https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:20:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss q1kw32t1u https://flipso.com/p/q1kw32t1u?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:20:18 GMT A NASA-developed image enhancement technique called decorrelation stretch is helping archaeologists spot faint details in ancient rock art. By remapping colors into a wider range, it can reveal figures and markings that are nearly invisible in ordinary photos. [gizmodo.com] r38ymknzd https://flipso.com/p/r38ymknzd?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:00:35 GMT Mark McEvoy’s photo album captures late-night life on the London Underground in the 1990s, with candid scenes of commuters, revelers, and the varied faces sharing the last Tube home. [flashbak.com] uwwtkrfzx https://flipso.com/p/uwwtkrfzx?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:00:21 GMT Mental health courts offer an alternative to incarceration, but graduation rates are only about half and access depends heavily on local services. The story examines who benefits from these courts and who is excluded. [illinoisanswers.org] 5k5kabjyq https://flipso.com/p/5k5kabjyq?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:40:16 GMT In 1897, London cab driver George Smith crashed a Bersey electric taxi in New Bond Street and was convicted of being drunk in charge of it — a case often described as Britain’s first drink-driving conviction, and possibly the world’s first. [ianvisits.co.uk] 6qft1cyvf https://flipso.com/p/6qft1cyvf?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:18 GMT Americans usually confide in spouses or partners first, but comfort with therapists versus clergy varies sharply by religion, church attendance, age, and partisanship. Evangelicals stand out as more open to pastors than counselors, while Republicans are less comfortable with therapists overall. [graphsaboutreligion.com] kx05w4u9l https://flipso.com/p/kx05w4u9l?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:20:20 GMT Gloria Steinem’s early career included work for a CIA front organization, which the author uses to argue she helped project American values abroad during the Cold War. The piece links Steinem’s activism, soft power, and U.S. intelligence work, while contrasting that era with today’s CIA. [uscpublicdiplomacy.org] r8iwd5ng0 https://flipso.com/p/r8iwd5ng0?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:34 GMT A meditation on creative block, arguing that frustration becomes useful when you can clearly name what is not working. Through David Hockney and a garden-design example, it explores how failed experiments can point toward a better way forward. [henrikkarlsson.xyz] mk4jdyryr https://flipso.com/p/mk4jdyryr?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:21 GMT A clear, accessible look at the lost Trojan War epics grouped as the Epic Cycle, how they relate to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and why common popular descriptions of them are misleading. [talesoftimesforgotten.com] w6ptk6ndx https://flipso.com/p/w6ptk6ndx?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:20:20 GMT Wildland firefighting is trapped in a cycle of suppression, fuel buildup, and increasingly severe fires. Experts say the answer is not just fighting harder, but reducing fuel, expanding prescribed burns, and hardening communities so more low-severity fire can be managed safely. [grist.org] wez3yl3b9 https://flipso.com/p/wez3yl3b9?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:40:16 GMT Researchers say newly studied cave art may point to some of the first humans in Ireland arriving via a now-submerged land bridge from Wales during the Ice Age. [bbc.com] yxqir2p6e https://flipso.com/p/yxqir2p6e?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:00:35 GMT A long-predicted revival of craftsmanship may now have real economic momentum. Laetitia Vitaud argues that skilled trades and care work are becoming more attractive as AI compresses junior white-collar roles, labor shortages widen, and climate adaptation drives demand for hands-on work. She contrasts earlier cultural fascination with craft with today’s stronger case: autonomy, stability, and irreplaceable embodied skill. [laetitiaatwork.substack.com] ghhkjwpaj https://flipso.com/p/ghhkjwpaj?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:17 GMT Special relativity with the speed of light reduced to 5 km/h, making effects like length contraction, time dilation, aberration, Doppler shift, and relativistic beaming visible at human scale. [rivendell.dmitrybrant.com] 9s6fdth6e https://flipso.com/p/9s6fdth6e?ref=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2026 02:40:24 GMT Exclusive reporting on how mandatory pork checkoff dollars moved from the National Pork Board to the National Pork Producers Council through trademark and real estate deals, funneling millions from farmers to a powerful industry lobby. [vox.com] mmu033t9w https://flipso.com/p/mmu033t9w?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:40:20 GMT A deeply reported account of one 9/11 victim’s family as they navigate grief, memory, and conspiracy theories in the decades after his death. [theatlantic.com] wqe9qs441 https://flipso.com/p/wqe9qs441?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:20:20 GMT Visa and Mastercard are card networks, not card issuers or banks. They connect merchants, acquirers, cardholders, and issuers; route authorization and clearing messages; coordinate settlement; set fees and incentives; and enforce network rules, including dispute and chargeback processes. [tautology.town] hbtb1n59w https://flipso.com/p/hbtb1n59w?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:00:37 GMT Hitler saw the Pearl Harbor attack as a chance to distract the United States, split its attention between Europe and the Pacific, and protect the Axis war effort. He also misjudged American resolve and industry, believing Japan could keep the U.S. tied down long enough for Germany to press its advantage in the Soviet Union. [thecollector.com] 7vplgecn5 https://flipso.com/p/7vplgecn5?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:20:18 GMT Ian Frazier’s satirical courtroom monologue puts Wile E. Coyote on the witness stand against Acme, making a mock legal case out of the recurring cartoon disasters, from rocket sleds and skates to exploding gadgets and spring-powered shoes. [newyorker.com] 852f1n08r https://flipso.com/p/852f1n08r?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:40:19 GMT After Isaac Berger overdosed, his mother brought pills she found in his room to the ER, hoping they would help doctors treat him. Instead, hospital staff called police, and Idaho authorities moved to charge him with fentanyl trafficking under a law that can treat possession above a threshold as trafficking. [investigatewest.org] z5p0u2kjh https://flipso.com/p/z5p0u2kjh?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:20:13 GMT Researchers found a way to distinguish ancient pottery from modern fakes by measuring magnetic signatures preserved in fired clay. The method may help museums, archaeologists, and law enforcement identify forged artifacts and detect looted objects. [smithsonianmag.com] dl68slldj https://flipso.com/p/dl68slldj?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:20:14 GMT Researchers found that trees can sense their own curvature and use tension wood to straighten bent stems. In an experiment that removed light and gravity cues, young poplars still formed wood on the opposite side of the stem to pull themselves back upright, revealing a proprioception-driven mechanism for postural control. [phys.org] 403792kwq https://flipso.com/p/403792kwq?ref=rss Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:20:13 GMT A Harvard-led study found that app-based, real-time surveys of high-risk adults and adolescents could predict 75% of suicide attempts and 87% of suicide-related crises in the week before they occurred. The approach tracked mood, agitation, and suicidal thinking after hospital discharge, offering a more immediate model for identifying elevated risk. [current.fas.harvard.edu] co21qfb0a https://flipso.com/p/co21qfb0a?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:20:32 GMT The phrase “dog days” traces back to Sirius, the Dog Star in Canis Major, whose late-summer rise was long associated with intense heat and ill effects. The term moved from Ancient Greek into Latin as dies caniculares and later into European languages as a word for a heatwave or the hottest stretch of summer. [weirdmedievalguys.substack.com] i4sqxvbll https://flipso.com/p/i4sqxvbll?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:20:19 GMT The legend of Barlaam and Josaphat preserves a Christianized version of the Buddha’s life story. It traces how the tale moved through Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Georgian, and later Christian traditions, where it was eventually treated as the story of two saints. The post also notes how widely the tale spread and how religious stories can be transformed as they pass between cultures. [signoregalilei.com] 0hwc70hql https://flipso.com/p/0hwc70hql?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:00:21 GMT The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place within it [theguardian.com] mwnhcwjxn https://flipso.com/p/mwnhcwjxn?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:00:20 GMT Putting your hands in soil and spending time around grass, trees and moss may support skin health and help train the immune system, with benefits that can appear within weeks. [bbc.com] mxx8lw8i0 https://flipso.com/p/mxx8lw8i0?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:17 GMT New research suggests the Tasmanian tiger was not built to hunt livestock. Its unusually large skull and long, narrow jaw point instead to quick, powerful bites aimed at smaller prey, helping explain how a myth about sheep attacks may have contributed to its extinction. [cnn.com] yoyq27n9j https://flipso.com/p/yoyq27n9j?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:00:17 GMT A rich archive of John Margolies’ photographs capturing quirky roadside architecture, novelty signs, and eccentric attractions across the United States, with many images preserved through the Library of Congress. [publicdomainreview.org] ma9w5zk18 https://flipso.com/p/ma9w5zk18?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:20:18 GMT An international team including Oxford physicists has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time. The study provides an experimental connection between quantum physics and Einstein's theory of gravity. [ox.ac.uk] waz7k344h https://flipso.com/p/waz7k344h?ref=rss Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:40:15 GMT A sharp essay on why Macbeth is so hard to stage well: the play’s magic, tonal whiplash, and thin motivation for Macbeth himself. It argues that the tragedy’s power depends on how productions solve problems Shakespeare leaves deliberately unresolved. [porticoquarterly.com] 6gmqy5dj3 https://flipso.com/p/6gmqy5dj3?ref=rss Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:00:18 GMT Interactive 3D map of Los Angeles buildings, with one box per structure colored by the decade it was built. Watch the city fill in from 1880 to today, and switch between decade and height views. [lax-skyline.parcelscope.net]