https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:20:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 3dmenmm20 https://flipso.com/p/3dmenmm20?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:20:08 GMT Critics say TriNetX makes it easy to run quick analyses of electronic medical records, fueling a wave of low-quality papers by inexperienced authors. [science.org] plcvfcfgp https://flipso.com/p/plcvfcfgp?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:40:32 GMT A London bus stop was mistakenly coned off and marked closed for roadworks that never happened, then left with confusing posters and app messages after the closure was cancelled. The post walks through the muddled sequence from Saturday to Wednesday and shows how the stop’s signage, apps, and countdown display all got out of sync before everything was finally restored. [diamondgeezer.blogspot.com] 94hbkr8vy https://flipso.com/p/94hbkr8vy?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:34 GMT Philip I. Thomas prunes his digital life: shutting down side projects, retiring tools he no longer wants to maintain, consolidating his website stack, and shifting his energy toward building software for himself rather than for other users. [philipithomas.com] xxa9ah988 https://flipso.com/p/xxa9ah988?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:40:08 GMT Before they clubbed two deer to death in their tiny West Texas town, four high school football stars were treated like royalty; afterward, they became celebrities for a very different reason. [texasmonthly.com] 9adhn72np https://flipso.com/p/9adhn72np?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:20:30 GMT Victoria Ford is a Norfolk linocut artist whose black-ink prints draw on local wildlife and the landscapes she explores while running and gardening. Self-taught, she hand-presses her work in a small studio and balances printmaking with a full-time career as a tattoo artist. [handprinted.co.uk] r36we0ege https://flipso.com/p/r36we0ege?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:20:30 GMT A nostalgic look at 1970s metal lunchboxes and their matching thermoses, from Evel Knievel and The Six Million Dollar Man to Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, Holly Hobbie, The Partridge Family, and The Waltons. The piece shows how a lunchbox could signal taste, popularity, and childhood status in the school cafeteria. [rarehistoricalphotos.com] wnc7a3df2 https://flipso.com/p/wnc7a3df2?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:20:10 GMT Kelly Pendergrast examines Khloé Kardashian’s oversized, hyper-organized pantry as a symbol of domestic logistics, repetition, and the modern performance of homemaking. [dilettantearmy.com] swgaohfzy https://flipso.com/p/swgaohfzy?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:00:09 GMT Blogging can be as simple as noticing something obvious that everyone seems to accept, then saying it plainly and linking to examples that prove the point. [blog.jim-nielsen.com] m6dn10nui https://flipso.com/p/m6dn10nui?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:40:11 GMT Rosa Montero reflects on how alcohol and other drugs have shaped, and often damaged, the lives and work of writers across generations, from Fitzgerald and Hemingway to Faulkner, Bukowski, and others. [lithub.com] 9ii4gdfge https://flipso.com/p/9ii4gdfge?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:00:10 GMT The prose is clear and readable; the names are the hard part. Russian classics can feel long or intense, but Dostoyevsky’s stories are simple, vivid, and often funny. [autodidacts.io] 2u1yf3rw4 https://flipso.com/p/2u1yf3rw4?ref=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:40:09 GMT Intercept is a new $500 million philanthropic initiative aimed at reducing respiratory infections by funding broad-spectrum preventatives and air-cleaning technologies, with the long-term goal of making colds and flu far less common. [blog.interceptfund.com] 10c1k223o https://flipso.com/p/10c1k223o?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:00:29 GMT Conservation International highlights three efforts in Indonesia: evidence that Saleh Bay may be a whale shark nursery, a drone-based method for tagging blue whales in open ocean, and a climate-smart shrimp model that aims to restore mangroves while improving farm productivity. [conservation.org] 5yy90gqkm https://flipso.com/p/5yy90gqkm?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:20:09 GMT A hands-on review of the Xteink X4, a tiny £40 e-ink reader that fits in a pocket and can mount to a phone. The post covers first impressions, the limitations of the stock firmware, and several custom firmware options, including CrossPoint, Papyrix, and Inx. It also compares the X4’s portability and reading experience with larger e-ink devices. [blog.omgmog.net] i8cm397jo https://flipso.com/p/i8cm397jo?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 20:00:34 GMT The British hired more than 30,000 German auxiliary troops from several small states to bolster their forces in North America. They helped the British early in the war, but their reputation was badly damaged after Trenton, where Washington captured more than 800 Hessians. [thecollector.com] knrs594o6 https://flipso.com/p/knrs594o6?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:40:09 GMT Kent Kiehl’s brain-scanning research on incarcerated people has been cited in court to argue about criminal responsibility and sentencing. The story examines how disputed neuroscience made its way into death-penalty cases and the consequences for defendants. [theguardian.com] c9i6m2hcu https://flipso.com/p/c9i6m2hcu?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:20:09 GMT Journalism is in crisis, but technology tweaks and business-model fixes won’t solve the deeper problem. The core question is what journalism is for: helping people make good decisions with practical, trustworthy information. That means shifting from an audience mindset to a community mindset, and building real two-way relationships instead of relying on old print-era assumptions. [werd.io] cpti5rg2s https://flipso.com/p/cpti5rg2s?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:00:08 GMT A high-resolution stitched image of the rearing cast skeleton of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis from Wollaton Hall’s 2017 Dinosaurs of China exhibition. The post explains how the photos were assembled into a giant panorama and recommends viewing it full-screen for the full effect. [svpow.com] ns53hljco https://flipso.com/p/ns53hljco?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:40:32 GMT Permanent Style launches the Bruce short, a continuation of its Bruce chinos, with the same sizing and fabric feel in beige, khaki, and navy. The post explains the fit, inseam, leg opening, sizing guidance, and styling examples, plus a product summary and size chart. [permanentstyle.com] 2p5huzyi8 https://flipso.com/p/2p5huzyi8?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:09 GMT CAPTCHAs have evolved from distorted text and image grids to broader browser-risk checks, while attackers adapted with OCR, machine learning, and fingerprinting. The piece argues the next shift is agent identity: letting legitimate automation prove who it is instead of repeatedly proving it is human. [browserbase.com] cdiw6m1tk https://flipso.com/p/cdiw6m1tk?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:40:09 GMT Inventory of books, papers, manuscripts, letters, and other materials from Edsger W. Dijkstra’s home and office, organized by box and item type. [dijkstrascry.com] nvf2dnazp https://flipso.com/p/nvf2dnazp?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:40:26 GMT How a fragmenting world met on the field in 1938 [worldhistory.substack.com] glw6ctgih https://flipso.com/p/glw6ctgih?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:00:11 GMT LLMs have changed security triage: the scarce insight and confidentiality that once made vulnerability reports special are no longer as distinctive, so maintainers may need to focus more on rapid verification, remediation, and prevention. [words.filippo.io] umsn3zdio https://flipso.com/p/umsn3zdio?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:20:08 GMT CERN obituary for François Englert, the Belgian theoretical physicist who co-developed the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism and shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with Peter Higgs. [home.cern] 3o6rk9aez https://flipso.com/p/3o6rk9aez?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:23 GMT A new study of 20 years of recordings suggests isolated sperm whales in the eastern Mediterranean developed a faster version of the species’ click pattern, while whales near the Balearic Islands kept the older form. Researchers say the dialects reflect a west-to-east colonization of the Mediterranean and ongoing vocal evolution in different whale clans. [e360.yale.edu] plr8w40wz https://flipso.com/p/plr8w40wz?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:20:09 GMT A Sporothrix brasiliensis outbreak that began in Brazil has sickened thousands of cats and infected more than 11,000 people across South America. The fungus can spread through bites, scratches, and grooming, and a CDC expert says it may eventually reach the U.S. [sciencenews.org] jpf3q76go https://flipso.com/p/jpf3q76go?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:00:08 GMT A reflection on the rapid growth of new CRAN packages and whether the surge is actually benefiting the R community, with documentation quality and usefulness as key concerns. [rworks.dev] 65br403ws https://flipso.com/p/65br403ws?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:40:10 GMT WP 97-14 examines whether imposing cointegration actually improves long-horizon forecasts. The authors find that, by standard multivariate forecast accuracy measures, ignoring cointegration loses nothing at long horizons, and simple univariate Box-Jenkins forecasts perform just as well. [philadelphiafed.org] azcair022 https://flipso.com/p/azcair022?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:57:22 GMT Cory Doctorow argues that today’s AI boom is being propped up by a broken tech ecosystem, and says the way to deflate it is to challenge the business practices and power structures behind it. He discusses his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI. [arstechnica.com] pn3o2wzzt https://flipso.com/p/pn3o2wzzt?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:20:28 GMT Feedback from casual friends and broad focus groups can be misleading when they aren’t the early adopters you’re trying to reach. A dislike from the crowd isn’t the same as a signal that your intended audience won’t want it; useful advice depends on imagining the needs of the specific people you hope to serve. [seths.blog] hkwos4umd https://flipso.com/p/hkwos4umd?ref=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:00:10 GMT A 3D-printed Gaussian splat of one of the creator’s insects, made with crysta.ai. The post explains the workflow, including training with spherical harmonics, voxelizing the splat for printing, and the visual tradeoffs in color and transparency in the final crystal-like piece. [patreon.com]