https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:20:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ykbx5kp1i https://flipso.com/p/ykbx5kp1i?ref=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:20:18 GMT Trump’s push to lease Pacific seafloor around Guam and other U.S. territories is drawing local opposition and lawsuits, with territorial leaders saying they were not consulted and have little power over decisions that could affect their waters and marine life. [grist.org] 683neem71 https://flipso.com/p/683neem71?ref=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:00:16 GMT For more than a century, commercial shipping steadily moved away from sails. Now they are coming back. Across the global fleet, shipowners are installing towering rotor sails, rigid wings and... [gcaptain.com] tgj8sh159 https://flipso.com/p/tgj8sh159?ref=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:40:14 GMT A long essay arguing that standard cosmology explains the universe’s expansion with ad hoc patches, and proposing a different symmetry-breaking view in which expansion follows from the underlying motion of matter and light. [cosmicave.org] 70ddgvyzw https://flipso.com/p/70ddgvyzw?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:40:14 GMT Small local libraries in Japan are becoming community hubs and travel destinations, with curated shelves, cafés, and bookstore integrations drawing visitors beyond the neighborhood. [untranslatedjp.substack.com] 7l924e5mb https://flipso.com/p/7l924e5mb?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:20:13 GMT A look at the young woman buried in the Altai Mountains, her preserved tattoos and grave goods, and the wider Iron Age Scythian and Pazyryk world that shaped her life and death. [patrickwyman.substack.com] ifywi2k7k https://flipso.com/p/ifywi2k7k?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:40:19 GMT University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to help restore sunflower sea stars, a critically endangered Pacific species that can grow to 24 arms, back to the ocean. [npr.org] 7yd6uvnv4 https://flipso.com/p/7yd6uvnv4?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:00:18 GMT An Illinois Answers Project analysis revealed that 63 people who died in jails were missing from state data on in-custody fatalities. Now the state is auditing its records. [illinoisanswers.org] ep2jascdj https://flipso.com/p/ep2jascdj?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:40:18 GMT A clear explanation of how to estimate the number of digits in n! using Stirling’s approximation, with a worked example for 52! and a short derivation from the Gamma function. [eli.thegreenplace.net] z1u5gik1h https://flipso.com/p/z1u5gik1h?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:20:19 GMT A former top dressage trainer shot a student in 2019, was later found not guilty by reason of insanity, and now insists he was the one wronged in the feud that followed. [newyorker.com] 1mvv8f7z0 https://flipso.com/p/1mvv8f7z0?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:15 GMT Marcus Hearn recalls family stories about a lost Doctor Who story that was filmed in Cambridge before a BBC strike led to it being abandoned. [bbc.co.uk] acv2u7y4y https://flipso.com/p/acv2u7y4y?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:20:18 GMT A reflection on why roundabouts feel elegant: they avoid many of the tradeoffs of traffic lights, don’t need active control or electricity, and can create pleasant public space through the often-unused center island. [gruhn.me] owb87nxzh https://flipso.com/p/owb87nxzh?ref=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:20:20 GMT Negativland, the experimental sound collage collective, reflects on more than four decades of remix-driven work, culture jamming, and clashes over copyright and media. The Internet Archive post also highlights the group’s upcoming live performance at its San Francisco headquarters and its long-running freeform radio archive. [blog.archive.org] 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] 9igxbrybx https://flipso.com/p/9igxbrybx?ref=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:20:18 GMT A playful guide to splitting oversized paperback or hardcover books into smaller, easier-to-hold volumes by finding natural breakpoints, cutting the spine, and adding simple new covers. [attainablefelicity.mattkirkland.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]