https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i15p43hu1 https://flipso.com/p/i15p43hu1?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:20:16 GMT A long-abandoned fish sauce factory in St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador, has left 900,000 liters of rotting fish sludge behind, and locals have dealt with the stench for years. A food scientist talks through what decades of fermentation and spoilage might do to the sauce, from umami to rancid amines. [defector.com] 1064lzb55 https://flipso.com/p/1064lzb55?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:40:30 GMT Jenn Saesue discusses cofounding 55 Hospitality, the group behind Fish Cheeks, Bangkok Supper Club, and Bub’s Bakery, plus the decision to avoid a watered-down Thai menu, the challenge of hard-to-get reservations, and the long R&D behind a birthday cake project. [tastecooking.com] tgpsrevn1 https://flipso.com/p/tgpsrevn1?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:20:14 GMT Internal documents and FBI records show ICE’s DNA collection surged in 2025, funneling hundreds of thousands of people—many never convicted of a crime—into CODIS. The reporting also details DNA collection from detained families and children, and the legal and privacy concerns around a program aimed at criminal investigations. [wired.com] 8hhddtq8k https://flipso.com/p/8hhddtq8k?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:14 GMT Cutting coffee down to one cup a day for a week dramatically improved sleep, mood, and energy. The author says they now get tired at night, fall asleep quickly, and wake up refreshed, suggesting their caffeine intake may have been masking underlying fatigue. [marginalia.nu] fb62vizit https://flipso.com/p/fb62vizit?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:20:30 GMT Ruby Tandoh traces the 1976–1991 boom that introduced Cornetto, Mini Milks, Twister, Viennetta, Calippo, Feast, Mars ice cream bars, Carte d’Or, and Magnum, and explains how industrial innovation reshaped British ice cream culture. [vittlesmagazine.com] 5nao5ljwo https://flipso.com/p/5nao5ljwo?ref=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:20:15 GMT At least 227 cases since 2020 have involved a person, often a man, killing multiple family members in acts of domestic violence and murder-suicide. [indystar.com] 7c8zy8s4l https://flipso.com/p/7c8zy8s4l?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:20:45 GMT A history of the white masks of southern Gabon, their role in ritual and secret societies, and the ancestry and beauty symbolism behind their kaolin-white faces and stylized features. [africanhistoryextra.com] z6lcazyjs https://flipso.com/p/z6lcazyjs?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:00:16 GMT Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company’s weekly trolley and bus passes, issued from the 1930s through the 1960s, featured vivid colors, hand lettering, and civic graphics. Letterform Archive now holds about 300 of these tickets. [letterformarchive.org] 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]