https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:20:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss hp4l6vr6s https://flipso.com/p/hp4l6vr6s?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:20:18 GMT A playful demonstration of how a simple L-system can produce growing patterns, from rabbit/Fibonacci sequences to weevil names, pizza toppings, and family lineages. [blog.plover.com] 99f6o08dr https://flipso.com/p/99f6o08dr?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:40:18 GMT German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that the Nazis’ breakthrough in the 1930 election is often misunderstood when viewed through the later horrors of the Third Reich, and says violence, not charisma or propaganda alone, was central to their appeal. [theguardian.com] dk9sfao0r https://flipso.com/p/dk9sfao0r?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:20:18 GMT In Mykolaiv, a small off-grid solar installation kept drinking water flowing even after Russian strikes knocked out much of the city’s power and water infrastructure. The piece explains how Ukraine is rapidly turning to rooftop solar, local storage, and other distributed energy systems to make its grid more resilient under attack. [energytransition.org] nyfnm1qgx https://flipso.com/p/nyfnm1qgx?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:40:18 GMT Punch black holes in space and sling a ship home round them. [notoriousbfg.com] 0jody3t8x https://flipso.com/p/0jody3t8x?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:00:17 GMT A contractor argues that trade work is often oversold as a fast, safe path to high pay. He says the reality is more complicated: college still usually pays better, trades can be physically risky, and specialized union jobs are harder to enter than the popular narrative suggests. [asteriskmag.com] q36kgg54m https://flipso.com/p/q36kgg54m?ref=rss Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:20:23 GMT A personal essay about delaying EMT training for years, organized as 21 reasons that range from practical concerns to pure hesitation. It reflects on culture, time, cost, fear, and the appeal of learning first responder skills, ending with the realization that fear was the biggest obstacle. [ben.stolovitz.com] ojrx1uo0h https://flipso.com/p/ojrx1uo0h?ref=rss Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:00:20 GMT Using LiDAR and recent aerial data, the post argues that NYC may have a taller “carefully measured” tree than the Queens Giant, whose last documented measurement was in 2004. It points to candidate trees in parks and suggests the city should check them in person. [blog.willmeye.rs] fg3eronzv https://flipso.com/p/fg3eronzv?ref=rss Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:00:14 GMT At a two-day conformation show in Virginia, Hannah Berger examines how purebred dogs are judged against breed standards that turn historical function into appearance, and how the ring turns breeding, performance, and pedigree into a kind of quality control. [theparisreview.org] wdighnvt2 https://flipso.com/p/wdighnvt2?ref=rss Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:00:16 GMT A humorous look at the recent explosion of bizarre ceiling fan designs, especially LED-heavy hybrids that blur the line between fan and light fixture. It catalogs “fandeliers,” flush mounts, odd blade shapes, and other sculptural fan forms, while questioning where practical design ends and pure novelty begins. [mcmansionhell.com] euaexejug https://flipso.com/p/euaexejug?ref=rss Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:00:18 GMT New research suggests aging may involve loss of cellular identity, not just accumulated damage, and discusses how epigenetic clocks may reflect erosion of that identity. It also examines mesenchymal drift and potential interventions such as caloric restriction and partial epigenetic reprogramming. [erictopol.substack.com] eqr8ri2qi https://flipso.com/p/eqr8ri2qi?ref=rss Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:16 GMT A critique of Harvard studies claiming nuclear power plants raise cancer risk, arguing the proximity-based methodology can produce misleading positive results even for unrelated landmarks like Costco, universities, and sports venues. [breakthroughjournal.org] uk720o0pg https://flipso.com/p/uk720o0pg?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:00:17 GMT A plague-ridden crusade left Venice deeply in debt, prompting the republic to create what’s described as the world’s first bond market and reshape how governments financed themselves. [bigthink.com] fqwztnyjy https://flipso.com/p/fqwztnyjy?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:00:19 GMT Emma left the Philippines for New York to work as a nanny, sending money home while raising other people’s children. Rachel Aviv’s profile traces the personal toll of migration, care work, and years of separation from her own family. [newyorker.com] 6m8wxj0pi https://flipso.com/p/6m8wxj0pi?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:15 GMT Uranium cube experiments suggest the country’s reactor program would have needed far more uranium and heavy water than it could obtain. [science.org] sf0kr020n https://flipso.com/p/sf0kr020n?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:28 GMT TABASCO Sauce’s early popularity was closely tied to oyster saloons, where the condiment found a ready audience in the late 19th century. The piece traces how oysters and TABASCO became a familiar pairing and how changing oyster culture later made the sauce more of a household staple than a saloon essential. [tabasco.com] dz2zrjuun https://flipso.com/p/dz2zrjuun?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:00:22 GMT Idaho’s broad faith-healing exemption can shield parents from neglect charges and limit child welfare intervention, even after multiple preventable deaths in the same family. [propublica.org] jpt860eis https://flipso.com/p/jpt860eis?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:20:16 GMT A reflection on how AI is transforming mathematics, and why that shift is provoking grief, skepticism, and excitement within the field. The author contrasts different views of what mathematics is for—proof, understanding, theory-building, and conjecture—and argues that machines are rapidly changing the balance. [xenaproject.wordpress.com] d5cwbulw0 https://flipso.com/p/d5cwbulw0?ref=rss Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:40:14 GMT Singapore’s GovTech has launched a FirstDate pilot for government workers, using a 33-question questionnaire and the Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm to generate one match per cycle. The piece walks through the signup questions, explains how the matching system works, and argues that algorithmic matching can’t fix the deeper problems with modern dating. [singapore-samizdat.com] xocvl84w2 https://flipso.com/p/xocvl84w2?ref=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:20:14 GMT An extinct Red Sea brine pool preserves evidence that microbial activity can enrich deep-sea sediments with metals and trace elements, and that these deposits can persist in the geological record. Analyses of an active nearby pool suggest microbe-mineral interactions may drive enrichment up to 117× above background, with the Hume Deep last active roughly 2,000 to 16,000 years ago. [agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com] ztkmh7bew https://flipso.com/p/ztkmh7bew?ref=rss Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:11:21 GMT Algorithmic art, pen plots, and hardware pieces by an artist and software engineer. [adamfuhrer.com] 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]