https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 21 May 2026 18:00:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss xaf2v2lij https://flipso.com/p/xaf2v2lij?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 18:00:33 GMT Living an interesting life often means making improbable choices that friends and family may not understand at the time. Herbert Lui reflects on moving to Hong Kong and how unexpected decisions can shape creative work and the stories you tell. [herbertlui.net] adh4uk9zd https://flipso.com/p/adh4uk9zd?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:25 GMT Mako Nishimura says she was the only woman ever to become a full-fledged yakuza member. A former runaway and juvenile-detention inmate, she rose inside Japan’s underworld, then watched her life unravel amid drug addiction and the decline of organised crime. [theguardian.com] bcsec7q5n https://flipso.com/p/bcsec7q5n?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 16:00:09 GMT A proposed House amendment would bar recipients of federal highway funds from using automated license plate readers for anything other than tolling, which could force states and cities to shut down their ALPR programs. [wired.com] f12d8vi03 https://flipso.com/p/f12d8vi03?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 14:40:09 GMT An Economic Policy Institute report says employers spend billions on union-avoidance consultants, law firms, and legal fights during organizing campaigns. The report argues those costs divert money from workers and highlight the imbalance workers face during union drives. [theguardian.com] hta2t9tkf https://flipso.com/p/hta2t9tkf?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 14:20:08 GMT Natalie Wolchover explores what Gödel’s incompleteness theorems mean for mathematics, truth, and the limits of formal systems — including why some statements can be true yet unprovable and what that may imply beyond math. [quantamagazine.org] kutced3ci https://flipso.com/p/kutced3ci?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 13:40:46 GMT How Midwest, Rust Belt, and Appalachian cities are reimagining public space through walkability, local culture, regional materials, and climate-responsive design. [commonedge.org] ki8kym3q5 https://flipso.com/p/ki8kym3q5?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 12:40:09 GMT Restored photographs and film from the Trinity test show the first atomic explosion in startling detail, revealing how Los Alamos scientists captured and measured the blast. [spectrum.ieee.org] 4he0v5svo https://flipso.com/p/4he0v5svo?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:09 GMT I was scrolling through my feed when a photograph stopped me cold.A young girl, maybe seven or eight, standing in front of a blackboard. Warsaw, 1948. The photographer was David "Chim" Seymour, sent by UNICEF to document the aftermath of war on Europe's children. The girl's name was Tereska. She was in a school for disturbed and war-traumatised children, and someone had asked her to draw "home."What she drew wasn't a house.No door. No windows. No chimney with a little curl of smoke. Not the kind [gailweiner.com] 7rzu57a9y https://flipso.com/p/7rzu57a9y?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 10:40:30 GMT A new book by Lord’s tour guide Steven Miell explores 50 memorials at the ground, from busts and statues to commemorative gates, war memorials, and the Royal Charter. It also highlights landmarks like the Father Time weathervane and the Bowler statue. [londonist.com] bb7iy18j3 https://flipso.com/p/bb7iy18j3?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:31 GMT India is rapidly expanding solar generation, led by massive projects like the Khavda solar park, as electricity demand rises. The country still faces major constraints — an outdated grid, limited storage, land use pressures, and dependence on Chinese supply chains — but it is increasingly building out batteries and pumped storage to make solar a larger share of its power mix. [e360.yale.edu] clin3y3rb https://flipso.com/p/clin3y3rb?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 07:20:31 GMT A film quiz built around classic movie moments, with clues that point readers toward notable scenes and dialogue from 20th-century cinema. The author invites viewers to identify the films, actors, and directors, then revisit the movies themselves. [theamericanscholar.org] ony9iwjof https://flipso.com/p/ony9iwjof?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 05:40:09 GMT New Mexico downwinders are still living with the health and legal fallout from the Trinity atomic bomb test, and many families say cancer and other illnesses have shadowed them for generations. After decades of advocacy, recent compensation changes brought some progress, but residents and advocates say the fight for full justice and health coverage is far from over. [hcn.org] k4wai0me7 https://flipso.com/p/k4wai0me7?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 04:40:09 GMT Simple mixing recipes for recreating famous water profiles for brewing, coffee, tea, baking, aquariums, and horticulture using supermarket bottled water. [waterdictionary.net] n5mqdfajd https://flipso.com/p/n5mqdfajd?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:28 GMT Systemic unfairness erodes social trust and stability, and when redress becomes a sham, people respond by opting out, resisting, or revolting. The post argues that societies can mask rising inequality with ideology and asset bubbles for a time, but those delusions eventually break down when most people stop feeling like they’re getting ahead. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] hucvmcq94 https://flipso.com/p/hucvmcq94?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 03:40:09 GMT Aim to make your life as unique, unexpected, and hard to replace as possible. Kelly argues that improbability reduces competition, reveals your authentic strengths, and makes you less predictable to machines. [kevinkelly.substack.com] hxviqw6vw https://flipso.com/p/hxviqw6vw?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 02:20:09 GMT Donald Knuth explains why designing a good printed S is surprisingly difficult, using geometry and Metafont to derive a precise construction for the letter shape. [gwern.net] k06pt6ghh https://flipso.com/p/k06pt6ghh?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 00:40:09 GMT A Roman-era tomb in Al Bahnasa, Egypt, contained a mummy burial with papyrus fragments from Homer’s Iliad, including lines from Book 2’s “catalogue of ships.” The find adds to evidence that Greek texts circulated in Egypt long after the Hellenistic period and may have carried cultural or symbolic significance in burial contexts. [openculture.com] 07g96c121 https://flipso.com/p/07g96c121?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:10 GMT The story of Qian Xuesen, the U.S.-trained rocket scientist whose expulsion during the Red Scare helped shape China’s missile, space, and nuclear programs. [usni.org] 63p3t594u https://flipso.com/p/63p3t594u?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 22:40:29 GMT Sometimes the national anthem at high school track meets can be a bit painful to listen to, but we were fortunate to hear a fantastic one by a high school junior this week. I must say the effects at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child were fantastic. The play was good for those of us who are steeped in the lore. I imagine it was inaccessible for those who aren’t. [bjhess.com] n09q8ymbv https://flipso.com/p/n09q8ymbv?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 22:20:08 GMT Sharla Boehm, a math teacher who coded in her summers, built a simulation at RAND that helped prove a resilient, packet-switched communications network could work — an idea that laid groundwork for the modern Internet. [scientificamerican.com] tbduox505 https://flipso.com/p/tbduox505?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 22:00:14 GMT Twelve years after Amber Wyatt reported a rape in Arlington, Texas, the fallout still lingers for her, her hometown, and the people who saw it unfold. The piece examines the failures around her case and what accountability means in the #MeToo era. [washingtonpost.com] bebpl2hb0 https://flipso.com/p/bebpl2hb0?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:27 GMT Science historian Claire Isabel Webb and mathematician Nina Miolane explore consciousness through geometry, asking how neural activity might be described as patterns in mathematical space and what that could mean for intelligence in brains and machines. [longnow.org] rwqwsmu17 https://flipso.com/p/rwqwsmu17?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 20:40:10 GMT A startup called Bexorg is restoring limited functions in donated human brains after death to create a more realistic platform for testing drugs and studying neurodegenerative disease. [science.org] 605pfhdks https://flipso.com/p/605pfhdks?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:32 GMT Black-and-white street photographs by Bronx-born photographer Sy Kattelson, made in Manhattan around 1948, with reflections on the Photo League and his approach to capturing ordinary city life. [flashbak.com] mkfhgqjfp https://flipso.com/p/mkfhgqjfp?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 19:20:09 GMT A three-month investigation found that none of the tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cups placed in in-store recycling bins ended up at a recycling facility. Instead, the cups were tracked to landfills, incinerators, waste-transfer stations, and material recovery facilities, raising questions about Starbucks’ “widely recyclable” claim. [beyondplastics.org] fpw2veo1a https://flipso.com/p/fpw2veo1a?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 18:40:09 GMT Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee law enforcement officer, will receive $835,000 after being jailed for 37 days over a Facebook meme and later filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against Perry County and sheriff’s office officials. FIRE says the post was protected speech and that the arrest violated his First Amendment rights. [fire.org] vf101abh6 https://flipso.com/p/vf101abh6?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 17:40:14 GMT A Miami Herald investigation says multiple women accused the Alexander brothers of drugging, raping and assaulting girls while they were still in high school in Miami. The report says one assault was documented in a 2003 police report, and federal prosecutors later described similar accounts from multiple victims. [miamiherald.com] 0mh6rknf2 https://flipso.com/p/0mh6rknf2?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 15:40:32 GMT Tim Foley argues that the United States does not function as a democracy in any meaningful sense, pointing to structural barriers and elite control. [caitlinjohnst.one] 75j3lrz38 https://flipso.com/p/75j3lrz38?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 15:20:26 GMT A look at the Somerville Circle in New Jersey, tracing how the area changed from a rural crossroads into a car-oriented retail node over the last century. [thedeletedscenes.com] hdvn6cjc6 https://flipso.com/p/hdvn6cjc6?ref=rss Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:10 GMT A coalition of rights groups says Meta restricted the Facebook and Instagram accounts of independent NGOs, researchers, and civil society figures from being seen in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, following government requests. The statement calls on Meta to restore access, disclose the legal requests and human rights review, and explain how it assessed the restrictions. [alqst.org]