https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:40:33 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss zkj2tao0d https://flipso.com/p/zkj2tao0d?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:40:33 GMT Ted Gioia revisits Wendell Berry’s nine standards for technological innovation, originally published in 1987, and argues they are even more relevant today in an age of bloated, energy-hungry, hard-to-repair tech. [honest-broker.com] tneclyc7o https://flipso.com/p/tneclyc7o?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:40:35 GMT The 1914 campaign in German Togoland, where British and French colonial forces quickly moved to destroy the Kamina radio station and cut Germany’s last major communications link to its overseas empire. [lflank.wordpress.com] xneq0nb9e https://flipso.com/p/xneq0nb9e?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:40:31 GMT They kill us and bother us, but is that enough to eradicate them, or their role in the environment is too important? [unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com] 8e5apxf3r https://flipso.com/p/8e5apxf3r?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:40:35 GMT Amelia Earhart vanished in July 1937 during her attempt to fly around the world with navigator Fred Noonan. The disappearance triggered a massive search and has since been debated through theories including a Pacific crash, a landing on Nikumaroro, and capture by Japanese forces. [thecollector.com] 4ync5bpc9 https://flipso.com/p/4ync5bpc9?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:20 GMT A vivid account of how Chinese authorities use surveillance, detention, and forced “tourist” trips to neutralize dissidents and petitioners, especially during politically sensitive events. [newyorker.com] m88deiuyv https://flipso.com/p/m88deiuyv?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:40:14 GMT Azriel “Al” Blackman, the Guinness World Records holder for the longest career as an airline mechanic, died at 100 after more than 80 years with American Airlines. His career spanned the era from flying boats and propeller planes to modern widebody jets, making him a defining figure in airline maintenance. [simpleflying.com] bzlfzu0we https://flipso.com/p/bzlfzu0we?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:40:30 GMT A data-driven critique argues that weaker home permitting after the Great Financial Crisis coincided with slower housing stock growth, tighter vacancies, and higher rent growth, and that building more homes still lowers rents over time. [cremieux.xyz] ni2luef0f https://flipso.com/p/ni2luef0f?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:19 GMT A photo essay on Mumbai’s worsening heat, water stress, and unequal climate exposure, using thermal images and reporting from neighborhoods, beaches, stations, and roads across the city. [equator.org] l1hlqeo1f https://flipso.com/p/l1hlqeo1f?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:40:32 GMT A contrarian case that modern, well-run landfills are often cleaner, cheaper, and more environmentally sensible than recycling for many common materials, with metals as a major exception. [worksinprogress.co] dns0fjo7n https://flipso.com/p/dns0fjo7n?ref=rss Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:00:18 GMT Data Colada examines a failed replication of a highly cited study on procrastination and deadlines, then analyzes the original data for signs of tampering. The post highlights unusually large effects, repeated matching observations, weak correlations where strong ones would be expected, and implausible rounding patterns in self-reported minutes. [datacolada.org] 8mtqo3ct2 https://flipso.com/p/8mtqo3ct2?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:04:26 GMT A detailed miniature café build with lots of handcrafted touches, from tiny menu text and flowers to table settings and signage. The post also reflects on coffee habits, favorite café drinks, and the appeal of well-made espresso in a cozy shop setting. [sandyuraz.com] 8ut5qzuqw https://flipso.com/p/8ut5qzuqw?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:40:13 GMT C P Snow’s 1959 Rede Lecture sparked a fierce rebuttal from F R Leavis, turning a debate about science and literature into a wider argument over modernity, education, and moral authority. [aeon.co] 9llycngzj https://flipso.com/p/9llycngzj?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:20:38 GMT Tanya Sichynsky, editor of NYT Cooking’s The Veggie, discusses her path from sports media to food editing, the challenge of curating 24,000 recipes, and her new book Veg Everything, which gathers 100 vegetable-forward recipes for weeknights and entertaining. [tastecooking.com] r5gz9ek8s https://flipso.com/p/r5gz9ek8s?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:40:33 GMT A history of how beardless men were viewed in early modern and Victorian Britain, from insults like “smock-faced” and “imperbicke” to the rise of false beards and moustaches. The post traces how facial hair became tied to masculinity, status, and military appearance, and how men who could not grow beards tried to keep up with changing fashions. [dralun.wordpress.com] cys5d6gh4 https://flipso.com/p/cys5d6gh4?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:03 GMT Christine Lemmer-Webber argues that taste comes from practice, experimentation, and repeated failure—not from passively relying on generative AI. The post suggests that using AI too much can blunt judgment and that keeping taste sharp means making weird work, learning your own style, and using these tools sparingly. [dustycloud.org] fzrjkoapt https://flipso.com/p/fzrjkoapt?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:18 GMT Researchers buried cotton underwear and tea bags at 1,000 sites across Switzerland to compare soil biological activity. Private gardens showed the fastest decomposition, while lawns ranked lowest. The results suggest simple buried-cotton tests can give a quick, accessible snapshot of soil fertility and underground life. [studyfinds.com] e1bxi3w2w https://flipso.com/p/e1bxi3w2w?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:40:16 GMT A harrowing account of a deadly Atlantic migration voyage from West Africa to the Canary Islands, based on survivors, families of victims, and others connected to the journey. [irishtimes.com] 3xb276faj https://flipso.com/p/3xb276faj?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:20:15 GMT Commercial bike generators waste a lot of pedal power through batteries, electronics, and friction-drive losses, making them far less efficient and less sustainable than direct mechanical alternatives. [solar.lowtechmagazine.com] yd2zvzwq9 https://flipso.com/p/yd2zvzwq9?ref=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:17 GMT A look at how to tell whether an ancient number system used zero, including why sparse inscriptions make it hard to distinguish a true positional base from a bijective system and why context is usually the key clue. [johndcook.com] 2u42e0olr https://flipso.com/p/2u42e0olr?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:02:30 GMT Tiny rain droplets can gain charge as they slide over smooth surfaces, creating electric fields strong enough to pit copper and damage protective coatings. The effect may help explain why some corrosion-resistant materials still fail when exposed to rain. [scientificamerican.com] d1by5cdyi https://flipso.com/p/d1by5cdyi?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:02:25 GMT An emoji flipbook presentation by Alex Komoroske on how well-behaved individuals can still create dysfunctional organizational dynamics. [komoroske.com] awwrvk77r https://flipso.com/p/awwrvk77r?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:00:28 GMT Kandinsky’s Russian upbringing, folk art, Orthodox icons, and lubki prints helped shape his move toward abstraction. Travel in rural Russia, especially Vologda, sharpened his sense of ornament, color, and spiritual imagery, which later carried into his early abstract works and Saint George paintings. [thecollector.com] 11hg5d008 https://flipso.com/p/11hg5d008?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:00:28 GMT How gold functioned as currency, tribute, and stored wealth in Ethiopia from Aksum to the 19th century, including its role in trade, taxation, and royal treasuries. [africanhistoryextra.com] w67cpvstq https://flipso.com/p/w67cpvstq?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:16:26 GMT Anonymous handwritten notes about people’s relationship with AI, collected as an anthropological art project tracing how it has entered the most intimate details of everyday life. [whatwetellai.com] 81pegya95 https://flipso.com/p/81pegya95?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:00:30 GMT Excavated four-room houses, household tools, grains, and ritual objects shed light on everyday life in ancient Israel: housing, bread-making, labor, sanitation, and domestic worship. [thecollector.com] nu7miracn https://flipso.com/p/nu7miracn?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:22:30 GMT Bearded capuchins in northeastern Brazil mostly eat plants, but they also hunt small vertebrates when fruit is scarce. Researchers say the pattern may offer clues about how early humans shifted toward eating more meat, possibly as a response to seasonal food shortages. [smithsonianmag.com] chtskzx1f https://flipso.com/p/chtskzx1f?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:02:26 GMT Einstein and Leo Szilard designed a safer refrigerator in the 1920s with no moving parts and a sealed pump, but depression-era финансing, political upheaval, and Freon’s arrival kept it from reaching market. The concept was later revisited when CFCs’ environmental harms became clear. [invention.si.edu] ptb7bflan https://flipso.com/p/ptb7bflan?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:42:25 GMT Silence Dogood, Richard Saunders, Benevolus, and Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim were among Franklin’s many personas, letting him challenge authority, satirize public folly, and argue for reform with more freedom than he could under his own name. [smithsonianmag.com] cuognp1r9 https://flipso.com/p/cuognp1r9?ref=rss Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:22:28 GMT What began as an anarchistic collaboration of equals has become a commercialized escape hatch for the wealthy. [sfstandard.com] rqqcdqi43 https://flipso.com/p/rqqcdqi43?ref=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:00:17 GMT Women who worked in Antarctica say sexual harassment and assault were widespread, and Jane Willenbring’s account helped bring the issue into public view. A government investigation and congressional scrutiny later followed as more women described abuse at U.S. research stations. [wired.com]