https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:00:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 5lsad9g1v https://flipso.com/p/5lsad9g1v?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:00:13 GMT Rebecca Neusteter’s new book argues that 911’s default to police puts people in mental health crises at risk of violent confrontations, and that emergency response should be treated as triage rather than a one-size-fits-all dispatch system. [themarshallproject.org] xbdpvbs28 https://flipso.com/p/xbdpvbs28?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:20:14 GMT Charles C. Mann traces porcelain from ancient kaolin and Chinese kilns to Meissen, Dekton, and the materials science behind modern ceramics. [worksinprogress.news] 6yysoq9j7 https://flipso.com/p/6yysoq9j7?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:20:19 GMT Ross Bullen traces the strange nineteenth-century reports of French-Canadian lumberjacks in Maine who would leap, strike out, or echo commands when startled, and follows how the phenomenon drew the attention of George M. Beard and other writers trying to explain it as a nervous disorder. [publicdomainreview.org] 0fqm74xh6 https://flipso.com/p/0fqm74xh6?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:40:17 GMT Researchers created BioPykrete, an ice composite reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals and an antifreeze-protein-based glue. In lab tests, it was about 10 times stronger than regular ice and absorbed far more energy before breaking, raising the possibility of low-carbon building materials for remote cold regions. [sciencealert.com] 62s3bsypi https://flipso.com/p/62s3bsypi?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:20:23 GMT A detailed history of Helen Duncan, the Scottish medium whose wartime séances, claims about the sinking of HMS Barham, and 1944 arrest led to one of Britain’s most famous witchcraft trials. It traces her rise in spiritualism, exposures by skeptics, the police sting that caught her in Portsmouth, and the court case that turned her into a cause célèbre. [thethreepennyguignol.com] qtar4my1e https://flipso.com/p/qtar4my1e?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:40:19 GMT A study using Latin inscriptions to estimate occupations across the Western Roman Empire, correct for dataset bias, and compare Roman-era economic complexity with modern-day measures. The authors find a significant correlation and argue that economic complexity may be persistent across centuries. [michelecoscia.com] 5378htudu https://flipso.com/p/5378htudu?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:00:19 GMT Zach Baron reflects on the upheaval and unexpected joys of life with two young boys, following his earlier account of the long IVF path to fatherhood. [gq.com] rvqh40ffd https://flipso.com/p/rvqh40ffd?ref=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:40:16 GMT David Farrier visits a private autopsy business in Los Angeles, observes a postmortem examination, and reflects on what autopsies reveal about death, medicine, and closure. [webworm.co] idwh23c4d https://flipso.com/p/idwh23c4d?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:20:13 GMT A remote fissure known as the Great Crack cuts through Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Scientists think volcanic forces opened it, but its exact age and origins remain uncertain. The feature stretches for miles, has no official trail access, and can be dangerous to explore on foot. [sfgate.com] 4zcgwun8j https://flipso.com/p/4zcgwun8j?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:00:13 GMT Before Biscoff became a grocery-store staple and social media favorite, Delta introduced it in 1986 as a temporary substitute for peanuts. The Belgian speculoos cookie proved so popular with passengers that it became a permanent onboard snack and later spread from airplanes to supermarkets, spreads, and desserts. [seriouseats.com] rc4kds5jx https://flipso.com/p/rc4kds5jx?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:40:21 GMT A ProPublica investigation into wasteful medical billing and overuse shows how routine care can turn into expensive, hard-to-challenge charges. One family was billed nearly $1,900 for an ear piercing done during surgery; other examples show patients paying for tests and procedures they didn’t need. [propublica.org] ib8r9t3g4 https://flipso.com/p/ib8r9t3g4?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:20:13 GMT Haast's eagle used its huge talons to topple one of the heaviest birds that ever lived before delivering the killing blow with its beak. [nhm.ac.uk] 2sbgmj4hz https://flipso.com/p/2sbgmj4hz?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:40:22 GMT Researchers report that Saxifraga candelabrum is a carnivorous plant: it attracts, traps, digests and absorbs nitrogen from insects. The finding adds a new carnivorous lineage and supports a hypothesis Charles Darwin raised more than 150 years ago. [phys.org] ywjla5eo9 https://flipso.com/p/ywjla5eo9?ref=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:00:18 GMT A look at lavender marriages — unions of convenience between partners of mixed sexual orientation — and why some LGBTQIA+ people still choose them today, from social pressure and practicality to privacy, safety, and family expectations. [gaytimes.com] hj6yuuhnx https://flipso.com/p/hj6yuuhnx?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:40:15 GMT A firsthand guide to navigating a cancer diagnosis: pushing for faster appointments, seeking second opinions, asking for comprehensive testing, understanding standard-of-care options, and keeping detailed notes from each visit. [jjmaxwell4.com] 4rq7u4omm https://flipso.com/p/4rq7u4omm?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:40:15 GMT A first-person essay about years of conflicting dental advice: jaw pain, tooth reshaping, splints, night guards, cavity warnings, and wildly different second opinions that leave the narrator unsure what to trust. [mapwriting.substack.com] yhmdi4zv0 https://flipso.com/p/yhmdi4zv0?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:20:21 GMT Michael Scott Moore recounts being kidnapped by Somali pirates, held for nearly three years, and wrestling with the difference between forgiveness and Stockholm syndrome. [theguardian.com] 02ylwv9m1 https://flipso.com/p/02ylwv9m1?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:40:18 GMT Interactive explanation of how sound is created and propagates through air, with demonstrations of pressure waves, vibration frequency, pitch, timbre, and pure tones. [ciechanow.ski] h2vj84yf9 https://flipso.com/p/h2vj84yf9?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:00:16 GMT Researchers used high-speed video, stereomicroscopy, and 3D-printed models to show that honey bee stingers use a double-piston, valve-driven mechanism that keeps pumping venom even after the bee flies away. [arstechnica.com] 7aazfstv0 https://flipso.com/p/7aazfstv0?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:20:13 GMT A. Boogert’s 1692 handwritten color manual offers more than 700 pages of watercolor swatches and mixing instructions, now available as a high-resolution digital scan. It shows an early, meticulous approach to color theory long before modern standardized color systems. [openculture.com] 9pue4j8s8 https://flipso.com/p/9pue4j8s8?ref=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:40:14 GMT Trevor Warmedahl has spent years documenting rare and traditional cheesemaking methods, and believes that "cheese is an edible manifestation of a place". [bbc.com] grhm598l4 https://flipso.com/p/grhm598l4?ref=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:20:21 GMT Ben Taub’s account of traveling to the Turkish-Syrian border in 2013 to learn how war reporters worked, amid fixers, activists, and journalists moving in and out of Kilis and Aleppo. [newyorker.com] vdlprsuqt https://flipso.com/p/vdlprsuqt?ref=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:00:19 GMT Russia’s current record on LGBT rights is extremely poor. But 40 years ago, the USSR witnessed a pioneering moment in transgender history. [buzzfeednews.com] itwgd4qnr https://flipso.com/p/itwgd4qnr?ref=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:20:15 GMT Encora Therapeutics grew out of MIT’s 2.009 product-design class and now makes a wrist-worn device that uses gentle vibrations to reduce essential tremor. After years of prototyping and clinical trials, the company received FDA 510(k) clearance this year. [news.mit.edu] foibteupk https://flipso.com/p/foibteupk?ref=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:20:15 GMT https://jsomers.net/e-coli-chemotaxis/ [jsomers.net] 2u27hqp30 https://flipso.com/p/2u27hqp30?ref=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:40:18 GMT The rise and fall of the mass-market paperback reflects more than changing tastes: corporate consolidation narrowed the range of titles and pushed the format out of reach, even as publishers blamed consumers for reading less. [jacobin.com] fhxoaq77h https://flipso.com/p/fhxoaq77h?ref=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:20:18 GMT SFGATE columnist David Curran describes how worsening shortness of breath, persistent self-advocacy, and heart tests quickly led to a diagnosis of severe artery blockage and quadruple bypass surgery. [sfgate.com] piyw0tysw https://flipso.com/p/piyw0tysw?ref=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:06:15 GMT Kevin Kelly argues that in 50 years AI will be mostly invisible: a pervasive background layer embedded in objects, infrastructure, and institutions rather than a single central system. He describes this as a distributed ecosystem of specialized AI minds, with new protocols, trust systems, accountability challenges, and defensive mechanisms needed to keep it functioning. [kevinkelly.substack.com] kaprvz442 https://flipso.com/p/kaprvz442?ref=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:20:17 GMT Hayao Miyazaki’s aborted adaptation of Richard Corben’s Rowlf became a turning point in his career, pushing him toward the darker, more layered sensibility that later defined Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The issue also includes a short roundup of animation news and links. [animationobsessive.substack.com] s1dmm9vl8 https://flipso.com/p/s1dmm9vl8?ref=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:18 GMT Researchers identified the mutation behind orange cat fur: a deletion near the Arhgap36 gene on the X chromosome that changes pigment production, helping explain why orange cats are usually male and why calicos and tortoiseshells have patchy coats. [sciencealert.com]