https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss qrpjuokuk https://flipso.com/p/qrpjuokuk?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:00:11 GMT A recently described form of plasticity, called behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity, may let the brain form memories from a single experience by changing hippocampal dendrites over several seconds. [quantamagazine.org] f3a5d7ie0 https://flipso.com/p/f3a5d7ie0?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:40:09 GMT Wiz Research details CVE-2026-3854, a critical flaw in GitHub’s internal git infrastructure that enabled remote code execution on GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Server. The post explains the exploitation chain, affected GHES versions, and recommended remediation for administrators. [wiz.io] f6wz60mu7 https://flipso.com/p/f6wz60mu7?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:09 GMT A security write-up about using a fake website and a Wikipedia edit to test whether LLMs can be misled by circular citations and weak source verification. [ron.stoner.com] ftwz47bnp https://flipso.com/p/ftwz47bnp?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:40:08 GMT Open source used to rely more on reputation, self-hosted infrastructure, and real friction before GitHub made publishing and contributing nearly effortless. The essay reflects on what GitHub changed, the trust and archival benefits it provided, and the risks of depending on one central platform for open-source memory and community. [lucumr.pocoo.org] 4u2le1klc https://flipso.com/p/4u2le1klc?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:40:28 GMT Provider data management is the messy job of keeping payer directories, credentials, network status, and practice details accurate across many sources. This piece explains why that’s so hard, how it affects claims, network adequacy, and referrals, and how CertifyOS tries to create a single source of truth from rosters, CAQH, licensing boards, and other feeds. [outofpocket.health] 26xcl2jwt https://flipso.com/p/26xcl2jwt?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:20:11 GMT A planned 3D-printed affordable-housing project in Cairo, Illinois, stalled after the first duplex was left unfinished. The reporting traces a failed printer deal, a disputed $590,000 deposit, anonymous fraud allegations, and an FBI investigation into the company behind the project. [propublica.org] 05bfzkfke https://flipso.com/p/05bfzkfke?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:00:10 GMT U.S. bankruptcy filings increased 11.9% over the 12 months ending March 31, 2026, reaching 591,850 cases. Business filings rose 11.4% and non-business filings rose 11.9%, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. [uscourts.gov] q8foxmtl0 https://flipso.com/p/q8foxmtl0?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:20:08 GMT Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere. [motherjones.com] 2xspqnph2 https://flipso.com/p/2xspqnph2?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:00:11 GMT Elizabeth Bruenig reports on Alabama’s botched attempt to execute Alan Eugene Miller, including the hours-long struggle to place an IV and the eventual postponement of the execution. [theatlantic.com] nctsgj4x7 https://flipso.com/p/nctsgj4x7?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:40:32 GMT Cities have spent decades chasing large employers with tax breaks and incentives, even as consolidation, offshoring, and AI hollow out the middle of the economy. The piece argues for an ecosystem approach that supports small and midsize businesses, workforce development, and the conditions that let new firms grow, using New York City under Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a test case. [commonedge.org] w6vljbka7 https://flipso.com/p/w6vljbka7?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:00:26 GMT Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard won the A.M. Turing Award for laying the foundations of quantum information science and transforming secure communication and computing. [quantamagazine.org] 1ch3wx5ke https://flipso.com/p/1ch3wx5ke?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:40:08 GMT A detector buried deep in Antarctic ice recorded 13 radio bursts consistent with Askaryan radiation, a long-predicted effect where high-energy cosmic rays produce particle cascades that emit radio waves. The result provides the first experimental evidence of the phenomenon in ice and strengthens the Antarctic array’s ability to search for ultrahigh-energy cosmic neutrinos. [phys.org] ub5ygksl1 https://flipso.com/p/ub5ygksl1?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:48 GMT During the Third Crusade, Richard I of England was captured in Austria on his way home and held for a massive ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. His release in 1194 came after Eleanor of Aquitaine raised the payment, making it one of medieval Europe’s most famous hostage bargains. [lflank.wordpress.com] 6u0a5kg5n https://flipso.com/p/6u0a5kg5n?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:40:31 GMT Britain once moved fast on nuclear power, approving and building reactors in just a few years. But after early success, technical missteps, weak project management, changing public expectations, and policy turmoil left the program slower, costlier, and far less ambitious than its original promise. [worksinprogress.news] 0a6u9hzuc https://flipso.com/p/0a6u9hzuc?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:20:12 GMT A neurobiologist with a Harvard Ph.D. fatally shot three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The story traces the shooting and the family history that later came to light. [newyorker.com] f0mojqs38 https://flipso.com/p/f0mojqs38?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:40:09 GMT Rural Afghan women describe how decades of war, forced displacement, and civilian deaths shaped their views of the Taliban, the U.S.-backed government, and women’s rights. [newyorker.com] xeb0l60ke https://flipso.com/p/xeb0l60ke?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:20:10 GMT A look at how the “tiger mom” archetype took hold in popular culture, and why Asian mother-daughter relationships keep returning in books, films and memoirs as sites of conflict, pressure, grief and identity. [theguardian.com] wo1t3apql https://flipso.com/p/wo1t3apql?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:09 GMT A long-exposure pre-dawn image shows Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) threaded through streaks from satellites crossing the sky. The comet is currently hard to spot because it is close to the Sun, but should become easier to see from the southern hemisphere in the coming weeks as it moves outward and fades. [apod.nasa.gov] ivr7h7mxx https://flipso.com/p/ivr7h7mxx?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:40:27 GMT A critique of “attribution studies” that turn shaky associations into large, causally framed claims. Using examples like healthcare access, gas stoves, poverty, and inactivity, the post argues many of these estimates are driven by confounding and weak methods rather than real causal effects. [cremieux.xyz] 1yc4wco7z https://flipso.com/p/1yc4wco7z?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:09 GMT Bright Simons argues that AI’s intelligence is built from human social complexity—dialogue, disagreement, institutions, and collective problem-solving—and that overreliance on AI could narrow the diversity of thought that future models depend on. [theideasletter.org] 1sx3g98aa https://flipso.com/p/1sx3g98aa?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:20:27 GMT A call for May Day action centered on a general strike, with proposals to close ICE camps, demand amnesty for political prisoners, oppose war and genocide, resist technofascism, and build grassroots power through mutual aid and strikes. [crimethinc.com] pprjre0wj https://flipso.com/p/pprjre0wj?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:20:31 GMT A first look at the newly opened Queen Elizabeth II Garden in Regent’s Park, with notes on its ponds, pergola, water tower, meadowy planting, and climate-resilient design. The post also compares it with nearby gardens in Regent’s Park and offers a candid take on what works on opening day. [diamondgeezer.blogspot.com] r9ua8nmf5 https://flipso.com/p/r9ua8nmf5?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:20:28 GMT Frequent outages at GitHub, Claude, ChatGPT, and Bluesky may be less about “vibe coding” than about rapid growth, scaling pressure, infrastructure changes, and the same AI tools being used by attackers as well as defenders. [anderegg.ca] zr4qf7u4w https://flipso.com/p/zr4qf7u4w?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:00:09 GMT A retro-PC benchmark puzzle: adding more SDRAM made Quake slower, until the machine was trimmed back to a single RAM module. The culprit turned out to be motherboard caching limits, not bad memory. [fabiensanglard.net] kg62r2p3d https://flipso.com/p/kg62r2p3d?ref=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:00:09 GMT A recurring meeting can create accountability and keep long-running, cross-functional projects moving by turning progress into a regular expectation. [mooreds.com] qk653m4ea https://flipso.com/p/qk653m4ea?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:20:10 GMT A three-year project has identified 151 archaeological sites in the bay, including 134 shipwrecks, with wrecks ranging from a fifth-century BC Punic vessel to Roman, medieval and early modern ships. Researchers are using the finds to study centuries of maritime history and are urging protection for the sites, which face threats from development and dredging. [theguardian.com] mv1k6jjc7 https://flipso.com/p/mv1k6jjc7?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:40:08 GMT Linotype machines, cheap pulp paper, and expanding postal networks helped turn occult teaching into a mail-order industry in early 20th-century America. Allan Johnson traces how correspondence courses, catalogues, and magazine ads brought hypnotism, clairvoyance, New Thought, and other esoteric practices into thousands of homes. [publicdomainreview.org] nrm7qal4n https://flipso.com/p/nrm7qal4n?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:28 GMT Financializing households and housing has reshaped family formation, pushed more costs onto debt, and helped drive lower birth rates. The result is an aging population, fewer young workers, and growing strain on economies built for more children and more household stability. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] kda7htzjd https://flipso.com/p/kda7htzjd?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:09 GMT A simple focus routine: avoid screens and entertainment while working, then take a short reset by sitting quietly and staring at a wall when mental fatigue hits. The author says 5–10 minute sessions helped restore focus, though the practice is intentionally uncomfortable and paired with other focus habits. [alexselimov.com] d8kyt5vr4 https://flipso.com/p/d8kyt5vr4?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:39:42 GMT The two original developers of ZSNES are finally back together. [zsnes.com]