Aron Roberts

@aronro
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33 Following
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Consulting with High Sierra Showerheads. (An awesome small biz.)
Consulting with Western Ecology LLC. (Another awesome biz.)
Worked for three decades in IT at Cal.
Active investor in 40+ crowdfunded startups.
Opinions solely my own.
Brief biohttps://about.me/aronroberts
Let's work togetherhttps://clippings.me/aronroberts
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/aronro
Substackhttps://fragmentsintime.substack.com
Aron RobertsDec 13, 2023
Jarrod BlundyDec 10, 2023

"IKEA's blue *FRAKTA* shopping bags are one of life's low-key power tools. They fold ridiculously small, so they can live unobtrusively in places like automobiles or even other bags, like suitcases. Because, some day you may suddenly wish you had *freaking nineteen gallons* of extra bag with you.

Merlin's Wisdom Project https://botsin.space/@merlinwisdom/111554357255580424

Slipping one into a suitcase is next-level genius.

Merlin's Wisdom Project (@[email protected])

IKEA's blue *FRAKTA* shopping bags are one of life's low-key power tools. They fold ridiculously small, so they can live unobtrusively in places like automobiles or even other bags, like suitcases. Because, some day you may suddenly wish you had *freaking nineteen gallons* of extra bag with you.

botsin.space
Aron RobertsAug 18, 2023

“She was a nightmare for editors who cared more about control than language. She’d vanish for days at a time. The newsroom was a lousy place to write. The ditch bank or the coffee shop or the front seat of her car or the little back room of her bungalow were much better places.

““Where in the hell is Marcum?” became the frustration of nearly every editor, which became a delight to Diana. When she finally did turn in her story, she knew it would redeem everything …”

https://fragmentsintime.substack.com/p/the-tenth-island

The Tenth Island

In memoriam: Diana Marcum, who "told stories of the forgotten" in California's drought

Fragments in Time
Aron RobertsMay 9, 2023
Show threadbenMay 9, 2023
@quinn Others have wondered: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1205446109
Aron RobertsMay 9, 2023
Quinn NortonMay 9, 2023

Here's a thing I think about too much:

how to bugs fly in the rain without being wiped out by the giant boulders of water?

Aron RobertsApr 3, 2023

He drew magazine covers featuring flying saucer 'buses,' exotic land-sea cruisers, and parking places for personal helicopters.

Despite chronicling the technofuturism of the 1940s and 50s, this mysterious artist, Arthur C. Bade, is almost forgotten today.

https://fragmentsintime.substack.com/p/arthur-c-bade

Arthur C. Bade

The forsaken history of an artist illustrating our national mood, in a past era of optimism and technofuturism

Fragments in Time
Aron RobertsFeb 24, 2023
Mike Masnick ✅Feb 24, 2023

Please read this from @Popehat even if it's on Post. Ken is doing the world so much good in talking openly about depression and anxiety and how they can impact people.

https://post.news/@/popehat/2MCGQrGIwxRW5F8ssK3g31JyTQa

Why The

Today I posted a link to an episode of

Aron RobertsFeb 15, 2023

Reflections this Valentine's Day on the fragility of life and relationships – and what that means for how we love …

https://fragmentsintime.substack.com/p/my-love-is-this-fear-valentines-day

#valentinesday

"My love is this fear": Valentine's Day Reflections

Without the fear of inevitable loss – in the fragility of life and the connections we make during our lives – one songwriter speculates "I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand"

Fragments in Time
Aron RobertsFeb 5, 2023
King KaufmanFeb 4, 2023
Write a short story in exactly 18 words, with increasing stakes throughout.
Aron RobertsJan 29, 2023

"The Last One to Go"

A poster hanging in a library hallway, bringing at least one observer to tears.

https://fragmentsintime.substack.com/p/the-last-one-to-go

The Last One to Go

A poster hanging in a library hallway, bringing at least one observer to tears

Fragments in Time
Aron RobertsJan 19, 2023
City AtlasJan 10, 2023
Although some on Mastodon object to posts from Twitter, there are on occasion things good to enough to share.
https://twitter.com/Hanifkureishi/status/1612472737896742914
Hanif Kureishi on Twitter

“I sat up today. I sat up today.”

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