https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:20:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss a5195maf5 https://flipso.com/p/a5195maf5?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:20:26 GMT Patsy Clarke, grieving the death of her son Mark from AIDS, writes to Senator Jesse Helms to urge compassion, reject judgment, and support AIDS research. [news.lettersofnote.com] kvlfys8mk https://flipso.com/p/kvlfys8mk?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:00:10 GMT archived 3 Jun 2026 05:09:42 UTC [archive.ph] 8kuhc26zp https://flipso.com/p/8kuhc26zp?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:20:32 GMT Robin Hanson argues that world fertility decline may reflect a cultural-evolution process that has become much weaker in recent centuries, allowing maladaptive norms to persist longer and spread more easily. He lists several possible misfiring mechanisms, from contraception and status competition to pensions, media, urban life, and weakened kin networks, and says the correction timescale may now be far slower than in the past. [overcomingbias.com] ivtfywbo0 https://flipso.com/p/ivtfywbo0?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:29 GMT Multiple myeloma is one of the most painful cancers, and CAR-T therapy may be turning it from a relapsing disease into one with durable remissions. The article traces how a Chinese trial of Carvykti moved faster than its U.S. counterpart, and what that says about the pace of drug development. [worksinprogress.news] j4adva8yr https://flipso.com/p/j4adva8yr?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:20:08 GMT Researchers at the University of Rochester developed a solar-thermal desalination process that makes fresh water from seawater without chemical pretreatment, while collecting salts instead of producing brine waste. The system also shows promise for recovering lithium and other useful minerals from seawater. [rochester.edu] f5hnektf3 https://flipso.com/p/f5hnektf3?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:09 GMT A study suggests a random-looking 176-bit field in public GPS broadcasts has been carrying encrypted traffic tied to the U.S. military’s over-the-air key distribution network, hidden in plain sight for years. [404media.co] v855m5et5 https://flipso.com/p/v855m5et5?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:40:32 GMT Former crew members describe environmental destruction, bycatch of dolphins and turtles, shark finning, and forced-labor abuses tied to a largely unregulated global squid fleet. [e360.yale.edu] sails77y3 https://flipso.com/p/sails77y3?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:09 GMT Lee Kuan Yew’s rise from colonial Singapore to founding prime minister shaped the city-state’s path from wartime occupation and merger with Malaysia to independence and rapid economic transformation. [historytoday.com] kztdwttm6 https://flipso.com/p/kztdwttm6?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:40:27 GMT A sharp critique of modern vexillology and the push to simplify city flags, arguing that “better design” can erase local character and make distinct places look interchangeable. [worksinprogress.co] 57zz9mxa3 https://flipso.com/p/57zz9mxa3?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:09 GMT Sidewinder is a new DNA synthesis method that can assemble dozens of sequences at once with very high precision, using cheap raw materials. The approach could make it much faster and cheaper to build AI-designed DNA, enabling larger genetic systems, engineered microbes, and other synthetic biology applications. [spectrum.ieee.org] z292s1s31 https://flipso.com/p/z292s1s31?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:30 GMT How the telegraph shaped email: instant messaging, terse shorthand, delivery receipts, mailing lists, and the habits that made digital communication feel natural long before the modern inbox. [buttondown.com] v633s55rd https://flipso.com/p/v633s55rd?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:20:09 GMT A Sun Sentinel investigation reveals how Florida family courts use no-contact orders to strip custody from parents never charged with abuse, abandonment or neglect. [sun-sentinel.com] 4xzljbrum https://flipso.com/p/4xzljbrum?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:40:10 GMT FIFA’s powerful president is remaking global soccer in his own image. Can the sport survive him? [newyorker.com] kc0gaiv7u https://flipso.com/p/kc0gaiv7u?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:20:27 GMT A skeptical look at the idea that extreme wealth is necessary for a healthy economy, using Reagan-era economics and historical U.S. billionaire data to question the claim that prosperity depends on creating more billionaires. [bjhess.com] fntwi16y8 https://flipso.com/p/fntwi16y8?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:09 GMT Scott H. Young argues that big-school reforms usually disappoint because effective learning still depends on direct instruction, careful sequencing, and lots of practice. He also argues that ed-tech and AI can help around the margins, but are unlikely to produce a radical overhaul of educational outcomes. [scotthyoung.com] jyu94t17n https://flipso.com/p/jyu94t17n?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:00:28 GMT A critique of how low-rate, credit-fueled markets and investor demand have turned housing into a speculative asset, squeezing out people looking for a place to live. [charleshughsmith.blogspot.com] gqji8geep https://flipso.com/p/gqji8geep?ref=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:10 GMT Queen cells use chemically and physically distinct wax, and that specialized cradle may help determine whether a honeybee larva develops into a queen or a worker. [cen.acs.org] jwm86hy7a https://flipso.com/p/jwm86hy7a?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:40:08 GMT ProPublica reports that child sexual abuse has gone unreported and quietly handled within Old Apostolic Lutheran Church congregations across several states, with victims in some families spanning multiple generations and church leaders often discouraging police involvement. [propublica.org] v3jxgql65 https://flipso.com/p/v3jxgql65?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:20:30 GMT Why mathematics is so effective in physics, using three angles: we only model the parts of reality we can grasp, anthropic selection may favor universes compatible with science and life, and a simplicity prior could explain why our laws are so compact. [invertedpassion.com] yswx16r8b https://flipso.com/p/yswx16r8b?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:00:08 GMT A parent-leaning guide to using older, more controllable technologies—CDs, DVDs, landline phones, and a locked-down family computer—to give kids more independence while avoiding the worst parts of modern ad-driven platforms. [havenweb.org] zi3fpq08n https://flipso.com/p/zi3fpq08n?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:20:31 GMT A reflection on Pope St. Gregory the Great’s distinction between coerced power and true authority grounded in conscience and lived witness, echoed by Pope St. Paul VI’s insight that people respond first to witnesses, not teachers. [rhystranter.com] s0zok7hua https://flipso.com/p/s0zok7hua?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:00:12 GMT A working hydraulic scale model of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is still operational but now serves the public at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito, where exhibits explain Bay hydrology. [en.wikipedia.org] q6vk2prng https://flipso.com/p/q6vk2prng?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:40:08 GMT Studio Darius Ou and Benson Chong’s Manual is a fully 3D-printed, fully bound book made in one printing sequence. Its pages, binding, and raised text are formed from the same material, with the lettering carrying a fragment of the printer code used to make it. [designboom.com] fcory9w21 https://flipso.com/p/fcory9w21?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:20:08 GMT Thomas Bloom explains recent counterexamples to the real unit distance and sum-product conjectures, using algebraic number theory to show how these constructions work and why they scale. [erdosproblems.com] cug8x1t7e https://flipso.com/p/cug8x1t7e?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:40:09 GMT Dartmouth researchers model how fear and social pressure can push firearm ownership past the social optimum, creating a feedback loop that increases perceived threat and gun purchases. Their analysis suggests public information campaigns and targeted network interventions could help reduce overarming. [home.dartmouth.edu] rbm8942up https://flipso.com/p/rbm8942up?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:20:31 GMT A data-driven look at planning and construction timelines for 67 major U.S. bridges finds that planning times are not obviously getting worse, while construction times have risen since the mid-20th century. The post also finds little relationship between how long a bridge takes to plan and how long it takes to build, and argues that many recent projects are replacement bridges, which may move faster. [construction-physics.com] zaqk8k764 https://flipso.com/p/zaqk8k764?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:00:10 GMT French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for Persepolis, has died at 56, according to members of her entourage. The graphic memoir became an acclaimed book and film. [france24.com] g5q41cmzr https://flipso.com/p/g5q41cmzr?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:40:30 GMT Answers to David Lehman’s movie quiz, with brief notes on each film and clue, from Casablanca and The Apartment to Blow-Up, All About Eve, and more. [theamericanscholar.org] z5vwi1dwu https://flipso.com/p/z5vwi1dwu?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:20:09 GMT A step-by-step guide to tying a symmetrical, more secure shoelace knot, also known as the Double Slip Knot. The method uses two loops that cross and pass through the center, creating a tight double-wrap finish that resists coming undone. [fieggen.com] rolrcrbwr https://flipso.com/p/rolrcrbwr?ref=rss Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:40:31 GMT Australia is not a NATO member because the alliance is built around North Atlantic states, while Australia instead relies on regional security arrangements such as ANZUS and AUKUS. It remains a close NATO partner, cooperating on defense, intelligence, and joint operations without formal membership. [thecollector.com]