https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:20:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 86m9bafej https://flipso.com/p/86m9bafej?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:20:08 GMT New federal data show sharp drops in the shares of 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun almost every day, compared with 2012. [nbcnews.com] gub6wuc14 https://flipso.com/p/gub6wuc14?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:27 GMT A collection of unusual firsts from the Metropolitan Railway’s early years, including the first accident, first fatality, first pickpocket case, first graffiti, and the earliest named people known to ride the Underground. [londonist.com] kxgr65d4c https://flipso.com/p/kxgr65d4c?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:40:10 GMT UT Austin researchers developed a jacket that harvests drinkable water from air using a moisture-collecting textile. The prototype produced 400 to 900 milliliters per day, and the team says the fabric could also be adapted for backpacks, tents, and emergency gear. [news.utexas.edu] py8v42tjy https://flipso.com/p/py8v42tjy?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:08 GMT A California Management Review article by Nelson P. Repenning and John D. Sterman on why process-improvement efforts often fail and how organizations can sustain them. It examines the dynamics of implementation, feedback loops, delays, and the tradeoff between working harder and building capability. [web.mit.edu] 0bnksy1u9 https://flipso.com/p/0bnksy1u9?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:00:32 GMT Probably a stack of public institutions: a constitutional charter, digital identity, treasury, dispute resolution, and representative governance for people whose lives cross borders. [elysian.press] h5nt5rzli https://flipso.com/p/h5nt5rzli?ref=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:20:08 GMT Sexual reproduction can speed evolution by letting useful genetic variants spread and combine across lineages, while asexual reproduction is more limited by clonal interference. Through simple simulations, the post compares these dynamics and frames evolution as a process of information acquisition. [construction-physics.com] 3mzsgawj0 https://flipso.com/p/3mzsgawj0?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:00:08 GMT You don’t need to go far to feel like you’re traveling. Pick a random nearby place, set out with little planning, and see what you discover. Local detours can lead to surprising walks, new scenery, and a more relaxed way to explore. [ssp.sh] 49fkuu73t https://flipso.com/p/49fkuu73t?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:10 GMT The Apple II’s switching power supply was not the first of its kind. Switching supplies were already appearing in computers and other equipment before 1977, and the broader breakthrough came from faster, higher-voltage transistors and control ICs that made them smaller, cheaper, and more practical. [righto.com] izouwydtr https://flipso.com/p/izouwydtr?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:20:09 GMT Paul A. David examines why major general-purpose technologies can take years to show up in productivity statistics, using electrification as a historical comparison for computers. [almendron.com] 4ovm7t4zd https://flipso.com/p/4ovm7t4zd?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:00:10 GMT In May, solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity, edging out coal at 12.2% as clean energy continues to grow despite Trump administration support for coal and restrictions on renewables. [theguardian.com] to0pnc5pe https://flipso.com/p/to0pnc5pe?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:00:30 GMT Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BC at age 32, and the cause has been debated for centuries. This piece reviews the main theories, including infectious disease, poisoning, liver disease, and other proposed natural causes. [classicalwisdom.substack.com] y1p43a35v https://flipso.com/p/y1p43a35v?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:13 GMT A senior figure in Ukraine’s defence industry says a test two years ago involved fully autonomous drones programmed to destroy anything in a designated area, and that the test resulted in confirmed casualties. [newscientist.com] 0r90xjii7 https://flipso.com/p/0r90xjii7?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:20:29 GMT A border dispute over the San Juan Islands escalated into a military standoff after an American settler shot a British-owned pig in 1859. The conflict stayed bloodless, with U.S. and British troops occupying the island while diplomats sought a solution, and it was later settled through international arbitration. [thecollector.com] 4tjpczq0v https://flipso.com/p/4tjpczq0v?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:31 GMT MIT researchers used real-time Raman spectroscopy to watch CO₂-injected cement paste through the first 24 hours of setting. They found a fleeting silica gel intermediate that helps form a more uniform calcium silicate hydrate network, explaining why the material gains early strength more quickly. [news.mit.edu] 5zutbapkh https://flipso.com/p/5zutbapkh?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:40:08 GMT A Canadian House of Commons petition arguing that Bill C-22 would enable suspicionless bulk metadata retention and compel interception capabilities that could weaken encryption. It asks Parliament to withdraw the bill or defeat it, remove bulk retention from future lawful access laws, and prohibit any requirement to break encryption. [ourcommons.ca] gwdzn50tj https://flipso.com/p/gwdzn50tj?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:20:28 GMT Roosevelt joined the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition to chart the River of Doubt in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The journey brought rapids, disease, starvation, and death, and left Roosevelt with lasting health damage, but it also mapped a previously uncharted river. [thecollector.com] vk48yyz19 https://flipso.com/p/vk48yyz19?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:20:29 GMT A UVA architecture student argues that the school has drifted from teaching traditional precedent alongside modernism, and sees the dean search as a chance to rebalance architectural education. [commonedge.org] vxmysuapx https://flipso.com/p/vxmysuapx?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:20:08 GMT A cross-border library on the Quebec–Vermont line has opened a new Canadian entrance after U.S. authorities restricted Canadian access through the main door. The change restores easier entry for Canadian visitors while preserving the building’s unusual shared-border layout. [bbc.com] 4gxfyw2b5 https://flipso.com/p/4gxfyw2b5?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:40:30 GMT Scientists and conservation groups are scaling up kelp restoration as warming seas, urchin outbreaks, and other pressures drive widespread losses. Projects include removing urchins, transplanting hardier kelp strains, using satellite and drone monitoring, and restoring predator species like sea otters and sunflower sea stars. [e360.yale.edu] 1i0ovyght https://flipso.com/p/1i0ovyght?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:20:09 GMT Modelling with artificial-intelligence tools has filled gaps in migration data, revealing detailed global population movements from 1990 to 2023. [nature.com] unv8opuny https://flipso.com/p/unv8opuny?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:40:55 GMT How highway expansion is subsidized, politically shielded, and stacked against transit in Austin and beyond. [strongtowns.org] off634zbm https://flipso.com/p/off634zbm?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:20:09 GMT Peter Watts’s debut novel, set at an abyssal research station on the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the crew faces brutal conditions, dangerous geology, and their own instability. [rifters.com] exv4t0yjw https://flipso.com/p/exv4t0yjw?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:30 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets through William Cowper’s praise, Clive James’s comment on reading essentials first, and Johnson’s sharp critical judgments of poets like Pope, Milton, and Dryden. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] m6gwaktqx https://flipso.com/p/m6gwaktqx?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:09 GMT Merck built Keytruda into one of the world’s bestselling cancer drugs while using patents, pricing secrecy, lobbying and regulatory tactics to keep competition at bay. ICIJ’s investigation says the result has been soaring sales for Merck and major access barriers for patients and health systems across multiple countries. [icij.org] fwotbgbb0 https://flipso.com/p/fwotbgbb0?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:00:09 GMT A look at vacuum-formed signs and how they shaped Main Street America, from midcentury plastics and illuminated roadside signage to Signtronix’s affordable designs for small businesses and the human connections they still spark. [bethmathews.substack.com] bl7t7kw38 https://flipso.com/p/bl7t7kw38?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:40:30 GMT Robin Hanson sketches a private prediction-market-like mechanism a biotech firm could use to learn which academic papers are promising bases for new projects, while keeping the signal hidden from rivals. [overcomingbias.com] h6h0aey5e https://flipso.com/p/h6h0aey5e?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:00:13 GMT Thomas Nagel’s classic essay on consciousness and subjective experience, arguing that some aspects of experience can’t be fully captured by objective physical description. [sas.upenn.edu] es9siun5u https://flipso.com/p/es9siun5u?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:20:09 GMT A 1999 land donation in Taylor, Texas, meant for parkland was later sold for $10 million to a data center developer, setting off a legal fight with nearby residents. The city says the project could bring about $30 million in tax revenue over the next decade. [tomshardware.com] kyr0thxsc https://flipso.com/p/kyr0thxsc?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:20:08 GMT 2-8A Rutland Gate, once Britain’s most expensive house, has sat empty for years despite its 45 rooms, indoor pool and gold-plated fittings. On its porch, Anders Fernstedt has lived in a makeshift tent for three years, turning the contrast between extreme wealth and housing insecurity into a bleak portrait of London’s property market and offshore ownership. [theguardian.com] a2s9tfxvh https://flipso.com/p/a2s9tfxvh?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:00:27 GMT Kate Alger is an artist-printmaker and freelance tutor based in Surrey. She works across multiple printmaking techniques, often starting from photographs but making each piece by hand. Her work explores woodland scenes, animals, plants, and vintage cars, with a focus on detail, atmosphere, and a sensitive, soulful feel. [handprinted.co.uk]