https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ws0dsvpat https://flipso.com/p/ws0dsvpat?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:11 GMT A thoughtful look at how the quiet removal of benches shapes who can comfortably use public space. The piece connects seating scarcity in transit hubs, parks, and sidewalks to larger questions of hospitality, exclusion, and how cities decide who belongs. [placesjournal.org] 7ts2binst https://flipso.com/p/7ts2binst?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:21:07 GMT A reflection on how the early web felt like a destination: a computer room, a homepage, a set of neighborhoods you entered and left deliberately. It contrasts that bounded experience with today’s always-on, algorithm-driven internet and argues for reclaiming limits, attention, and a more human scale online. [frontporchrepublic.com] 7hapfbgh5 https://flipso.com/p/7hapfbgh5?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:20:28 GMT A budget-friendly vegetarian schnitzel made with super firm tofu, a mustardy batter, sesame-panko coating, and a bright spring salad. [tastecooking.com] seaf6zts3 https://flipso.com/p/seaf6zts3?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:00:09 GMT Physicists are still struggling to pin down the gravitational constant, even as new experiments continue to sharpen the methods used to measure it. [arstechnica.com] j2jlxml4w https://flipso.com/p/j2jlxml4w?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:20:32 GMT A short reflection on intellectual pretension, paired with a Samuel Johnson passage and a Flannery O’Connor letter about the limits of understanding other people. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] ex9cfd3sj https://flipso.com/p/ex9cfd3sj?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:00:41 GMT A critique of projects that try to “solve debate” or “disagree better” through argument maps and similar tools. The post argues that real disagreements rarely reduce to neat premises, fallacies, or false facts, and that the bigger problems are mismatched assumptions, incentives, and the difficulty of finding compatible people who actually want to engage. [astralcodexten.com] fexw4xn5c https://flipso.com/p/fexw4xn5c?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:20:27 GMT On Palmyra Atoll, conservationists are pairing invasive palm removal with native mycorrhizal fungi to help Pisonia trees regrow. Researchers found rare fungi beneath healthy trees and identified areas where they could be transplanted to support restoration. The work suggests rebuilding island forests may require restoring underground fungi as well as native plants. [e360.yale.edu] 2v54y96cv https://flipso.com/p/2v54y96cv?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:00:31 GMT A reflection on why the modern web feels extractive and solitary, and a case for building smaller, more welcoming online spaces where people can linger, meet, and leave lasting traces. [elysian.press] zmmklcuzh https://flipso.com/p/zmmklcuzh?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:40:09 GMT Could the Catholic Church’s marriage rules—especially its campaign against cousin marriage—help explain why the West became unusually individualistic, prosperous, and socially distinctive? [theatlantic.com] dlu5s27rr https://flipso.com/p/dlu5s27rr?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 03:20:08 GMT A pendulum’s exact equation uses sin θ, while the small-angle approximation replaces it with θ. This post explains why that approximation works, how the nonlinear and linear solutions differ, and why the nonlinear pendulum has a slightly longer period that grows with the initial angle. [johndcook.com] ndod60xb5 https://flipso.com/p/ndod60xb5?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:00:31 GMT We all know they’re casinos. It’s time to look at the data behind the froth. [asteriskmag.com] hawlinbv8 https://flipso.com/p/hawlinbv8?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:20:25 GMT A reflection on whether “friction” in daily life can be a healthy source of connection, discipline, and social glue, or whether the idea tends to slide into reactionary nostalgia. The piece argues that some inconvenience can be productive, but that the real question is what kinds of connection and fulfillment we want to preserve. [thedeletedscenes.com] 4c6s9b5pf https://flipso.com/p/4c6s9b5pf?ref=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:40:35 GMT Cosmopolitanism and competition drove decades of global growth, but they also fueled domestic backlash, widened perceived inequalities, and undermined political support for neoliberal globalization, accelerating its shift toward protectionism and mercantilism. [branko2f7.substack.com] 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]