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Rich with Entropy
Feb 26, 2025

Rich with Entropy

On crescendos, Spandau Ballet, and A.R. Ammons

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
Corridors of Wildness
Jun 19, 2024

Corridors of Wildness

What Lincoln Park is teaching me about climate tech investing

Like God, or Switzerland since 1815
Aug 23, 2023

Like God, or Switzerland since 1815

Poetry: A Great Job for Humans

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
Quantum Physics and a Ham Sandwich
Apr 08, 2023

Quantum Physics and a Ham Sandwich

How Marie Howe Executes Nuclear Fusion

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
Sailing Through This to That
Mar 15, 2023

Sailing Through This to That

On Reading a Book a Week & Some Lucille Clifton

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
15 Jeffs and the Jackson 5
Mar 08, 2023

15 Jeffs and the Jackson 5

A Whole Thing on Rainer Maria Rilke

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
We Are the Thing Itself
Feb 27, 2023

We Are the Thing Itself

Scenes From a Winter Sunday

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
What if I never love again?
Feb 19, 2023

What if I never love again?

Adele and Why We Have Heads

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
Love and a Dim Smell of Moose
Feb 12, 2023

Love and a Dim Smell of Moose

Why, why do we feel (we all feel) this sweet sensation of joy?

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
Stirred for a Bird
Feb 07, 2023

Stirred for a Bird

Gerard Manley Hopkins drinks water

Robiny Jamerson
Robiny Jamerson
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