https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss p3hcpjs4n https://flipso.com/p/p3hcpjs4n?ref=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:11 GMT For centuries, many people slept in two distinct stretches: a “first sleep” and a “second sleep.” The article explores why this pattern was once common, and how industrial-era habits helped it fade away. [bbc.com] db3cku60s https://flipso.com/p/db3cku60s?ref=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:00:10 GMT A closer look at U.S. remote-work estimates suggests the share of work days done from home is closer to 20% than to higher online-survey figures. The post compares major surveys, questions how well they measure remote work, and argues that some jobs commonly counted as remotable are not realistically done that way now. [nicholasdecker.substack.com] tpjydwrzd https://flipso.com/p/tpjydwrzd?ref=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2026 03:40:12 GMT The story of a teen who lived in a shed for months at a time while under the watch of Children’s Aid is a stark illustration of how Ontario’s health and child welfare systems are failing youth with complex needs, leaving agencies and families to rely on makeshift, unlicensed arrangements when appropriate treatment and housing can’t be found. [thestar.com] jougckm25 https://flipso.com/p/jougckm25?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:20:08 GMT See-through solar cells harvest some wavelengths of light to make electricity, while passing through the red and blue wavelengths that plants need. In a new agrivoltaics experiment, broccoli yields held steady. [anthropocenemagazine.org] ctf1tze6w https://flipso.com/p/ctf1tze6w?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:32:36 GMT As AI becomes a personal assistant, the scarce value shifts from raw creation to difference, collaboration, and the standardized artifacts that let knowledge move between agents. The essay argues that prompts, context, specs, and provenance may become the shareable units of knowledge in an AI economy. [kevinkelly.substack.com] 5eeux1z7u https://flipso.com/p/5eeux1z7u?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:20:11 GMT A newborn’s persistent belly-button bleeding exposed how refusal of the standard vitamin K injection can lead to life-threatening deficiency bleeding, and how an ER missed the cause for hours before the baby was transferred and treated. [propublica.org] 6ivpgrf21 https://flipso.com/p/6ivpgrf21?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:00:11 GMT https://reactormag.com/children-of-men-the-future-is-a-mirror-for-the-present/ [reactormag.com] nye9u3xfo https://flipso.com/p/nye9u3xfo?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:40:06 GMT A look at time capsules as acts of memory, vanity, and hope, told through the forgotten Bicentennial Wagon Train scrolls and other buried artifacts meant for the future. [longreads.com] 2dc7t29ex https://flipso.com/p/2dc7t29ex?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:31 GMT A meditation retreat unexpectedly reshaped the author’s emotional life, reducing tension and self-criticism while increasing self-compassion, sensitivity to art, and felt connection with others. The piece reflects on why that happened and how the changes carried over into everyday life. [benkuhn.net] fyffpplt1 https://flipso.com/p/fyffpplt1?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 07:00:09 GMT Ur-Nammu (c. 2112–2094 BCE) founded the Third Dynasty of Ur and ushered in the Ur III period, often called the Sumerian Renaissance. He is remembered for the Code of Ur-Nammu, the oldest extant law code, and for commissioning the Great Ziggurat of Ur while promoting building projects, irrigation, and cultural revival. [worldhistory.org] fqlc6uthp https://flipso.com/p/fqlc6uthp?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 04:40:12 GMT An exploration of tree architecture theory and the evolutionary patterns behind branching forms in plants. [blue-continuum.com] 6ch8adwiv https://flipso.com/p/6ch8adwiv?ref=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 01:20:09 GMT Cormac McCarthy explores the origins of language through the unconscious mind, dreams, and symbolic thinking, asking why human thought so often arrives in images rather than direct words. [nautil.us] ruehii6ho https://flipso.com/p/ruehii6ho?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 22:20:09 GMT Louis Shadwick traces how Hopper developed Nighthawks from preparatory sketches and diner studies, identifies likely Greenwich Village sources for the scene, and places the painting in the anxious wartime context of late 1941 and early 1942. The piece also revisits the enduring debate over its meaning, from loneliness and alienation to a distinctly American sense of resilience and isolation. [lithub.com] wr8jumk34 https://flipso.com/p/wr8jumk34?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:20:10 GMT In middle school I could not get through long passages no matter how hard I tried. I would read an entire page and find that nothing had reg... [muratbuffalo.blogspot.com] y42mtxwzj https://flipso.com/p/y42mtxwzj?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:20:12 GMT How the Federal Archives is reassembling Stasi records torn up by hand, combining manual reconstruction with a long-running computer-assisted project, and what those recovered documents reveal about the GDR era. [bundesarchiv.de] rtncy984z https://flipso.com/p/rtncy984z?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 16:40:12 GMT Archaeologists say a 2,800-year-old tomb in southern Siberia contains the earliest direct evidence yet that people used cannabis for its mind-altering effects, based on preserved seeds and human hair. The find comes from an elite Scythian burial and adds new detail to the plant’s role in ancient ritual practices. [cnn.com] 3y9q72hgr https://flipso.com/p/3y9q72hgr?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 11:40:10 GMT A reading note on the Peter Principle, career pressure, and how incompetent leaders may become more dangerous when they’re trying to protect their status. It connects this idea to Bullshit Jobs, imposter syndrome, and the possibility that the real imposters are often the ones obscuring their work, not the people doubting themselves. [aworkinglibrary.com] udzq6rbbm https://flipso.com/p/udzq6rbbm?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:20:10 GMT A playful math puzzle about expressing any natural number using exactly four 2s. The post shows simple examples, then works up to more advanced tricks involving exponents, logarithms, and nested square roots to reach a general solution. [eli.thegreenplace.net] tt59o4pkq https://flipso.com/p/tt59o4pkq?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 03:00:11 GMT A mysterious cancer affecting California sea lions is helping scientists trace how viruses, stress, and environmental pressures can drive disease in animals—and potentially in humans. [biographic.com] 8c2bh1ach https://flipso.com/p/8c2bh1ach?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:15 GMT Bournemouth University researchers say an extinct giant crane named in the 19th century was probably not a separate species at all, but a larger form of the modern common crane. The conclusion comes from ancient DNA analysis of 18 crane bones found across Europe, challenging a long-held identification based on bone size alone. [bournemouth.ac.uk] kklf510pd https://flipso.com/p/kklf510pd?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:20:09 GMT New archival analysis of the surviving uranium cubes suggests Heisenberg’s team needed far more uranium and heavy water than historians previously thought to reach criticality, and that the B8 reactor could not have worked with the materials available during the war. [arstechnica.com] 35gmqe8vi https://flipso.com/p/35gmqe8vi?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:40:09 GMT A new documentary draws on Panama Papers reporting to follow the multibillion-dollar dispute between Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev and Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier, and how offshore structures and freeports helped turn art into a vehicle for hidden wealth. [icij.org] z9fy9vukf https://flipso.com/p/z9fy9vukf?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:00:10 GMT On Percival Everett’s The Trees and what its editing and style suggest about contemporary fiction. [metropolitanreview.org] 7uvj0p0im https://flipso.com/p/7uvj0p0im?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:00:11 GMT A travel essay on San Marino’s geography, history, and why the tiny republic has remained independent for centuries. It covers the country’s rural landscape, government, economy, and repeated attempts at conquest. [mattlakeman.org] f2o35xkoc https://flipso.com/p/f2o35xkoc?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:20:11 GMT Skeletons across Europe confirm the Goths surged out of Scandinavia before sacking Rome [science.org] 0ffopx6b4 https://flipso.com/p/0ffopx6b4?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 01:20:07 GMT Akrotiri on Santorini was buried in ash by the Thera eruption in the 17th or 16th century B.C.E., preserving a remarkably intact Bronze Age settlement. Archaeologists have found multistory buildings, frescoes, pottery, and evidence of maritime trade that offer a rare look at daily life in the Cyclades. [smithsonianmag.com] quluq2tto https://flipso.com/p/quluq2tto?ref=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:00:12 GMT Nic Rowan traces a telegram tucked into Black Lamb and Grey Falcon to a story about Rebecca West, Ann Cottrell Free, and a Sarajevo singer called the Bulbul. The piece follows how a chance book sale leads to a forgotten wartime connection, a search for the Bulbul’s fate, and a glimpse of West’s influence, ruthlessness, and lasting literary power. [thelampmagazine.com] h46emt1qm https://flipso.com/p/h46emt1qm?ref=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:00:13 GMT Japan’s rural depopulation is reshaping farmland and forests in ways that can reduce biodiversity. A 2025 study found that in areas where population declined, butterflies, fireflies, frogs, birds, and native plants also became less abundant, suggesting that some species depend on the human-managed mosaic landscapes created by small farms. [e360.yale.edu] q7i0hfcnh https://flipso.com/p/q7i0hfcnh?ref=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:20:10 GMT How World War I transformed timekeeping, from synchronized watches and trench watches to the rise of the wristwatch as a military necessity and a new symbol of masculinity. [laphamsquarterly.org] aoc8g8ycu https://flipso.com/p/aoc8g8ycu?ref=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:12 GMT A study of a wood ant population (Formica polyctena) stranded in an old underground bunker after falling through a ventilation pipe. Cut off from the outdoor nest, the ants maintained a mound in darkness and survived for years, with new workers continually replacing those that died. [jhr.pensoft.net]