https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Sun, 10 May 2026 08:40:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 8elr4pkpv https://flipso.com/p/8elr4pkpv?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 08:40:09 GMT Gal Beckerman reviews Kendi’s new book on the “Great Replacement” theory, arguing that it casts the idea as an elaborate Nazi-linked plot while doing too little to explain why it resonates with its followers. [theatlantic.com] i2j5qsqol https://flipso.com/p/i2j5qsqol?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 08:20:08 GMT BSA’s decline is framed here as a structural and cultural failure, not a branding problem. The piece argues that age-group design, leadership training, patrol-method drift, and institutional complacency have weakened the program far more than messaging has. [untendedfire.org] bk3vou48a https://flipso.com/p/bk3vou48a?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 06:40:09 GMT What would you say is the first microcomputer? 1 The Apple I from 1976? The Altair 8800 from 1974? Perhaps the lesser-known Micral N (1973... [righto.com] tkf4fahh4 https://flipso.com/p/tkf4fahh4?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 06:20:08 GMT A reflection on innovation as practice before theory: in engineering and research, useful methods often appear before the underlying explanation. Lemire contrasts this with school-style “thinkism” and the waterfall model, arguing that real progress usually begins with incomplete understanding and gets formalized afterward. [lemire.me] qz345or76 https://flipso.com/p/qz345or76?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:10 GMT Emerich Juettner, a struggling New York junk collector, printed crude one-dollar bills for nearly a decade and kept the Secret Service chasing the elusive “Mister 880.” The story traces how his tiny-scale counterfeiting operation worked, how he was finally caught, and why the public responded with unusual sympathy. [amusingplanet.com] 65dkhpn3e https://flipso.com/p/65dkhpn3e?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 04:40:09 GMT Jill Lepore argues that the film adaptation of Leonie Swann’s “Three Bags Full” misses what makes the novel work: its serious, funny attention to how sheep might actually think and notice clues. [newyorker.com] zz3xwz1cm https://flipso.com/p/zz3xwz1cm?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 03:20:09 GMT Anna Wiener follows a 12-year-old San Francisco girl as she navigates middle school, friendship, fashion, family, and the shifting border between childhood and adolescence. [newyorker.com] 3gqieq4bp https://flipso.com/p/3gqieq4bp?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 02:40:10 GMT Chris Morgan says this site now rejects unauthorized query strings, especially tracking parameters, and explains the reasoning behind that choice. [chrismorgan.info] ke25k1ukq https://flipso.com/p/ke25k1ukq?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 02:00:24 GMT Hokusai Katsushika began his Manga in 1811, and its first volume appeared in 1814. The illustrated books collected people, landscapes, tools, buildings, and studies of movement in block-printed black, gray, and pink. Hokusai produced 12 volumes in his lifetime, with three more published after his death. [flashbak.com] b5idzn6kn https://flipso.com/p/b5idzn6kn?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 01:00:09 GMT The Internet Archive has launched a new Swiss non-profit foundation in St. Gallen, focused on preserving endangered archives and building a Gen AI Archive with the University of St. Gallen. The post positions the foundation as part of a broader distributed effort to protect digital knowledge worldwide. [blog.archive.org] yicpjkli7 https://flipso.com/p/yicpjkli7?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 00:20:31 GMT I came. I saw. I ate beignets. [honest-broker.com] m0mlt6lgj https://flipso.com/p/m0mlt6lgj?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 23:20:09 GMT A medical oncologist on the MV Hondius stepped in to help care for passengers and crew after hantavirus cases emerged and the ship’s doctor fell ill. The account describes the outbreak, the limited medical resources onboard, and the effort to contain the spread while the ship waited for evacuations and further assessment. [theatlantic.com] yehjjhood https://flipso.com/p/yehjjhood?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 23:00:09 GMT A software engineer reflects on chasing a fast promotion to Senior, the luck and effort that helped get it, and why the title felt less meaningful than the work, growth, and satisfaction of solving hard problems. [undecidability.net] inbxca961 https://flipso.com/p/inbxca961?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 20:40:10 GMT In April I posted about the wooden typewriter from Chinese model kit company ROKR. Easily believing Rokr's prominent warning that this is "... [writingball.blogspot.com] 25hzfr744 https://flipso.com/p/25hzfr744?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 19:40:09 GMT Decades of PFAS use by Georgia carpet makers polluted waterways, soil, and drinking water across the region, leaving residents and workers to deal with the fallout. [apnews.com] lkkc1ziv6 https://flipso.com/p/lkkc1ziv6?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 16:20:30 GMT Join classicists Paul Cartledge and Armand D’Angour for a conversation on Pericles, Athens’ so-called Golden Age, and the tensions between democracy and empire in classical Athens. [classicalwisdom.substack.com] 4btq75eiz https://flipso.com/p/4btq75eiz?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 14:20:10 GMT Technical and mathematical considerations of the IBM Selectric Composer typography by Jens Kutílek. [kutilek.de] sgszuao4r https://flipso.com/p/sgszuao4r?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 07:20:08 GMT Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists are closing in on one of nature’s oldest mysteries — and finding that storm clouds are seething with violent and unexpected phenomena. [quantamagazine.org] 49osbullb https://flipso.com/p/49osbullb?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 13:40:30 GMT Isamu Noguchi’s Red Cube at 140 Broadway needs periodic repainting, which makes the sculpture’s upkeep feel oddly visible in place. A brief note on maintenance, art, and why the refresh looks a little uncanny. [oldstructures.com] v626xovq7 https://flipso.com/p/v626xovq7?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 10:20:08 GMT An essay on the Marfa Lights Viewing Center, roadside wonders, and the desert myths that shape West Texas life and memory. [theoffingmag.com] ycrdyohju https://flipso.com/p/ycrdyohju?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 10:00:29 GMT Tiny mistakes are often fixable if you catch them quickly. Seth Godin uses the five-second rule as a metaphor for innovation: the chance to recover from small errors before they become stuck patterns. [seths.blog] sbkegzrlw https://flipso.com/p/sbkegzrlw?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 08:20:28 GMT Probably not. Studies cited in the post find that teachers’ master’s degrees and other advanced credentials have little to no effect on student achievement, with experience and subject-specific training showing at most small benefits. [cremieux.xyz] vf67iyzwu https://flipso.com/p/vf67iyzwu?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 07:40:09 GMT CU Boulder researchers embedded bioluminescent algae in 3D-printable hydrogel and used simple chemical solutions to trigger sustained blue light. The materials stayed alive for weeks, and the acidic condition kept them brightest for longer, pointing to future uses in low-power lighting, sensors, and autonomous systems. [colorado.edu] x6vsp9kbx https://flipso.com/p/x6vsp9kbx?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 06:40:09 GMT Why launch costs aren't the reason it costs a fortune to do things in space [mceglowski.substack.com] wl4wftwd2 https://flipso.com/p/wl4wftwd2?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 05:20:09 GMT Julian Orr’s study of Xerox technicians shows how maintenance work depends on shared stories, improvisation, and a community of practice. It argues that complex machines are best understood through the social knowledge technicians build with one another and with users. [books.worksinprogress.co] uv2ke04fh https://flipso.com/p/uv2ke04fh?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 04:20:10 GMT AI is changing how security flaws are found and disclosed. The post contrasts Linux-style quiet fixes and coordinated disclosure, arguing that both long embargoes and commit-hiding are getting harder as AI-assisted scanning makes vulnerabilities easier to spot. It suggests disclosure windows will likely need to get shorter over time. [jefftk.com] ih8a6237c https://flipso.com/p/ih8a6237c?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 02:20:09 GMT Indonesia now produces more than half the world’s nickel supply, but rapid mine expansion has brought deforestation, sediment pollution, and disruption to coastal communities in Sulawesi. [apps.npr.org] 9ok3y0lvy https://flipso.com/p/9ok3y0lvy?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 02:00:28 GMT A look at how Carthage recruited troops beyond its core territory, including subject peoples, vassals, allies, and mercenaries. It uses evidence from the Second Punic War to unpack the different kinds of dependence in Carthage’s military system and how Gauls and other groups fit into Hannibal’s coalition. [acoup.blog] xah3ui3zr https://flipso.com/p/xah3ui3zr?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 01:40:10 GMT A collection of browser-based Cartoon Network games from the early 2000s through the 2010s, featuring series like The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Ben 10, and The Amazing World of Gumball. [webdesignmuseum.org] z4ttc4f0t https://flipso.com/p/z4ttc4f0t?ref=rss Sat, 09 May 2026 01:00:09 GMT Recent sea ice loss was initiated by ocean upwelling in East Antarctica and by radiative flux anomalies in West Antarctica. [science.org]