Lawrence Wilkinson
@lhwilkinson.bsky.social
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Serial entrepreneur, turned advisor/investor, mostly to not-for-profit and social ventures
The latest developments in the “forever war” over string theory: "Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?"
@nattyover.bsky.social
@quantamagazine.bsky.social
(Plus- Hermann Rorschach) Grappling with Godel:
roughlydaily.com/2026/04/02/f...
about 12 hours ago
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As Stephen Hawking said, life would be tragic if it weren’t funny: "Today in Tabs"
@rusty.todayintabs.com
(Plus- the spaghetti trees) Smirk:
roughlydaily.com/2026/04/01/l...
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“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”*…
As Stephen Hawking said, life would be tragic if it weren’t funny: “Today in Tabs” @rusty.todayintabs.com (Plus- the spaghetti trees)
https://roughlydaily.com/2026/04/01/lord-what-fools-these-mortals-be/
1 day ago
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The early history of e-gaming-- when telegraph cables let chess clubs stage matches across continents: "The First E-Sports? Chess by Telegraph"
@inverting-vision.bsky.social
@jstordaily.bsky.social
(Plus- Johnny B. Goode) What's old is new again:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/31/i...
3 days ago
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On the critical importance of what we share-- the commons (of so many important sorts)-- and the painful price of their privatization: "The Enclosure of the Human Psyche"
@lmsacasas.bsky.social
(Plus- Alaska, purchased) Cherish commons:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/30/t...
3 days ago
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From cooperation to conflict: the evolutionary grammar of social interactions: "The fascinating insights of Robert Trivers"
@lionelpage.bsky.social
(Plus- Ludwig BĂĽchner) Lingering over legacies:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/29/u...
5 days ago
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On technologies and paradigmatic change: "Why ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did" (Plus- Sir Joseph William Bazalgette) Musing on metamorphosis:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/28/t...
6 days ago
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The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. but what is the "most treasured" holding of other museums? "It’s Their Mona Lisa"
@ironicsans.com
(Plus- Tiepolo) Hitting the highlights:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/27/t...
6 days ago
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Our democracies depend on our picking up the pace of learning: "Can Democracy be Rehabilitated?" (Plus- Beethoven erases Napoleon) Devoting ourselves to democracy:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/26/y...
8 days ago
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From 18th century bar trick to scientific staple: "The Math That Explains Why Bell Curves Are Everywhere"
@quantamagazine.bsky.social
(Plus- Norman Borlaug) Noodling on the normal distribution:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/25/i...
8 days ago
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Comparing and contrasting wealth and expenses: "$Billions" (and "$Trillions")
@infobeautiful.bsky.social
(Plus- the Exxon Valdez spill) Pondering the pecuniary:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/24/a...
9 days ago
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Printed comics as a genre long preceded the Sunday Funny Pages:"'Lost Literacies' Strips Down the Dawn of Comics"
@jstordaily.bsky.social
(Plus- TMNT) Tell *and* show:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/23/i...
11 days ago
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An explication of one of the most fundamental of all human needs: "Mattering" (Plus- Goethe) Wondering about worth:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/22/w...
11 days ago
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Living faithfully a hidden life: "The Moral Beauty of Middlemarch"
@plough.bsky.social
(Plus- The Mill on the Floss) Valuing virtue:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/21/t...
12 days ago
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Fabulous fruit and vegetables: "Calicornication: Postcards of Giant Produce (1909)"
@publicdomainrev.bsky.social
and Banksy
@boingboing.net
(Plus- Isaac Newton) Live large:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/20/t...
13 days ago
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The map is not the territory, part xxii- challenging our frameworks and models for thinking and talking about our future. (Plus- the Mongol Yuan conquer the Song) Musing on metaphors:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/19/t...
14 days ago
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On the practice of selective enforcement and prosecution: "Corrupt anticorruption"
@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
(Plus- Caligula) Grapple with graft:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/18/e...
15 days ago
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Farming vs. fabs (and AI)- American agriculture is caught in a collision between old and new economies: "The Supermarket of the World"
@ryanduffy.bsky.social
(Plus- National Agriculture Week) Contemplating cultivation:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/17/w...
16 days ago
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On "beauty" in mathematics in the age of AI: "The eye of the mathematician"
@ritaahmadi.bsky.social
@aeon.co
(Plus- Eduard Heine) Embracing elegance:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/16/b...
18 days ago
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Gauging the panopticon: "From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched"
@jasonkoebler.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
@josephcox.bsky.social
@404media.co
(Plus- the
dot.com
bust) Feeling seen:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/15/h...
18 days ago
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Most plants have a single "most useful" element, wild cabbage has many: "How an unappetizing shrub became dozens of different vegetables"
@worksinprogress.bsky.social
(Plus- Pi Day) Contemplating the cruciferous:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/14/c...
19 days ago
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How-- and why-- is our culture shifting? "The Obscure Media Theory That Explains '99% of Everything'"
@dkthomp.bsky.social
@weisenthal.bsky.social
(Plus- Encyclopædia Britannica) Contemplate culture:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/13/t...
20 days ago
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Whole regions of the U.S. and the world are now uninsurable, stirring radical uncertainty into the economy: "The insurance catastrophe"
@gavinmevans.bsky.social
@aeon.co
(Plus- John Frederic Daniell) Cover up:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/12/w...
22 days ago
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Everything, everywhere, all at once: "How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time"
@eliehabib.bsky.social
@lilianwagdy81.bsky.social
@wired.com
(Plus- Japanese earthquake) Pay attention:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/11/d...
22 days ago
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Closer to being there: "The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects"
@thisiscolossal.com
(Plus- François Girardon) Dig depth:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/10/s...
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23 days ago
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The different flavors of joblessness: "Unemployment reasons, by age and education"
@flowingdata.com
(Plus- Congress acts [a blast from the past]) Rethinking redundancy:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/09/i...
24 days ago
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Church and State: millennial thinking in Trump's foreign policy and the contentious spiritual dynamics of Reconstruction
@swordsjew.bsky.social
@literaryhub.bsky.social
(Plus- Subterranean Homesick Blues) Celebrate separation:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/08/h...
25 days ago
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A practical tool for gauging and managing our energy use: "Does that use a lot of energy?"
@hannahritchie.bsky.social
(Plus- Bernard Frank) Watching our wattage:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/07/e...
26 days ago
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Microbes and us: "We The Bacteria. Notes Toward Biotic Architecture" (Plus- the third most expensive Chicken McNugget ever sold) Contemplating coexistence:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/06/b...
27 days ago
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Is dishonesty a bug or a feature? "Capitalism cheats: Three moments of normalized swindling"
@maxhaiven.bsky.social
(Plus- Kylie Jenner and Forbes) Rethink the rules:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/05/p...
28 days ago
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A wizard with wires: "Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer" @spectrum.ieee.org (Plus- Geoff Tootill) Plug in:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/04/s...
29 days ago
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Whence insight? "Neuroscientists identify a unique feature in the brain’s wiring that predicts sudden epiphanies"
@psypost.bsky.social
(Plus- swallowing live gold fish) Ruminating on revelation:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/03/e...
about 1 month ago
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Cantor's proof that there are differently sized infinities changed math; it was also an act of plagiarism: "The Man Who Stole Infinity"
@quantamagazine.bsky.social
(Plus- Vallée Poussin) Credit where credit's due:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/02/i...
about 1 month ago
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Arresting photos of (the stuff of) life in the big city: "Informal Seating Arrangements in Hong Kong" (Plus- Snake in Eagle's Shadow) Grab a chair:
roughlydaily.com/2026/03/01/m...
about 1 month ago
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What's going on, and why: "The Ur-“Conspiracy”: History of a Pseudoconcept"
@parisreview.bsky.social
(Plus- Montaigne and a planetary parade) Pondering perspicacity perspicaciously:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/28/t...
about 1 month ago
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A nifty profile of a small, but mighty (and mightily important) organization
www.space.com/astronomy/as...
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Can a nonprofit help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids? How the B612 Foundation has taken on the challenge
"The tools we are building are about our planetary future."
https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/can-a-nonprofit-help-protect-earth-from-dangerous-asteroids-how-the-b612-foundation-has-taken-on-the-challenge
about 1 month ago
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An experiment in language change: "How far back in time can you understand English?"
@colingorrie.bsky.social
(Plus- the Grammy for Best Disco Recording) Travel through time:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/27/o...
about 1 month ago
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Instant answers for safe food storage: "How long does food last?" (Plus- John Mason) Burp the container:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/26/t...
about 1 month ago
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Government data is crucial, but "Federal Data Is Disappearing"
@notus.com
(Plus- big fish) Driving with our windshields painted over:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/25/w...
about 1 month ago
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What it will take to win (survive?) the AI race: "The Next Great Transformation,"
@jyshapiro.bsky.social
(with
@jkleske.bsky.social
@timoreilly.bsky.social
@mikeloukides.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
@rusty.todayintabs.com
) (plus- Echo 1) Digesting development:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/24/t...
about 1 month ago
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Reunderstanding reading: "Books and screens"
@carloiacono.bsky.social
@aeon.co
(Plus- the Gutenberg Bible) Turn the page:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/23/i...
about 1 month ago
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A celebration of the commonplace: "A Museum Devoted to Everyday Items"
@steplin.bsky.social
(Plus- National Margarita Day) Regarding the routine:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/22/a...
about 1 month ago
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"What Are The Odds?"
@r74n.com
(Plus- Harvey Kurtzman) Place you bets:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/21/n...
about 1 month ago
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Ansel Adams' less familiar subjects (Plus- Happy 124th to Adams) Click:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/20/a...
about 1 month ago
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Americans are spending more time at home and alone — and money determines who can opt out: "Home. Alone."
@sherwood.news
(Plus- Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) Contemplating our calendars:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/19/t...
about 1 month ago
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Trump boasted that tariffs would create a US manufacturing boom. How's that working out? "America’s Manufacturing Renaissance Is Missing in Action"
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
(Plus- the Know Nothings) Empty promises:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/18/j...
about 1 month ago
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The history of a misreading: "Aristotle and the so-called Tragic Flaw"
@profbate.bsky.social
(Plus- Madama Butterfly) Tangling with tragedy:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/17/t...
about 1 month ago
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How-- and why-- institutions work (when they do): "Guarding the Guardians"
@jliep.bsky.social
@aeon.co
(with
@marco-giancotti.bsky.social
) (Plus- Bringing Up Baby) Getting along:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/16/i...
about 2 months ago
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The president wants to control the country’s future by bulldozing its past: "Trump’s War on History"
@dfriedman.bsky.social
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
@motherjones.com
(Plus- Galileo) Face history:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/15/w...
about 2 months ago
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"Why Cupid Rules Valentine’s Day"
@jstordaily.bsky.social
(Plus- The B-52s) Celebrate:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/14/v...
about 2 months ago
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Nourishing food for thought: "Attending to Technology- Theses for Disputation"
@ayjay.bsky.social
(with
@lmsacasas.bsky.social
and
@sturkle.bsky.social
) (Plus- ENIAC) Hone in on humanity:
roughlydaily.com/2026/02/13/t...
about 2 months ago
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