https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 05 May 2026 12:20:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 843pycma9 https://flipso.com/p/843pycma9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 12:20:36 GMT In 1992–93, Gillian Wearing photographed 500 people in the UK holding cards with their unfiltered thoughts, creating the series “Signs that Say What You Want Them To Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You To Say.” [flashbak.com] 4fnqdi4j9 https://flipso.com/p/4fnqdi4j9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 12:40:10 GMT Peter Raven, the conservationist who transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into a world-class center for botanical research and helped coin the term “coevolution,” died at 89. His career spanned leadership at MOBOT, collaborations around the world, and honors including the MacArthur Fellowship and National Medal of Science. [nautil.us] dslhhxrkq https://flipso.com/p/dslhhxrkq?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 11:40:35 GMT A New Hampshire road trip becomes a case study in how local trust, compact towns, and a slow-built highway system shaped a different development pattern from most of the country. [strongtowns.org] 36zaa2bf1 https://flipso.com/p/36zaa2bf1?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 10:20:10 GMT In December 1982, South African engineer Rodney Wilkinson carried bombs into Koeberg, the apartheid regime’s flagship nuclear power station, then walked away on his bicycle. Stephen Robert Morse traces how he pulled off the sabotage and vanished for decades. [theguardian.com] ht5cfkkya https://flipso.com/p/ht5cfkkya?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:02:28 GMT Dispatches on absurd new apps, gadgets, and services. Dry, observational coverage of pointlessness in tech. [nobodyaskedforthis.lol] wf2ox3pla https://flipso.com/p/wf2ox3pla?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:20:08 GMT Paul Pressler helped drive the Southern Baptist Convention’s conservative takeover and became a longtime GOP power broker, even as abuse allegations mounted around him. The story traces how his political influence shaped evangelical politics and how that legacy echoes in today’s struggles over abuse and power. [texasmonthly.com] xf6ztlss9 https://flipso.com/p/xf6ztlss9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:46 GMT The first Harry Beck Tube map included sponsored overprints, including branding for Peter Robinson and George Cohen, Sons and Company. [londonist.com] glk6y6aqy https://flipso.com/p/glk6y6aqy?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:38 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Robert Browning’s poem aloud as part of the “Read Me a Poem” series. [theamericanscholar.org] y1b39c5rh https://flipso.com/p/y1b39c5rh?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 06:40:09 GMT Finds AMC showtimes with zero tickets sold, letting you spot near-empty screenings and private-theater odds by ZIP code. [walzr.com] u23pu81y2 https://flipso.com/p/u23pu81y2?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 05:40:10 GMT A global analysis finds that more than a third of countries can meet dietary needs from domestic production for only two or fewer of seven essential food groups. Guyana is the only country self-sufficient across all seven, while many countries depend heavily on imports and a small number of trade partners, leaving them vulnerable to supply shocks. [nature.com] 01mjqyo0r https://flipso.com/p/01mjqyo0r?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 05:00:11 GMT A closer look at casu marzu, Sardinia’s controversial maggot-infested cheese, tracing how shepherds still make it, why it remains culturally prized despite bans, and how climate change is affecting its future. [nationalgeographic.com] 9myikqgq0 https://flipso.com/p/9myikqgq0?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 04:00:10 GMT A Windows 11 machine could send IPMI traffic to an old Tyan SMDC card but never receive usable replies. The issue turned out to be a Windows-side checksum offload problem in Intel NIC drivers; disabling IPv4 UDP receive checksum offloading fixed communication on affected systems. [os2museum.com] a3im4dt45 https://flipso.com/p/a3im4dt45?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 03:40:10 GMT The Associated Press team won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for a global investigation into mass surveillance tools that moved from Silicon Valley to China and back to the United States, including uses by U.S. Border Patrol. [pulitzer.org] s2eu577bi https://flipso.com/p/s2eu577bi?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 03:00:09 GMT Margaret-Anne Storey reflects on feedback to her earlier essay about cognitive debt in AI-accelerated development, arguing that shared understanding can erode faster than code changes. She discusses how teams experience the cost, why it affects people as well as software, and practical ways teams may mitigate it with reviews, tests, documentation, and careful use of AI. [margaretstorey.com] 29k79bib6 https://flipso.com/p/29k79bib6?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 01:40:37 GMT A critique of policies that favor homeownership over renting, including a proposed ban on build-to-rent housing, corporate ownership concerns, rental covenants, and eviction delays. It argues that restricting rental housing raises costs and reduces supply, especially for people who can’t afford a down payment. [thezvi.substack.com] u2z43h9gf https://flipso.com/p/u2z43h9gf?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 00:20:13 GMT A law professor spent seven years reexamining Swift’s epitaph and argues its meaning comes from its original placement beside a monument to an old rival. The investigation turns into a literary detective story about satire, memorials, and how renovations can change a joke’s context. [newyorker.com] vgralhls2 https://flipso.com/p/vgralhls2?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 23:00:28 GMT Tacit knowledge comes from direct experience, not abstract models, and that matters when recession or revolution upends daily life. The piece argues that formal systems can explain disruption, but they don’t replace the practical skills, self-awareness, and improvisation people need to navigate job loss, collapse, or rapid social and technological change. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] jsc5jsu4b https://flipso.com/p/jsc5jsu4b?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 17:40:32 GMT Why mixed-use, human-scale development is hard to pull off when financing, retail formats, and chain-store logistics still favor big-box suburban models. [thedeletedscenes.com] 8ysipoq15 https://flipso.com/p/8ysipoq15?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:34 GMT Airline bankruptcies are a recurring feature of the industry: low-cost carriers can grow quickly and look attractive for a while, but their cost structure, labor dynamics, and fuel exposure make them vulnerable when conditions change. The issue also covers GameStop’s proposed eBay merger, how indexes evolve to match investor expectations, why capital gravitates toward certain asset classes, Europe’s AI infrastructure push, and the U.S. government’s AI procurement strategy. [thediff.co] wkgnmzil7 https://flipso.com/p/wkgnmzil7?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 16:40:09 GMT NBER working paper by Noah Arman Kouchekinia, David Neumark, and Tim A. Bruckner using HRS data and local labor-demand shocks to estimate how employment affects cognitive decline. The paper finds that negative labor-demand shocks are associated with lower cognitive scores over time, with effects concentrated among men ages 51–64. [nber.org] f1hjplsx1 https://flipso.com/p/f1hjplsx1?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 15:20:09 GMT A guard assigned to Guantánamo’s secret high-value detainee unit begins to doubt the official story about Mohamedou Salahi, whose case exposes the prison’s intelligence claims and interrogation practices. [newyorker.com] ite4qik37 https://flipso.com/p/ite4qik37?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 15:00:12 GMT Galaxy clusters obey the inverse square law across hundreds of millions of light-years [science.org] kjb59fgxy https://flipso.com/p/kjb59fgxy?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 14:40:11 GMT A technique for making AI-generated images handle text and numbers more reliably: create a precise SVG or other deterministic layout first, then use it as an image input for the model to paint over. [samcollins.blog] jag7pqk3l https://flipso.com/p/jag7pqk3l?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 13:40:09 GMT A month-long social experiment about approaching one new person a day at the gym, tracking how each conversation went and what happened afterward. The post includes detailed results, from brief exchanges to a few ongoing friendships. [thienantran.com] 7qy7rliyp https://flipso.com/p/7qy7rliyp?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 12:20:10 GMT A New Yorker investigation into the escape attempts of four royal women in Dubai, centered on Sheikha Latifa’s 2018 flight by sea, her alleged recapture, and the wider tensions between Dubai’s global image and the reality faced by women in the ruling family. [archive.ph] d1py3kitz https://flipso.com/p/d1py3kitz?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:33 GMT Eliyahu Goldratt’s theory of constraints says the fastest way to improve a system is to focus on its limiting factor. Applied to personal productivity, that means better tools won’t help unless they improve the real bottleneck in your workflow; otherwise they can just add clutter and distraction. [calnewport.com] 4nkm87x4a https://flipso.com/p/4nkm87x4a?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 11:20:32 GMT Chris Jones traces London’s squat cafe scene from the late 20th century: skip runs, vegan debates, DIY communal kitchens, and the politics of making food in occupied spaces. The essay follows how squat cafes mixed mutual aid, low-cost meals, and countercultural life, and how that legacy still shapes parts of London today. [vittlesmagazine.com] bnxl1eghq https://flipso.com/p/bnxl1eghq?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 10:40:10 GMT Thermos is recalling 8.2 million stainless steel food jars and sports bottles because the stopper can eject forcefully when opened after food or drinks are stored for too long, creating impact and laceration hazards. The company says 27 injuries have been reported, including three cases of permanent vision loss. Affected models were sold from 2008 through 2024, and owners should stop using them and follow Thermos’s recall instructions. [goodmorningamerica.com] ho59p9p8p https://flipso.com/p/ho59p9p8p?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 10:20:29 GMT A centenary reflection on the 1926 General Strike, anchored by 32 Eccleston Square in Pimlico, the former TUC headquarters. It traces the buildup from the miners’ dispute through the strike’s nationwide disruption, the government’s response, and the strike’s eventual collapse, then follows the building’s later history and current restoration plans. [diamondgeezer.blogspot.com] xydtlk4zx https://flipso.com/p/xydtlk4zx?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 09:40:10 GMT An investigation into the Buffalo National River and the tensions around private land, public access, and Walton-family development in Arkansas’s Ozarks. The story traces the river’s preservation battles, local resistance to outside control, and the latest controversy over tourism, property rights, and water quality. [southlandsmag.com]