Ron Bronson
@ronbronson.com
IA, Service Design & how tech disrupts civic life. Public mechanics: how services, institutions, and power actually operate. 18F alum. Assistant Professor of Practice in Urban Tech, UMich. Pesäpallo enthusiast 🇫🇮. HS tennis coach.
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Bo Bichette joining the long lineage of former Blue Jays who were also Mets including Carlos Delgado, John Olerud, Tony Fernandez, David Cone & many others.
Bummer Jays didn't bring him back, but that home run in Game 7 of the World Series was about as close to a swan song as a guy could ask for.
Bummer Jays didn't bring him back, but that home run in Game 7 of the World Series was about as close to a swan song as a guy could ask for.
BREAKING: The New York Mets reached an agreement with Bo Bichette on a three-year deal worth $126 million on Friday, league sources told The Athletic.
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Bo Bichette joining the long lineage of former Blue Jays who were also Mets including Carlos Delgado, John Olerud, Tony Fernandez, David Cone & many others.
Bummer Jays didn't bring him back, but that home run in Game 7 of the World Series was about as close to a swan song as a guy could ask for.
Bummer Jays didn't bring him back, but that home run in Game 7 of the World Series was about as close to a swan song as a guy could ask for.
If an AI system cannot show who authorized a decision, it should not be making it. Wrote about judgment routing, signing authority, and why invisible discretion is dangerous:
makingpublicwork.com/who-holds-th...
makingpublicwork.com/who-holds-th...
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If an AI system cannot show who authorized a decision, it should not be making it. Wrote about judgment routing, signing authority, and why invisible discretion is dangerous:
makingpublicwork.com/who-holds-th...
makingpublicwork.com/who-holds-th...
Thanks, I hate it. www.wsj.com/style/ai-sel...
People Are Paying $99 a Month to Talk to a Tony Robbins Chatbot
Self-help gurus like Matthew Hussey and Gabby Bernstein have expanded their empires with AI chatbots promising personalized advice
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Thanks, I hate it. www.wsj.com/style/ai-sel...
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$50 million per year for Kyle Tucker was goofy. $60 million? I mean, whatever, the world is going to hell anyways.
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
$50 million per year for Kyle Tucker was goofy. $60 million? I mean, whatever, the world is going to hell anyways.
In less technical news, looking forward to reporting back from my first watch of Starfleet Academy aka Star Trek CW
January 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
In less technical news, looking forward to reporting back from my first watch of Starfleet Academy aka Star Trek CW
For the past year, I've been quietly doing all sorts of experimenting with different form factors of AI decision legibility. Like all infrastructure-type things, it's just not that interesting when there's so much hype surrounding what's happening.
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For the past year, I've been quietly doing all sorts of experimenting with different form factors of AI decision legibility. Like all infrastructure-type things, it's just not that interesting when there's so much hype surrounding what's happening.
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I kind of hate that the whole "Card" design craze from years ago (thanks Google) spawned a whole design pattern for making big giant clickable blocks of content and over-engineering methods for having "nested" clickable things.
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I kind of hate that the whole "Card" design craze from years ago (thanks Google) spawned a whole design pattern for making big giant clickable blocks of content and over-engineering methods for having "nested" clickable things.
One thing this piece gets right: the talent at 18F was unreal.
In my 4 years as Head of Design, I can count on one hand the number of times a candidate didn’t accept an offer. We were recruiting from the best places in the country, people wanted to do important work.
We also graduated leaders.
In my 4 years as Head of Design, I can count on one hand the number of times a candidate didn’t accept an offer. We were recruiting from the best places in the country, people wanted to do important work.
We also graduated leaders.
Trump decimated the government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar. Read @fastcompany.com's profile on America’s first Chief Design Officer, Joe Gebbia
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
From Airbnb to the White House: Joe Gebbia is reshaping the government in Trump’s image
The president decimated the U.S. government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar.
www.fastcompany.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
One thing this piece gets right: the talent at 18F was unreal.
In my 4 years as Head of Design, I can count on one hand the number of times a candidate didn’t accept an offer. We were recruiting from the best places in the country, people wanted to do important work.
We also graduated leaders.
In my 4 years as Head of Design, I can count on one hand the number of times a candidate didn’t accept an offer. We were recruiting from the best places in the country, people wanted to do important work.
We also graduated leaders.
i think we're making big mistakes trying to do post-hoc transparency of model decisions.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
i think we're making big mistakes trying to do post-hoc transparency of model decisions.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
“Showing the work” can’t compensate for unclear delegation of judgment.
Back to the Future 4 is Marty going back in time to stuff Biff from becoming a podcaster, because he parlays it into a Cabinet job.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Back to the Future 4 is Marty going back in time to stuff Biff from becoming a podcaster, because he parlays it into a Cabinet job.
i did not realize that 1) mrs. potter's lullaby is on this desert life because tbh I kind of gave up on Counting Crows after the first two records (it was me, not them) and so I just always assumed it was on the 2nd album. 2) It's over EIGHT MINUTES LONG
January 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
i did not realize that 1) mrs. potter's lullaby is on this desert life because tbh I kind of gave up on Counting Crows after the first two records (it was me, not them) and so I just always assumed it was on the 2nd album. 2) It's over EIGHT MINUTES LONG
Buio from Meo Fusciuni is surprisingly good. When I put it on, my reaction was "wow what a grown up scent"
I travel intentionally with samples & a few staples so it forces me to try all those samples.
Probably better for night, but I like it as a daytime scent stealer.
#scentsky #fragsky
I travel intentionally with samples & a few staples so it forces me to try all those samples.
Probably better for night, but I like it as a daytime scent stealer.
#scentsky #fragsky
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Startup guys once again validating my theory of combinatory slop and cultural stagnation!!
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Startup guys once again validating my theory of combinatory slop and cultural stagnation!!
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Picked up a Japanese black tea the other day (Benifuki) and it's a really nice almost vegetal black tea, the mouthfeel isn't really like many other black teas and as someone who likes a bolder (usually malty) tea it's got enough body that I enjoy it
January 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Picked up a Japanese black tea the other day (Benifuki) and it's a really nice almost vegetal black tea, the mouthfeel isn't really like many other black teas and as someone who likes a bolder (usually malty) tea it's got enough body that I enjoy it
The Sound Bulletin is live on @freeformportland.org until Noon Pacific. Setlist is here: spinitron.com/KFFP/pl/2180...
January 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The Sound Bulletin is live on @freeformportland.org until Noon Pacific. Setlist is here: spinitron.com/KFFP/pl/2180...
delete this app off my phone for a while, long live the microblog, the microblog is dead
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
delete this app off my phone for a while, long live the microblog, the microblog is dead
Baseball and hockey are the only US sports with enough lower divisions (outside of soccer) to pull off a FA Cup style event but the incentives for big league clubs would be nil. Macclesfield upset made me think about it again
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Baseball and hockey are the only US sports with enough lower divisions (outside of soccer) to pull off a FA Cup style event but the incentives for big league clubs would be nil. Macclesfield upset made me think about it again
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
KCRW DJ playing Ben Folds Five "selfless cold & composed" was a surprise. Forgot how good that album is.
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
KCRW DJ playing Ben Folds Five "selfless cold & composed" was a surprise. Forgot how good that album is.
Playoff rematches against a conference opponent before the finals kind of annoy me. On one hand, it can be helpful to know all their tendencies, postseason time is full of unknowns to begin with.
But if they've had your number, it can be kind of a brick wall. #cfb
But if they've had your number, it can be kind of a brick wall. #cfb
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Playoff rematches against a conference opponent before the finals kind of annoy me. On one hand, it can be helpful to know all their tendencies, postseason time is full of unknowns to begin with.
But if they've had your number, it can be kind of a brick wall. #cfb
But if they've had your number, it can be kind of a brick wall. #cfb
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A million people have already said this, but that these two ChatGPT commercials are for a recipe for butter pasta and a pull-ups workout says so much about how stupid both ChatGPT and also people are.
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A million people have already said this, but that these two ChatGPT commercials are for a recipe for butter pasta and a pull-ups workout says so much about how stupid both ChatGPT and also people are.
I hope Fernando Mendoza gets a Linkedin deal out of all of this. Also, I assume he's just going to be a future US Senator.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I hope Fernando Mendoza gets a Linkedin deal out of all of this. Also, I assume he's just going to be a future US Senator.
All these pundits in the world and the best we can do is Geraldo Rivera & Stephen A Smith?
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM
All these pundits in the world and the best we can do is Geraldo Rivera & Stephen A Smith?