https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:20:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss j9f83u8kb https://flipso.com/p/j9f83u8kb?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:20:22 GMT Amit Sahai argues that as AI systems generate increasingly novel mathematical and technical ideas, society will need more mathematically sophisticated humans to understand, evaluate, and govern them. The post calls for expanding the pool of researchers who can work with AI on difficult new problems while preserving human agency and independent expertise. [terrytao.wordpress.com] 4v77d1kkf https://flipso.com/p/4v77d1kkf?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:40:16 GMT Machines are getting brighter. Teens are getting dimmer. Schools must act now [economist.com] mdsvjq0nt https://flipso.com/p/mdsvjq0nt?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:20:21 GMT Life Surge pairs Christian celebrity speakers with high-pressure pitches for wealth-building courses and investment programs. Some attendees say they were pushed into costly commitments and ended up in debt. [motherjones.com] jg0wh294f https://flipso.com/p/jg0wh294f?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:20:19 GMT A clear explanation of how Fourier transforms and epicycles can reconstruct drawings from rotating vectors, with examples like lines, squares, fish, and a llama. [adekau.github.io] tx0b886mm https://flipso.com/p/tx0b886mm?ref=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:20:12 GMT At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, a newly built arrivals terminal uses a curved roof and vent system to funnel breezes through the building instead of air conditioning, cutting energy use and keeping passengers comfortable in tropical heat. [theguardian.com] 593nbyvgx https://flipso.com/p/593nbyvgx?ref=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:20:16 GMT A new Quanta essay explores the holographic principle: the idea that gravity may let information in a volume be encoded on its boundary. It reviews the black hole entropy argument, the AdS/CFT correspondence, and why physicists disagree about what all this says about our universe. [quantamagazine.org] ci7nhnu2u https://flipso.com/p/ci7nhnu2u?ref=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:40:16 GMT The Bayeux Tapestry may be back in England, but it is a Norman artwork. For Anglo-Saxon voices, we need to look elsewhere. [historytoday.com] ecci3orr1 https://flipso.com/p/ecci3orr1?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:00:37 GMT A profile of Diplomacy, the strategy board game built around negotiation, betrayal, and alliances, and of the obsessive community that kept it alive through play-by-mail, tournaments, and convention culture. [grantland.com] rhn7bzy4q https://flipso.com/p/rhn7bzy4q?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:40:14 GMT California has an estimated $8.14 trillion in land value, far more than the billionaire wealth it hopes to tax. The piece argues that land is a much larger, more stable tax base than mobile wealth and says a land value tax would raise revenue without chasing people out of state. [blog.landeconomics.org] i47130w7w https://flipso.com/p/i47130w7w?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:00:15 GMT the question everyone is asking [dynomight.substack.com] c7cq30cyi https://flipso.com/p/c7cq30cyi?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:54:10 GMT A small Tokyo Street View rabbit hole turns into a time capsule hunt: the same white Nissan 350Z appears parked in one spot across captures spanning 2009 to 2026, prompting a reflection on how maps preserve tiny details, change over time, and make ordinary streets feel alive. [ahmedhossamdev.com] vd5bjzz7f https://flipso.com/p/vd5bjzz7f?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:40:34 GMT the question everyone is asking [dynomight.net] l7b2hcyh5 https://flipso.com/p/l7b2hcyh5?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:20:16 GMT In 1937, a labor dispute in Lansing spilled into East Lansing, where Michigan State College students clashed with striking auto union members in a day of street fights, blocked intersections, and arrests. The conflict ended with the union securing a contract, even as the students were widely celebrated at the time. [eastlansinginfo.news] vf9un7f2v https://flipso.com/p/vf9un7f2v?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:19 GMT Blogs about World War I and World War II concrete ships and Mulberry Harbour components. [thecretefleet.com] uuxe8y1kd https://flipso.com/p/uuxe8y1kd?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:35 GMT The Silk Road connected East Asia, Central Asia, and Europe through trade routes that moved silk, horses, gunpowder, religions, technologies, and diseases across Eurasia. [thecollector.com] rfciwmwat https://flipso.com/p/rfciwmwat?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:20:18 GMT A physics note on why Coulomb’s law is hard to verify with home experiments, from charging objects and building a crude electroscope to the challenge of making measurements quantitative enough to check the inverse-square law. [chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com] 3ei7sl5fp https://flipso.com/p/3ei7sl5fp?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:20:23 GMT Vaginal estrogen can help prevent recurrent UTIs in menopausal women, but decades of FDA caution kept many patients and clinicians from using it. A USA TODAY investigation links that hesitation to avoidable hospitalizations, sepsis, and deaths. [usatoday.com] ck9sb9nzh https://flipso.com/p/ck9sb9nzh?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:00:19 GMT Brad Montague reflects on Warren Zevon’s famous Letterman exchange and the idea that the point may not be to enjoy every sandwich, but to notice the one you’re eating, savor the moment, and be present for it. [bradmontague.substack.com] u4qr6uxjp https://flipso.com/p/u4qr6uxjp?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:00:30 GMT Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty rivers that reveals a lot about Britain today [theguardian.com] 0kdmcb3jx https://flipso.com/p/0kdmcb3jx?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:20:18 GMT Three memoirs show how women selling books door to door balanced financial necessity, social stigma, and the hazards of traveling through remote parts of the U.S. [daily.jstor.org] on2p2hffg https://flipso.com/p/on2p2hffg?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:19 GMT Maurice Noble’s design choices helped give the 1957 Bugs Bunny short its dramatic shadows, unusual colors, and theatrical scale. The piece also includes a short roundup of animation news. [animationobsessive.substack.com] xodpm05tw https://flipso.com/p/xodpm05tw?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:20:15 GMT Set’s animal form remains unidentified. The post surveys the clues—angular ears, a curved snout, stiff tail, and varying ancient depictions—and walks through the main theories, including canines such as a saluki-like dog, as well as other proposed animals and the possibility that it may not correspond to any real species. [signoregalilei.com] vw4e4odws https://flipso.com/p/vw4e4odws?ref=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:46 GMT You prohibit things because you want less of them. The piece argues that laws without broad buy-in often fail, using Prohibition as an example, and extends the point to abortion and other moral legislation. [ofb.biz] 7z50xhk9d https://flipso.com/p/7z50xhk9d?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:00:14 GMT Louis Menand reviews Florence Hazrat’s history of punctuation and Sarah L. Kaufman’s guide to verbs, arguing that small marks and word choices shape how we read—and that AI-generated prose may change the experience of reading itself. [newyorker.com] mlrfm74tj https://flipso.com/p/mlrfm74tj?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:40:20 GMT In winter, coal stoves and power plants choke Ulaanbaatar with some of the world’s worst air pollution, hitting children especially hard and fueling widespread respiratory illness. [nationalgeographic.com] ck3vei8pa https://flipso.com/p/ck3vei8pa?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:20:52 GMT A fun, non-credit 6-week course on the search for intelligent life among the stars. The class covers technosignatures, science-fiction ideas about extraterrestrial life, and notable UFO cases such as Roswell. No science background required; open to anyone. [fraknoi.com] ohqk7quyu https://flipso.com/p/ohqk7quyu?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:40:23 GMT https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/wisconsin-kayaker-ryan-borgwardt-death/684631/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR6KFu6tA_4ROSmkPaCWQ4OE [theatlantic.com] ppjfl1rx0 https://flipso.com/p/ppjfl1rx0?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:20:16 GMT https://pointinthecloud.com/2026-04-11-211700.html [pointinthecloud.com] kimgs2djr https://flipso.com/p/kimgs2djr?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:20 GMT The loneliness epidemic isn’t as straightforward as it sounds, but people are spending far more time alone. The essay argues that social deprivation is a real problem even if reported loneliness hasn’t surged, using scurvy as a metaphor for how humans can lack something essential without strongly desiring it. [experimental-history.com] urxde5zci https://flipso.com/p/urxde5zci?ref=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:20:18 GMT A surgeon reflects on burnout, loss of control, weak support, and the administrative burden that can drain meaning from medical work. [drericlevi.pages.dev]