https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 478lzwyzt https://flipso.com/p/478lzwyzt?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:40:13 GMT Norway’s salmon industry now supplies more than half the world’s Atlantic salmon and has reshaped the country’s coast, economy, and fjords. But the boom has brought ecological damage, contested science, and tough questions about whether the industry can keep expanding sustainably. [abc.net.au] josvgj7bw https://flipso.com/p/josvgj7bw?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:14:23 GMT Clubgoers are using 3-MMC to dance all night, then taking more to lock in at the office. [playboy.substack.com] s5jflulz9 https://flipso.com/p/s5jflulz9?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:51 GMT An account of moving to Hamburg for an internship, finding a welcoming workplace and flatmate, and gradually building a life in Germany. It reflects on trust, rules, social democracy, belonging, and the long path to citizenship. [mertbulan.com] kyjoae9ew https://flipso.com/p/kyjoae9ew?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:20:13 GMT Medieval scholars sought a shortcut to advanced learning in the Ars notoria, a ritual text promising rapid mastery through diagrams, prayers, and mysterious names. Anne Lawrence-Mathers explores its appeal, its contested status, and why some users came to see it as dangerous or demonic. [publicdomainreview.org] fmyb5jwm6 https://flipso.com/p/fmyb5jwm6?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:00:50 GMT A visual history of the Khyber Pass and why this narrow mountain corridor mattered for migration, trade, Buddhism, empire, and war between Central and South Asia. [worldhistory.substack.com] zv5i6mo1v https://flipso.com/p/zv5i6mo1v?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:00:21 GMT The Industrial Revolution is a weaker precedent for 10× growth than it first appears. During the pre-IR UK, growth rates this fast were often within normal year-to-year variation, while today a 10× jump would be far outside modern experience. The post argues that an Industrial Revolution-style acceleration would likely look more like a modest rise in frontier growth, not a sudden move to 20%+ annual growth. [mattsclancy.github.io] tqo9pt61z https://flipso.com/p/tqo9pt61z?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:00:30 GMT Creative work gets easier when you have room to experiment without every mistake carrying high consequences. Slack creates that room: choose abundant materials, shrink the scope, work at a sustainable pace, and take on projects you can afford to fail at. The goal is to make creative abundance the norm, not the exception. [herbertlui.net] 7e3mwnyt6 https://flipso.com/p/7e3mwnyt6?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:40:12 GMT Goblin sharks were filmed in their natural habitat for the first time, revealing how these rare deep-sea predators move and feed in the Pacific. [science.org] 7s9od7e8n https://flipso.com/p/7s9od7e8n?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:00:15 GMT A New Yorker report on Europe’s unprecedented wildfire season explains how extreme heat, dry winds, overgrown landscapes, rural abandonment, and fire-suppression policy are combining to make blazes harder to control. [newyorker.com] sy4m8wwsp https://flipso.com/p/sy4m8wwsp?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:16 GMT Researchers at Kyoto University report that two neural circuits in mice govern different aspects of habit formation: one helps determine whether a behavior becomes habitual, while another influences how strongly the habit is expressed. A two-stage training method let them track the shift from goal-directed to habitual behavior and identify individual differences in habit intensity. [kyoto-u.ac.jp] zf678ienm https://flipso.com/p/zf678ienm?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:40:13 GMT One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is just a 200-year license. Here’s who owns the major cookware and tabletop brands now, and which ones still seem worth buying. [worseonpurpose.com] 51w9l1xn4 https://flipso.com/p/51w9l1xn4?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:40:16 GMT Marcela Turati, Thelma Gómez Durán, and Eliezer Budasoff investigate forced-labour camps in Mexico’s Sierra Tarahumara, where cartel recruiters kidnapped men, held them in the mountains, and forced them to cultivate drugs under brutal conditions. The story follows a 2019 rescue and the long effort to trace survivors, showing how many victims had been disappeared and forgotten. [equator.org] wafbxx8ym https://flipso.com/p/wafbxx8ym?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:59:44 GMT A short practice for tolerating stillness: sit for a few minutes, do nothing, and stay fully okay with whatever that feels like. The piece argues that much everyday busyness is a way of escaping the discomfort of simply being present, and offers a breath-by-breath exercise to become more comfortable with it. [raptitude.com] w1sm29y5b https://flipso.com/p/w1sm29y5b?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:00:28 GMT Vintage photos show how 1930s swimwear evolved from modest wool suits to more tailored, colorful styles, with early two-piece designs, Art Deco details, and Hollywood influence shaping beach fashion. [rarehistoricalphotos.com] 8r983ckea https://flipso.com/p/8r983ckea?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:20:16 GMT A Yale-led study suggests global linguistic diversity peaked 1,000 to 3,000 years ago, when tens of thousands of languages may have been spoken worldwide. The researchers say language loss accelerated with the rise of states and empires, challenging the idea that widespread extinction mainly began with European colonialism. [news.yale.edu] 3hadndq6z https://flipso.com/p/3hadndq6z?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:40:27 GMT Commodus was poisoned at a New Year’s Eve banquet, then strangled in a bathhouse by his wrestler Narcissus. His death ended a turbulent reign, triggered a succession crisis, and helped plunge Rome into the Year of the Five Emperors. [thecollector.com] tux8uywe3 https://flipso.com/p/tux8uywe3?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:20:16 GMT https://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html [paulgraham.com] ye5mbqe7c https://flipso.com/p/ye5mbqe7c?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:20:15 GMT The small five-story holdout building at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Sixth Avenue is coming back into view as Macy’s billboard facade is dismantled. Long obscured by advertising, the building’s brick, limestone, and terra cotta details are visible again for the first time in decades, revealing a vivid remnant of the retailer’s old real-estate battle in Herald Square. [ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com] 4ztr1elnl https://flipso.com/p/4ztr1elnl?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:40:31 GMT In 1960, comedian Terry-Thomas discovered his diamond-studded cigarette holder had vanished after a Liverpool performance. Police traced the missing piece, set with 42 diamonds and a gold spiral band, to unemployed comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, whose run-in with the item led to a theft trial and guilty pleas. [flashbak.com] fvdxyk4ta https://flipso.com/p/fvdxyk4ta?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:00:18 GMT Albert Camus’ philosophy of the absurd shaped his views on literature, rebellion, and history. This essay traces his friendship and eventual split with Jean-Paul Sartre, and explains why Camus rejected revolutionary certainty in favor of solidarity, moral clarity, and resistance to injustice. [historytoday.com] y40frg31m https://flipso.com/p/y40frg31m?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:40:17 GMT The international standard water used to calibrate precision measurements is Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMOW). Because the supply is limited, a 5 ml ampoule costs about $159, which works out to roughly $120,000 per gallon. It’s used as a reference for isotope measurements and high-precision thermometry. [signoregalilei.com] lq0yfdrq4 https://flipso.com/p/lq0yfdrq4?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:20:30 GMT Eccentricity in books is a tricky quality. It can be charming and inspire lifelong devotion. Take Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy ... [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] okj01xa1u https://flipso.com/p/okj01xa1u?ref=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:40:11 GMT evidence and argument for a developing world [indevelopmentmag.com] 34z2iwj75 https://flipso.com/p/34z2iwj75?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:00:18 GMT A joint investigation found that Red Bull funded scientists whose studies usually concluded that mixing energy drinks with alcohol was not harmful, while many independent studies found the opposite. Those findings were cited in policy debates in the U.S. and Europe, helping blunt age-limit and warning-label efforts. [theexamination.org] 5sdh5ssv8 https://flipso.com/p/5sdh5ssv8?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:20:18 GMT In 2002, Leslie Buck died under mysterious circumstances in Mystic, Connecticut. Two decades later, I went back to find out who she was. [rollingstone.com] xf2maq6b3 https://flipso.com/p/xf2maq6b3?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:12:20 GMT Lighthouse Reports investigates how visa outsourcing giant VFS Global turned mandatory visa processing into a lucrative add-on business, using sales pressure, premium services, and fees that hit travelers from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East especially hard. [lighthousereports.com] l8khpux7o https://flipso.com/p/l8khpux7o?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:20:15 GMT An investigative collaboration mapping 239 lawsuits filed between 2010 and 2025 against public health policies on food labeling, advertising restrictions, soda taxes, and other nutrition rules across Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, the US, the UK, and India. [lighthousereports.com] qty81huwg https://flipso.com/p/qty81huwg?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:00:13 GMT Ugliness may not be the main force behind opposition to new housing, but it can still fuel wider anti-development sentiment. The bigger argument here is that beautiful design could soften some resistance—especially to redevelopment of older neighborhoods—though it is unlikely to solve NIMBYism on its own. [worksinprogress.news] cyd23uugj https://flipso.com/p/cyd23uugj?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:00:14 GMT Probe the Milky Way’s rotation with a DIY radio telescope and measure hydrogen clouds to infer dark matter’s influence. [spectrum.ieee.org] tv6tq67v4 https://flipso.com/p/tv6tq67v4?ref=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:40:25 GMT A survey of weird fiction’s origins and defining traits, tracing the genre from Gothic and Poe through Lovecraft, Blackwood, Machen, and related modern critical and anthology revivals. [clereviewofbooks.com]