https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:20:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fflxppac3 https://flipso.com/p/fflxppac3?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:20:37 GMT A look back at the Declaration of Independence shows how its language can still frame the value of facts in public life and journalism. [poynter.org] 98n39rabg https://flipso.com/p/98n39rabg?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:40:11 GMT AI hype is creating a fake baseline, making ordinary but useful workflows feel insignificant while encouraging exaggerated claims about agents and automation. The result is more confusion, less trust, and growing pressure on workers and companies to oversell what these tools can actually do. [elenaverna.com] j1cjxqhvz https://flipso.com/p/j1cjxqhvz?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:00:09 GMT A first-person account of how Monticello’s effort to tell the fuller history of Jefferson and the enslaved people who built and lived there drew a right-wing backlash, online harassment, and institutional silence. [prospect.org] xjivvup57 https://flipso.com/p/xjivvup57?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:12 GMT A wearable oxygen-supplying suit gave cockroaches enough protection and respiration to move underwater for up to 3 hours, creating an amphibious cyborg insect that can travel across land and water. [nature.com] pau07yeri https://flipso.com/p/pau07yeri?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:49:39 GMT A satirical startup fable about founders, engineers, sales promises, and how a product can fill with features while the original problem never gets fixed. [weli.dev] tn516r3cw https://flipso.com/p/tn516r3cw?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:20:09 GMT A blind accessibility specialist showed how Microsoft’s read-only SharePoint, Power Automate, and Outlook workflows can become unusable for screen reader users. The project led to removing unnecessary labels, improving alt text and headings where possible, and rerouting status updates so users never had to fight through inaccessible pages. [iinteractive.com] epch93o09 https://flipso.com/p/epch93o09?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:26 GMT Youyu County in Shanxi turned a sand-blown landscape into a forested ecological barrier through decades of afforestation, even as officials weighed short-term industrial gains against long-term environmental protection. The piece uses Youyu’s 76-year effort to illustrate the CPC’s idea of a “correct view on governance performance.” [beijingscroll.com] zzlcfqb3w https://flipso.com/p/zzlcfqb3w?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:10 GMT Women in some Northwest Buddhist centers say spiritual authority has shielded predatory behavior by teachers, and that abuse allegations have often been minimized or ignored. [thewesternedge.media] dx4q2pnxw https://flipso.com/p/dx4q2pnxw?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:20:10 GMT Protect your right to run local AI. Sign in ten seconds, call your state office in two minutes. [righttointelligence.org] o3fkai513 https://flipso.com/p/o3fkai513?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:40:09 GMT Around the time the United States was founded, Americans' diets included Parmesan ice cream and terrapin. But what you ate depended on your social status. [npr.org] l0jdb0m07 https://flipso.com/p/l0jdb0m07?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:40:10 GMT Cynthia Dwork and coauthors argue that a June 4, 2026 Commerce Department directive would weaken federal data confidentiality by banning differential privacy and other modern disclosure-avoidance methods, with consequences for Census and BEA statistics. [scottaaronson.blog] hrw5wvlez https://flipso.com/p/hrw5wvlez?ref=rss Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:20:30 GMT A members discussion with Brook Manville on why the Roman Republic endured, what Aristotle meant by civic friendship, and what Rome can still teach about preserving free societies as America approaches its 250th anniversary. [classicalwisdom.substack.com] 6upy35djj https://flipso.com/p/6upy35djj?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:40:30 GMT Scott Nolan argues that America’s next 250 years depend on restoring energy abundance, with nuclear power as a key bottleneck to overcome. [notboring.co] shqiuw8cm https://flipso.com/p/shqiuw8cm?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:00:10 GMT Every task hides more nuance than it first appears to have. From building stairs to understanding boiling water, the details that matter are often messy, easy to miss, and only obvious in hindsight. Noticing the right ones is what helps people avoid getting intellectually stuck. [johnsalvatier.org] x5gxyhgio https://flipso.com/p/x5gxyhgio?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:20:30 GMT Dennis Morris photos and recollections of John Lydon’s 1978 trip to Jamaica with Don Letts and The Clash, a formative encounter with reggae, dub, and Lee “Scratch” Perry that helped shape Public Image Ltd. [flashbak.com] dugunz7md https://flipso.com/p/dugunz7md?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:40:10 GMT Practical heuristics for asking strangers for help: situate yourself clearly, give concise context, show proof of work, make the request specific and low-friction, and make it easy to say no. The core idea is to think from the other person’s perspective and avoid pressure or dishonesty. [pradyuprasad.com] eyhz33liz https://flipso.com/p/eyhz33liz?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 17:00:13 GMT A detailed critique of high-resolution audio claims, arguing that 24/192 downloads offer no audible benefit over standard CD-quality playback and can even introduce avoidable distortion. It explains sampling theory, human hearing limits, and why ultrasonic content can be a liability in real playback systems. [people.xiph.org] o95frs9yt https://flipso.com/p/o95frs9yt?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:00:30 GMT New Orleans faces an existential climate threat, and the city may need to plan for managed retreat rather than assume it can be protected forever. The essay argues that honest acknowledgment of that risk is a necessary first step toward preserving the city’s culture, communities, and future. [commonedge.org] jrizwmgkw https://flipso.com/p/jrizwmgkw?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:40:09 GMT John Boepple settled in Muscatine, Iowa, and helped turn freshwater mussel shells into a booming pearl-button industry. The trade brought jobs and prosperity to the town, but it also devastated local mussel populations and helped spur early conservation efforts. [smithsonianmag.com] o2bjpc7wo https://flipso.com/p/o2bjpc7wo?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:28:12 GMT A fabricated report claimed 47 Alabama weekly newspapers were bought, hollowed out with AI-generated content, and shuttered — but the paper trail didn’t hold up, and the story was later retracted. The piece examines how the false narrative spread, why it looked convincing, and what it says about AI slop and journalism. [niemanlab.org] vv3njw7i0 https://flipso.com/p/vv3njw7i0?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:40:11 GMT https://www.martenscentre.eu/media-mentions/in-the-age-of-algorithms-and-ai-is-traditional-media-democracys-last-line-of-defence/ [martenscentre.eu] u5plhgana https://flipso.com/p/u5plhgana?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:40:09 GMT A retrospective on web forums, from Usenet and early forum software to BBCode, why they were clunky, and why they still fostered unusually strong online communities. [tedium.co] ii5x274s6 https://flipso.com/p/ii5x274s6?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:42:22 GMT Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, the Philippines, and other countries are logging passes, tackles, shots, and other match events that feed team analytics, broadcasts, and betting systems. [restofworld.org] gi6vs96h9 https://flipso.com/p/gi6vs96h9?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:31 GMT Photos from the EPA’s Documerica project show the Ohio River in the early 1970s, when barges, steamboats, river recreation, and daily life coexisted with severe industrial pollution, smog, and visible environmental damage around Louisville and nearby river towns. [rarehistoricalphotos.com] 2ohaw8fmk https://flipso.com/p/2ohaw8fmk?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:40:09 GMT Fabien Sanglard’s picks for the keyboards he has liked most over the years, from the IBM Model M and Model M SSK to the NMB ConcertMaster, Ergodox EZ, and ZSA Moonlander. He explains what he liked about each one, including key feel, ergonomics, stability, and everyday typing comfort. [fabiensanglard.net] ihkiikzuv https://flipso.com/p/ihkiikzuv?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:11 GMT How AI could destroy mathematics and barely touch it [davidbessis.substack.com] khs0r69ph https://flipso.com/p/khs0r69ph?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:20:08 GMT Using Python and custom CSS to generate a one-page, fridge-friendly bin collection calendar with individually highlighted pickup dates. [alexwlchan.net] wj1oufhg4 https://flipso.com/p/wj1oufhg4?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:40:24 GMT A roundup of thirteen noteworthy reads, watches, and listens, including a Q&A that offers the advice to write around the life you have, plus essays, links, and short recommendations from the week. [carolinecrampton.com] s2vdz62l6 https://flipso.com/p/s2vdz62l6?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:00:10 GMT Distinctive intestines mold feces into sharp-cornered poop [science.org] 78g7ifvd3 https://flipso.com/p/78g7ifvd3?ref=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:40:09 GMT A sample chapter from a book in progress about applying emergency-medicine principles to leadership. Drawing on volunteer EMT work and years leading design and product teams, it argues that calm, frameworks, and triage help managers handle pressure, ambiguity, and crisis more effectively. [notyouremergency.com]