virginia Chang as she supports a 101-year-old hospice patient and explores how death doulas help people face dying with less fear and more dignity. [newyorker.com] vhqwfaxlf https://flipso.com/p/vhqwfaxlf?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:20:16 GMT Pharma’s newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake [economist.com] tkizwonlt https://flipso.com/p/tkizwonlt?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:00:15 GMT For 20 years, National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has been building Photo Ark, a global portrait project that now spans 18,000 species. Shot against simple backdrops, the images aim to showcase animals’ individuality and draw attention to biodiversity loss and conservation efforts. [smithsonianmag.com]