https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:20:29 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 0r90xjii7 https://flipso.com/p/0r90xjii7?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:20:29 GMT A border dispute over the San Juan Islands escalated into a military standoff after an American settler shot a British-owned pig in 1859. The conflict stayed bloodless, with U.S. and British troops occupying the island while diplomats sought a solution, and it was later settled through international arbitration. [thecollector.com] 4tjpczq0v https://flipso.com/p/4tjpczq0v?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:31 GMT MIT researchers used real-time Raman spectroscopy to watch CO₂-injected cement paste through the first 24 hours of setting. They found a fleeting silica gel intermediate that helps form a more uniform calcium silicate hydrate network, explaining why the material gains early strength more quickly. [news.mit.edu] 5zutbapkh https://flipso.com/p/5zutbapkh?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:40:08 GMT A Canadian House of Commons petition arguing that Bill C-22 would enable suspicionless bulk metadata retention and compel interception capabilities that could weaken encryption. It asks Parliament to withdraw the bill or defeat it, remove bulk retention from future lawful access laws, and prohibit any requirement to break encryption. [ourcommons.ca] gwdzn50tj https://flipso.com/p/gwdzn50tj?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:20:28 GMT Roosevelt joined the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition to chart the River of Doubt in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. The journey brought rapids, disease, starvation, and death, and left Roosevelt with lasting health damage, but it also mapped a previously uncharted river. [thecollector.com] vk48yyz19 https://flipso.com/p/vk48yyz19?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:20:29 GMT A UVA architecture student argues that the school has drifted from teaching traditional precedent alongside modernism, and sees the dean search as a chance to rebalance architectural education. [commonedge.org] vxmysuapx https://flipso.com/p/vxmysuapx?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:20:08 GMT A cross-border library on the Quebec–Vermont line has opened a new Canadian entrance after U.S. authorities restricted Canadian access through the main door. The change restores easier entry for Canadian visitors while preserving the building’s unusual shared-border layout. [bbc.com] 4gxfyw2b5 https://flipso.com/p/4gxfyw2b5?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:40:30 GMT Scientists and conservation groups are scaling up kelp restoration as warming seas, urchin outbreaks, and other pressures drive widespread losses. Projects include removing urchins, transplanting hardier kelp strains, using satellite and drone monitoring, and restoring predator species like sea otters and sunflower sea stars. [e360.yale.edu] 1i0ovyght https://flipso.com/p/1i0ovyght?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:20:09 GMT Modelling with artificial-intelligence tools has filled gaps in migration data, revealing detailed global population movements from 1990 to 2023. [nature.com] unv8opuny https://flipso.com/p/unv8opuny?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:40:55 GMT How highway expansion is subsidized, politically shielded, and stacked against transit in Austin and beyond. [strongtowns.org] off634zbm https://flipso.com/p/off634zbm?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:20:09 GMT Peter Watts’s debut novel, set at an abyssal research station on the edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the crew faces brutal conditions, dangerous geology, and their own instability. [rifters.com] exv4t0yjw https://flipso.com/p/exv4t0yjw?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:30 GMT Patrick Kurp reflects on Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Poets through William Cowper’s praise, Clive James’s comment on reading essentials first, and Johnson’s sharp critical judgments of poets like Pope, Milton, and Dryden. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] m6gwaktqx https://flipso.com/p/m6gwaktqx?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:09 GMT Merck built Keytruda into one of the world’s bestselling cancer drugs while using patents, pricing secrecy, lobbying and regulatory tactics to keep competition at bay. ICIJ’s investigation says the result has been soaring sales for Merck and major access barriers for patients and health systems across multiple countries. [icij.org] fwotbgbb0 https://flipso.com/p/fwotbgbb0?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:00:09 GMT A look at vacuum-formed signs and how they shaped Main Street America, from midcentury plastics and illuminated roadside signage to Signtronix’s affordable designs for small businesses and the human connections they still spark. [bethmathews.substack.com] bl7t7kw38 https://flipso.com/p/bl7t7kw38?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:40:30 GMT Robin Hanson sketches a private prediction-market-like mechanism a biotech firm could use to learn which academic papers are promising bases for new projects, while keeping the signal hidden from rivals. [overcomingbias.com] h6h0aey5e https://flipso.com/p/h6h0aey5e?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:00:13 GMT Thomas Nagel’s classic essay on consciousness and subjective experience, arguing that some aspects of experience can’t be fully captured by objective physical description. [sas.upenn.edu] es9siun5u https://flipso.com/p/es9siun5u?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:20:09 GMT A 1999 land donation in Taylor, Texas, meant for parkland was later sold for $10 million to a data center developer, setting off a legal fight with nearby residents. The city says the project could bring about $30 million in tax revenue over the next decade. [tomshardware.com] kyr0thxsc https://flipso.com/p/kyr0thxsc?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:20:08 GMT 2-8A Rutland Gate, once Britain’s most expensive house, has sat empty for years despite its 45 rooms, indoor pool and gold-plated fittings. On its porch, Anders Fernstedt has lived in a makeshift tent for three years, turning the contrast between extreme wealth and housing insecurity into a bleak portrait of London’s property market and offshore ownership. [theguardian.com] a2s9tfxvh https://flipso.com/p/a2s9tfxvh?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:00:27 GMT Kate Alger is an artist-printmaker and freelance tutor based in Surrey. She works across multiple printmaking techniques, often starting from photographs but making each piece by hand. Her work explores woodland scenes, animals, plants, and vintage cars, with a focus on detail, atmosphere, and a sensitive, soulful feel. [handprinted.co.uk] 19b64tjnu https://flipso.com/p/19b64tjnu?ref=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:40:08 GMT An excerpt from Louis Lefebvre’s A Bird’s IQ, examining how crows, magpies, and ravens solve problems, use tools, and display surprising foraging tricks. [thetyee.ca] 5etvqtypa https://flipso.com/p/5etvqtypa?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:20:08 GMT Sequoyah’s syllabary, created from scratch in the early 19th century, gave Cherokee speakers a practical writing system that spread quickly after a public demonstration. It helped preserve language, support a written constitution and newspaper, and remains an important tool for Cherokee cultural survival today. [smithsonianmag.com] 2pp5odqvd https://flipso.com/p/2pp5odqvd?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:20:08 GMT Organic farming still uses pesticides and generally does not produce more nutritious food than conventional farming. The article argues that “organic” is often marketed as a health and safety shortcut, but the label does not mean pesticide-free or inherently better for you or the environment. [news.immunologic.org] r3ou97o22 https://flipso.com/p/r3ou97o22?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:40:08 GMT How antiperspirant fumes, wet wipes, and hair conditioner nearly contaminated the International Space Station's water supply—and forced NASA into a long, awkward cleanup. [mceglowski.substack.com] 348lyzkz3 https://flipso.com/p/348lyzkz3?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:40:09 GMT A rant about keyboards that repurpose F1–F12 for awkward secondary functions, especially when the Fn lock resets unexpectedly and turns shortcuts like Alt+F4 into sleep instead of close. It contrasts that with better implementations where the primary key behavior stays predictable and any alternate mode is easy to toggle and keeps its setting. [danq.me] xpchmqj2j https://flipso.com/p/xpchmqj2j?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:40:09 GMT Mercedes-Benz’s media portal for digital live PR, exclusive insights, and individual offers. [media.mercedes-benz.com] s7yxesmcf https://flipso.com/p/s7yxesmcf?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:20:09 GMT Ingenious software and operational workarounds have kept Curiosity exploring Mars for 13 years, despite aging hardware, worn wheels, and dwindling power. [spectrum.ieee.org] ai9cweots https://flipso.com/p/ai9cweots?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:09 GMT For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks lay hidden underground. A leading expert guides the writer through Altamira and other caves, where vivid bison, deer and handprints are still revealing how early humans made and used rock art. [theguardian.com] fs89ng8n4 https://flipso.com/p/fs89ng8n4?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:40:30 GMT Erik Ostling reflects on why second-hand clothing is compelling, comparing it with bespoke, and sharing practical advice on where to hunt, what fabrics and construction details to look for, and how to judge potential in vintage pieces. He also lists a few favorite stores and markets. [permanentstyle.com] rglg8qb9i https://flipso.com/p/rglg8qb9i?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:08 GMT The Cascadia subduction zone could produce a magnitude 8.7–9.2 earthquake and tsunami, threatening the Pacific Northwest with one of the worst natural disasters in North American history. [newyorker.com] ie4ntueoi https://flipso.com/p/ie4ntueoi?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:24 GMT Using MovieLens ratings, the piece finds that movie-watching volume declines with age, younger viewers skew toward horror, comedy, animation, and action, and older viewers lean more toward drama, war, and romance. It also shows a strong nostalgia bias: people tend to rate older films more favorably and newer ones more skeptically, even across generations. [statsignificant.com] 909plz63c https://flipso.com/p/909plz63c?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:08 GMT Interactive map of Japan’s railway stations from 1872 to the present, showing each station by opening year. Play through time to see the network spread from the first line between Shimbashi and Yokohama to more than 9,000 mapped stations. [jivx.com]