https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 05 May 2026 20:20:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bsby5m82e https://flipso.com/p/bsby5m82e?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 20:20:08 GMT Central California growers may receive up to $9 million in federal aid to remove about 3,000 acres of clingstone peach trees after Del Monte closed its Modesto and Hughson canneries. The shutdown left farmers with canceled contracts and millions in lost revenue, and lawmakers say the aid is meant to help prevent deeper damage to multigenerational farms. [sfgate.com] b7ofq9y2k https://flipso.com/p/b7ofq9y2k?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 19:40:29 GMT A skeptical look at the peptide boom: what these gray-market injections are, why people use them, how they’re sourced, the evidence gaps, and the safety and regulatory questions they raise. [outofpocket.health] btcw1s9mo https://flipso.com/p/btcw1s9mo?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 18:20:09 GMT The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came. [texasmonthly.com] 9rt7ul49t https://flipso.com/p/9rt7ul49t?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 18:00:10 GMT A reflection on why neuron-based computing feels unsettling: after years of working with LLMs, the author contrasts mathematical models with literal human neurons trained to play Doom and asks where consciousness, sentience, and the ethical line begin. [kuber.studio] rfc8jo1tf https://flipso.com/p/rfc8jo1tf?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 17:40:09 GMT AI adoption inside companies often shows up as uneven, hidden use across teams rather than shared organizational learning. The real question is not who is using AI, but what changed because of it, which loops got faster, and how useful discoveries move from individuals into team practices and reusable capabilities. [robert-glaser.de] ixmrm6x9q https://flipso.com/p/ixmrm6x9q?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 17:20:33 GMT A roundup of recent biotech and medicine updates: the first FDA-approved gene therapy for inherited deafness, a promising oral hair-loss drug, real-time protein folding studies, engineered snake-venom organoids, a long-running mouse cloning experiment, a p53-targeting cancer drug trial, antibody off-target findings, and Eugene Braunwald’s legacy in cardiology. [worksinprogress.news] orosshpb9 https://flipso.com/p/orosshpb9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 16:00:10 GMT Last week’s adventures with the Exidy Sorcerer led me to write a Z80 version of the LZ4 decompressor I’d previously used on the SNES, the CoCo, and the Genesis. At this point, this has … [bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com] th7zy3hz3 https://flipso.com/p/th7zy3hz3?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 15:20:09 GMT A comparison of 15 sRGB matrix profiles from software and downloaded ICC files, showing differences in primaries, white points, Bradford adaptation, and tone response curves. [ninedegreesbelow.com] zyu7tu58b https://flipso.com/p/zyu7tu58b?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 15:00:35 GMT Scope of Work is starting a members’ reading group discussion of Tracy Kidder’s 1985 book House, a work about the relationships and emotions involved in building a home. The post invites readers to join the discussion beginning Thursday, May 14. [scopeofwork.net] 4fnqdi4j9 https://flipso.com/p/4fnqdi4j9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 12:40:10 GMT Peter Raven, the conservationist who transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into a world-class center for botanical research and helped coin the term “coevolution,” died at 89. His career spanned leadership at MOBOT, collaborations around the world, and honors including the MacArthur Fellowship and National Medal of Science. [nautil.us] 843pycma9 https://flipso.com/p/843pycma9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 12:20:36 GMT In 1992–93, Gillian Wearing photographed 500 people in the UK holding cards with their unfiltered thoughts, creating the series “Signs that Say What You Want Them To Say and Not Signs that Say What Someone Else Wants You To Say.” [flashbak.com] dslhhxrkq https://flipso.com/p/dslhhxrkq?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 11:40:35 GMT A New Hampshire road trip becomes a case study in how local trust, compact towns, and a slow-built highway system shaped a different development pattern from most of the country. [strongtowns.org] 36zaa2bf1 https://flipso.com/p/36zaa2bf1?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 10:20:10 GMT In December 1982, South African engineer Rodney Wilkinson carried bombs into Koeberg, the apartheid regime’s flagship nuclear power station, then walked away on his bicycle. Stephen Robert Morse traces how he pulled off the sabotage and vanished for decades. [theguardian.com] ht5cfkkya https://flipso.com/p/ht5cfkkya?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:02:28 GMT Dispatches on absurd new apps, gadgets, and services. Dry, observational coverage of pointlessness in tech. [nobodyaskedforthis.lol] wf2ox3pla https://flipso.com/p/wf2ox3pla?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:20:08 GMT Paul Pressler helped drive the Southern Baptist Convention’s conservative takeover and became a longtime GOP power broker, even as abuse allegations mounted around him. The story traces how his political influence shaped evangelical politics and how that legacy echoes in today’s struggles over abuse and power. [texasmonthly.com] xf6ztlss9 https://flipso.com/p/xf6ztlss9?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:46 GMT The first Harry Beck Tube map included sponsored overprints, including branding for Peter Robinson and George Cohen, Sons and Company. [londonist.com] glk6y6aqy https://flipso.com/p/glk6y6aqy?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:38 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Robert Browning’s poem aloud as part of the “Read Me a Poem” series. [theamericanscholar.org] y1b39c5rh https://flipso.com/p/y1b39c5rh?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 06:40:09 GMT Finds AMC showtimes with zero tickets sold, letting you spot near-empty screenings and private-theater odds by ZIP code. [walzr.com] u23pu81y2 https://flipso.com/p/u23pu81y2?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 05:40:10 GMT A global analysis finds that more than a third of countries can meet dietary needs from domestic production for only two or fewer of seven essential food groups. Guyana is the only country self-sufficient across all seven, while many countries depend heavily on imports and a small number of trade partners, leaving them vulnerable to supply shocks. [nature.com] 01mjqyo0r https://flipso.com/p/01mjqyo0r?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 05:00:11 GMT A closer look at casu marzu, Sardinia’s controversial maggot-infested cheese, tracing how shepherds still make it, why it remains culturally prized despite bans, and how climate change is affecting its future. [nationalgeographic.com] 9myikqgq0 https://flipso.com/p/9myikqgq0?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 04:00:10 GMT A Windows 11 machine could send IPMI traffic to an old Tyan SMDC card but never receive usable replies. The issue turned out to be a Windows-side checksum offload problem in Intel NIC drivers; disabling IPv4 UDP receive checksum offloading fixed communication on affected systems. [os2museum.com] a3im4dt45 https://flipso.com/p/a3im4dt45?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 03:40:10 GMT The Associated Press team won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for a global investigation into mass surveillance tools that moved from Silicon Valley to China and back to the United States, including uses by U.S. Border Patrol. [pulitzer.org] s2eu577bi https://flipso.com/p/s2eu577bi?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 03:00:09 GMT Margaret-Anne Storey reflects on feedback to her earlier essay about cognitive debt in AI-accelerated development, arguing that shared understanding can erode faster than code changes. She discusses how teams experience the cost, why it affects people as well as software, and practical ways teams may mitigate it with reviews, tests, documentation, and careful use of AI. [margaretstorey.com] 29k79bib6 https://flipso.com/p/29k79bib6?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 01:40:37 GMT A critique of policies that favor homeownership over renting, including a proposed ban on build-to-rent housing, corporate ownership concerns, rental covenants, and eviction delays. It argues that restricting rental housing raises costs and reduces supply, especially for people who can’t afford a down payment. [thezvi.substack.com] u2z43h9gf https://flipso.com/p/u2z43h9gf?ref=rss Tue, 05 May 2026 00:20:13 GMT A law professor spent seven years reexamining Swift’s epitaph and argues its meaning comes from its original placement beside a monument to an old rival. The investigation turns into a literary detective story about satire, memorials, and how renovations can change a joke’s context. [newyorker.com] vgralhls2 https://flipso.com/p/vgralhls2?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 23:00:28 GMT Tacit knowledge comes from direct experience, not abstract models, and that matters when recession or revolution upends daily life. The piece argues that formal systems can explain disruption, but they don’t replace the practical skills, self-awareness, and improvisation people need to navigate job loss, collapse, or rapid social and technological change. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] jsc5jsu4b https://flipso.com/p/jsc5jsu4b?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 17:40:32 GMT Why mixed-use, human-scale development is hard to pull off when financing, retail formats, and chain-store logistics still favor big-box suburban models. [thedeletedscenes.com] 8ysipoq15 https://flipso.com/p/8ysipoq15?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:34 GMT Airline bankruptcies are a recurring feature of the industry: low-cost carriers can grow quickly and look attractive for a while, but their cost structure, labor dynamics, and fuel exposure make them vulnerable when conditions change. The issue also covers GameStop’s proposed eBay merger, how indexes evolve to match investor expectations, why capital gravitates toward certain asset classes, Europe’s AI infrastructure push, and the U.S. government’s AI procurement strategy. [thediff.co] wkgnmzil7 https://flipso.com/p/wkgnmzil7?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 16:40:09 GMT NBER working paper by Noah Arman Kouchekinia, David Neumark, and Tim A. Bruckner using HRS data and local labor-demand shocks to estimate how employment affects cognitive decline. The paper finds that negative labor-demand shocks are associated with lower cognitive scores over time, with effects concentrated among men ages 51–64. [nber.org] f1hjplsx1 https://flipso.com/p/f1hjplsx1?ref=rss Mon, 04 May 2026 15:20:09 GMT A guard assigned to Guantánamo’s secret high-value detainee unit begins to doubt the official story about Mohamedou Salahi, whose case exposes the prison’s intelligence claims and interrogation practices. [newyorker.com]