https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:20:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss db4bn92z1 https://flipso.com/p/db4bn92z1?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:20:15 GMT A reflection on how human recommendations shape what we read next, contrasted with algorithmic feeds and search. It highlights a new nonfiction book-search engine built from literary prize finalists and argues that people remain the most useful filter for discovering great books. [thenewcuriosityshop.substack.com] dc79wdtly https://flipso.com/p/dc79wdtly?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:00:12 GMT Molly Cooper recounts how her father, a former New Yorker writer, was cast in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou after a last-minute production scramble in Rome, and how the experience became a family story about work, anxiety, and an unexpected meeting with Bill Murray. [theparisreview.org] 7ulb5m0oy https://flipso.com/p/7ulb5m0oy?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:18 GMT Chris Heath reports from Zanesville, Ohio, on the 2011 escape of a private exotic-animal menagerie and the deadly police response that followed. [gq.com] pqk820ftv https://flipso.com/p/pqk820ftv?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:18 GMT A fire at Purity’s factory in March disrupted baking operations, leaving grocery stores across Newfoundland and Labrador struggling to keep hard bread in stock. The piece also looks at the long history of this regional staple and why it remains so widely eaten. [cbc.ca] oaky9pk0n https://flipso.com/p/oaky9pk0n?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:20:16 GMT A global constellation of neutrino detectors is creating a never-before-seen view of the radioactive elements that power Earth’s tectonic heat engine. [quantamagazine.org] npdrnkg3v https://flipso.com/p/npdrnkg3v?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:00:17 GMT Horseshoe crabs have helped make injectable medicines safer for decades, but heavy harvests for bait and blood have helped drive down East Coast populations. In Massachusetts, new seasonal protections and a biomedical shift to a lab-made alternative are giving the species signs of recovery, though scientists say more conservation is needed. [whdh.com] l2z2hj2z7 https://flipso.com/p/l2z2hj2z7?ref=rss Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:40:13 GMT A deep dive into Gorton, a 150-year-old engraving font that turned up on keyboards, signs, controls, and even Apollo hardware. The piece traces how a once-obscure routing font spread far beyond its original machines and became one of the most pervasive letterforms in everyday infrastructure. [aresluna.org] 6qhu46aua https://flipso.com/p/6qhu46aua?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:00:18 GMT A Florida surrogate and a Chinese intended father end up in a bitter custody dispute after triplets are born and he doesn’t come to pick them up, raising questions about international surrogacy, parental rights, and what happens when contracts and reality collide. [thecut.com] kxfomc2j8 https://flipso.com/p/kxfomc2j8?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:20:21 GMT A photographer looks back at finding a dream job through a newspaper classified ad, then uses archived newspapers and old emails to verify the memory and recover the original listing. [ironicsans.ghost.io] x9zlybwie https://flipso.com/p/x9zlybwie?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:00:18 GMT An in-depth profile of the growing end-of-life doula movement, following Virginia Chang as she supports a 101-year-old hospice patient and explores how death doulas help people face dying with less fear and more dignity. [newyorker.com] vhqwfaxlf https://flipso.com/p/vhqwfaxlf?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:20:16 GMT Pharma’s newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake [economist.com] tkizwonlt https://flipso.com/p/tkizwonlt?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:00:15 GMT For 20 years, National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has been building Photo Ark, a global portrait project that now spans 18,000 species. Shot against simple backdrops, the images aim to showcase animals’ individuality and draw attention to biodiversity loss and conservation efforts. [smithsonianmag.com] 1hhr092mg https://flipso.com/p/1hhr092mg?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:20:15 GMT A Treasury anti-money-laundering rule near the US-Mexico border has saddled small money-transfer businesses with heavy reporting requirements, prompting privacy concerns, customer drop-off, and lawsuits. [theguardian.com] elnaafrx1 https://flipso.com/p/elnaafrx1?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:20:19 GMT A photo essay on Jinwar, a women-only village in north-east Syria where residents build homes, grow food, run a school and share daily work after fleeing war, violence and hardship. Matteo Trevisan’s images also show nearby female-led communes and civil defence groups in the region. [theguardian.com] at97sbbvf https://flipso.com/p/at97sbbvf?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:13 GMT Mark Twain became obsessed with the Paige Compositor, a wildly complex typesetting machine he thought could transform printing and make him rich. Instead, the project dragged on for years, helped bankrupt him, and became a lesson in how transformative technologies often fail when they try to imitate human labor too literally. [resobscura.substack.com] m7jbx6mft https://flipso.com/p/m7jbx6mft?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:20:16 GMT How Aksel Sandemose’s novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks gave rise to the Law of Jante, a social code that still shapes debates about conformity, ambition, and modesty in Denmark and across the Nordics. [theparisreview.org] djclxjg9j https://flipso.com/p/djclxjg9j?ref=rss Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:55:36 GMT As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing [thewalrus.ca] mvp1wivxo https://flipso.com/p/mvp1wivxo?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:20:12 GMT An essay on why packing is so hard: the need to prepare for uncertainty, avoid overstuffing, and make choices before a trip instead of in the middle of one. [newyorker.com] o1f0yd00v https://flipso.com/p/o1f0yd00v?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:20:15 GMT A close look at いただきます as an act of humble receiving, not a thank-you to the cook. The piece explains who the word is addressed to, why it still matters in everyday meals, and how a brief pause before eating can restore its original meaning. [thetokyohermit.substack.com] g2da74c6i https://flipso.com/p/g2da74c6i?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:20:15 GMT House numbers emerged as governments needed to identify, tax, conscript, and administer buildings at scale. Early systems were often designed for state control first and navigation second, then evolved into the address systems we use today. [thehistoricalinsights.page] 6h2mpbqm4 https://flipso.com/p/6h2mpbqm4?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:00:14 GMT Free online e-book about a solo around-the-world sail in a 31-foot boat, with chapters, downloadable ZIP and Kindle versions, and sailing photos. [arachnoid.com] ylkg35lkb https://flipso.com/p/ylkg35lkb?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:20:13 GMT Underground 1984 pamphlet by Albert Most (Ken Nelson) describing the extraction and use of Sonoran Desert toad venom containing 5-MeO-DMT. It helped popularize recreational toad venom use and was later linked to renewed interest in the topic, with a revised 2021 edition expanding on the original text. [en.wikipedia.org] n7f3h2sq6 https://flipso.com/p/n7f3h2sq6?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:34 GMT A deep dive into NOAA vessel traffic data surfaces 50,000 broadcast boat names full of puns, pop-culture references, and surprisingly creative wordplay—from dirty jokes to Tolkien and Seinfeld nods. [beautifulpublicdata.com] b3hw01a3y https://flipso.com/p/b3hw01a3y?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:40:28 GMT The science and mythology behind raccoons’ growing comfort around people, and why urban life may be nudging them toward domestication-like traits. [theatlantic.com] db1yaxaso https://flipso.com/p/db1yaxaso?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:00:14 GMT A critique of the assumption that full employment is always economically desirable, arguing that labor is a scarce resource and that in some cases the economy may be better off not trying to put everyone into a job. [wilsoniumite.com] 4meacnzn3 https://flipso.com/p/4meacnzn3?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:40:13 GMT Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed. [theconversation.com] fe1oozulg https://flipso.com/p/fe1oozulg?ref=rss Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:15 GMT A 15th-century Zoroastrian text that pairs the days of the calendar with snake sightings and their omens, introduced here through George Waters’s 1892 translation and context on Persian attitudes toward serpents. [publicdomainreview.org] qpa8tbzs5 https://flipso.com/p/qpa8tbzs5?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:40:23 GMT Sou Fujimoto’s new Meiji Park in Fukuoka opened on August 7, 2026, near Hakata Station. The 3,572-square-meter project combines a four-story commercial building with stepped terraces, a 226-meter elevated park path, five plazas, and planted areas designed to blend architecture and landscape. [spoon-tamago.com] 4nwjjuen5 https://flipso.com/p/4nwjjuen5?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:00:15 GMT Exploring the world of sounds and the passion behind myNoise, with Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon [mynoise.net] botfjudj4 https://flipso.com/p/botfjudj4?ref=rss Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:00:18 GMT From heatwaves and famine to nuclear war, Britain’s survivalists are preparing for worst-case scenarios, with food stores, shelters and other emergency plans in place. [inews.co.uk]