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[sciencedaily.com] m0e4rc1lw https://flipso.com/p/m0e4rc1lw?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:20:16 GMT Three short reflections on dance: how foot stability shapes movement, why some people struggle with proprioception, and what dancers mean when they talk about “connection.” [vester.si] xv3m3ry3g https://flipso.com/p/xv3m3ry3g?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:15 GMT Fiber technologies like rope, twine and cordage were central to prehistoric life but rarely survive in the archaeological record. New experiments and traces on stone tools are helping researchers reconstruct how early humans made, used and depended on these perishable materials. [knowablemagazine.org] vtx2ghtus https://flipso.com/p/vtx2ghtus?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:40:21 GMT Joe Rinaudo has spent decades restoring photoplayers, rare self-playing instruments that once accompanied silent films. Now 74, he’s trying to preserve their legacy through restoration, outreach, and a new nonprofit, as only a small number still exist worldwide. [latimes.com] lhnsuw6ew https://flipso.com/p/lhnsuw6ew?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:40:18 GMT Six writers return to the places where they grew up and reflect on how those homes shaped memory, identity, belonging and family life. [theguardian.com] mnpupmhpt https://flipso.com/p/mnpupmhpt?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:20:21 GMT archived 13 Sep 2026 13:36:44 UTC [archive.ph] 6jr5i56wd https://flipso.com/p/6jr5i56wd?ref=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:40:14 GMT East German botanists, engineers, and agronomists helped build Vietnam’s coffee industry after a 1980 trade deal, turning a wartime-ravaged region into a major coffee-producing center while the GDR struggled with coffee shortages at home. [katjahoyer.uk] r5jsni8fp https://flipso.com/p/r5jsni8fp?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:00:14 GMT A new study suggests the young Sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet, leaving detectable chemical and structural clues deep inside the star. Researchers say those fingerprints could help explain mismatches between standard solar models and helioseismic observations, along with the Sun’s unusually low lithium abundance. [ras.ac.uk] 3b0br683f https://flipso.com/p/3b0br683f?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:18 GMT Generational wealth, race, and housing shape who gets to buy, who keeps renting, and how property changes family fortunes over time. [newyorker.com] eeoct5m3r https://flipso.com/p/eeoct5m3r?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:40:12 GMT After Henry I’s death, England was thrown into a long civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, with the barons divided and the countryside ravaged. The conflict, later known as the Anarchy, ended only when Stephen agreed to recognize Matilda’s son Henry as his heir. [historytoday.com] tj8zsznci https://flipso.com/p/tj8zsznci?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:40:30 GMT Mark Dominus discusses Orwell’s 1945 essay “You and the Atom Bomb” and how its ideas about super-states, cold war, and concentrated power foreshadow Nineteen Eighty-Four. [blog.plover.com] ujic97blg https://flipso.com/p/ujic97blg?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:20:13 GMT John Deere’s Pro Service lets owners diagnose and repair electronic-enabled machines using manuals, machine-specific data, and guided troubleshooting. But the company says only about a thousand people use it daily, and many farmers still prefer dealer help or gray-market workarounds, saying the tool does not yet solve the hardest repair problems. [wired.com] ft2fd4zt2 https://flipso.com/p/ft2fd4zt2?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:00:17 GMT James Paulk, serving a 25-year sentence for murder in an Oregon prison, says he left white supremacist ideology behind after years of gang violence, segregation, and self-reflection. He now regards his racist past as one of his biggest regrets. [prisonjournalismproject.org] m4z4gd2bj https://flipso.com/p/m4z4gd2bj?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:40:12 GMT A light essay about reconsidering which parts of fruit are edible, from apple cores and stems to strawberries and kiwi skins, with a few playful reflections on how food habits get learned. [pgadey.ca] q1adyo0wb https://flipso.com/p/q1adyo0wb?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:00:28 GMT A personal essay about a hard workout at the park, a conversation with friends and fellow regulars, and the aftermath of an injury that forces the narrator to slow down. [scopeofwork.net] 96s0dpf36 https://flipso.com/p/96s0dpf36?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:20:14 GMT Tom McCarthy reflects on Moby-Dick through the ideas of Longinus, Burke, and Kant, tracing how Melville’s novel turns whiteness, infinity, silence, and failure of language into a meditation on the sublime. [yalereview.org] avflh1jmy https://flipso.com/p/avflh1jmy?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:00:34 GMT Nazi Germany’s Operation Bernhard used concentration camp prisoners to produce high-quality counterfeit British banknotes. The scheme aimed to undermine confidence in the pound and, later, to help finance intelligence operations and wartime activities. It became one of history’s largest counterfeiting operations, with forged notes circulating across Europe before the plot was exposed. [thecollector.com] zsomvw2xe https://flipso.com/p/zsomvw2xe?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:16 GMT Can linguistic clues enhance our understanding of an area's past and inspire its future potential? [storymaps.arcgis.com] 7spujbzl1 https://flipso.com/p/7spujbzl1?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:20:21 GMT A former foster parent wrestles with what it means to forgive after the teenager she welcomed into her home attacked her and left her with a traumatic brain injury. [thecut.com] xwnj04fjh https://flipso.com/p/xwnj04fjh?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:17 GMT New research suggests some Great Lakes sturgeon could live for more than 400 years, far longer than scientists previously thought, prompting a rethink of long-running recovery efforts for the species. [cbc.ca] o32pz0xjs https://flipso.com/p/o32pz0xjs?ref=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:40:16 GMT A personal essay on the informal used-car market that serves lower-income buyers, how people stretch a few thousand dollars to keep cars running, and why mainstream views of “crappy” cars miss that reality. [abio.substack.com] q2co8jcdn https://flipso.com/p/q2co8jcdn?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:40:20 GMT A century ago, the Pan-American road promised to link the Americas with open borders and easier movement. Its history is a story of ambitious highway-building, diplomatic friction, and the gap that still stops the route between Panama and Colombia. [aeon.co] k0bsnvbo0 https://flipso.com/p/k0bsnvbo0?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:20:17 GMT A New York thoracic surgeon reflects on how 9/11’s aftermath continues through cancers and other illnesses among responders and survivors, and on the new moment of silence honoring those who died years later from ground zero exposure. [statnews.com] tp7yan5yq https://flipso.com/p/tp7yan5yq?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:37 GMT Peter Schlesinger’s 1976 Yemen photographs capture the country’s architecture, clothing, and daily life during a period of violence, poverty, and isolation, with the images now viewed as a record of a place changed by war. [flashbak.com] p79p8n6ta https://flipso.com/p/p79p8n6ta?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:20:34 GMT Trustocracy sounds funny, but it's a more accurate representation of how we're measured. We aren't (and can't) be measured objectively on what we accomplish at work. But we are (unavoidably) measured by the trust we've built with our co-workers. [scarletink.com] jcag3o4mg https://flipso.com/p/jcag3o4mg?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:20:33 GMT A sharply written essay about how LLMs are changing software work, from the appeal of solving hard technical puzzles to the growing role of overseeing robot-produced output and taking responsibility for it. [matduggan.com] niazituco https://flipso.com/p/niazituco?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:20:13 GMT Cherenkov radiation is the blue or violet glow emitted when charged particles move faster than light does through a medium such as water. It is named for Pavel Cherenkov and is used in nuclear safeguards to inspect spent fuel and other radioactive materials. [iaea.org] a8ye2j5rt https://flipso.com/p/a8ye2j5rt?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:00:15 GMT How the Chorleywood Bread Process quietly transformed British sliced bread, reshaped wheat farming, and spread around the world. [edconway.substack.com] 1hzoijt5w https://flipso.com/p/1hzoijt5w?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:00:31 GMT Craig Mod writes about ten days of walking in northeast London, the city’s odd mix of bustle and sprawl, a visit to the Barbican, and an unfortunate first encounter with Zyn nicotine pouches. [craigmod.com] vl900m50p https://flipso.com/p/vl900m50p?ref=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:40:23 GMT The long read: Daniel was working at a market in Lagos when he was given the chance to start anew in the UK. He had no idea what was expected of him in return [theguardian.com]