https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fntwi16y8 https://flipso.com/p/fntwi16y8?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:09 GMT Scott H. Young argues that big-school reforms usually disappoint because effective learning still depends on direct instruction, careful sequencing, and lots of practice. He also argues that ed-tech and AI can help around the margins, but are unlikely to produce a radical overhaul of educational outcomes. [scotthyoung.com] jyu94t17n https://flipso.com/p/jyu94t17n?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:00:28 GMT A critique of how low-rate, credit-fueled markets and investor demand have turned housing into a speculative asset, squeezing out people looking for a place to live. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] gqji8geep https://flipso.com/p/gqji8geep?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:10 GMT Queen cells use chemically and physically distinct wax, and that specialized cradle may help determine whether a honeybee larva develops into a queen or a worker. [cen.acs.org] jwm86hy7a https://flipso.com/p/jwm86hy7a?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:40:08 GMT ProPublica reports that child sexual abuse has gone unreported and quietly handled within Old Apostolic Lutheran Church congregations across several states, with victims in some families spanning multiple generations and church leaders often discouraging police involvement. [propublica.org] v3jxgql65 https://flipso.com/p/v3jxgql65?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:20:30 GMT Why mathematics is so effective in physics, using three angles: we only model the parts of reality we can grasp, anthropic selection may favor universes compatible with science and life, and a simplicity prior could explain why our laws are so compact. [invertedpassion.com] yswx16r8b https://flipso.com/p/yswx16r8b?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:00:08 GMT A parent-leaning guide to using older, more controllable technologies—CDs, DVDs, landline phones, and a locked-down family computer—to give kids more independence while avoiding the worst parts of modern ad-driven platforms. [havenweb.org] zi3fpq08n https://flipso.com/p/zi3fpq08n?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:20:31 GMT A reflection on Pope St. Gregory the Great’s distinction between coerced power and true authority grounded in conscience and lived witness, echoed by Pope St. Paul VI’s insight that people respond first to witnesses, not teachers. [rhystranter.com] s0zok7hua https://flipso.com/p/s0zok7hua?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:00:12 GMT A working hydraulic scale model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is still operational but now serves the public at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito, where exhibits explain Bay hydrology. [en.wikipedia.org] q6vk2prng https://flipso.com/p/q6vk2prng?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:40:08 GMT Studio Darius Ou and Benson Chong’s Manual is a fully 3D-printed, fully bound book made in one printing sequence. Its pages, binding, and raised text are formed from the same material, with the lettering carrying a fragment of the printer code used to make it. [designboom.com] fcory9w21 https://flipso.com/p/fcory9w21?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:20:08 GMT Thomas Bloom explains recent counterexamples to the real unit distance and sum-product conjectures, using algebraic number theory to show how these constructions work and why they scale. [erdosproblems.com] cug8x1t7e https://flipso.com/p/cug8x1t7e?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:40:09 GMT Dartmouth researchers model how fear and social pressure can push firearm ownership past the social optimum, creating a feedback loop that increases perceived threat and gun purchases. Their analysis suggests public information campaigns and targeted network interventions could help reduce overarming. [home.dartmouth.edu] rbm8942up https://flipso.com/p/rbm8942up?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:20:31 GMT A data-driven look at planning and construction timelines for 67 major U.S. bridges finds that planning times are not obviously getting worse, while construction times have risen since the mid-20th century. The post also finds little relationship between how long a bridge takes to plan and how long it takes to build, and argues that many recent projects are replacement bridges, which may move faster. [construction-physics.com] zaqk8k764 https://flipso.com/p/zaqk8k764?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:10 GMT French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for Persepolis, has died at 56, according to members of her entourage. The graphic memoir became an acclaimed book and film. [france24.com] g5q41cmzr https://flipso.com/p/g5q41cmzr?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:40:30 GMT Answers to David Lehman’s movie quiz, with brief notes on each film and clue, from Casablanca and The Apartment to Blow-Up, All About Eve, and more. [theamericanscholar.org] z5vwi1dwu https://flipso.com/p/z5vwi1dwu?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:20:09 GMT A step-by-step guide to tying a symmetrical, more secure shoelace knot, also known as the Double Slip Knot. The method uses two loops that cross and pass through the center, creating a tight double-wrap finish that resists coming undone. [fieggen.com] rolrcrbwr https://flipso.com/p/rolrcrbwr?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:40:31 GMT Australia is not a NATO member because the alliance is built around North Atlantic states, while Australia instead relies on regional security arrangements such as ANZUS and AUKUS. It remains a close NATO partner, cooperating on defense, intelligence, and joint operations without formal membership. [thecollector.com] hibzlzc4u https://flipso.com/p/hibzlzc4u?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:20:52 GMT Air pollution, climate change, fertilizers, and fungicides are altering the scents plants and animals use to find food, mates, and pollinators. Researchers say these disruptions could affect insect reproduction, navigation, and crop pollination. [e360.yale.edu] 7y3hr43k6 https://flipso.com/p/7y3hr43k6?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:40:08 GMT Archaeologists are excavating beneath Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, uncovering layers of history that stretch back to Roman-era Lutetia and nearly 2,000 years of the city’s past. [apnews.com] buv49o9ch https://flipso.com/p/buv49o9ch?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:40:31 GMT The struggle against excessive corporate power needs better standard-bearers. Noah Smith argues that antimonopoly is too often treated as a grand theory of everything, and that antitrust works better as a targeted tool than as an all-purpose explanation for inequality, inflation, or social decline. [noahpinion.blog] qjsuv9lae https://flipso.com/p/qjsuv9lae?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:09 GMT Ted Chiang argues that fluent chatbot output is not evidence of subjective experience, and that treating language generation as consciousness misplaces responsibility and misunderstands how LLMs work. [theatlantic.com] l1xr3nfut https://flipso.com/p/l1xr3nfut?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:40:08 GMT Birmingham’s once-thriving balti scene has shrunk from hundreds of restaurants in the 1990s to about 20 today. A campaign for heritage recognition aims to revive the dish, protect authentic balti houses, and attract a new generation of diners. [theguardian.com] asa4ot0nh https://flipso.com/p/asa4ot0nh?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:00:09 GMT A woman describes how college sports fans harassed her daughter online after a photo with Iowa State basketball star Audi Crooks, and how she tried to identify the people behind it. [rollingstone.com] zbstsx3yg https://flipso.com/p/zbstsx3yg?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:40:09 GMT A short speculative fiction piece riffing on Terry Bisson’s “They’re Made Out of Meat,” imagining large language models as things made of weights, with a humorous conversation about whether there’s anything “home” inside the machine. [maxleiter.com] dbmj2q3gf https://flipso.com/p/dbmj2q3gf?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:20:09 GMT A profile of Clarke Speicher, a professional book reader who evaluates manuscripts for screen adaptation. It follows how he turns novels into detailed coverage, what makes a book cinematic, and how a once-obscure Hollywood job has changed over 25 years. [lithub.com] 44ii9izk6 https://flipso.com/p/44ii9izk6?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:40:26 GMT A step-by-step look at transferring a design to a wood-engraving block, carving the white areas with fine tools, and printing the finished image. The post also shares practical tips for working with stained blocks and choosing transfer methods. [handprinted.co.uk] musgzpvq8 https://flipso.com/p/musgzpvq8?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:30 GMT A brief guide to recurring themes in medieval manuscript margins, showing how these images often connect to the surrounding text, religious symbolism, humor, and visual inversion rather than random doodles. [weirdmedievalguys.substack.com] 3oalebbzw https://flipso.com/p/3oalebbzw?ref=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:20:08 GMT Researchers at Université de Montréal and the IRCM found that two Polycomb protein systems work together to switch off early limb-development genes at the right time in mice, allowing later developmental programs to proceed normally. Disrupting both systems severely impairs limb formation and causes major gene-expression errors. [nouvelles.umontreal.ca] 7utop6l1x https://flipso.com/p/7utop6l1x?ref=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:00:30 GMT From folklore to Gothic fiction, vampires evolved from undead folkloric figures into charismatic literary monsters in works by Polidori, Le Fanu, and Stoker. The article traces how the vampire became a lasting symbol for fear, desire, social anxiety, and changing ideas about gender and power. [thecollector.com] faa96qvu1 https://flipso.com/p/faa96qvu1?ref=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:00:08 GMT Peter Hessler recalls his first journalism job delivering the Columbia Missourian as a child in Missouri, and the unsettling kindness of a regular customer whose quarters came with unwanted touches. The piece traces how a paper route sharpened his sense of secrecy, guilt, and observation. [newyorker.com] akzgkea98 https://flipso.com/p/akzgkea98?ref=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:08 GMT Andrew Gallant shares a personal update about being diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, describing the early symptoms, misdiagnosis, treatment, and recovery so far. [burntsushi.net]