https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:20:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1hhr092mg https://flipso.com/p/1hhr092mg?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:20:15 GMT A Treasury anti-money-laundering rule near the US-Mexico border has saddled small money-transfer businesses with heavy reporting requirements, prompting privacy concerns, customer drop-off, and lawsuits. [theguardian.com] elnaafrx1 https://flipso.com/p/elnaafrx1?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:20:19 GMT A photo essay on Jinwar, a women-only village in north-east Syria where residents build homes, grow food, run a school and share daily work after fleeing war, violence and hardship. Matteo Trevisan’s images also show nearby female-led communes and civil defence groups in the region. [theguardian.com] at97sbbvf https://flipso.com/p/at97sbbvf?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:13 GMT Mark Twain became obsessed with the Paige Compositor, a wildly complex typesetting machine he thought could transform printing and make him rich. Instead, the project dragged on for years, helped bankrupt him, and became a lesson in how transformative technologies often fail when they try to imitate human labor too literally. [resobscura.substack.com] m7jbx6mft https://flipso.com/p/m7jbx6mft?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:20:16 GMT How Aksel Sandemose’s novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks gave rise to the Law of Jante, a social code that still shapes debates about conformity, ambition, and modesty in Denmark and across the Nordics. [theparisreview.org] djclxjg9j https://flipso.com/p/djclxjg9j?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:55:36 GMT As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing [thewalrus.ca] mvp1wivxo https://flipso.com/p/mvp1wivxo?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:20:12 GMT An essay on why packing is so hard: the need to prepare for uncertainty, avoid overstuffing, and make choices before a trip instead of in the middle of one. [newyorker.com] o1f0yd00v https://flipso.com/p/o1f0yd00v?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:20:15 GMT A close look at いただきます as an act of humble receiving, not a thank-you to the cook. The piece explains who the word is addressed to, why it still matters in everyday meals, and how a brief pause before eating can restore its original meaning. [thetokyohermit.substack.com] g2da74c6i https://flipso.com/p/g2da74c6i?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:20:15 GMT House numbers emerged as governments needed to identify, tax, conscript, and administer buildings at scale. Early systems were often designed for state control first and navigation second, then evolved into the address systems we use today. [thehistoricalinsights.page] 6h2mpbqm4 https://flipso.com/p/6h2mpbqm4?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:14 GMT Free online e-book about a solo around-the-world sail in a 31-foot boat, with chapters, downloadable ZIP and Kindle versions, and sailing photos. [arachnoid.com] ylkg35lkb https://flipso.com/p/ylkg35lkb?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:20:13 GMT Underground 1984 pamphlet by Albert Most (Ken Nelson) describing the extraction and use of Sonoran Desert toad venom containing 5-MeO-DMT. It helped popularize recreational toad venom use and was later linked to renewed interest in the topic, with a revised 2021 edition expanding on the original text. [en.wikipedia.org] n7f3h2sq6 https://flipso.com/p/n7f3h2sq6?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:34 GMT A deep dive into NOAA vessel traffic data surfaces 50,000 broadcast boat names full of puns, pop-culture references, and surprisingly creative wordplay—from dirty jokes to Tolkien and Seinfeld nods. [beautifulpublicdata.com] b3hw01a3y https://flipso.com/p/b3hw01a3y?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:40:28 GMT The science and mythology behind raccoons’ growing comfort around people, and why urban life may be nudging them toward domestication-like traits. [theatlantic.com] db1yaxaso https://flipso.com/p/db1yaxaso?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:00:14 GMT A critique of the assumption that full employment is always economically desirable, arguing that labor is a scarce resource and that in some cases the economy may be better off not trying to put everyone into a job. [wilsoniumite.com] 4meacnzn3 https://flipso.com/p/4meacnzn3?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:40:13 GMT Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed. [theconversation.com] fe1oozulg https://flipso.com/p/fe1oozulg?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:15 GMT A 15th-century Zoroastrian text that pairs the days of the calendar with snake sightings and their omens, introduced here through George Waters’s 1892 translation and context on Persian attitudes toward serpents. [publicdomainreview.org] qpa8tbzs5 https://flipso.com/p/qpa8tbzs5?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:40:23 GMT Sou Fujimoto’s new Meiji Park in Fukuoka opened on August 7, 2026, near Hakata Station. The 3,572-square-meter project combines a four-story commercial building with stepped terraces, a 226-meter elevated park path, five plazas, and planted areas designed to blend architecture and landscape. [spoon-tamago.com] 4nwjjuen5 https://flipso.com/p/4nwjjuen5?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:00:15 GMT Exploring the world of sounds and the passion behind myNoise, with Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon [mynoise.net] botfjudj4 https://flipso.com/p/botfjudj4?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:00:18 GMT From heatwaves and famine to nuclear war, Britain’s survivalists are preparing for worst-case scenarios, with food stores, shelters and other emergency plans in place. [inews.co.uk] 7xjzbvjge https://flipso.com/p/7xjzbvjge?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:00:16 GMT How reinventing yourself can mean treating experience as the point: from Miles Davis’s constant reinvention, to Lichtenberg’s “waste books,” to Cate Hall’s case for agency and following diversions. [startingfromnix.com] yqqtkn5c5 https://flipso.com/p/yqqtkn5c5?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:40:13 GMT Anthony Lane reviews Kate McLoughlin’s expansive literary history of silence, ranging from Bunyan and Shakespeare to modern politics, protest, and performance. The book is wide-ranging and witty, but its reach sometimes stretches beyond silence itself. [newyorker.com] agwy6n2eg https://flipso.com/p/agwy6n2eg?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:00:18 GMT Seven writers confess their literary bad habits and secret pleasures, from stealing phrases and refusing full stops to mistrusting prose, overediting, over-Googling, translating backward, and skipping source notes. [thedial.world] e8vp4ynb8 https://flipso.com/p/e8vp4ynb8?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:20:14 GMT Tom Stanton pushed a gravity-powered trebuchet past the speed of sound with a 40-kilogram counterweight, a carbon-fiber arm, and a 4-gram projectile. After earlier tests came close, the final setup reached about 776 mph, producing a sonic boom and showing how pulley ratios and lightweight materials can turn a medieval machine into a supersonic launcher. [techeblog.com] ckm44yvhk https://flipso.com/p/ckm44yvhk?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:00:19 GMT Andrea Yates seemed like a devoted, gentle mother, making costumes from grocery sacks and giving her children Valentine’s cards promising “free hugs.” Then her life took a devastating turn that left behind one of Texas’s most haunting true-crime cases. [texasmonthly.com] wbaplev6k https://flipso.com/p/wbaplev6k?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:00:16 GMT Consumers have grown so wary of choosing the wrong shade that white, beige, and gray now dominate homes, cars, and other products. The result is a self-reinforcing retreat from bold color, even though brighter hues can be more appealing than buyers assume. [theatlantic.com] ooi4mbza2 https://flipso.com/p/ooi4mbza2?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:20:14 GMT A sharp essay arguing that people shouldn’t live by reward systems alone, using religion, moral psychology, and abolitionist Charles Sumner to make the case for developing real convictions instead of just responding to incentives. [experimental-history.com] 2g8exkhdt https://flipso.com/p/2g8exkhdt?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:20:14 GMT Like a firework exploding in the joint – here's everything you need to know about cracking your knuckles. [bbc.com] ebimwjs8w https://flipso.com/p/ebimwjs8w?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:00:16 GMT How investigators traced the fugitive former Syrian intelligence chief known as “The Spider” and uncovered his hiding place. [bbc.com] 92dgccixn https://flipso.com/p/92dgccixn?ref=rss Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:40:13 GMT Meet Mollie, a 10-month-old hamster whose nightly wheel runs are being tracked, logged to Strava, and analyzed like real workouts. The setup records distance, pace, and time, and the hamster has even racked up enough mileage to attract a following. [runnersworld.com] cx3gb06rc https://flipso.com/p/cx3gb06rc?ref=rss Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:40:14 GMT Подборка из 100 фотографий СССР с ностальгическими бытовыми сценами, игрушками, техникой и документами эпохи. [trinixy.ru] 8gca28x4h https://flipso.com/p/8gca28x4h?ref=rss Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:00:18 GMT A photo essay on slavery’s persistence in Mauritania, following current and former slaves, anti-slavery activists, and the caste system that still shapes daily life. [theguardian.com]