https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss c3r9ersmh https://flipso.com/p/c3r9ersmh?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:40:13 GMT In remembrance of his beloved and brilliant wife, Elise Cawley, and their 36 years together, Stephen Wolfram shares memories of their family and home and relates Elise's many accomplishments and contributions to mathematics. [writings.stephenwolfram.com] boxhofgt1 https://flipso.com/p/boxhofgt1?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:20:16 GMT Transcript of Buckminster Fuller’s 42-hour 1975 lecture series on his life’s work, covering design, geometry, architecture, engineering, economics, and his “synergetic” approach to solving global problems. [bfi.org] g4ypfyx3d https://flipso.com/p/g4ypfyx3d?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:20:19 GMT A neuroscientist argues that psychoanalysis still deserves a place in modern psychiatry, drawing on Freud, brain science, and research on the unconscious to make the case for talk therapy over biological psychiatry. [theatlantic.com] padbl7z9f https://flipso.com/p/padbl7z9f?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:20:31 GMT A look at the Burtele Foot and the fossils that led Yohannes Haile-Selassie to propose Australopithecus deyiremeda as a separate hominin species. It covers the evidence for a more apelike, grasping foot, the controversy over whether the bones and teeth really belong to the same species, and what the find suggests about early hominin diversity and locomotion. [lflank.wordpress.com] dmntup3f5 https://flipso.com/p/dmntup3f5?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:31 GMT We analyzed 132,003 attempts to mow a virtual lawn efficiently. [pudding.cool] doe1wi9ua https://flipso.com/p/doe1wi9ua?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:17 GMT Tracing words can reveal deep links between languages, religions, technologies, and cultural history — from Farsi cognates to the surprising rise of “hello” with the telephone. [resobscura.substack.com] wx3dhmvvb https://flipso.com/p/wx3dhmvvb?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:40:16 GMT The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and… [short-stories.co] tx12wezfm https://flipso.com/p/tx12wezfm?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:20:18 GMT archived 30 Jul 2026 19:38:58 UTC [archive.ph] oda1nzdu3 https://flipso.com/p/oda1nzdu3?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:20:32 GMT New York’s history suggests that growth strategies built around attracting large enterprises can deepen fiscal crisis and inequality, while locally rooted institutions, shared ownership, and community-led investment can strengthen the city’s economy. The piece argues for public banking, anchor-institution procurement, community land trusts, worker co-ops, and social-cost accounting to build a more affordable and just New York City. [commonedge.org] a9p29lwo6 https://flipso.com/p/a9p29lwo6?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:00:23 GMT The world exceeds us. It comes to us out of darkness. The cave is the universe, the nightly presence of that unknown... [lrb.co.uk] 70p7j3jpk https://flipso.com/p/70p7j3jpk?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:20:26 GMT Why so many young adults are dating less, partnering less, and struggling to find love in an era of apps, shifting gender dynamics, and changing social life. [theatlantic.com] y8kow01uu https://flipso.com/p/y8kow01uu?ref=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:00:14 GMT New earthworks suggest a large pre-Columbian society once occupied a vast but sparsely studied stretch of the Amazon, with estimates of millions of inhabitants across the region. [science.org] fbp4ghkc3 https://flipso.com/p/fbp4ghkc3?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:40:32 GMT A firsthand look at pregnancy, labor, hospital operations, and the gaps in patient information and billing. [outofpocket.health] fz5w1n8q9 https://flipso.com/p/fz5w1n8q9?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:00:13 GMT The economics behind where movies are filmed, why production has shifted away from Los Angeles, and whether audiences notice the difference. [statsignificant.com] i15p43hu1 https://flipso.com/p/i15p43hu1?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20:16 GMT A long-abandoned fish sauce factory in St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador, has left 900,000 liters of rotting fish sludge behind, and locals have dealt with the stench for years. A food scientist talks through what decades of fermentation and spoilage might do to the sauce, from umami to rancid amines. [defector.com] 1064lzb55 https://flipso.com/p/1064lzb55?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:40:30 GMT Jenn Saesue discusses cofounding 55 Hospitality, the group behind Fish Cheeks, Bangkok Supper Club, and Bub’s Bakery, plus the decision to avoid a watered-down Thai menu, the challenge of hard-to-get reservations, and the long R&D behind a birthday cake project. [tastecooking.com] tgpsrevn1 https://flipso.com/p/tgpsrevn1?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:20:14 GMT Internal documents and FBI records show ICE’s DNA collection surged in 2025, funneling hundreds of thousands of people—many never convicted of a crime—into CODIS. The reporting also details DNA collection from detained families and children, and the legal and privacy concerns around a program aimed at criminal investigations. [wired.com] 8hhddtq8k https://flipso.com/p/8hhddtq8k?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:14 GMT Cutting coffee down to one cup a day for a week dramatically improved sleep, mood, and energy. The author says they now get tired at night, fall asleep quickly, and wake up refreshed, suggesting their caffeine intake may have been masking underlying fatigue. [marginalia.nu] fb62vizit https://flipso.com/p/fb62vizit?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:20:30 GMT Ruby Tandoh traces the 1976–1991 boom that introduced Cornetto, Mini Milks, Twister, Viennetta, Calippo, Feast, Mars ice cream bars, Carte d’Or, and Magnum, and explains how industrial innovation reshaped British ice cream culture. [vittlesmagazine.com] 5nao5ljwo https://flipso.com/p/5nao5ljwo?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:20:15 GMT At least 227 cases since 2020 have involved a person, often a man, killing multiple family members in acts of domestic violence and murder-suicide. [indystar.com] 7c8zy8s4l https://flipso.com/p/7c8zy8s4l?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:20:45 GMT A history of the white masks of southern Gabon, their role in ritual and secret societies, and the ancestry and beauty symbolism behind their kaolin-white faces and stylized features. [africanhistoryextra.com] z6lcazyjs https://flipso.com/p/z6lcazyjs?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:00:16 GMT Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company’s weekly trolley and bus passes, issued from the 1930s through the 1960s, featured vivid colors, hand lettering, and civic graphics. Letterform Archive now holds about 300 of these tickets. [letterformarchive.org] 478lzwyzt https://flipso.com/p/478lzwyzt?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:40:13 GMT Norway’s salmon industry now supplies more than half the world’s Atlantic salmon and has reshaped the country’s coast, economy, and fjords. But the boom has brought ecological damage, contested science, and tough questions about whether the industry can keep expanding sustainably. [abc.net.au] josvgj7bw https://flipso.com/p/josvgj7bw?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:14:23 GMT Clubgoers are using 3-MMC to dance all night, then taking more to lock in at the office. [playboy.substack.com] s5jflulz9 https://flipso.com/p/s5jflulz9?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:51 GMT An account of moving to Hamburg for an internship, finding a welcoming workplace and flatmate, and gradually building a life in Germany. It reflects on trust, rules, social democracy, belonging, and the long path to citizenship. [mertbulan.com] kyjoae9ew https://flipso.com/p/kyjoae9ew?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:20:13 GMT Medieval scholars sought a shortcut to advanced learning in the Ars notoria, a ritual text promising rapid mastery through diagrams, prayers, and mysterious names. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores its appeal, its contested status, and why some users came to see it as dangerous or demonic. [publicdomainreview.org] fmyb5jwm6 https://flipso.com/p/fmyb5jwm6?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:00:50 GMT A visual history of the Khyber Pass and why this narrow mountain corridor mattered for migration, trade, Buddhism, empire, and war between Central and South Asia. [worldhistory.substack.com] zv5i6mo1v https://flipso.com/p/zv5i6mo1v?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:00:21 GMT The Industrial Revolution is a weaker precedent for 10× growth than it first appears. During the pre-IR UK, growth rates this fast were often within normal year-to-year variation, while today a 10× jump would be far outside modern experience. The post argues that an Industrial Revolution-style acceleration would likely look more like a modest rise in frontier growth, not a sudden move to 20%+ annual growth. [mattsclancy.github.io] tqo9pt61z https://flipso.com/p/tqo9pt61z?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:00:30 GMT Creative work gets easier when you have room to experiment without every mistake carrying high consequences. Slack creates that room: choose abundant materials, shrink the scope, work at a sustainable pace, and take on projects you can afford to fail at. The goal is to make creative abundance the norm, not the exception. [herbertlui.net] 7e3mwnyt6 https://flipso.com/p/7e3mwnyt6?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:40:12 GMT Goblin sharks were filmed in their natural habitat for the first time, revealing how these rare deep-sea predators move and feed in the Pacific. [science.org]