https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Wed, 13 May 2026 03:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss j2h844ivh https://flipso.com/p/j2h844ivh?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 03:00:31 GMT Asterisks issue page for a culture piece by Tessa Augsberger, Elan Kluger, and Rufus Knuppel. The page currently says “Coming soon,” so there’s no article text yet. [asteriskmag.com] qfz79bvu2 https://flipso.com/p/qfz79bvu2?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 03:20:10 GMT On web analytics, email and app traffic often shows up as Direct or Unknown because many apps don’t send a Referrer header. Robin Sloan argues that adding a custom query string to outgoing links can be a useful courtesy, making the source legible for site owners without relying on analytics. [robinsloan.com] 24lpen6gi https://flipso.com/p/24lpen6gi?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 02:20:08 GMT A playful typography breakdown of the recurring design tricks used to make movie titles and logos feel futuristic, from slanted sans-serifs and exaggerated kerning to brushed metal, embossing, and star fields. [typesetinthefuture.com] pa3xlu1ex https://flipso.com/p/pa3xlu1ex?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 01:20:09 GMT A new study suggests we should simply give up on the city's long-term future and begin to relocate the population. This is a morally indefensible proposal. New Orleans can and must be saved. [currentaffairs.org] hcf6sixt0 https://flipso.com/p/hcf6sixt0?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 01:00:26 GMT How a new class of drugs is beginning to make previously undruggable proteins, including RAS, accessible in pancreatic cancer and other hard-to-treat cancers. [worksinprogress.co] xib6kivwp https://flipso.com/p/xib6kivwp?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 00:40:09 GMT A petition urging major news outlets to allow the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to keep preserving their reporting, so journalism remains accessible for fact-checking and historical record. [savethearchive.com] omedtcx6a https://flipso.com/p/omedtcx6a?ref=rss Wed, 13 May 2026 00:20:26 GMT Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has updated the design for 175 Park Avenue, a 1,581-foot mixed-use tower planned next to Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. The project would replace the Grand Hyatt hotel and include offices, a hotel, stepped setbacks with landscaped terraces, and a new transit hall expanding circulation at Grand Central. [archinect.com] uofpdvra2 https://flipso.com/p/uofpdvra2?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 23:40:09 GMT Kraftwerk’s 1976 single grew from a pioneering electronic track into a later anti-nuclear statement, especially in its 1991 reworking. Fifty years on, it remains one of the band’s most politically charged and influential songs. [bbc.com] xr7914gxw https://flipso.com/p/xr7914gxw?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 23:00:27 GMT At Arizona State University’s commencement, Harrison Ford urged graduates to turn their talent and ambition toward meaningful work, especially in response to climate and conservation challenges. He said purpose can come from using your passions to build, lead, and help others. [conservation.org] p1zrumtng https://flipso.com/p/p1zrumtng?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 22:20:14 GMT Klarissa López Guillen’s father was detained by ICE during her second semester at Cornell. She’s had to drop a class, pick up a job, and navigate a complicated financial aid system in order to remain enrolled in the university. [collegetownmagazine.com] cpqwmavfm https://flipso.com/p/cpqwmavfm?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 21:00:09 GMT A deep dive into real-time atmospheric rendering in the browser with shaders, covering raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, ozone absorption, and how to extend the same model from a sky dome to a planet atmosphere. [blog.maximeheckel.com] i9opay88g https://flipso.com/p/i9opay88g?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 20:40:09 GMT After deaths on Brittany’s beaches, a bereaved family spent years trying to prove that rotting seaweed releasing hydrogen sulphide was to blame. The story follows the people, lawsuits, and official resistance around France’s recurring toxic algal blooms. [theguardian.com] lbjcdsjj0 https://flipso.com/p/lbjcdsjj0?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 20:00:28 GMT Robin Hanson examines changing influence among capital, culture, and states across historical periods, using LLM-based estimates to argue that culture has recently regained dominance after a long period of state power. [overcomingbias.com] 68y8femc6 https://flipso.com/p/68y8femc6?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 19:40:11 GMT The Moth Education team introduces the Story Map, a five-part structure for shaping a Moth story, and shows how it works in a video featuring Dante Jackson’s story “The Prom.” The post also includes information about applications for the All City residency for NYC high school students and the Moth Teacher Institute for educators. [themoth.org] zxqvwc6ao https://flipso.com/p/zxqvwc6ao?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 18:20:08 GMT Heinrich Schliemann’s 1873 dig at Hisarlık uncovered a hoard he claimed as Priam’s Treasure, but his trench cut through multiple ancient layers and missed the Bronze Age city most likely tied to Homer’s Troy. The gold was smuggled out of the Ottoman Empire, fought over in court, then spent decades moving between Berlin, a Berlin flak tower, and a Moscow museum basement. [storica.club] gqr0m3w2j https://flipso.com/p/gqr0m3w2j?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 17:40:09 GMT Vacuum tubes were once a foundational technology for radios, telephones, TVs, early computers, X-ray machines, radar, and microwave generation. Despite being largely replaced by semiconductors, several tube-based technologies still matter today, including magnetrons, gas-discharge devices, and gyrotrons. [construction-physics.com] 1w80yqnw0 https://flipso.com/p/1w80yqnw0?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 17:20:27 GMT A romaine salad with ham, cornichons, croutons, Parmesan, and a mustardy mayo dressing, with crisped prosciutto added on top for extra crunch. [tastecooking.com] uukuhzyjd https://flipso.com/p/uukuhzyjd?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 16:40:42 GMT A photo collection of New Jersey bikers in the 1980s and 1990s, featuring edgy, offensive, and funny T-shirt slogans. The post also touches on the era’s looser attitude toward free expression and helmet-law references. [flashbak.com] 3v4xjeq7v https://flipso.com/p/3v4xjeq7v?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:09 GMT A large meta-analysis of 50,000 correlations across 137 test batteries found that visual processing was not meaningfully related to reading ability. Instead, auditory processing and comprehension-knowledge were the strongest predictors, with general intelligence playing a smaller role than earlier research suggested. The findings point to reading difficulties as specific skill gaps rather than a simple lack of overall ability. [phys.org] dyz9eauzm https://flipso.com/p/dyz9eauzm?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 14:20:29 GMT A new generation of RAS-targeting drugs, including daraxonrasib, has produced a major survival gain in metastatic pancreatic cancer and may signal a broader shift in oncology. [worksinprogress.news] 4lfk5keiu https://flipso.com/p/4lfk5keiu?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:34 GMT Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system. [quantamagazine.org] x5umb1yho https://flipso.com/p/x5umb1yho?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 12:40:09 GMT Chasing Chicago’s movable bridges, with photos and notes on bascule bridge mechanics, bridge operations, and a day spent following the lift schedule across the city. [aresluna.org] 3pmjdvkzi https://flipso.com/p/3pmjdvkzi?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 12:20:31 GMT A readable essay on quantum mechanics, inspired by *Escape from Shadow Physics*, arguing that physics should remain open to deeper explanations rather than treating current interpretations as final. It uses examples from the history of science to question “impossibility” claims and defend continued scientific dissent. [invertedpassion.com] gur7fxzmy https://flipso.com/p/gur7fxzmy?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 11:20:09 GMT Submarine communications depend on extremely low frequencies because seawater blocks ordinary radio. The tradeoff is severe: ELF can reach submerged boats, but only at tiny data rates and with huge transmitting infrastructure. The post uses that constraint to trace the history of submarine communication and the engineering compromises it forced. [computer.rip] aazexvfvd https://flipso.com/p/aazexvfvd?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 10:20:31 GMT A comment from evacide about homes on the Internet. [rubenerd.au] uu1k54wz3 https://flipso.com/p/uu1k54wz3?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:35:43 GMT Total public social spending is falling, its economy is outpacing European peers and taxes have been cut three years running. Not everyone is happy. [wsj.com] xizir90h9 https://flipso.com/p/xizir90h9?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:33:23 GMT Denyse O’Leary examines George Orwell’s 1946 essay “The Prevention of Literature,” arguing that totalitarianism begins not just with censorship but with a mindset that treats dissent as unacceptable and truth as negotiable. The piece connects Orwell’s warning to modern efforts to control information and public debate. [mindmatters.ai] 4o2134te9 https://flipso.com/p/4o2134te9?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:20:26 GMT Historic New England has named the winner and finalists of an international competition to add a public restroom at Walter Gropius’s Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Isabel Strauss won with “One Bathroom After Another,” a design that echoes the existing garage with a contemporary twist. The shortlist came from more than 280 submissions. [archinect.com] jalzm6btj https://flipso.com/p/jalzm6btj?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 08:10:46 GMT Xochitl Gonzalez argues that robotaxis threaten more than taxi jobs: they could erase one of the last everyday places where strangers from different backgrounds still interact. She weighs the promised gains in safety and convenience against the social costs of driverless rides and Silicon Valley’s push to replace human service with automation. [theatlantic.com] hmq6ck86z https://flipso.com/p/hmq6ck86z?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:31 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem aloud in an audio episode of Read Me a Poem. [theamericanscholar.org]