https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 24 May 2026 22:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss f7lzbcwjo https://flipso.com/p/f7lzbcwjo?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 22:20:09 GMT Doug MacDowell describes hand-drawing data visualizations with rulers, pencils, ink, and a lettering kit, and shares the tools and process behind the work. [dougmacdowell.com] 1kok90cl5 https://flipso.com/p/1kok90cl5?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 22:40:09 GMT Scientists at the University of York say they’ve identified the missing genes and enzyme behind nicotine production in tobacco plants, and recreated the process in the lab and in living plants. The discovery could help reduce nicotine contamination in tobacco-based biotech products and enable new ways to produce medicines and vaccines. [york.ac.uk] 6p07xahjz https://flipso.com/p/6p07xahjz?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 21:20:10 GMT A study of 15 Australian companies that adopted the 100:80:100 four-day week model found no reported productivity losses: six said output increased, nine said it stayed about the same, and 14 chose to continue after the trial. The piece also looks at why companies adopted the model, how they measured success, and the practical limits for client-facing and essential-service work. [scienceaim.com] hs3dlaaei https://flipso.com/p/hs3dlaaei?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 21:00:31 GMT Some early Christians viewed pagan statues as idols linked to demonic power and attacked them as a way to reject false worship. The practice also had political force in the late Roman Empire, especially as Christianity gained imperial backing. Not all damaged statues were vandalized, though: earthquakes, wear, and broken fragility also account for many missing noses and limbs. [thecollector.com] x8y7edw4w https://flipso.com/p/x8y7edw4w?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 20:40:10 GMT Using individual-level medical and mortality data, this study finds that conservatives in the USA became less healthy than liberals over the 2010s and died at higher rates in the early 2020s. The authors also point to changing political coalitions and declining trust in medical professionals as possible contributors to the widening gap. [nature.com] e6ynaxfcy https://flipso.com/p/e6ynaxfcy?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 19:40:29 GMT Camels transformed travel, trade, and warfare across North Africa, the Sahara, Nubia, the Horn, and parts of West Africa. This history traces their domestication, spread, and many roles as pack animals, draught animals, and military transport in African societies. [africanhistoryextra.com] xua3j4kf4 https://flipso.com/p/xua3j4kf4?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 19:20:10 GMT A candid reflection on appreciating Scheme while struggling to think in its style, and on the pull back toward more familiar ALGOL- and OOP-shaped ways of programming. The author explains why Scheme still feels like a fit for some software, but also why it keeps resisting as a day-to-day language. [sicpers.info] 5ecuknm5c https://flipso.com/p/5ecuknm5c?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 18:20:09 GMT PR executives say UK companies are pushing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence, fueling a wave of “AI washing” and overhyped AI claims. [theguardian.com] s65aafkjv https://flipso.com/p/s65aafkjv?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 17:20:29 GMT Worrying makes things worse. Replace worry with preparation and strategic planning. [longform.asmartbear.com] gghtobru0 https://flipso.com/p/gghtobru0?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 17:00:40 GMT Chasing goals that depend on external gatekeepers can hand too much control to other people. Dreams become stronger when you define success for yourself instead of relying on rankings, institutions, or approval from powerful selectors. [herbertlui.net] t0tkwvaya https://flipso.com/p/t0tkwvaya?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 12:40:31 GMT A visual tour of Raymond Pettibon’s album art and related graphics for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and other punk and indie acts, with examples spanning records, singles, and later reissues. The post also places his work in the Southern California punk scene and highlights how his stark drawings and handwritten text became closely tied to the music. [flashbak.com] fomxc18jc https://flipso.com/p/fomxc18jc?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 10:20:08 GMT The tragic story of New England’s only known nuclear fatality, caused by a 1964 criticality accident at a uranium reprocessing plant in Rhode Island. [newengland.com] t3gx0kjd3 https://flipso.com/p/t3gx0kjd3?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 09:40:09 GMT A French court found both companies guilty in connection with the 2009 Air France Flight 447 disaster, which killed 228 people. [bbc.com] 5t5dxncd2 https://flipso.com/p/5t5dxncd2?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 09:20:31 GMT A meditation on independent bookstores, sparked by a visit to Kaboom Books in Houston and a passage by J.J. Kimche. It praises bookstores as places of discovery and recounts finding a rare Ford Madox Ford novel among thousands of used volumes. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] hve0alxip https://flipso.com/p/hve0alxip?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 08:40:10 GMT A deep dive into the C64 Dead Test diagnostic cartridge’s custom font, including its MICR-inspired Easter egg, how it’s implemented in ROM, and downloadable Commodore 8-bit character ROMs. [masswerk.at] ljnuh1dyh https://flipso.com/p/ljnuh1dyh?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 08:20:31 GMT Rayne tries to leave with a new friend from the park — a man with a cool van who promises adventures — but Dad is suspicious and shuts it down. [leasticoulddo.com] h8sk0d6h3 https://flipso.com/p/h8sk0d6h3?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:09 GMT Grothendieck transformed algebraic geometry by introducing schemes and other abstractions that reshaped how mathematicians study spaces, equations, and deep links to number theory. His ideas became foundational across several branches of math and helped resolve longstanding conjectures. [quantamagazine.org] o7ku9f3pw https://flipso.com/p/o7ku9f3pw?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 04:40:29 GMT Among the world's rich countries, Americans are the most likely to say their healthcare system needs fundamental change. They are right. They are also wrong about why. The standard diagnosis runs roughly: too much capitalism, too much profit, too many private companies, too little government. The corollary is the inverse [blog.alexmaccaw.com] z7q4x5iuc https://flipso.com/p/z7q4x5iuc?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 01:40:09 GMT https://victoriaritvo.com/blog/hengefinder/ [victoriaritvo.com] pl3g8w8t7 https://flipso.com/p/pl3g8w8t7?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:10 GMT A digitization project combines milestone records, satellite imagery, and historical maps to reconstruct Roman roads at high resolution. The researchers estimate the network was about 300,000 kilometers long in the second century C.E., nearly double previous estimates, though only a small fraction is precisely located. [scientificamerican.com] 415una1k8 https://flipso.com/p/415una1k8?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 23:00:08 GMT Thousands were evacuated after officials warned that a tank holding about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate could explode. [bbc.com] apbwzybgk https://flipso.com/p/apbwzybgk?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 18:00:32 GMT Modern elites increasingly see themselves as part of one large world, selected by merit, embarrassed by privilege, and open to argument. The post argues that many current values and institutions are a partial return to forager-style social norms, and that this shift has shaped both modern culture and policy debates. [overcomingbias.com] i6iajgds5 https://flipso.com/p/i6iajgds5?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:10 GMT P.T. Barnum’s 1880 guide distills 20 plainspoken rules for earning money, including choosing work that fits your abilities, avoiding debt, working with full effort, and protecting your integrity. [kk.org] zi19kzc6r https://flipso.com/p/zi19kzc6r?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 15:20:30 GMT South Africa built a small secret nuclear arsenal during the Cold War, then dismantled it in the early 1990s as apartheid ended, sanctions tightened, and the government sought to rejoin the international community. [thecollector.com] 8krj1azm1 https://flipso.com/p/8krj1azm1?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 14:20:10 GMT A meditation on first reading Terry Pratchett as a teenager, the sentences that linger in memory, and the books that can pull reluctant readers in. [mahl.me] zf6b04o4r https://flipso.com/p/zf6b04o4r?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:09 GMT How the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou experiment and Mitchell Feigenbaum’s work at Los Alamos helped launch nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory. [lanl.gov] t8rbg9cuq https://flipso.com/p/t8rbg9cuq?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:30 GMT A gallery of found photos showing contortionists, acrobats, circus performers, and people bending for fun, spanning the 1920s through the 1960s. [flashbak.com] 3uj49vljg https://flipso.com/p/3uj49vljg?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 08:00:08 GMT In 2000, while rushing through Union Square station in New York, Danny Stewart found a newborn baby abandoned on the subway. The discovery led to an emergency call, a court hearing, and eventually an adoption by Danny and his partner Pete. Twenty-six years later, Kevin is a software developer and remains close to the two men who raised him. [theguardian.com] aexpjnrru https://flipso.com/p/aexpjnrru?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 07:00:11 GMT archived 22 May 2026 15:14:27 UTC [archive.ph] lnkok8uhx https://flipso.com/p/lnkok8uhx?ref=rss Sat, 23 May 2026 06:20:29 GMT When experience makes it easier to spot flaws, ideas can start dying before they have a chance. The way through is to keep developing, expressing, and releasing ideas, so intermediate judgment is paired with beginner energy. [herbertlui.net]