https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sat, 30 May 2026 16:40:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss xta6xxwo2 https://flipso.com/p/xta6xxwo2?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 16:40:27 GMT After liberation, many Holocaust survivors faced displaced-persons camps, shattered communities, and stolen homes. Some tried to rebuild in Europe, while many emigrated to the United States, Palestine/Israel, and elsewhere. Postwar violence, restitution battles, and the long struggle for remembrance shaped their lives for decades. [thecollector.com] eb48xgb63 https://flipso.com/p/eb48xgb63?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 14:00:31 GMT Cory Doctorow argues that Mark Carney’s brand of liberal technocracy promises popular reforms on antitrust, consumer protection, trade, and public services, but his government keeps retreating to austerity and corporate-friendly policy. The result, Doctorow says, is cynicism that helps open the door to fascism. [pluralistic.net] 36yp8qeh9 https://flipso.com/p/36yp8qeh9?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:09 GMT A case for seeing history not only through great figures or broad structural forces, but through ordinary, often flawed people who end up in extraordinary positions of power. Using Kaiser Wilhelm II as the example, the piece argues that incompetence, inconsistency, and personal whim can have major geopolitical consequences. [deadcarl.com] k3xoyue38 https://flipso.com/p/k3xoyue38?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:08 GMT A collection of writings [explosion-scratch.github.io] cctdz6gt3 https://flipso.com/p/cctdz6gt3?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 10:20:28 GMT A realistic vision for longevity enables living life, not just obsessing over numbers [cremieux.xyz] frv8offzg https://flipso.com/p/frv8offzg?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 09:40:08 GMT New study identifies a surprising mechanism for sensing Earth’s magnetic field [science.org] 1d650s74d https://flipso.com/p/1d650s74d?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 08:20:08 GMT A Cambridge University Libraries project is preserving aging floppy disks before their magnetic media degrades further, while also capturing the tacit knowledge needed to read older formats and file systems. [spectrum.ieee.org] qhpwg38go https://flipso.com/p/qhpwg38go?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 08:00:29 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Geoffrey Hill’s poetry, quoting Alice Goodman on poetry’s power to convey reason, feeling, and the senses, then revisits lines from The Triumph of Love and Without Title to describe Hill’s harsh, consoling voice. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] nd0eq3b63 https://flipso.com/p/nd0eq3b63?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 05:00:09 GMT Naphtha shortages are affecting packaging and other inputs across Japanese manufacturing, prompting Calbee to switch some products to black-and-white packaging and causing similar disruptions at other companies. The article says the shortage is tied to the Iran war and could intensify if the conflict continues. [nippon.com] tpp0mhhj9 https://flipso.com/p/tpp0mhhj9?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 02:40:08 GMT The proposed OMB rules would give political appointees the final say on federal research grants, expand agency control over funding decisions, and make peer review advisory rather than निर्णative. They also would tighten approval for international collaborations, conference travel, and some publication costs. [scientificamerican.com] 12glloovo https://flipso.com/p/12glloovo?ref=rss Sat, 30 May 2026 00:40:09 GMT A technical deep dive into building Diffs’ CodeView, including the zero-blanking “Inverse Sticky Technique” for rendering large code reviews and diffs with native scrolling. [pierre.computer] kityimqsz https://flipso.com/p/kityimqsz?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 22:40:09 GMT Jeff Geerling compares the Framework 12 with Apple’s MacBook Neo for a student laptop buyer, weighing price, performance, build quality, repairability, and tablet-mode tradeoffs. He ultimately argues the Framework 12 is a tougher value proposition despite its modular design. [jeffgeerling.com] p9t70yycd https://flipso.com/p/p9t70yycd?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 22:20:10 GMT Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace [aeon.co] 7efjrl9no https://flipso.com/p/7efjrl9no?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 20:40:29 GMT African countries are rapidly adding renewable capacity, especially solar, as clean power becomes more competitive than fossil fuels. The shift is being driven by strong resource potential and rising electricity demand, though high financing costs and political risk still slow projects. A major oil pipeline in East Africa is also advancing despite opposition. [e360.yale.edu] 9xe2szefp https://flipso.com/p/9xe2szefp?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 20:20:08 GMT AI may make companies more profitable by replacing workers, but if that cuts wages and consumer demand too far, it can undermine the broader economy and the democratic power built on labor and spending. [owenmcgrann.com] s4qe1xcfj https://flipso.com/p/s4qe1xcfj?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 19:40:24 GMT In the 1940s, scientists showed that DNA — not protein — carries genetic information. The breakthrough came from a surprising chain of experiments with pneumococcal bacteria, heat-killed cells, and Avery’s painstaking purification of the transforming principle. [worksinprogress.news] yvkxg1wpu https://flipso.com/p/yvkxg1wpu?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 18:40:30 GMT A short Friday roundup from Bret Devereaux with a note that a fuller post will come next week. Includes recommendations on historical argument, army structures, and a reading of Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue. [acoup.blog] neeyl8e07 https://flipso.com/p/neeyl8e07?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 17:00:09 GMT A popular virtual therapy platform is telling providers and patients they'll have to do facial scanning soon, forcing some to choose between handing over their data and continuing care. [404media.co] es7qg9pks https://flipso.com/p/es7qg9pks?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 16:40:09 GMT Researchers argue there is no solid evidence that banning teens from social media will improve mental health, and warn the policy could backfire by reducing access to support, increasing privacy harms, and prompting workarounds. They call for careful evaluation of any bans and broader efforts to improve youth wellbeing instead. [frontiersin.org] vvm4152de https://flipso.com/p/vvm4152de?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:30 GMT Allen C. Guelzo traces how Christianity grew inside Roman society, survived Diocletian’s persecution, and helped set the stage for Constantine’s rise and the empire’s Christian turn. [classicalwisdom.substack.com] wen1zc5sq https://flipso.com/p/wen1zc5sq?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 14:40:08 GMT An excerpt from Stefan Al’s new book, Dwelling on Earth: The Past and Future of the Places We Call Home, exploring the rise, design, and hazards of ancient Roman insulae in Rome and Ostia. [commonedge.org] lxljv3chb https://flipso.com/p/lxljv3chb?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 14:20:09 GMT Monica Potts reflects on growing up in small-town Arkansas and how rigid expectations, teen pregnancy, and limited opportunity shaped the lives of girls around her. Drawing on her hometown and later reporting on rural poverty, she connects personal memories with broader patterns of early death and lost promise among women in rural America. [theatlantic.com] jroi5hmpm https://flipso.com/p/jroi5hmpm?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 13:40:09 GMT Pilot’s Kire-Na highlighter adds side guides to help users keep a steadier angle and pressure, reducing blotchy marks, bleed-through, and dirty tips. The design took six years to develop and reportedly sold more than 10 million units in its first year. [core77.com] p6rl04tjq https://flipso.com/p/p6rl04tjq?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 08:40:09 GMT Misreading the nation’s moral direction helped turn Pierce’s political caution into catastrophe, from slavery expansion to Kansas-Nebraska and the breakdown of the Union. [inpursuit.substack.com] s7h6hfxht https://flipso.com/p/s7h6hfxht?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:10 GMT NOAA’s overview of the ten main cloud types, grouped by high-, mid-, and low-level clouds. It explains how the classifications relate to earlier observations by Luke Howard and gives concise definitions for each cloud type, including cirrus, altocumulus, altostratus, and nimbostratus. [noaa.gov] yyku11tsi https://flipso.com/p/yyku11tsi?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 05:20:25 GMT Zayd Ayers Dohrn reflects on growing up while his parents, Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, were fugitives from the FBI, and on the contradictions of a revolutionary family life. [theamericanscholar.org] dwz4nqdrt https://flipso.com/p/dwz4nqdrt?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 03:40:10 GMT Cars now collect extensive personal data, from your habits and destination to even biometric clues like weight and facial expressions. That information can be used in ways that affect privacy and, in some cases, your insurance costs. [bbc.com] dexzf9lxf https://flipso.com/p/dexzf9lxf?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 03:20:09 GMT Misogyny is increasingly woven into far-right violence, according to extremism experts, and the San Diego mosque attack highlights how anti-women conspiracism can overlap with white supremacy, Islamophobia, and other hate-driven ideologies. [npr.org] hof8gfq83 https://flipso.com/p/hof8gfq83?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 02:40:11 GMT PMDD affects an estimated 3% to 8% of women of reproductive age and can cause severe mood symptoms, anxiety, irritability, and daily impairment. New research suggests the condition is less about abnormal hormone levels and more about heightened sensitivity to normal hormonal fluctuations, with treatment approaches increasingly targeting that biology. [nationalgeographic.com] c1u8sxedx https://flipso.com/p/c1u8sxedx?ref=rss Fri, 29 May 2026 02:20:27 GMT A data-driven look at whether TV finales meet, exceed, or fall short of expectations—and whether endings have gotten better over time. [statsignificant.com]