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 07:00:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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] kuupnksgk https://flipso.com/p/kuupnksgk?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:24 GMT How playground design has changed over time—and what those changes reveal about shifting ideas of childhood, safety, risk, and play. [worldhistory.substack.com] ueipbq6xq https://flipso.com/p/ueipbq6xq?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:40:28 GMT Explains why private health insurers capture so much blame for high U.S. medical costs, arguing that most of the excess spending comes from providers rather than insurers and that insurer profits are relatively small. [noahpinion.blog] qdxza70fd https://flipso.com/p/qdxza70fd?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:20:08 GMT A collection of accidental-prevention “molly guards” in hardware and software, from industrial machines and camera warnings to Finder, iPhone alarms, Chrome, and early iTunes. [unsung.aresluna.org] hiv8fx2u6 https://flipso.com/p/hiv8fx2u6?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:08 GMT We tour Ford’s top-secret Electric Vehicle Development Center in California. [arstechnica.com] 1kx6ehvz6 https://flipso.com/p/1kx6ehvz6?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:20:27 GMT Using General Social Survey data, the post argues that Americans have shifted left on race, gender, sexuality, criminal justice, and political tolerance since the 1990s, but not so much that a typical person from 1995 would be “far right” by today’s standards. It also suggests many older mainstream views now seem plainly objectionable. [cremieux.xyz] ku49t8l9j https://flipso.com/p/ku49t8l9j?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:40:26 GMT Walter Jackson Bate’s biography of Samuel Johnson shows the aging writer growing more receptive to the seasons’ effect on the emotions. In 1784, while in Lichfield, Johnson composed one of his last works: a translation of Horace’s ode on nature’s cycles and human mortality, ending with the reminder that what the changing year renews, human life cannot. [evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com] kcq5q538q https://flipso.com/p/kcq5q538q?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:20:09 GMT CEOs who treat AI as a replacement for employees usually miss the hidden work that makes software, contracts, and operations actually hold together. LLMs can boost productivity when people choose to use them well, but they don’t eliminate the need for human judgment, compliance, safety, or scale. [techdirt.com] ydwfzacor https://flipso.com/p/ydwfzacor?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:20:08 GMT Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 silhouette animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed took three years to complete and remains the oldest surviving animated feature film, released more than a decade before Disney’s Snow White. The piece looks at how Reiniger created the film and why her pioneering work still matters. [bbc.com] wnc3uz708 https://flipso.com/p/wnc3uz708?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:40:30 GMT Whole wheat strawberry muffins with roasted berries and a crisp streusel topping, designed for a portable summer snack. [tastecooking.com] 96ctr0r4h https://flipso.com/p/96ctr0r4h?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:40:32 GMT A firsthand look at buying and renovating a cheap used home in Japan, from securing a mortgage to handling unexpected repairs and renovation costs. [tokyodev.com] eqta5fpg7 https://flipso.com/p/eqta5fpg7?ref=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:30 GMT A lakeside resort in Wuhan with treehouse, boat house, pumpkin cottage, and stargazing cabin accommodations, designed to blend into the forest-and-lake landscape with natural materials and a village-like layout. [archinect.com]