https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:40:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 7xwflxk4m https://flipso.com/p/7xwflxk4m?ref=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:40:19 GMT When a girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare, incurable kidney disease, her parents and their community launched a research effort that helped turn an obscure condition into a medical breakthrough. [magazine.atavist.com] 1qjz5g7bm https://flipso.com/p/1qjz5g7bm?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:00:15 GMT Historians often blame drought, famine, and invasions, but this essay argues the deeper shift was technological: bronze’s dependence on scarce tin gave empires an advantage, and iron later made weapons cheaper and more widely available, preventing old power structures from returning. [worksinprogress.news] f79bwa2r9 https://flipso.com/p/f79bwa2r9?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:20:21 GMT A ProPublica investigation finds that DraftKings’ “responsible gaming” tools did little to stop risky betting behavior, while promotions and VIP incentives kept pushing the author to wager more. The report traces how sports-betting products, parlays, and casino-style features can intensify losses and reward heavy spenders. [propublica.org] ihheoj57a https://flipso.com/p/ihheoj57a?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:21 GMT A look at how Supreme Court-backed encampment crackdowns have changed homelessness policy in places like Grants Pass, Portland and Bend, while the underlying crisis persists amid housing shortages, rising rents and strained shelter capacity. [newlinesmag.com] od8q1bbil https://flipso.com/p/od8q1bbil?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:40:18 GMT New intracranial recordings suggest brain waves are more varied than simple planar oscillations, including source, sink, and spiral patterns. The findings link distinct wave shapes to different memory tasks and hint that these dynamics may help the cortex reorganize information in real time. [quantamagazine.org] pejq1kq82 https://flipso.com/p/pejq1kq82?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:20:18 GMT Three deaths at Burning Man in 2026 look unusual at first, but once the event’s younger attendee profile is age-standardized, the count is within a plausible range. The post compares crude and adjusted mortality estimates, then explains why small-number uncertainty and selection bias matter when interpreting rare-event statistics. [ihavenapkinthoughts.substack.com] 3hyd0q3wc https://flipso.com/p/3hyd0q3wc?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:40:17 GMT Interactive Mathigon page on origami and polyhedra, with models of Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, stars, and folding instructions. [mathigon.org] 260imx2lk https://flipso.com/p/260imx2lk?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:40:17 GMT Delhi cut electricity losses from more than 50% in 2002 to about 5–6% by 2026 through grid upgrades, new metering, utility reform, and anti-theft enforcement. The result was far more reliable power for homes and businesses. [spectrum.ieee.org] a80m46k50 https://flipso.com/p/a80m46k50?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:40:16 GMT A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover inside right-wing militias, eventually reaching the top ranks of two groups and documenting what he found. He never told police, the FBI, family, or friends, and later shared a trove of recordings and files with ProPublica. [propublica.org] 7idnota12 https://flipso.com/p/7idnota12?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:40:15 GMT Light pollution is making darkness harder to find, affecting wildlife, human health, and our ability to see the stars. Cities can help by regulating outdoor lighting and using only as much light as needed. [theguardian.com] d71l69bfu https://flipso.com/p/d71l69bfu?ref=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:20:15 GMT Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it? [theconversation.com] jht3huk9f https://flipso.com/p/jht3huk9f?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:20:18 GMT Lindsay Owens’s Gouged argues that modern pricing is increasingly shaped by corporate tactics such as personalized pricing, algorithmic rent setting, and surveillance-based discounts, and calls for stronger consumer protections. [prospect.org] dbm17re53 https://flipso.com/p/dbm17re53?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:40:22 GMT The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues. Why doesn’t anyone want to fix it? [newyorker.com] pa3rkufm2 https://flipso.com/p/pa3rkufm2?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:20:29 GMT Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense [the74million.org] c3a4tpf6x https://flipso.com/p/c3a4tpf6x?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:39:04 GMT Americans are hosting friends and family far less often than they used to. Using survey data spanning 1975 to 2026, the piece argues that dinner parties and home entertaining have collapsed as busier households, intensive parenting, shrinking friendship networks, and screen-based leisure crowd out social gathering. [derekthompson.org] fcx28l1dt https://flipso.com/p/fcx28l1dt?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:40:14 GMT California growers are facing a glut of wine grapes as sales decline and many vineyards go uncontracted. Some farmers are leaving fruit on the vine or tearing out acreage as lower demand, changing drinking habits, and weaker exports squeeze the industry. [kqed.org] jkcm2u4tv https://flipso.com/p/jkcm2u4tv?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:15 GMT Han van Meegeren rose from rejected painter to master forger, duping critics, collectors, and even a Nazi official with fake Vermeers before his downfall turned him into a Dutch celebrity. [priceonomics.com] rhwq73u8d https://flipso.com/p/rhwq73u8d?ref=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:20:15 GMT Researchers found that a long-cited Nature account of an 1841 Exeter train delay during a geomagnetic storm was likely wrong by several years, with the date traced to a typo. Archival railway records and magnetograms point instead to a 1848 space weather event, revising the earliest known example of geomagnetic activity affecting rail technology. [arstechnica.com] qpfo3el0l https://flipso.com/p/qpfo3el0l?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:40:15 GMT Archaeologists identified the first two intact burials at Göbeklitepe, including a collective grave beneath a floor and a flexed burial of a young adult woman. The remains suggest many of the site’s scattered bones likely came from ordinary burials later disturbed by erosion and slope movement, rather than a single unusual burial rite. [archaeologymag.com] 4tu6ey56y https://flipso.com/p/4tu6ey56y?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:40:15 GMT New research analyzing more than 500 of Elizabeth I’s letters suggests her secretaries sometimes revised her correspondence to sharpen emotion, including the anger directed at Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI of Scotland. [smithsonianmag.com] 75c8x41nl https://flipso.com/p/75c8x41nl?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:47:42 GMT Ideas often move through a predictable sequence: dismissed as crazy, then seen as odd, then accepted as trivial, and finally treated as obvious. A heart-transplant example shows how long that shift can take. [kevinkelly.substack.com] 7d3a00lig https://flipso.com/p/7d3a00lig?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:20:17 GMT Joseph Szabo’s black-and-white photographs of Long Island teenagers capture the casual intimacy, swagger, and vulnerability of adolescence before the era of social media. [newyorker.com] 072si4vly https://flipso.com/p/072si4vly?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:40:19 GMT A reflective follow-up on sobriety after the first year: the early benefits have leveled off, but the author still feels clearer, sleeps better, and is rethinking alcohol’s place in his life. [bobbytables.io] 7xt6fik13 https://flipso.com/p/7xt6fik13?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:18 GMT A map of every border and coastline people have drawn while playing Borderline, with strokes weighted by accuracy and repeated guesses darkening the map. [habibicode.org] 4ceaox5c1 https://flipso.com/p/4ceaox5c1?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:20:17 GMT A discussion of Augustine’s account of Ambrose reading silently, and what it may suggest about reading habits in late antiquity. Includes a note on the first known printed edition of Augustine’s Confessions and related historical context. [historyofinformation.com] 9r4ez7tv7 https://flipso.com/p/9r4ez7tv7?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:40:17 GMT A free full-size embroidered replica of the Bayeux Tapestry at Reading Museum, with the story of Harold, William, and the Norman Conquest displayed across a 70-metre gallery. [diamondgeezer.blogspot.com] bls6lsvcu https://flipso.com/p/bls6lsvcu?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:40:27 GMT An investigation into how the Dutch fugitive allegedly built influence in Sierra Leone and helped turn the country into a major transit point for cocaine bound for Europe. [economist.com] vn3p3lgi8 https://flipso.com/p/vn3p3lgi8?ref=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2026 04:00:20 GMT Forty years later, David Byrne’s True Stories is still a singular portrait of small-town Texas and the independent spirit behind one of the state’s strangest films. [texasmonthly.com] hioqdsyc8 https://flipso.com/p/hioqdsyc8?ref=rss Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:20:14 GMT An optical illusion can make the lit side of the Moon seem to point up after sunset. The post uses a small program and plots to show that, for a partially illuminated Moon, our viewing angle can reveal the bright side differently than expected — even when the Sun is below the horizon. [notes.secretsauce.net] wwrqmnbcl https://flipso.com/p/wwrqmnbcl?ref=rss Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:00:17 GMT Archaeologists excavating at Hattusha, the ancient Hittite capital in north-central Turkey, uncovered a cuneiform fragment of the Treaty of Kadesh. The 3,400-year-old treaty, signed around 1269 B.C. by Ramesses II and Hattusili III, is regarded as the world’s oldest known peace treaty and includes provisions on refugees. [livescience.com]