https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss l4m81vhxa https://flipso.com/p/l4m81vhxa?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:20:09 GMT Links to electrostatics and high-voltage DIY projects, demonstrations, and science-fair ideas. [amasci.com] bg0a8vkwi https://flipso.com/p/bg0a8vkwi?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:31 GMT ‘As adults, food became a shared language when words failed us.’ An illustrated essay by Ella Bucknall about eating with her brother. [vittlesmagazine.com] sguusqxew https://flipso.com/p/sguusqxew?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:20:33 GMT Michael Steinberg’s Boston Globe criticism combined wide musical knowledge, strong opinions, and deep engagement with the city’s musical life. [theamericanscholar.org] yrcnmsww1 https://flipso.com/p/yrcnmsww1?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:09 GMT https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-interview.html [nytimes.com] feiyesfsd https://flipso.com/p/feiyesfsd?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:40:10 GMT A mushroom found in Yunnan appears linked to “lilliputian hallucinations” — visions of tiny human or fantasy figures that can show up in different people across cultures. Researchers say the species, Lanmaoa asiatica, may be more widespread than previously known, and its effects can begin 12 to 24 hours after ingestion. [vice.com] avqe94nry https://flipso.com/p/avqe94nry?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:40:34 GMT Notes on how hierarchy can be trustworthy, and why authority requires the willingness to receive correction and repair harm. [intimatemirror.substack.com] ic9zxakdi https://flipso.com/p/ic9zxakdi?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:00:11 GMT Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change have taken their toll on the beloved insects. But the experts working with them still find hope for their future [smithsonianmag.com] 4g3ai9ub1 https://flipso.com/p/4g3ai9ub1?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:00:10 GMT A broken phone or corrupted drive can erase work, evidence, art, and even the last traces of loved ones. Inside a data-recovery lab, technicians try to recover files from smashed, submerged, and otherwise ruined devices. [newyorker.com] ieg22o9pk https://flipso.com/p/ieg22o9pk?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:40:30 GMT Africa was not an anarchist paradise; it underwent broadly similar processes of centralisation and state formation to those found elsewhere, with regional variation. [africanhistoryextra.com] g7s7quzke https://flipso.com/p/g7s7quzke?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:40:09 GMT Illustrated notes from Lewis Held’s evo-devo book, with figure legends and examples that trace how anatomy and body plans evolved. [sdbonline.org] ohtpeyp4k https://flipso.com/p/ohtpeyp4k?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:00:09 GMT Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, researchers are still learning how radiation, abandonment, and habitat recovery have reshaped the animals and ecosystems around the plant. [bbc.com] bcyopy052 https://flipso.com/p/bcyopy052?ref=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:11 GMT Malcolm Cowley was one of the most important literary critics and editors of the twentieth century. In a dozen books and over a thousand articles, he helped shape the canon… [porticoquarterly.com] bbu9nizw0 https://flipso.com/p/bbu9nizw0?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:00:09 GMT Sabastian Sawe makes history at the London Marathon as the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race. [bbc.com] 96g36c8id https://flipso.com/p/96g36c8id?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:20:09 GMT 100 kolorized photographs from the Warsaw Uprising, arranged as a historical photo report by Chris Niedenthal, with artifacts from the Warsaw Uprising Museum. [barwypowstania.pl] uwskilwsc https://flipso.com/p/uwskilwsc?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:40:09 GMT A browser-based Zork 1 experience with a commentary track and side-by-side view into the game’s source code. [eblong.com] jwnop99c0 https://flipso.com/p/jwnop99c0?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:00:10 GMT A free university thermodynamics textbook with solved examples, practice problems, and real-world applications. Available as a 330-page PDF under a Creative Commons license, with updated SI units and material for engineering students. [thermodynamicsbook.com] 5g80y8gle https://flipso.com/p/5g80y8gle?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:40:30 GMT In 1953, Los Angeles staged a public civil defense exhibit in Pershing Square featuring mannequins and displays from Nevada nuclear tests. The event was meant to show how an atomic blast could affect a city, and drew crowds interested in Cold War preparedness and propaganda. [flashbak.com] v08wdzg03 https://flipso.com/p/v08wdzg03?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:40:09 GMT A mathematical look at Tetris strategy: some piece choices let a player survive indefinitely, while an alternating S-and-Z sequence can force game over within a finite number of moves. [chalkdustmagazine.com] zfv3a44jy https://flipso.com/p/zfv3a44jy?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:40:30 GMT A history of tobacco’s rise from Native American ceremonial and medicinal use to a global cash crop, and how smoking spread through European courts, consumer culture, empire, and slavery. The piece also contrasts tobacco’s reputation as a medicine, a vice, and an addictive stimulant. [worldhistory.substack.com] gumhlhdpd https://flipso.com/p/gumhlhdpd?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:00:08 GMT A 23-year-old with no advanced math training used ChatGPT to crack an Erdős conjecture that had resisted experts for decades. Mathematicians say the AI’s approach appears genuinely new and may point to broader uses, though the long-term significance is still unclear. [scientificamerican.com] gd9l90ri8 https://flipso.com/p/gd9l90ri8?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:20:08 GMT Learn mahjong in five minutes. A visual guide for total beginners — tiles, winning hands, wall mechanics, and turn actions. [themahjong.guide] 03rufn4ml https://flipso.com/p/03rufn4ml?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:40:31 GMT Gresham’s Law says that when lower-quality or counterfeit currency enters circulation, people hoard the good money and spend the bad. Seth Godin applies that idea to social platforms, email lists, and AI-generated content: once trust is diluted by spam or low-value output, it attracts more of the same and drives out the signal. [seths.blog] acde3yfeu https://flipso.com/p/acde3yfeu?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:40:09 GMT A detailed look at Low-tech Magazine’s large human-powered handcart: how it was built, how much it can carry, and why it can be surprisingly easy to move heavy loads in cities. [solar.lowtechmagazine.com] e4npkyi3s https://flipso.com/p/e4npkyi3s?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:00:35 GMT A personal account of getting sick in Shanghai, starting with sudden sneezing and confusion over whether it was pollen, COVID, or something else. The post appears to document the experience and what followed. [winnielim.org] 84nf4s12n https://flipso.com/p/84nf4s12n?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:27 GMT Robin Hanson explains how his idea of decision markets combines speculative markets for information aggregation with decision theory, and why he thinks the concept could improve governance by tying predictions to specific choices. [overcomingbias.com] zxq0gdtkb https://flipso.com/p/zxq0gdtkb?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:00:10 GMT A piece by Roger Z. about the George business, presented on Eternal Flame's library site. [eternal-flame.org] cek62ddho https://flipso.com/p/cek62ddho?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:40:09 GMT Promising drugs keep failing in trials, and researchers have struggled to turn decades of work on amyloid, tangles, and other targets into effective treatments. An Alzheimer’s expert explains why progress has been so difficult and what new directions the field is exploring. [freakonomics.com] mn75fn5kh https://flipso.com/p/mn75fn5kh?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:20:27 GMT A short, practical note on asking well: be curious, start politely, read indirect cues, listen for no, and don’t let rejection stop you from trying. Sometimes the simple act of asking gets you closer to a yes than staying silent. [herbertlui.net] loh6mu988 https://flipso.com/p/loh6mu988?ref=rss Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:25 GMT Movie theater ticket sales have fallen sharply since 2019, and the piece argues theaters may rebound over the next 18 months for a grim reason tied to the way Hollywood and streaming have changed movie release economics. [honest-broker.com] p02r9onhq https://flipso.com/p/p02r9onhq?ref=rss Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:00:09 GMT Serious Eats tested 17 common methods for reducing bean-related gas, including soaking, rinsing, and adding enzyme treatments, with help from Harvard’s Science of Cooking program. The results separate folk wisdom from techniques that actually lower the compounds linked to bean-induced flatulence. [seriouseats.com]