Ron Bronson
@ronbronson.com
post-hci, critical urbanism, platforms, hype, social atomization & care, temporal civics, 18F alum. pdx digital corps founder. only posting ephemera.
asst. prof. of practice in urban tech at UMich.
host of the sound bulletin on kffp-fm. ronbronson.design
asst. prof. of practice in urban tech at UMich.
host of the sound bulletin on kffp-fm. ronbronson.design
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Tiffany Poon (16) Bar Italia (15) They Are Gutting a Body of Water (11) Hyldon (10) Gabriel Jacoby (9). #myweekcounted 576 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Tiffany Poon (16) Bar Italia (15) They Are Gutting a Body of Water (11) Hyldon (10) Gabriel Jacoby (9). #myweekcounted 576 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Baraonda was a sample I had & decided it's a solid cold weather edition. They sell 9 ml edp rollers, I wouldn't use a whole bottle. #scentsky
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Baraonda was a sample I had & decided it's a solid cold weather edition. They sell 9 ml edp rollers, I wouldn't use a whole bottle. #scentsky
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Cleaners From Venus (15) black midi (10) Ahmad Jamal (9) Broadcast (7) John Maus (7). #myweekcounted 640 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Cleaners From Venus (15) black midi (10) Ahmad Jamal (9) Broadcast (7) John Maus (7). #myweekcounted 640 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
This is a good question and forces me to look at my collection because I'm super random about it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is a good question and forces me to look at my collection because I'm super random about it.
Graeber's "dead zones of the imagination" calcified into everyday life, without anyone responsible held to account.
Civic tech's next era is coming to the realization that you can't prettify the horrors of bad policy design under the guise of helping people. This isn't a UX problem.
Civic tech's next era is coming to the realization that you can't prettify the horrors of bad policy design under the guise of helping people. This isn't a UX problem.
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Graeber's "dead zones of the imagination" calcified into everyday life, without anyone responsible held to account.
Civic tech's next era is coming to the realization that you can't prettify the horrors of bad policy design under the guise of helping people. This isn't a UX problem.
Civic tech's next era is coming to the realization that you can't prettify the horrors of bad policy design under the guise of helping people. This isn't a UX problem.
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Horse Jumper of Love (27) Madison McFerrin (17) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (16) Quicksand (12) +/- (11). #myweekcounted 416 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Horse Jumper of Love (27) Madison McFerrin (17) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (16) Quicksand (12) +/- (11). #myweekcounted 416 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
That stupid Carolina-Colorado cosplay game sent me in a time machine.
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
That stupid Carolina-Colorado cosplay game sent me in a time machine.
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Stevie Wonder (37) Theo Croker (22) Chance the Rapper (18) Emma-Jean Thackray (15) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (14). #myweekcounted 419 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Stevie Wonder (37) Theo Croker (22) Chance the Rapper (18) Emma-Jean Thackray (15) ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (14). #myweekcounted 419 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
After watching Hang the DJ (Black Mirror ep) a few years ago, Ian always-on device that promised to find you love & glowing softly when it sensed “your person” nearby. I didn’t think we’d get this close to it this fast. And yet....
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
After watching Hang the DJ (Black Mirror ep) a few years ago, Ian always-on device that promised to find you love & glowing softly when it sensed “your person” nearby. I didn’t think we’d get this close to it this fast. And yet....
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Automatic (8) Agrikulture (7) Frédéric Chopin (7) Johann Sebastian Bach (7) Olivia Dean (7). #myweekcounted 671 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: The Automatic (8) Agrikulture (7) Frédéric Chopin (7) Johann Sebastian Bach (7) Olivia Dean (7). #myweekcounted 671 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
the chat gpt commercial where the scrawny kid asks the robot for workout tips is anti-social behavior because you could just ask someone who actually works out & maybe find an accountability workout buddy. Also pullups? Really?
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
the chat gpt commercial where the scrawny kid asks the robot for workout tips is anti-social behavior because you could just ask someone who actually works out & maybe find an accountability workout buddy. Also pullups? Really?
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Deftones (37) Geese (22) Agrikulture (14) Wednesday (12) Air (11). #myweekcounted 684 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Deftones (37) Geese (22) Agrikulture (14) Wednesday (12) Air (11). #myweekcounted 684 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
Dispatches from the front lines of Portland (albeit with military helicopters roving downtown day & night joining the crow roost)
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Dispatches from the front lines of Portland (albeit with military helicopters roving downtown day & night joining the crow roost)
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Say She She (43) Cindy Lee (32) johnathan blake (24) Yussef Dayes (17) D’Angelo and The Vanguard (12). #myweekcounted 864 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Say She She (43) Cindy Lee (32) johnathan blake (24) Yussef Dayes (17) D’Angelo and The Vanguard (12). #myweekcounted 864 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
Yhdeksäs vuosipäivä artikkelista, joka julkaistiin suomalaisessa sanomalehdessä ja jossa haastateltiin minua rakkaudestani pesäpalloon. #pesis
September 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Yhdeksäs vuosipäivä artikkelista, joka julkaistiin suomalaisessa sanomalehdessä ja jossa haastateltiin minua rakkaudestani pesäpalloon. #pesis
Bought two albums while in Oslo including Kaja Gunnufsen's 2014 LP "Faen Kaja" which was reissued last year.
September 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bought two albums while in Oslo including Kaja Gunnufsen's 2014 LP "Faen Kaja" which was reissued last year.
Following the example of the portland city council, I am also on a study trip to a European capital.
September 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Following the example of the portland city council, I am also on a study trip to a European capital.
ngl the thing I was kinda most looking forward to being back in Norway was grabbing Urge. My childhood bff is from here so I have nostalgia for the candy & this soda ha
September 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
ngl the thing I was kinda most looking forward to being back in Norway was grabbing Urge. My childhood bff is from here so I have nostalgia for the candy & this soda ha
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Earl Sweatshirt (25) Deftones (22) G Malio (9) Deradoorian (8) Froth (8). #myweekcounted 448 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Earl Sweatshirt (25) Deftones (22) G Malio (9) Deradoorian (8) Froth (8). #myweekcounted 448 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Arcade Fire (29) Garbage (15) Backxwash (14) Deafheaven (14) Tyler, The Creator (13). #myweekcounted 835 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Arcade Fire (29) Garbage (15) Backxwash (14) Deafheaven (14) Tyler, The Creator (13). #myweekcounted 835 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Heartless Bastards (12) Leon Thomas (8) $uicideboy$ (6) Clipse (6) White Fence (6). #myweekcounted 365 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
August 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Heartless Bastards (12) Leon Thomas (8) $uicideboy$ (6) Clipse (6) White Fence (6). #myweekcounted 365 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Handvoll Scherben (18) Leon Thomas (18) Ghais Guevara (17) Jessica Pratt (15) Saya Gray (14). #myweekcounted 860 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue
August 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
♫ Top 5 artists of the Last.week: Handvoll Scherben (18) Leon Thomas (18) Ghais Guevara (17) Jessica Pratt (15) Saya Gray (14). #myweekcounted 860 Scrobbles with Lastfm #music via @lastfm.blue