https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:40:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i4e9x2trr https://flipso.com/p/i4e9x2trr?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:40:23 GMT Bex Heimbrock’s essay traces the rise of Cowboy Christianity in eastern Washington, using one congregation to explore how cowboy imagery, evangelical faith, and right-wing populism intertwine in contemporary American politics. [parapraxismagazine.com] etadi5uq3 https://flipso.com/p/etadi5uq3?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:00:27 GMT Medieval castles were often whitewashed or plastered on the outside, with bright, decorated interiors, wooden hoardings, and busy courtyards full of buildings and activity. The gray, empty ruins seen today are a much later result of decay, demolition, and romanticized preservation. [thecollector.com] s7tuiyfpo https://flipso.com/p/s7tuiyfpo?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:17 GMT Trevor 7oaks has spent years digitising and preserving recordings from Kool FM, the influential London pirate station that helped document the rise of jungle and drum & bass. His archive now holds more than 9,000 recordings and has passed 500,000 downloads, capturing a vital slice of London music history. [londonist.com] t9igimb53 https://flipso.com/p/t9igimb53?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:40:18 GMT Illinois county jails report thousands of “extraordinary or unusual” incidents every year, but the state doesn’t keep track. So we stepped in to shed light on what’s happening inside. [projects.illinoisanswers.org] redindv89 https://flipso.com/p/redindv89?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:33 GMT Rats have conquered nearly every place on earth where humans live. Only Alberta soldiers on. [worksinprogress.news] mm7sx37jq https://flipso.com/p/mm7sx37jq?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:20:16 GMT A fascinating account of Papua New Guinea’s New Guinea highlands: their long isolation, first contact with outsiders in 1930, and the surprising ways geography, agriculture, warfare, shells, and trade shaped one of the world’s most diverse societies. [notnottalmud.substack.com] o1y2ebeg6 https://flipso.com/p/o1y2ebeg6?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:40:14 GMT Archaeologists at Saqqara uncovered a late Fifth Dynasty mastaba tomb of judge Younmin and his father Ity, with colored reliefs, offering scenes, agricultural imagery, and a false door still preserved. [arkeonews.net] krh3hh4ij https://flipso.com/p/krh3hh4ij?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:19 GMT Fossil eggshells from giant titanosaurs in southern Argentina suggest these dinosaurs nested far from the equator and likely kept their eggs warm by burying them in piles of rotting vegetation, like modern crocodiles. Microscopic pore patterns on the shells point to an incubation strategy suited to animals too large to sit on their eggs without crushing them. [cbc.ca] vma5dnr39 https://flipso.com/p/vma5dnr39?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:40:14 GMT Some people can’t form mental pictures at all, and new brain evidence suggests imagination is not just reversed vision. The review argues that imagery emerges from coordinated activity across multiple regions, with aphantasia revealing how those networks can break down in different ways. [dailyneuron.com] 90le7oa8q https://flipso.com/p/90le7oa8q?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:40:28 GMT Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to act, not watch from the sidelines. When he vanished on September 11, 2001, they went to Ground Zero searching for him. Sally Jenkins revisits the Dowdell family and Kevin’s life of service, loss, and lasting memory. [theatlantic.com] bl9xtwdfg https://flipso.com/p/bl9xtwdfg?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:40:14 GMT Jimmy Maher’s history of the Tudor dynasty, from Henry VII’s consolidation of power through Henry VIII’s early reign, Cardinal Wolsey’s rise, and the marriage crisis with Catherine of Aragon that helped set the stage for England’s break with Rome. [analog-antiquarian.net] usver4p2b https://flipso.com/p/usver4p2b?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:20:20 GMT Researchers traced Britain’s tallest surviving stone row to Brimham Rocks, showing that its 25-tonne stones were transported at least 18 kilometers, likely around 2000 BC. The finding suggests the builders made deliberate, meaningful choices about where the stones came from, not just the nearest available source. [sciencedaily.com] m0e4rc1lw https://flipso.com/p/m0e4rc1lw?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:20:16 GMT Three short reflections on dance: how foot stability shapes movement, why some people struggle with proprioception, and what dancers mean when they talk about “connection.” [vester.si] xv3m3ry3g https://flipso.com/p/xv3m3ry3g?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:15 GMT Fiber technologies like rope, twine and cordage were central to prehistoric life but rarely survive in the archaeological record. New experiments and traces on stone tools are helping researchers reconstruct how early humans made, used and depended on these perishable materials. [knowablemagazine.org] vtx2ghtus https://flipso.com/p/vtx2ghtus?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:40:21 GMT Joe Rinaudo has spent decades restoring photoplayers, rare self-playing instruments that once accompanied silent films. Now 74, he’s trying to preserve their legacy through restoration, outreach, and a new nonprofit, as only a small number still exist worldwide. [latimes.com] lhnsuw6ew https://flipso.com/p/lhnsuw6ew?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:40:18 GMT Six writers return to the places where they grew up and reflect on how those homes shaped memory, identity, belonging and family life. [theguardian.com] mnpupmhpt https://flipso.com/p/mnpupmhpt?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:20:21 GMT archived 13 Sep 2026 13:36:44 UTC [archive.ph] 6jr5i56wd https://flipso.com/p/6jr5i56wd?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:40:14 GMT East German botanists, engineers, and agronomists helped build Vietnam’s coffee industry after a 1980 trade deal, turning a wartime-ravaged region into a major coffee-producing center while the GDR struggled with coffee shortages at home. [katjahoyer.uk] r5jsni8fp https://flipso.com/p/r5jsni8fp?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:00:14 GMT A new study suggests the young Sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet, leaving detectable chemical and structural clues deep inside the star. Researchers say those fingerprints could help explain mismatches between standard solar models and helioseismic observations, along with the Sun’s unusually low lithium abundance. [ras.ac.uk] 3b0br683f https://flipso.com/p/3b0br683f?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:18 GMT Generational wealth, race, and housing shape who gets to buy, who keeps renting, and how property changes family fortunes over time. [newyorker.com] eeoct5m3r https://flipso.com/p/eeoct5m3r?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:40:12 GMT After Henry I’s death, England was thrown into a long civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, with the barons divided and the countryside ravaged. The conflict, later known as the Anarchy, ended only when Stephen agreed to recognize Matilda’s son Henry as his heir. [historytoday.com] tj8zsznci https://flipso.com/p/tj8zsznci?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:40:30 GMT Mark Dominus discusses Orwell’s 1945 essay “You and the Atom Bomb” and how its ideas about super-states, cold war, and concentrated power foreshadow Nineteen Eighty-Four. [blog.plover.com] ujic97blg https://flipso.com/p/ujic97blg?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:20:13 GMT John Deere’s Pro Service lets owners diagnose and repair electronic-enabled machines using manuals, machine-specific data, and guided troubleshooting. But the company says only about a thousand people use it daily, and many farmers still prefer dealer help or gray-market workarounds, saying the tool does not yet solve the hardest repair problems. [wired.com] ft2fd4zt2 https://flipso.com/p/ft2fd4zt2?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:00:17 GMT James Paulk, serving a 25-year sentence for murder in an Oregon prison, says he left white supremacist ideology behind after years of gang violence, segregation, and self-reflection. He now regards his racist past as one of his biggest regrets. [prisonjournalismproject.org] m4z4gd2bj https://flipso.com/p/m4z4gd2bj?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:40:12 GMT A light essay about reconsidering which parts of fruit are edible, from apple cores and stems to strawberries and kiwi skins, with a few playful reflections on how food habits get learned. [pgadey.ca] q1adyo0wb https://flipso.com/p/q1adyo0wb?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:00:28 GMT A personal essay about a hard workout at the park, a conversation with friends and fellow regulars, and the aftermath of an injury that forces the narrator to slow down. [scopeofwork.net] 96s0dpf36 https://flipso.com/p/96s0dpf36?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:20:14 GMT Tom McCarthy reflects on Moby-Dick through the ideas of Longinus, Burke, and Kant, tracing how Melville’s novel turns whiteness, infinity, silence, and failure of language into a meditation on the sublime. [yalereview.org] avflh1jmy https://flipso.com/p/avflh1jmy?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:00:34 GMT Nazi Germany’s Operation Bernhard used concentration camp prisoners to produce high-quality counterfeit British banknotes. The scheme aimed to undermine confidence in the pound and, later, to help finance intelligence operations and wartime activities. It became one of history’s largest counterfeiting operations, with forged notes circulating across Europe before the plot was exposed. [thecollector.com] zsomvw2xe https://flipso.com/p/zsomvw2xe?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:16 GMT Can linguistic clues enhance our understanding of an area's past and inspire its future potential? [storymaps.arcgis.com] 7spujbzl1 https://flipso.com/p/7spujbzl1?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:20:21 GMT A former foster parent wrestles with what it means to forgive after the teenager she welcomed into her home attacked her and left her with a traumatic brain injury. [thecut.com]